New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 27 - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
Subchapter 13 - AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS
Section 7:27-13.2 - General ambient air quality standards

(a) Whereas air is vital to life and contamination of it to any degree is a condition to be endured reluctantly; and whereas our knowledge of the long-term harmful effects of low levels of contamination is incomplete and uncertain; therefore, it is the air quality objective of the Department to assure, at all times and throughout the territory of the State, ambient air of the highest purity achievable by the installation and diligent operation and maintenance of pollution source control devices and methods consistent with the lawful application of the most advanced state of the art.

(b) Furthermore, it is the objective of the Department, by prevention and correction, so to enhance the quality of the outdoor air that as a minimum, and throughout the State, air quality will be in accord with the numerical air quality standards for specific pollutants set forth in subsequent Sections of this Subchapter.

(c) An implementation plan of action to meet air quality standards will be adopted by the Department and, from time to time, amended as necessary. The plan will incorporate all pertinent air pollution control regulations which limit or prevent the emission into the atmosphere of air contaminants for which air quality standards have been adopted. The plan also will include interim air quality objectives whose achievement through rigorous enforcement can then be predicted.