# I ~*tate of NEfu 3u$eg 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 reviewand 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 fromConsumer 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: VOCDefinition 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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Resources Board (CARB) . The new VOCrules 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

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.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 ofpublication 3. Copy of the proposal, as published in the New Jersey Register 4 . Copy of the adoption, as published in the New Jersey Register

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