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DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

JON S. CORZINE MARK N. MAURIELLO 

Governor Office of the Commissioner Acting Commissioner 

401 E. State Street 

P.O.Box 402 

Trenton, NJ 08625-0402 

Phone: (609) 292-2885 

April 9, 2009 

The Honorable George Pavlou 

Acting Regional Administrator 

United States Environmental Protection Agency 

Region II 

290 Broadway - 26'h Floor 

New York, New York 10007-1866 

Dear Acting Regional Administrator Pavlou: 

Enclosed for your review and approval is a revision to New Jersey's State Implementation Plan 

(SIP). Specifically, this revision reflects the adopted new rules and rule amendments to the New 

Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's (Department's) rules at N.J .A.C. 7 :27-24 : 

Prevention of Air Pollution from Consumer Products; N.J .A.C. 7 :27-26 : Prevention of Air 

Pollution from Adhesives, Sealants, Adhesives Primers and Sealant Primers; N.J .A.C. 7:27-34 : 

TBAC Emissions Reporting; N.J .A.C . 7:27- 8, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 25, N.J .A.C. 7 :27B-3 .1 

N.J .A.C . 7 :27A-3 .2 : VOC Definition Change; and N.J .A.C. 7:27A- 3 .10 Enforcement Penalties . 

The amendments to N.J .A.C. 7:27-24, regarding chemically formulated consumer products, 

establish volative organic compound (VOC) limits for 11 new categories of consumer products, 

including : adhesive removers, anti-static products, electrical cleaners, electronic cleaners, 

fabric refreshers, footwear or leather care products, graffiti removers, hair styling products, 

shaving gels, toilet/urinal care product and wood cleaners. The amendments also establish more 

restrictive VOC limits for contact adhesives, and establish additional requirements for air 

fresheners and general purpose degreasers . The amendments also restrict the use of the toxic 

paradichlorobenzene in solid air fresheners and toilet/urinal care products and restrict the use of 

the carcinogenic chlorinated toxics perchloroethylene (Perc), methylene chloride (MeCI) and 

trichloroethylene (TCE) (less than 0 .01%) in contact adhesives, electronic cleaners, footwear or 

leather care products, general purpose degreasers, adhesive removers, electrical cleaners and 

graffiti removers. The amendments also restrict the use of Perc, MeCI and TCE (less than 1 .0%) 

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standards for the manufacture of the containers and require certification by the California Air 

Resources Board (CARB). The new VOC rules at N.J .A.C. 7:27-26, regarding adhesives and 

sealants, establish VOC limits for several new adhesive and sealant categories and also require 

users of adhesives and sealants to meet the limits by purchasing complying products or using 

add-on controls . Adhesives and sealants are used in wood product manufacturing, packaging, 

construction, installation of flooring, and roof installations and repair. The Department is also 

adopting new rules at N.J .A.C . 7 :34, to establish reporting requirements for the emissions of 

tertiary butyl acetate (TBAC), and amending the definition of volatile organic compound (VOC) 

throughout N.J .A.C. 7 :27, 27A and 27B. 

The Department adopted these new rules and rule amendments on October 30, 2008 . The 

adoption was published (effective) in the New Jersey Register on December 1, 2008 at 40 N.J .R. 

6769(a) . The Department held a hearing on the proposed new rules, rule amendments and SIP 

revision on December 10, 2007 and accepted written comments until January 4, 2008 . A 

summary of the comments received on the proposed new rules, rule amendments and SIP 

revision, as well as the Department's responses to those comments, is included as part of the 

enclosed adoption document. 

If you have any questions regarding these new rules, rule amendments or SIP revision submittal, 

please do not hesitate to contact me or Chris Salmi, Assistant Director, Office of Air Quality 

Management at (609) 292-6710. 

Sincerely yours, 

: 

Mark N . Mauriello, 

Acting Commissioner 

Enclosures : 

1 . List of public notice actions taken by the Department 

2. Copies of the newspaper legal advertisements and affidavits of publication 

3 . Copy of the proposal, as published in the New Jersey Register 

4. Copy of the adoption, as published in the New Jersey Register 

c : Ray Werner, USEPA w/enclosures 

Paul Truchan, USEPA w/enclosures