New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 27 - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › Subchapter 10 - SULFUR IN SOLID FUELS › Section 7:27-10.2 - Sulfur contents standards

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) On and before December 14, 2012, no person shall store, offer for sale, sell, deliver or exchange in trade, for use in New Jersey, solid fuel which contains sulfur in excess of the percentages by weight set forth in Table 1, except as provided otherwise in this Subchapter.
(b) On and before December 14, 2012, no person shall use in New Jersey, solid fuel which contains sulfur in excess of the percentages by weight set forth in Table 1.
TABLE 1
EXISTING SOLID FUEL BURNING UNITS
Type Fuel
Maximum Allowable Percent Sulfur by Weight (Dry Basis)
Zone One
Zone Two
Zone Three
Zone Four
Anthracite Coal or Coke
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
All other solid Fuels
1.0
1.0
0.2
0.2
(c) On and before December 14, 2012, the provisions of (a) and (b) above shall not apply to solid fuel whose combustion causes sulfur dioxide (SO[LESS THAN]2[GREATER THAN]) emissions from any stack or chimney into the outdoor atmosphere which 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 Table 2.
TABLE 2
EXISTING SOLID FUEL BURNING UNITS
Type Fuel
Maximum Allowable SO[2] Emissions (pounds/million BTU)
Zone One
Zone Two
Zone Three
Zone Four
Anthracite Coal and Coke
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
All other solid Fuels
1.5
1.5
0.3
0.3
(d) On and before December 14, 2012, any solid fuel-fired steam generating unit which is located in Zone Three or Zone Four, having a rated hourly capacity of greater than 200,000,000 British Thermal Units (BTU) gross heat input and any group of units at one facility which is located in Zone Three or Zone Four, having a combined rated hourly capacity of greater than 450,000,000 British Thermal Units (BTU) gross heat input, and which were in operation prior to May 6, 1968, shall be subject to the standards specified in Table 1 for Zone One.
(e) On and before December 14, 2012, any person responsible for the use of bituminous coal who believes that bituminous coal containing a maximum allowable percent sulfur by weight as set forth in Table 1 cannot be used in a specific steam generating unit may submit data to the Department setting forth justification for a less restrictive percent of sulfur content by weight in bituminous coal. The Department may authorize the use of a less restrictive percent of sulfur by weight in bituminous coal. Any less restrictive percent of sulfur content by weight in bituminous coal authorized by the Department shall not exceed 1.5 percent, except as provided in (f) below.
(f) On and before December 14, 2012, the Department may authorize the use of bituminous coal not exceeding a maximum sulfur content of 3.5 percent by weight (dry basis) at existing facilities in Zone One if:
1. The person responsible for the use of bituminous coal demonstrates that bituminous coal, containing one percent sulfur or less by weight and suitable for use in the specific steam generating unit, is not reasonably available in sufficient quantities; and
2. Sulfur dioxide levels in the ambient atmosphere will at no time exceed or jeopardize the ambient air quality standards set forth in N.J.A.C. 7:27-13; and
3. The sulfur content of the bituminous coal burned at the facility represents the minimum sulfur content coal which can be used by the facility and is reasonably available in sufficient quantity; and
4. The person responsible for the use of bituminous coal agrees to such monitoring and reporting requirements as the Department may deem appropriate to ensure compliance with the conditions set forth in this subsection; and
5. The person responsible for the use of bituminous coal submits to the Department for such authorization an application which considers and addresses as a minimum, in addition to the above, the following criteria:
i. Physical surroundings of the coal-fired steam generating unit;
ii. Population density of the surrounding area;
iii. Dispersion characteristics of the source;
iv. Topography of the immediate vicinity; and
v. Aesthetic and nuisance effects.