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1
Appendix
A
History
of
New
Jersey's
Carbon
Monoxide
State
Implementation
Plan
This
appendix
provides
a
history
of
the
previous
updates
to
New
Jersey's
carbon
monoxide
SIP.

1982
Carbon
Monoxide
SIP
The
1982
Carbon
Monoxide
SIP
identified
two
State
measures
and
one
federal
measure
to
bring
New
Jersey's
nonattainment
areas
into
compliance
with
the
NAAQS.
The
state
measures
identified
were
the
pre­
1990
modifications
to
the
State's
basic
motor
vehicle
inspection
and
maintenance
(
I/
M)
program
(
not
to
be
confused
with
the
enhanced
I/
M
program
described
in
the
1990
Clean
Air
Act)
and
local
transportation
control
measures.
The
federal
measure
was
the
Federal
Motor
Vehicle
Control
Program.

The
USEPA
approved
the
pre­
1990
modifications
to
the
basic
I/
M
program
for
inclusion
in
the
SIP.
1
The
USEPA
also
found
that
New
Jersey
had
implemented
all
of
the
transportation
control
measures
committed
to
in
the
1982
SIP
revision.
2
The
Federal
Motor
Vehicle
Control
Program
was
implemented
nationally
and
was
subsequently
revised
by
the
Clean
Air
Act
Amendments
of
1990,
which
contained
new
programs
to
further
reduce
emissions
from
motor
vehicles.
These
programs
continue
to
produce
emission
reductions
as
newer
motor
vehicles
constantly
replace
older
vehicles,
a
phenomenon
commonly
referred
to
as
vehicle
fleet
turnover.

1992
Carbon
Monoxide
SIP
Revisions
On
November
15,
1992,
New
Jersey
submitted
to
the
USEPA
revisions
to
the
carbon
monoxide
SIP
required
by
the
1990
Clean
Air
Act.
These
revisions
included:

 
Submission
of
a
1990
emission
inventory;
 
Commitment
to
perform
periodic
emission
inventories;
 
Commitment
to
demonstrate
attainment
of
the
carbon
monoxide
NAAQS
using
modeling;
 
Commitment
to
submit
annual
vehicle
miles
traveled
tracking
reports;
 
Requirement
for
the
sale
of
oxygenated
gasoline;
 
Adoption
of
contingency
measures
for
failure
to
attain
the
standard;
 
Adoption
of
contingency
measures
for
exceedance
of
the
vehicle
miles
traveled
forecast;
 
Commitment
to
adopt
an
enhanced
I/
M
program;
 
Adoption
of
a
new
source
review
program;
and,
 
Commitment
to
perform
conformity
determinations.

The
USEPA
approved
New
Jersey's
emission
inventory
and
contingency
measures
on
December
7,
1995,
at
60
FR
62741.
The
State
has
since
complied
with
all
of
the
commitments
made
in
its
1992
carbon
monoxide
SIP
and
has
implemented
the
necessary
measures.
Many
of
the
1
40
CFR
52.1570
et
seq.
2
USEPA,
Letter
from
USEPA
Region
II
to
Anthony
McMahon,
dated
August
29,
1989.
2
commitments
included
in
the
1992
carbon
monoxide
SIP
have
been
approved
by
the
USEPA,
as
outlined
in
the
next
few
paragraphs.

The
USEPA
adopted
a
limited
approval
of
New
Jersey's
oxygenated
fuels
rule
on
February
12,
1996,
at
61
FR
5299.
It
should
be
noted
that
the
1992
SIP
revision
contained
a
wintertime
oxygenated
fuels
rule
that
outlined
a
program
designed
for
both
the
Camden
County
(
southern)
carbon
monoxide
nonattainment
area
and
the
New
Jersey
portion
of
the
New
York
City/
Northern
New
Jersey/
Long
Island
(
northeastern)
carbon
monoxide
nonattainment
area.
However,
at
the
time
of
the
USEPA's
approval
of
the
State's
wintertime
oxygenated
fuels
program,
New
Jersey
was
in
attainment
in
the
Camden
County
area
and
the
USEPA's
direct
final
rule
redesignating
that
area
to
attainment
was
in
effect.
3
Consequently,
the
USEPA's
SIP
approval
for
New
Jersey's
wintertime
oxygenated
fuels
program
applied
only
to
the
northeastern
carbon
monoxide
nonattainment
area.
New
Jersey
tried
several
times
to
end
the
program
due
to
concern
regarding
methyl
tertiary­
butyl
ether
(
or
MTBE),
and
subsequently
adopted
regulations
that
ended
the
wintertime
oxygenated
fuels
program
in
the
southern
portion
of
the
State.
4
At
New
Jersey's
request,
the
USEPA
approved
the
removal
of
New
Jersey's
oxygenated
gasoline
program
from
its
SIP
on
November
22,
1999.

The
USEPA
proposed
both
a
limited
approval
and
a
limited
disapproval
of
the
State's
carbon
monoxide
New
Source
Review
rule
and
a
disapproval
of
the
State's
carbon
monoxide
attainment
demonstration
for
the
northeastern
part
of
the
State
on
November
10,
1994,
at
59
FR
56019.
The
USEPA's
proposed
disapproval
of
the
State's
carbon
monoxide
attainment
demonstration
was
predicated
on
the
fact
that
the
demonstration
relied
on
the
implementation
of
an
enhanced
I/
M
program
that
had
not
been
fully
developed
or
implemented
by
the
State.
On
July
25,
1996,
at
61
FR
38591,
the
USEPA
adopted
its
limited
approval
of
the
State's
New
Source
Review
regulation,
as
well
as
adopting
its
proposed
approvals
of
New
Jersey's
vehicle
miles
traveled
forecast
and
its
multi­
state
coordination
commitment.
As
part
of
its
July
25,
1996,
promulgation,
the
USEPA
committed
to
taking
future
action
on
New
Jersey's
attainment
demonstration
and
enhanced
I/
M
program
in
separate
Federal
Registers.
The
USEPA
has
granted
conditional
interim
approval
of
New
Jersey's
enhanced
I/
M
program
and
has
proposed
a
full
approval.
5,6
The
USEPA
determined
on
November
22,
1999,
that
the
entire
northeastern
nonattainment
area
had
met
the
NAAQS
for
carbon
monoxide.
7
1994
Carbon
Monoxide
SIP
Revisions
On
November
17,
1994,
New
Jersey
revised
its
carbon
monoxide
SIP
for
the
northeastern
carbon
monoxide
nonattainment
area
to
incorporate
the
results
for
the
most
recent
planning
tools
available
to
the
NJDEP.
The
updated
planning
tools
included:

1)
The
USEPA
Mobile
Source
Emission
Factor
Model,
MOBILE5a;
2)
The
latest
version
of
the
line­
source
dispersion
model,
CAL3QHC
version
2.0;
and,

3
61
Fed.
Reg.
33678
(
June
28,
1996)
and
60
Fed.
Reg.
62741
(
December
7,
1997).
4
27
NJ
Reg.,.
4731
(
November
20,
1995)
and
28
NJ
Reg.
851
(
February
5,
1996).
5
62
Fed.
Reg.
26401
(
May
14,
1997).
6
66
Fed.
Reg.
47130.
7
64
Fed.
Reg.
48970.
3
1)
The
travel
demand
model
for
the
northern
part
of
the
State.

These
latest
planning
tools
were
used
for
the
1994
carbon
monoxide
SIP
revision,
in
part,
to
ensure
that
the
methodologies
and
assumptions
used
to
calculate
emission
reductions
for
SIP
purposes
were
consistent
with
those
used
to
calculate
emission
reductions
for
Transportation
Improvement
Program
conformity
purposes.

The
combined
application
of
these
updated
tools
resulted
in
an
increase
in
the
emission
inventory,
increased
benefits
for
the
control
programs,
a
lower
vehicle
miles
traveled
growth
rate,
and
a
higher
predicted
concentration
at
each
intersection
examined
in
the
attainment
demonstration.
The
1994
attainment
demonstration
also
included
the
effects
of
the
State's
wintertime
oxygenated
fuel
and
enhanced
I/
M
programs.
However,
the
conclusion
remained
the
same
as
in
the
1992
SIP
revision;
that
is,
the
carbon
monoxide
NAAQS
would
be
attained
by
December
31,
1995.

1995
Carbon
Monoxide
SIP
Revision
In
1995,
the
State
of
New
Jersey
applied
to
the
USEPA
for
redesignation
of
both
the
Camden
County
carbon
monoxide
nonattainment
area
and
the
nine
not­
classified
carbon
monoxide
areas
to
attainment
of
the
carbon
monoxide
NAAQS.
The
USEPA
approved
these
redesignation
requests
in
a
Federal
Register
notice
published
on
December
7,
1995,
that
became
effective
on
February
7,
1996.8
This
approval
was
re­
affirmed
by
the
USEPA
in
a
Federal
Register
notice
published
on
June
28,
1996
that
incorporated
the
USEPA's
responses
to
comments
received
during
the
public
comment
period.
9
1996
Request
for
an
Extension
of
the
Attainment
Date
It
was
not
possible
to
demonstrate
two
years
of
non­
violating
air
quality
data
by
the
December
31,
1995
attainment
deadline
due
to
carbon
monoxide
NAAQS
violations
in
1994.
Therefore,
the
State
had
the
choice
of
either
allowing
the
area
to
be
reclassified
to
the
higher
classification
of
serious
carbon
monoxide
nonattainment
or
applying
to
the
USEPA
for
an
extension
of
the
attainment
date
as
allowed
by
the
Clean
Air
Act.
10
On
April
24,
1996,
the
State
submitted
a
request
to
the
USEPA
for
a
1­
year
extension
of
the
attainment
date
to
December
31,
1996.11
New
York
and
Connecticut,
the
two
other
states
that
comprise
the
New
York
City/
Northern
New
Jersey/
Long
Island
carbon
monoxide
nonattainment
area,
subsequently
submitted
letters
to
the
USEPA
on
July
31,
1996,
and
June
27,
1996,
respectively,
concurring
with
New
Jersey's
request
for
an
attainment
date
extension.
The
northeastern
carbon
monoxide
nonattainment
area
met
the
Clean
Air
Act's
requirements
and
the
USEPA's
criteria
for
obtaining
an
extension
of
an
attainment
date
for
a
moderate
nonattainment
area
in
that
it:

1)
Had
complied
with
all
the
requirements
and
commitments
pertaining
to
the
area
in
the
8
60
Fed.
Reg.
62741.
9
61
Fed.
Reg.
33678.
10
42
U.
S.
C.
7512(
a)(
4).
11
NJDEP,
Letter
from
Robert
C.
Shinn,
Commissioner
to
Jeanne
M.
Fox,
Regional
Administrator,
USEPA,
Region
II,
dated
April
24,
1996.
4
applicable
implementation
plan;
and,
2)
Had
no
more
than
one
exceedance
of
the
carbon
monoxide
NAAQS
at
any
monitoring
site
in
the
year
preceding
the
extension
year,
that
is,
1995.12,13
The
USEPA
approved
New
Jersey's
and
the
other
states'
1­
year
attainment
date
extension
requests
on
November
5,
1996,
at
61
FR
56897.

1998
Carbon
Monoxide
SIP
Revision
On
July
21,
1997,
the
State
proposed
regulatory
amendments
to
repeal
its
wintertime
oxygenated
fuel
requirements
for
Northern
New
Jersey
in
the
New
Jersey
Register
(
29
NJR
3222(
a)).
In
addition
to
this
proposed
rulemaking,
the
NJDEP
also
prepared
a
proposed
carbon
monoxide
SIP
revision
that,
in
part:

1)
Demonstrated
that
the
New
Jersey
portion
of
the
New
York
City/
Northern
New
Jersey/
Long
Island
carbon
monoxide
nonattainment
area
had
attained
the
carbon
monoxide
NAAQS;
2)
Requested
that,
based
on
this
attainment
demonstration
and
a
comprehensive
plan
to
maintain
the
standard
for
at
least
the
next
ten
years,
the
New
Jersey
portion
of
the
multistate
nonattainment
area
be
redesignated
to
attainment;
and,
3)
Removed
the
State's
wintertime
oxygenated
fuel
program
from
New
Jersey's
carbon
monoxide
SIP.

A
hearing
to
take
public
comment
on
both
the
rulemaking
proposal
and
the
SIP
revision
was
held
on
August
11,
1997,
and
written
comments
were
accepted
until
close
of
business,
August
20,
1997.
Based
upon
comments
received
during
the
comment
period
and
subsequent
conversations
with
the
USEPA
and
the
other
states
in
the
multi­
state
nonattainment
area,
the
State
decided,
on
August
7,
1998,
to
submit
only
portions
of
the
proposed
carbon
monoxide
SIP
revision
to
the
USEPA.
The
State
subsequently
submitted
the
entire
proposal
except
for:

1)
The
maintenance
plan
(
which
demonstrated
that
New
Jersey
would
continue
to
maintain
the
carbon
monoxide
NAAQS
until
the
year
2009
and
discussed
the
contingency
measure(
s)
that
would
be
implemented
should
New
Jersey
again
violate
the
NAAQS);
and,
2)
The
request
that
the
USEPA
redesignate
the
northeastern
nonattainment
area
to
attainment
(
the
"
redesignation
request").

12
USEPA
memorandum
dated
October
23,
1995,
entitled
Criteria
for
Granting
Attainment
Date
Extensions,
Making
Attainment
Determinations,
and
Determinations
of
Failure
to
Attain
the
NAAQS
for
Moderate
Carbon
Monoxide
Nonattainment
Areas,
from
Sally
L.
Shaver,
Director,
Air
Quality
Strategies
and
Standards
Division,
to
Regional
Air
Office
Directors.
13
42
U.
S.
C.
7512(
a).
5
In
that
submittal,
the
State
also
committed
to
revise
its
transportation
conformity
emission
budget
once
the
USEPA
took
action
on
the
SIP
revision.

On
August
17,
1998,
the
NJDEP
adopted
its
regulatory
proposal
calling
for
the
removal
of
the
wintertime
oxygenated
fuel
program
in
Northern
New
Jersey.
14
On
November
22,
1999,
the
USEPA
determined
that
the
New
York
City/
Northern
New
Jersey/
Long
Island
carbon
monoxide
area
had
attained
the
carbon
monoxide
NAAQS.
15
The
USEPA
also
approved
the
State's
request
to
remove
New
Jersey's
oxygenated
gasoline
program
from
its
SIP.
16
2002
Redesignation
Request
and
Maintenance
Plan
for
the
New
Jersey
Portion
of
the
New
York
City/
Northern
New
Jersey/
Long
Island
Carbon
Monoxide
Nonattainment
Area
In
2002,
New
Jersey
submitted
a
request
to
the
USEPA
to
redesignate
the
northern
carbon
monoxide
nonattainment
area
to
attainment.
17
This
SIP
revision
contained:

1)
Updated
air
quality
monitoring
data
that
demonstrated
that
measured
carbon
monoxide
levels
continued
to
remain
below
standards;
2)
A
maintenance
plan
that
included
control
measures,
transportation
conformity
emission
budgets,
and
a
contingency
plan;
and,
3)
Other
information
that
supported
the
Request
for
Redesignation.

The
air
quality
monitoring
data
showed
attainment
with
the
health­
based
carbon
monoxide
NAAQS
since
1996,
while
the
carbon
monoxide
inventory
projections
for
the
years
2007
and
2014
that
were
included
in
the
maintenance
plan
showed
reductions
in
emissions
relative
to
the
emissions
estimated
for
1996.

The
USEPA
approved
New
Jersey's
redesignation
request
and
maintenance
plan
on
August
23,
2002
at
67
FR
54574.
Included
in
the
approval
were
transportation
conformity
emission
budgets
for
1997,
2007,
and
2014.

2004
New
Jersey
Revised
Motor
Vehicle
Transportation
Conformity
Emission
Budgets
Using
the
MOBILE6
Model
In
2004,
New
Jersey
submitted
a
request
to
the
USEPA
for
a
SIP
revision
to
establish
updated
transportation
conformity
emission
budgets
that
incorporated
new
data
and
the
use
of
the
new
USEPA
motor
vehicle
emissions
model,
MOBILE6,
that
was
required
for
use
in
future
conformity
determinations
for
New
Jersey.
Transportation
conformity
emission
budgets
for
carbon
monoxide,
VOCs,
and
NOx
were
updated
to
reflect
the
most
recent
version
of
the
USEPA's
emission
factor
prediction
model
and
the
latest
vehicle
registration
data.
The
latest
vehicle
registration
data
were
used
to
establish
new
estimates
of
the
age
distribution
of
New
Jersey's
onroad
motor
vehicle
fleet.
This
SIP
revision
did
not
affect
any
of
the
planned
or
14
30
NJ
Reg.,
3025.
15
64
Fed.
Reg.,
48970.
16
64
Fed.
Reg.
63690.
17
NJDEP,
SIP
Revision
for
the
Attainment
and
Maintenance
of
the
Carbon
Monoxide
NAAQS,
Redesignation
Request
and
Maintenance
Plan
for
the
New
Jersey
Portion
of
the
New
York/
Northern
New
Jersey/
Long
Island
Carbon
Monoxide
Nonattainment
Area,
January
15,
2002.
6
implemented
control
measures
for
carbon
monoxide,
VOCs,
and
NOx.
In
addition,
the
updated
budgets
did
not
indicate
a
need
for
any
additional
control
measures
for
New
Jersey
to
maintain
attainment
of
the
carbon
monoxide
NAAQS
or
reach
attainment
of
the
1­
hour
ozone
NAAQS.

The
USEPA
approved
New
Jersey's
SIP
revision
request
on
August
30,
2004
at
69
FR
52834­
52836.