New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 27F - CONTROL AND PROHIBITION OF CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 7:27F-1.3 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Air contaminant" shall have the same meaning as the term "air contaminant" as defined at N.J.A.C. 7:27-1.4.
"ASTM" means ASTM International, formerly known as the American Society for Testing and Materials, which was formed in 1898. ASTM standards incorporated by reference are available at astm.org.
"BPU" means the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities.
"British thermal unit" or "BTU" means the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit, at the temperature at which water has its greatest density (approximately 39 degrees Fahrenheit).
"CFR" means the United States Code of Federal Regulations.
"CO2" means carbon dioxide.
"Distillates of air" shall have the same meaning as the term "distillates of air" as defined at N.J.A.C. 7:27-1.4.
"EPA" means the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
"Facility" shall have the same meaning as the term "facility" as defined at N.J.A.C. 7:27-8.1 or 22.1, as applicable.
"FERC" means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
"Fossil fuel" means natural gas, petroleum, coal, and any form of solid, liquid, or gaseous fuel derived from such material.
"Fossil fuel-fired" means the combustion of fossil fuel, alone, or in combination with any other fuel, where the fossil fuel combusted comprises, or is projected to comprise, more than 50 percent of the annual heat input on a BTU basis during any year.
"Hr" means hour.
"Insignificant source" shall have the same meaning as the term "insignificant source" or "insignificant source operation" as defined at N.J.A.C. 7:27-8.1 or 22.1, as applicable.
"ISO" means International Organization for Standardization, iso.org.
"ISO conditions" means 288.15 Kelvin, or 15 degrees Celsius, 60 percent relative humidity, and 101.3 kilopascals pressure.
" kWh" means kilowatt hour.
"Lb" means pound.
"Modify" or "modification" shall have the same meaning as the term "modify" or "modification" as defined at N.J.A.C. 7:27-8.1 or 22.1, as applicable.
"MMBTU" means million BTU.
"MW" means megawatt.
"MWe" means megawatt electrical.
"MWh" means megawatt hour.
"Natural gas" means a fluid mixture of hydrocarbons (for example, methane, ethane, or propane), composed of at least 70 percent methane by volume or that has a gross calorific value between 35 and 41 megajoules per dry standard cubic meter (950 and 1,100 BTU per dry standard cubic foot), that maintains a gaseous state under ISO conditions. Natural gas does not include the following gaseous fuels: landfill gas, digester gas, biomass gas, biogas, refiner gas, sour gas, blast furnace gas, coal-derived gas, producer gas, coke oven gas, or any gaseous fuels produced in a process that might result in highly variable CO2 content or heating value.
"New York Independent System Operator" or "NYISO" means the not-for profit corporation, or any successor organization, responsible for operating New York State's bulk electricity grid, administering New York State's competitive wholesale electricity markets, and conducting comprehensive long-term planning for New York State's electric power system serving New York State. NYISO is the Federally designated electric bulk system operator in New York State.
"Operating certificate" or "certificate" shall have the same meaning as the term "operating certificate" or "certificate" as defined at N.J.A.C. 7:27-22.1.
"Operating permit" shall have the same meaning as the term "operating permit" as defined at N.J.A.C. 7:27-22.1.
"Permittee" shall have the same meaning as the term "permittee" as defined at N.J.A.C. 7:27-8.1 or 22.1, as applicable.
"Permit revision" shall have the same meaning as the term "permit revision" as defined at N.J.A.C. 7:27-8.1.
"Person" means an individual, public or private corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, society, joint stock company, international entity, institution, county, municipality, state, interstate body, the United States of America, or any agency, board, commission, employee, agent, officer, or political subdivision of a state, an interstate body, or the United States of America.
"Petroleum" means crude oil or a fuel derived from crude oil, including, but not limited to, distillate and residual oil.
"PJM Interconnection, LLC" or "PJM" means the regional transmission organization, or its successor, that coordinates the movement of wholesale electricity in all or parts of Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.
"Preconstruction permit" shall have the same meaning as the term "preconstruction permit" as defined at N.J.A.C. 7:27-22.1.
"Significant source" shall have the same meaning as the term "significant source operation" or "significant source" as defined at N.J.A.C. 7:27-8.1 or 22.1, as applicable.