New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 27 - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › Subchapter 9 - SULFUR IN FUELS › Section 7:27-9.2 - Sulfur content standards

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) No person shall store, offer for sale, sell, deliver or exchange in trade, for use in New Jersey, fuel that contains sulfur in excess of the applicable parts per million by weight set forth in Tables 1A and 1B of this section, except as provided in (c), (d) and (e) below. Fuel stored in New Jersey that met the applicable maximum sulfur content standard of Tables 1A or 1B of this section at the time the fuel was stored in New Jersey may be stored, offered for sale, sold, delivered or exchanged in trade, for use in New Jersey, after the effective date of the applicable standard in Table 1B.
(b) No person shall use fuel that contains sulfur in excess of the applicable parts per million by weight set forth in Tables 1A and 1B of this section, except as provided in (c), (d) and (e) below. Fuel stored in New Jersey that met the applicable maximum sulfur content standard of Tables 1A or 1B of this section at the time it was stored in New Jersey may be used in New Jersey after the operative date of the applicable standard in 1B.
TABLE 1A
MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SULFUR IN FUEL EFFECTIVE THROUGH JUNE 30, 2014
Typical Grades
Classification
Parts per Million by Weight (ppm)
of Fuel Oil
by SSU Viscosity at 100[degrees]F
Zone 1
Zones 2 &5
Zone 3
Zones 4 & 6
No. 2 &
Less than or
3,000
3,000
2,000
2,000
lighter
equal to 45,
including gases
No. 4
Greater than 45
20,000
7,000
3,000
3,000
but less than 145
No. 5, No. 6 & heavier
Equal to or greater than 145
20,000
10,000
5,000
3,000
TABLE 1B
MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SULFUR IN FUEL EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2014 AND JULY 1, 2016
Typical Grades
Classification
Parts per Million by Weight (ppm)
of Fuel Oil
by SSU Viscosity at 100[degrees]F
Zone 1
Zones 2 & 5
Zone 3
Zones 4 &6
No. 2 &
Less than or
500
500
500
500
lighter
equal to 45,
(effective July
including gases
1, 2014 through
June 30, 2016)
No. 2 &
Less than or
15.0
15.0
15.0
15.0
lighter
equal to 45,
(effective July
including gases
1, 2016)
No. 4
Greater than 45
2,500
2,500
2,500
2,500
(effective July
but less than 145
1, 2014)
No. 5, No. 6 &
Equal to or
5,000
5,000
5,000
3,000
heavier
greater than 145
(effective Jul 1, 2014)y
(c) The provisions of (a) and (b) above shall not apply to fuels whose combustion carries sulfur dioxide emissions from any stack or chimney into the outdoor atmosphere that are demonstrated to the Department as not exceeding, at any time, those quantities of sulfur dioxide expressed in pounds per 1,000,000 British Thermal Units (BTU) gross heat input, set forth in Tables 2A and 2B of this section.
TABLE 2A
MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SULFUR DIOXIDE EMISSIONS EFFECTIVE THROUGH JUNE 30, 2014
Typical
Classification
SO[2] Emissions (lbs per million BTU)
Grades of Fuel Oil
by SSU Viscosity at 100[degrees]F
Zone 1
Zones 2 & 5
Zone 3
Zones 4 & 6
No. 2 &
Less than or
0.32
0.32
0.21
0.21
lighter
equal to 45,
including gases
No. 4
Greater than 45
2.10
0.74
0.32
0.32
but less than 145
No. 5, No. 6
Equal to or
2.10
1.05
0.53
0.32
& Heavier
greater than 145
TABLE 2B
MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SULFUR DIOXIDE EMISSIONS EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2014 AND JULY 1, 2016
Typical Grades
Classification
SO[2] Emissions (lbs per million BTU)
of Fuel Oil
by SSU Viscosity at 100[degrees]F
Zone 1
Zones 2 & 5
Zone 3
Zones 4 & 6
No. 2 &
Less than or
0.0530
0.0530
0.0530
0.0530
lighter
equal to 45,
(effective July
including gases
1, 2014 through
June 30, 2016)
No. 2 &
Less than or
0.00160
0.00160
0.00160
0.00160
lighter
equal to 45,
(effective July
including gases
1, 2016)
No. 4
Greater than 45
0.260
0.260
0.260
0.260
(effective July
but less than 145
1, 2014)
No. 5, No. 6 &
Equal to or
0.530
0.530
0.530
0.320
Heavier
greater than 145
(effective July 1, 2014)
(d) The provisions of (a) and (b) above shall not apply to fuels included in an alternative emission control plan based on a mathematical combination approved by the Department. Application for such approval shall be made to the Department in writing and must include:
1. Certification that all source operations to be included in the mathematical combination are under the control of, or operated by, one person;
2. Certification that the total sulfur dioxide emissions from the mathematical combination during each 24-hour period will not exceed the quantity of sulfur dioxide expressed in pounds per million BTU gross heat input set forth in Tables 2A and 2B of this section;
3. Certification that the total sulfur dioxide emissions from the mathematical combination during each 24-hour period will not exceed the maximum total weight of sulfur dioxide that all the sources in the mathematical combination were allowed to emit at the time of applying;
4. Identification of each fuel burning unit and stack to be included in the mathematical combination;
5. Identification of the grades of fuel to be burned in each unit, the maximum sulfur content of each fuel to be burned in each unit, the maximum gross heat input rate for each unit, the higher heating value of each fuel, and the annual fuel use and operating hours per year for each unit;
6. An application for a permit for any fuel burning unit that must be altered or for any fuel burning unit in which fuel is to be burned having a sulfur content in excess of the applicable limits specified in Tables 1A and 1B of this section. The permit may be a preconstruction permit and certificate under N.J.A.C. 7:27-8, an operating permit under N.J.A.C. 7:27-22 or a facility-wide permit as defined at 7:1K-1.5;
7. A demonstration by air quality simulation modelling acceptable to the Department, including aerodynamic downwash modelling, unless waived in accordance with the provisions of 7:27-9.4, that increases in air contaminants resulting from use of the alternative emission control plan will not cause any ambient air quality standard to be exceeded, or cause any allowable prevention of significant deterioration ambient air increment as established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to be exceeded; and in areas where an ambient air quality standard is already exceeded, will not cause an increase in ambient air concentrations greater than the threshold increases set forth in Table 1 of 7:27-18.4;
8. Sufficient information to evaluate aerodynamic downwash effects including a site plan, heights of all structures within 1,000 feet (305 meters) of the stacks in the mathematical combination, and the topography of the area within 1,000 feet (305 meters) of the stacks in the mathematical combination; and
9. A guarantee that fuel analyses will be submitted at intervals specified by the Department.