Table A2.1: Reasons for Measure Determination (60 Measures)

Measure name Description 

Area

Voluntary wood stove and fireplace retrofit/change-out programs 

Voluntary wood stove and fireplace retrofit programs for units manufactured pre 1992, including but not limited to replacing fireplaces with natural gas inserts and/or with non-catalytic certified wood stoves. Program would include financial incentives and public education to promote use of Gas Logs/elimination of wood burning 

Measure by 2008

Mandatory wood stove and fireplace retrofit/change-out programs

Mandatory Installation of natural gas or propane fireplace and/or USEPA certified wood-fired appliances in all new construction. This measure could be implemented through Legislation. Homeowners changing out their wood burning fireplaces in nonattainment counties would be required to convert to natural gas. Homeowners with units manufactured pre-1992 would be required to change-out units before the sale of their home. Buyer could sign a waiver

Measure by 2008

Amend the Air Pollution control Act to allow counties to regulate outdoor wood burning

Amend the Air Pollution Control Act to allow for county or local ordinances that restrict or prohibit outdoor wood burning within all or sections of their municipality and county

Measure by 2008

Encourage USEPA to establish rules or standards for OWBs. 

The complicated process of establishing testing methods, emission limits, and control devices and the potential of having several different sets of state standards for OWBs makes national regulation the ideal way to regulate OWBs. NJ would encourage USEPA to establish rules or standards for OWBs through recommendations

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Table A2.1: Reasons for Measure Determination (60 Measures)

Measure name Description 

Establish moratorium through Legislation on sale and distribution of new OWBs until implementation of USEPA's regulations

Establish a moratorium, through the Governor's Executive Order or through legislation, on the sale and distribution of new OWBs until the implementation of USEPA rules or standards. Would require that existing OWB meet a setback requirement or removal of the unit will be required. Sale of units that do not meet the standards would be prohibited

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Establish provisions on minimum chimney height and distances to houses/property lines for outdoor wood boilers

Require the installation of OWBs to be at least 200 feet from the nearest neighboring residence. The height of the chimney for any OWB installed must be more than the roof peaks of the residences located within 500 feet of the OWB, provided the chimney height is not more than 55 feet

Measure by 2008

Commitment to adopt State rules for OWBs in the absence of Federal action 

A commitment that New Jersey will consider State rules or standards, if after 5 years, the USEPA has not acted to implement rules or standards for OWBs

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Develop rules to implement standards for chain driven charbroilers 

Implement standard that mandates usage of chain-driven charbroilers equipped with control device, such as catalytic oxidizer

Measure by 2008

Replacing underfired charbroilers with add-on controls

Replacing underfired charbroilers with Smokeless broilers or an addon scrubber to control emissions. ESPs or wet scrubber can also be used

Availablthis time

Rebates for Energy Efficiency Practices

Encourage energy efficiency practices by offering incentives such asrebates for installing energy efficiency products. Products covered would include natural gas clothes dryer or water heater, central air conditioning, and window air conditioning. Also included is incentive for replacing conventional technologies with alternatives, such as solar energy space heating or geothermal technologies

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Table A2.1: Reasons for Measure Determination (60 Measures)

Measure name Description 

Educational programs to reduce energy consumption

Educational programs to encourage practices that would reduce hot water use. Practices include installing low-flow showerheads and faucet aerators, repairing leaks in faucets and showers, installing ENERGY STAR-qualified dishwashers and washers, lowering the thermostat on a water heater to 120 degrees, installing timers on older hot water heaters, and replacing an older water heater with a new, high efficiency model

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Energy conservation and "green building" for residential and commercial building construction 

Voluntary program to encourage homebuilders to offer potential homeowners the option of constructing their homes with energy conservation and clean energy features prior to construction

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Reduce tillage during windy weather to reduce fugitive emissions

Require practices that would reduce tillage during windy conditions to reduce fugitive emissions. These practices include conservation tillage methods, combining operations to perform several operations during one pass, altering the bed or row size and spacing to reduce the number of passes and soil disturbances by increasing plant density, operating at night when moisture levels are higher and winds are generally lighter, applying or leaving plant residue on the soil surface to reduce wind erosion of soil, and generally limiting activity during windy conditions (no tilling when wind speed exceeds 25 miles per hour)

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Watering and planting methods to reduce fugitive dust emissions

Use watering and planting methods that will reduce fugitive dust emissions. These methods include using a point planter to reduce emissions from planting cotton, corn and lettuce, Using a laserdirected land plane to reduce emissions due to planing (flattening the land), and Aerial seeding, or dropping seeds from an airplane to reduce dust formation

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Table A2.1: Reasons for Measure Determination (60 Measures)

Measure name Description 

Practices to reduce wind erosion and fugitive emissions

Practices include using cover crops (traditional crops, such as grasses, wheat, sorghum, corn, legumes and cotton) to cover soil surfaces, mulching, use of windbreaks or barriers (like shrubs, trees, grass barriers and manmade fences), use of artificial wind barriers (fences constructed of board, bamboo, willow, rock or earth), and cross wind ridges or strip-cropping 

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Practices to reduce fugitive emissions from animal operations

Encourage practices to reduce fugitive emission from animal operations. These practices would include planting trees and shrubs, maintaining feedlots by removing manure, covering manure piles with impermeable covers like polyethylene permeable covers (straw, cornstalks, peat moss, foam, and fabric), reducing animal activity during the late afternoon, when dust is most likely to form, and Spraying vegetable oil on floors and other surfaces for indoor facilities

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Enhance New Jersey's open burning permit requirements

This measure would include changes to Subchapter 2, to restrict permits to lands/farms, and require removal of 'sellable' items beforeburning. Open burning permit fees would also be increased

Measure by 2008

Limit burning to times when the air quality is good

This measure would limit burning to those times when air quality and meteorological conditions are most suitable for reducing impacts

Done. Doattainme

Agricultural Conservation Management practices to reduce particulate matter emissions

Voluntary Conservation Management Practices (CMP) Program to reduce emissions from significant PM source categories. Program will require growers to submit CMP plans

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BACM/RACM strategies for controlling fugitive dust emissions

Strategies would control dust emissions from the following source categories: agricultural unpaved roads, agricultural windblown dust, cattle feedlot dust, harvest operations, livestock wastes, tilling dust, and windblown dust from pasture lands. Other fugitive dust sources that would be covered would include construction, demolition, excavation, extraction, carryout and trackout, etc.

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Table A2.1: Reasons for Measure Determination (60 Measures)

Measure name Description 

PM-efficient units for street sweeping

This measure would limit the purchase of new street sweepers to PM-efficient units 

Measure by 2008

PM-efficient units for street sweeping once per month

This measure would require streets to be swept with PM-efficient sweepers at least once per month

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Trackout controls to reduce fugitive emissions

Installing a pipe or grate grid trackout control device or gravel bed trackout to remove dirt and mud from vehicle tires

Partially Jersey StMeasure by 2008

Paving road shoulders to reduce particle loadings

Requiring 4 foot paved shoulders (i.e. the edges of the road) on all new or modified paved roads and 50% of existing paved roads with highest traffic. This measure will also require paved interior roads to be 100 feet long and full road width

The New Transporprogram 

Limit application of anti-skid materials as safety permits to reduce emissions 

Limiting the application of anti-skid materials to intersections, hills, and curves as safety permits to forming reduce emissions

Not socia

Paving unpaved roads and parking areas to reduce fugitive emissions

Improvements such as paving will reduce fugitive dust from unpaved roads. Limit visible dust emissions to 20% opacity on unpaved parking areas receiving up to 100 trips per day

Not a maJersey. Inunpaved 

Surface treatments on unpaved roads and parking areas to reduce fugitive emissions

Applying surface treatments such as watering and chemical suppressants (petroleum resin (most common), asphalt emulsions, acrylics, and adhesives) on unpaved roads and parking areas to reduce fugitive emissions. 

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Paving, gravel or dust suppressants at special event parking to reduce fugitive dust emissions

Require paving, 4 inches of gravel or dust suppressants to maintain stabilization surfaces at special event parking and thereby reduce fugitive dust emissions

Not a maJersey. Inunpaved 

Low speed limit on unpaved roads Requiring a low speed limit (25 miles) on unpaved roads 

particularly heavily traveled roads will reduce fugitive emissions. 

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Table A2.1: Reasons for Measure Determination (60 Measures)

Measure name Description 

NJ Sulfur Fuel Oil Controls Reducing sulfur in fuel oil by lowering the emission limits of 

sources using fuel oil. A uniform sulfur content value and maximum allowable SO2 emissions value for each of the grade of the fuel oil could be set throughout the state

Does not date. No 

OnRoad

Periodic Smoke Inspection Program for Heavy Duty Diesel Vehicle and Diesel Buses

Requiring owners of truck and bus fleets to perform annual inspection of their vehicles. Fleet owners are not required to inspect vehicles that are powered by engines in their first four model years. Random audit of fleets' maintenance and inspection records, and testing a representative sample of vehicles is performed to ensure compliance

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BART for existing in-use onroad diesel equipment. 

Owners of larger diesel vehicles would be required to prepare plans for retrofitting appropriate BART controls on the engines/vehicles in their fleet. NJDEP would issue instructions to fleet owners explaining applicable requirements and deadlines

Many veare coverLegislaticonsider diesel veDiesel Lbut they by 2008

Non-monetary incentives to encourage clean choices

Non-monetary strategies to encourage purchase of cleaner vehicles. Incentives would include permission to use HOV lanes, exemption from state emissions tests, and parking perks

New Jersplace. Doattainme

Heavy Duty Diesel Fuel Program for Particulates

Require use of alternative fuels, such as biodiesel or emulsions, in public and publicly contracted fleets, such as Transit buses, school buses, Government Trucks, and Private Fleets to reduce emissions

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Table A2.1: Reasons for Measure Determination (60 Measures)

Measure name Description 

Accelerate fleet turnover by providing incentives to retire the oldest most polluting vehicles

This measure will pay motorists for any vehicles that fail a smog check emissions inspection. Eligible vehicles must be taken to a registered dismantler to be recycled

Not sociaNew Jersfuture

Repower solid waste collection vehicles

Repower solid waste collection vehicles not covered by New Jersey Diesel Legislation with engines certified to 0.01 g/bhp-hr PM limit. Will affect privately-owned diesel-powered trucks not used for public contract, and are over 14,000 pounds with model year engines from 1960-2006. 

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Conversion of solid waste collection vehicles 

Conversion of solid waste collection vehicles toalternative-fuel vehicles

New Jersregulates vehicles. currently controls 

Solid waste collection vehicles to install Diesel Oxidation Catalysts

Mandate Solid waste collection vehicles to install Diesel Oxidation Catalysts

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Texas Emission Reduction Plan (TERP)

Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP) offers grants, rebates and other incentives to promote alternative fuels and cleaner-burning engines and vehicles. The goal is to promote products that will emit lower levels of pollutants. Funding for this program is through new and expanded fees and taxes, and surcharges.

No fundiMeasure attainme

Voluntary vehicle repair program Remote sensing will be used to identify eligible high emitting 

vehicles between biennial smog check and vehicle owners will be offered financial incentives to complete the necessary repairs

Measure attainme

Enhance current opacity standards in Subchapter 3

Implementing an inspection program for units where retrofits have been added to determine if the retrofits were installed properly and in good working order

Measure by 2008

Opacity Cutpoint Revision Age ranges and the assigned smoke opacity limits would be change

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to be more restrictive on all vehicles

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Table A2.1: Reasons for Measure Determination (60 Measures)

Measure name Description 

Establish a Medium Duty Vehicle Inspection Program

This would be a combination of On-board Diagnostics (OBD) and smoke opacity inspections for medium duty vehicles between 8,501 -17,999 gross weight. 

Measure by 2008

NonRoad

Mandatory retrofit programs for existing non-road equipment

BART for existing in-use nonroad diesel equipment. This includes nonroad engine rebuilds and replacements as well as the installation of aftermarket control devices. This measure would target existing diesel engines used for publicly funded contracts

Measureby 2008. 

Emission testing and repair/maintenance program for nonroad heavy duty equipment

NJDEP would establish an emission testing and repair/maintenance program for nonroad heavy duty diesel equipment. 

Measure by 2008

Idling reduction for locomotives A statewide mandatory idling-reduction program, to eliminate all 

non-essential idling through the use of automatic shut-down devices (SmartStart - a microprocessor technology that automatically manages locomotive shutdowns and startups) and operational changes. 

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California Diesel Fuel California Diesel Fuel: Diesel fuel regulations to require the use of 

California diesel fuel in locomotives and marine vessels used exclusively in intrastate operations

Measure by 2008

Remove Air Pollution Exemption for Farms

Remove the Air Pollution Exemption for Farms. Implement tougher pollution controls on farmers to fight deteriorating air quality. 

Measure by 2008

Cold Ironing for Ships at the port Electrical power will be provided to ocean-going vessels from the 

land-side, allowing them to shut down auxiliary diesel generators while they are docked

Measure by 2008

USEPA to apply for a SECA designation 

NJDEP to encourage Congress to establish legislation to enact a SOx Emission Control Area (SECA) designation for the entire US 

coastal areas, which will reduce the sulfur content of fuel in the main engines of large container ships/cargo/tanker vessels

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Table A2.1: Reasons for Measure Determination (60 Measures)

Measure name Description 

Reduce sulfur content of fuel burned in the auxiliary engines of large marine vessels

New Jersey to adopt a regulation similar to CA to reduce the sulfur content of distillate fuel burned in the auxiliary engines of large ships when they are close to the port. Sulfur content limit will be reduced from 1 to 0.5%

Measure by 2008

Reduce sulfur content of fuel burned in smaller commercial and recreational vessels

Reduce the sulfur content of fuels burned in smaller commercial vessels such as harbor tugs, small commercial vessels, ferries and diesel powered recreational vessels from approx. 3000ppm to 500ppm or 15 ppm

Measure by 2008

Reduce ship speeds near the coast Commercial Ship Reduction Program that requires vessels to travel 

at or below 12 knots (approx. 14 miles per hour) within 20 miles of the coast (during arrivals and departures).

Measure by 2008

Voluntary Lawn Mower Replacement Program

Program encourages trading of gasoline-powered mowers by providing funds to offset the purchase cost of electric mowers (corded or uncorded). 

Measure by 2008

Operational changes at Ports to reduce fuel usage

Operational changes that reduce truck queuing and idling, such as extending port hours and providing incentives for off-peak delivery, and better use of information technology to track containers and schedule pick-ups and deliveries, would contribute to increased efficiency and reduced fuel usage. 

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Idling restrictions for ground transportation/support fleet at airports

Enforce anti-idling rules for ground transportation fleets (Airports) Does not 

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Gate electrification at airports Retrofit airport gates with power and preconditioned air to reduce 

the use and emissions associated with aircraft auxiliary power units and ground power units. (Gate electrification)

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Changing aircraft operations to reduce emissions

Changing aircraft operations, e.g. using a single engine when taxing and shutting off main engines while idling.

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Table A2.1: Reasons for Measure Determination (60 Measures)

Measure name Description 

Mandatory repower program for Marine Vessels

This measure would establish in-use emission limits for both auxiliary and propulsion diesel engines on ferries, excursion vessels, tugboats, and towboats consistent with the USEPA Tier 2 or Tier 3 marine engine standards but not Tier 4 because of size limitations on some vessels. This measure would emphasize engine replacement (repower), rather than retrofits with diesel emission control strategies for commercial harbor craft. 

Not legal

School Bus Replacement All model year 2002 and older buses will be replaced with model 

year 2007 diesel buses

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