# The State of New Jersey

Department of Environmental Protection

State Imp lementation Plan (SIP) Revision for

the Attainment and Maintenance of the

Fine Particulate Matter (PM 2.5 

# ) National Ambient Air

Quality Standard

PM 2.5 

# Attainment Demonstration

Final

Appendix F : Public Participation

March 24 , 200 9

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A public hearing on this proposed SIP revision was held on Fri day, August 8 , 200 8 at 10:00 a.m.

at the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, 401 E. State St.

, 1 st 

### Floor, Public

H earing Room, Trenton, New Jersey

. This hearing was held in accordance with the provisions of

Section 110(a)(2) of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. §7410; 40 C.F.R. § 51.102(a)(1), the Air

Pollution Control Act (1954), N.J.S.A. 26:2C

- 1 et seq ., and the Administ rative Procedure Act,

N.J.S.A. 52:14 B

- 1 et seq

. Written comments relevant to the proposal were accepted until the

close of business, Fri day, August 15 , 200 8 . T imely notice of the hearing was published in six

newspapers circulated in New Jersey at least 30 days prior to the hearing. In addition, n otice of

the hearing appeared in the August 4 , 200 8 edition of the New Jersey Register ( 40 N.J.R.

4630 ( b )). Notices of the hearing and of the availability of the SIP revision were also emailed or

mailed to over 1, 0 00 interested parties. Additional notification consisted of posting a copy of the

proposal on NJDEP’s website and using online resources to help the public access NJDEP’s

website ; providing a copy to the USEPA Region 2 and several northeastern states; and mailing

the proposal to nineteen public libraries throughout the State, NJDEP’s four regional offices

, and

its public access center.

Attachment 1 contains the notice announcing the availability of the proposed SIP revision and

the hearing.

Attachmen t 2 contains the documentation of the notices that appeared in the newspapers and the

New Jersey Register.

Attachment 3 contains the response to comment document.

# The State of New Jersey

Department of Environmental Protection

State Implementation Pl an (SIP) Revision for

the Attainment and Maintenance of the

Fine Particulate Matter (PM 2.5 

# ) National Ambient Air

Quality Standard

PM 2.5 

# Attainment Demonstration

Final

Appendix F : Public Participation

Attachment 1 : Notice of Availability

March 2 4, 2009

## New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND AVAILABILITY:

State Implementation Plan (SIP) Revision for the Attainment and Maintenance of the Fine

Particulate Matter (PM 2.5 ) Nationa l Ambient Air Quality Standard, PM 2.5 Attainment

Demonstration Proposal

Take notice that the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (Department) is proposing

a revision to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) to meet the 1997 Annual Fine Partic ulate Matter

(PM 2.5 ) National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) . A copy of the proposal was forwarded to

the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) by July 8, 2008

.



### The purpose of this proposed SIP is to demonstrate that New Jersey’s tw o (2)

associated multi

- state nonattainment areas will attain the 1997 PM 2.5 

### annual NAAQS by

the attainment date, April 5, 2010. The proposal also addresses the other mandatory

SIP elements associated with the 1997 annual PM2.5 NAAQS . Specifically, the pr imary

components of the SIP revision proposal are:

1) A demonstration that the two multi

- state nonattainment areas (associated with the New

York City and Philadelphia Metropolitan areas) associated with New Jersey will attain the

1997 health

- based annual PM 2 .5 NAAQS by their mandatory attainment date of April 5,

2010. This demonstration is based on the Ozone Transport Commission

- wide regional

2009 air quality modeling used in the State’s recent 8

- hour ozone attainment

demonstration submittal. The demonstrat ion relies upon New Jersey and the rest of the

OTC states honoring their commitments to implement the “beyond on the way” control

measures contained in the regional 2009 attainment modeling.

2) A Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) analysis which demonstrates the

need for additional reductions from source categories including refineries, fugitive dust

emissions at major stationary sources, #6 fuel oil from boilers, and stationary diesel

engines.

3) A Reasonably Available Control Measures (RACM) analy sis which demonstrates that

there are no other reasonable control measures available that would advance the

nonattainment areas’ attainment date by one year.4) Contingency measures that provide additional emission reductions should New Jersey

fail to attain the annual PM 2.5 standard by April 5, 2010.

5) Proposed onroad vehicle emission budgets for use by the Metropolitan Planning

Organizations to ensure their plans and programs are in conformance with the SIP.

6) A request that the USEPA, in reviewing the at tainment demonstrations and all other SIP

revisions from other states, take into consideration their impact on New Jersey’s

attainment obligations, and insure that other states are doing all they can to help the

multi

- state nonattainment areas attain as so on as practicable.

A copy of the proposal is now available for inspection, as described more fully below. A public

hearing concerning the Department’s proposal/proposed SIP revision is scheduled as follows:

Friday, August 8, 2008 at 1 0:00 a.m.

The NJ D epartment of Environmental Protection Building, Public Hearing Room (1 st Floor)

401 East State Street

Trenton, New Jersey

This hearing is being held in accordance with the provisions of Section 110(a)(2) of the Clean Air

Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7410. Written co mments may be submitted by close of business August 15, 2008

, to:

NJ Department of Environmental Protection

Alice A. Previte, Esq.

Attn: DEP Docket # 08

- 08

- 06

Office of Legal Affairs

P.O. Box 402

Trenton, New Jersey 08625

- 0402

The Department of Environm ental Protection (Department) requests that commenters submit

comments on disk or CD as well as on paper. Submittals on disk or CD must not be access

restricted (locked or read

- only) in order to facilitate use by the Department of the electronically

submit ted comments.

The following are options for obtaining a copy of the proposed SIP revision:

1. Visit the Department's website at: http://www.nj.gov/dep/ , where Air Quality

Management rules, proposals, adoptions and SIP revisions are availab le. The

Department’s proposed SIP revision can be viewed or downloaded from the following url:

http://www.state.nj.us/dep/baqp/sip/siprevs.htm

2. Go and inspect the proposal/proposed SIP revision during normal office hours at any

of these locations:

DEP Public Information Center DEP Bureau of Enforcement

401 E. State Street, 1st Floor Northern Region

Trenton, New Jersey 08625 7 Ridgedale AvenueCedar Knolls, N.J. 07927

DEP Bureau of Enforcement

Central Region DEP Bureau of Enforcement

Horizon Ce nter, P.O. Box 407 Southern Region

Robbinsville, N.J. 08625

- 0407 2 Riverside Drive, Suite 201

Camden, N.J. 08103

Trenton Public Library Penns Grove/Carney’s Point Public Library

Association

120 Academy Street 222 South Broad Street

Trenton, N.J . 08608 Penns Grove, N.J. 08069

Newark Public Library New Brunswick Free Public Library

5 Washington Street 60 Livingston Avenue

P.O. Box 630 New Brunswick, N.J. 08901

Newark, N.J. 07102

- 0630

Ms. Ellen Calhoun

Burlington County Library L ibrary of Science and Medicine, Rutgers University

3 Pioneer Blvd. and Woodlane Rd. P.O. Box 1029

Mt. Holly, N.J. 08060 Piscataway, N.J. 08855

- 1029

Joint Free Public Library Freehold Public Library

Morristown & Morris County 281⁄2 East Main Street

1 Mil ler Road Freehold, N.J. 07728

Morristown, N.J. 07960

Camden Free Public Library

Burlington City Library 418 Fredericks Street

23 West Union Street Camden, N.J. 08103

Burlington, N.J. 08016

Somerville Public Library

Perth Amboy Public Li brary 35 W. End Avenue

193 Jefferson Street Somerville, N.J. 08876

Perth Amboy, N.J. 08861

Toms River Public Library Atlantic City Public Library

101 Washington Street 1 North Tennessee Avenue

Toms River, N.J. 08753

- 7625 Atlantic City, N.J. 08401

4. Request a copy of the proposal/proposed SIP revision by calling Willa Williams at (609)

292

- 6722, by e

- mailing her at willa.williams@dep.state.nj.us, or by mailing or faxing the

attached form to her as indicated on the form.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS: Fo r more information about the Department’s SIP proposal,

please call our Bureau of Air Quality Planning at (609) 292

- 6722.MAIL OR FAX THIS SIP PROPOSAL REQUEST FORM TO:

Ms. Willa Williams

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

Air Quality Pla nning

401 E. State Street, 7 th Floor

P.O. Box 418

Trenton, N.J. 08625

- 0418

phone: (609) 292

- 6722

fax: (609) 633

- 6198

willa.williams@dep.state.nj.us

 Please send me a copy of the Department's Proposed State Implementation Plan

(SIP) Revision for the Attai nment Maintenance of the Fine Particulate Matter

(PM 2.5 ) National Ambient Air Quality Standard, PM 2.5 Attainment Demonstration

Name:

Organization:

Address:

Telephone:

 Please remove my name from the Air Quality SIP and rulemaking mailing list.

Pl ease consider subscribing to our Air Rules Listserv to receive e

- mail updates of all

proposed Department rulemaking relating to air pollution control and revisions to New

Jersey's State Implementation Plan. Signing up is easy through our AIRRULES LISTSERV

Info Page at http://www.state.nj.us/dep/baqp/airrules.html

.

# The State of New Jersey

Department of Environmental Protection

State Implementation Plan (SIP) Revision for

the Attainment and Maintenance of the

Fine Particulate Matter ( PM 2.5 

# ) National Ambient Air

Quality Standard

PM 2.5 

# Attainment Demonstration

Final

Appendix F : Public Participation

Attachment 2 : Documentation of the Notices that Appeared

in the Newspapers and the New Jersey Register

March 24, 2009

### This attachment includes the documentation of the notices that appeared in the newspapers

and the New Jersey Register. The documentation from the newspapers is only available in

hardcopy format.

# The State of New Jersey

Department of Environmental P rotection

State Implementation Plan (SIP) Revision for

the Attainment and Maintenance of the

Fine Particulate Matter (PM 2.5 

# ) National Ambient Air

Quality Standard

PM 2.5 

# Attainment Demonstration

Final

Appendix F : Public Participation

Attachmen t 3 : Response to Comment Document

March 24, 2009