NOTICE OF OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON PROPOSED TECHNICAL 

ADDENDUM TO THE FINAL BEST AVAILABLE RETROFIT TECHNOLOGY 

DETERMINATIONS TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE VISIBILITY LEVELS IN NEW JERSEY’S 

FEDERALLY DESIGNATED CLASS I AREA 

1/10/11 1 

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) is proposing to approve an addendum 

to the March 10, 2011, Final Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) Determinations to include 

qualified equipment at Vineland Municipal Electric Utility and BL England Generating Station. The federal 

Clean Air Act requires that regional haze be reduced in national parks and wilderness areas, including the 

Brigantine Wilderness Area in New Jersey. The BART provisions of the federal Regional Haze Rule 

require that states identify BART for controlling emissions of haze-causing air pollutants including oxides 

of nitrogen (NOx), sulfur dioxide (SO2), and particulate matter (PM10), from specific existing sources put in 

place from 1962 to 1977, and that the appropriate BART emission limitations are included in the State's 

Implementation Plan to reduce regional haze. All three pollutants, NOx, SO2, and PM10, contribute to 

regional haze, with SO2 being the greatest contributor. 

The list of BART-eligible sources identified in the March 10, 2011, BART Technical Support Document 

(TSD) did not include Vineland Municipal Electric Utility and BL England Generating Station, which were 

anticipated to permanently shutdown their potentially BART-affected boilers as a result of enforceable

agreements that were negotiated concurrent with the BART process. NJDEP has subsequently 

determined that these facilities are BART-eligible. This notice seeks public comment on NJDEP’s 

determination of BART for these two eligible facilities in New Jersey. 

The two facilities addressed in the proposed BART addendum are each fossil fuel-fired steam electric 

generating power plants of more than 250 million BTU/hr heat input with potential NOx, SO2, or PM10

emissions greater than 250 tons per year. Vineland Municipal Electric Utility has a BART-qualified boiler 

(E10) that is subject to a federal Consent Decree, and proposes to permanently cease operation of E10 

by September 1, 2012, which would make this source no longer BART-eligible. 

BL England is subject to an Administrative Consent Order (ACO) issued by NJDEP that requires the 

facility to either repower Units 1 and 2 (E1 and E2, respectively) which are coal-fired boilers, or meet the 

NOx, SO2, and PM performance standards of the ACO through controls. Unit 3 (E3) is a No.6 oil-fired 

boiler that is required to meet newer rule requirements for NOx emissions and sulfur content in fuel. BL 

England Generating Station is subject to New Jersey rules, permits, and enforcement agreements that 

require air pollution controls which meet the BART requirements. 

This public notice, a fact sheet, and the Technical Support Document for these additional BART 

determinations have been posted at the Air Quality Permitting website: 

http://www.state.nj.us/dep/aqpp/publicnotices.htm. Copies of these documents and additional information 

on this proposed addendum to NJDEP’s BART determinations can be obtained by calling Margaret 

Gardner (609-292-7095). The March 10, 2011, Final Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) 

Determinations for Affected BART-eligible Sources and the July, 2009, State Implementation Plan for 

Regional Haze can be found online at: http://www.state.nj.us/dep/baqp/sip/siprevs.htm. 

All interested parties, including the affected facilities, who believe that any condition of the proposed 

BART addendum is inappropriate, must raise all reasonable issues of concern and submit all arguments 

and factual grounds or materials supporting their position during the public comment period. Any 

comments on this proposed BART determination and/or a request for public hearing must be received 

within thirty days of the date of this notice and addressed to: 

Margaret Gardner 

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection 

Air Quality Permitting Program 

Bureau of Air Permits 

401 East State St. - 2nd Floor, PO Box 420, Mail Code 401-02 
NOTICE OF OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON PROPOSED TECHNICAL 

ADDENDUM TO THE FINAL BEST AVAILABLE RETROFIT TECHNOLOGY 

DETERMINATIONS TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE VISIBILITY LEVELS IN NEW JERSEY’S 

FEDERALLY DESIGNATED CLASS I AREA 

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Trenton, NJ 08625-0420 

(609) 292-7095 

NJDEP will consider and respond to all written and timely submitted comments. Each person, who 

submitted written comments, will receive a notice of the NJDEP’s final decision regarding the proposed

addendum to NJDEP’s BART determinations and a copy of the Response to Comment document.