New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 27 - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
Subchapter 24 - PREVENTION OF AIR POLLUTION FROM CONSUMER PRODUCTS
Section 7:27-24.4 - Chemically formulated consumer products: standards
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) Except as provided at 7:27-24.2 and in (c), (d) and (j) below, no person shall sell, offer for sale, hold for sale, distribute for sale, supply for sale, or manufacture for sale in New Jersey a chemically formulated consumer product that belongs to a chemically formulated consumer product category listed in Table 1 below, that was manufactured on or after the operative date in Table 1 below, and that contains a VOC content in excess of the applicable limit specified in Table 1 below.
TABLE 1 | ||||
VOC CONTENT LIMITS FOR CHEMICALLY FORMULATED CONSUMER PRODUCTS | ||||
Maximum Allowable VOC Content | ||||
(percent by weight,<1> unless | ||||
otherwise indicated)<2> | ||||
State | ||||
Standard | State | State | ||
Operative | Standard | Standard | ||
Chemically Formulated | Date | Operative | Operative | |
Consumer Product | 4/30/96- | Date | Date | |
Category | Form | 12/31/04<3> | 1/1/05 | 1/1/09 |
Adhesive Remover: | Floor or wall covering | 5 | ||
Gasket or thread | 50 | |||
locking | ||||
General purpose | 20 | |||
Specialty | 70 | |||
Adhesives | Aerosol: | 75 | ||
Mist spray | 65 | |||
Web spray | 55 | |||
Special purpose spray | ||||
adhesives: | ||||
Mounting, automotive | ||||
engine | 70 | |||
compartment, and | ||||
flexible vinyl | ||||
Polystyrene foam and | 65 | |||
automotive headliner | ||||
Polylolefin and | 60 | |||
laminate repair/ | ||||
edgebanding | ||||
Contact: | 80 | 80 | N/A<5> | |
Contact general | 55 | |||
purpose | ||||
Contact special | 80 | |||
purpose | ||||
Construction, panel, | 40 | 15 | ||
and floor covering | ||||
General purpose | 10 | 10 | ||
Structural waterproof | (Reserved) | 15 | ||
Air fresheners | Single-phase aerosols | 70 | 30 | |
Double-phase aerosols | 30 | 25 | ||
Liquids/pump sprays | 18 | 18 | ||
Solids/semisolids | 3 | 3 | ||
Antiperspirants | Aerosols | 60 HVOC | 40 HVOC | |
10 MVOC | ||||
Non-aerosols | 0 HVOC | 0 HVOC | ||
0 MVOC | ||||
Anti-static products, | 11 | |||
non-aerosol | ||||
Automotive brake | 45 | |||
cleaners | ||||
Automotive rubbing | 17 | |||
orpolishing | ||||
compounds | ||||
Automotive waxes, | Hard paste waxes | 453 | ||
polishes, sealants | Instant detailers | |||
or glazes | ||||
All other forms | 15 | |||
Automotive windshield | 35 | |||
washer fluids | ||||
Bathroom and tile | Aerosols | 7 | 7 | |
cleaners | ||||
All other forms | 15 | |||
Bug and tar removers | 40 | |||
Carburetor or | ||||
fuel-injection air | Aerosols | 75 | 45 | |
intake cleaners | Non-aerosols | 75 | 45 | |
Carpet and upholstery | Aerosols | 7 | ||
cleaners | ||||
Non-aerosols | 0.1 | |||
(dilutables) | ||||
Non-aerosols | 3.0 | |||
(ready-to-use) | ||||
Charcoal lighter | 0.02 lb | |||
material | start<4> | |||
Cooking sprays | Aerosols | 18 | 18 | |
Deodorants | Aerosols | 20 HVOC | 0 HVOC | |
10 MVOC | ||||
Non-aerosols | 0 HVOC | 0 HVOC | ||
0 HVOC | ||||
Dusting aids | Aerosols | 35 | 25 | |
All other forms | 7 | 7 | ||
Electrical cleaners | 45 | |||
Electronic cleaners | 75 | |||
Engine degreasers | Aerosols | 75 | 35 | |
Non-aerosols | 75 | 5 | ||
Fabric protectants | 75 | 60 | ||
Fabric polishes/waxes | Products for flexible | 7 | 7 | |
flooring materials | ||||
Products for | 10 | 10 | ||
nonresilient | ||||
flooring | ||||
Wood floor wax | 90 | 90 | ||
Fabric refreshers | Aerosol | 15 | ||
Non-aerosol | 6 | |||
Floor wax strippers | Non-aerosol: | |||
For light or medium | 3 | |||
build-up | ||||
For heavy build-up | 12 | |||
Footwear or leather | Aerosol | 75 | ||
care products | ||||
Solid | 55 | |||
Other forms | 15 | |||
Furniture maintenance | Aerosols | 25 | 17 | |
products | ||||
All other forms except | 7 | |||
solid or paste | ||||
General purpose | Aerosols | 10 | 10 | |
cleaners | ||||
Non-aerosols | 10 | 4 | ||
General purpose | Aerosols | 50 | ||
degreasers | ||||
Non-aerosols | 4 | |||
Glass cleaners | Aerosols | 12 | 12 | |
All other forms | 8 | |||
Non-aerosols | ||||
Graffiti removers | Aerosol | 50 | ||
Non-aerosol | 30 | |||
Hair mousses | 16 | 6 | ||
Hair shines | 55 | |||
Hair sprays | 80 | 55 | ||
Hair styling gels | 6 | 6 | ||
Hair styling products | Aerosol and pump | 6 | ||
sprays | ||||
All other forms | 2 | |||
Heavy-duty hand | 8 | |||
cleaner or soaps | ||||
Insecticides | Crawling bug: | 40 | ||
Aerosols | 15 | |||
All other forms | 20 | |||
Flea and tick | 25 | 25 | ||
Flying bug: | 35 | |||
Aerosols | 25 | |||
All other forms | 35 | |||
Foggers | 45 | 45 | ||
Lawn and garden: | 20 | |||
Non-aerosols | 3 | |||
All other forms | 20 | |||
Wasp and hornet | 40 | |||
Laundry prewash | Aerosol/solids | 22 | 22 | |
All other forms | 5 | 5 | ||
Laundry starch | 5 | 5 | ||
products | ||||
Metal polishes/ | 30 | |||
cleansers | ||||
Multi-purpose | 50 | |||
lubricants | ||||
(excluding solid or | ||||
semi-solid products) | ||||
Nail polish removers | 85 | 75 | ||
Non-selective | Non-aerosols | 3 | ||
terrestrial | ||||
herbicide | ||||
Oven cleaners | Aerosols/pump sprays | 8 | 8 | |
Liquids | 5 | 5 | ||
Paint removers or | 50 | |||
strippers | ||||
Penetrants | 50 | |||
Rubber and vinyl | Aerosols | 10 | ||
protectants | ||||
Non-aerosols | 3 | |||
Sealants and caulking | 4 | |||
compounds | ||||
Shaving creams | 5 | 5 | 7 | |
Shaving gels | ||||
Silicone-based | 60 | |||
multi-purpose | ||||
lubricants | ||||
(excluding solid or | ||||
semi-solid products) | ||||
Spot removers | Aerosols | 25 | ||
Non-aerosols | 8 | |||
Tire sealants and | 20 | |||
inflators | ||||
Toilet/urinal care | Aerosol | 10 | ||
products | ||||
Non-aerosol | 3 | |||
Undercoatings | Aerosols | 40 | ||
Wood cleaners | Aerosol | 17 | ||
Non-aerosol | 4 | |||
Footnotes to Table: | ||||
<1> Weight is the product's total weight, exclusive of the packaging. | ||||
<2> The Federal VOC limits, which became operative December 10, 1998, are | ||||
promulgated at 40 CFR 59, Subpart C, Table 1. | ||||
<3> As of January 1, 2005, the State limits operative as of April 30, 1996 are | ||||
no longer applicable. | ||||
<4> See 7:27-24.4(i) for additional State requirements pertaining to | ||||
charcoal lighter material. | ||||
<5> On and after January 1, 2009, the contact adhesive category shall be not | ||||
applicable and is replaced with two new categories, Contact general purpose | ||||
and Contact special purpose. |
(b) For the purpose of determining compliance with a VOC content limit set forth in Table 1 above, if the label, packaging, or accompanying literature specifically states that the consumer product should be diluted prior to use, the VOC content of the product shall be determined as follows:
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of (a) above and the specifications of Table 1 above, for a consumer product with a label that is registered under FIFRA, the operative date of the applicable State standard is one year after the operative date specified in Table 1.
(d) Except as provided at (n) through (p), (t) and (u) below, a chemically formulated consumer product manufactured prior to the operative date specified for that product in Table 1 above, may be sold, supplied, or offered for sale after the specified operative date, if that product complies with the standards in effect at the time that product was manufactured, and if that product displays the date or date-code in accordance with the requirements at 7:27-24.5(d), (e) and (f).
(e) For the purpose of determining compliance with a VOC content limit set forth in Table 1 above, the VOC content of a consumer product shall not include the following:
(f) If an aerosol adhesive could be classified in more than one chemically formulated consumer product category listed in Table 1, the standard for the category with the lowest applicable VOC limit applies.
(g) If anywhere on the principal display panel of a consumer product manufactured before January 1, 2009, or any FIFRA-registered insecticide manufactured before January 1, 2010, any representation is made that the product may be used as, or is suitable for use as, a consumer product that belongs to more than one chemically formulated consumer product category in Table 1 at (a) above, then the lowest VOC content limit shall apply. However, this subsection does not apply to general purpose cleaners, antiperspirants, deodorants, and insecticide foggers.
(h) If anywhere on the principal display panel of a consumer product manufactured on or after January 1, 2009, or any FIFRA-registered insecticide manufactured on or after January 1, 2010, or on any sticker or label affixed thereto, any representation is made that the product may be used as, or is suitable for use as, a consumer product that belongs to more than one chemically formulated consumer product category in Table 1 at (a) above, then the lowest VOC content limit shall apply. This requirement does not apply to general purpose cleaners, antiperspirants, deodorants and insecticide foggers.
(i) No person shall sell, offer for sale, hold for sale, distribute, supply, or manufacture for sale in New Jersey, on or after January 1, 2005, a charcoal lighter material product, even if it conforms with the VOC content standards in (a) above, unless the following requirements are met:
(j) A chemically formulated consumer product is exempt from (a) above and (n) below if:
(k) An IPE, ACP, or variance in (j) above shall not be valid for use in New Jersey to comply with this subchapter unless:
(l) Any submittal made pursuant to (k)5 above shall be sent to the address given at 7:27-24.3(d) and the envelope or package shall be labeled as follows:
(m) On and after January 1, 2005, no person shall sell, offer for sale, hold for sale, distribute, supply, or manufacture for sale in New Jersey, an aerosol adhesive product that contains methylene chloride, perchloroethylene, or trichloroethylene, even if its VOC content conforms with the standards required pursuant to (a) above.
(n) Except as provided at 7:27-24.2(f), and at (o), (q) and (r) below, on and after January 1, 2009, no person shall sell, offer for sale, hold for sale, distribute for sale, supply for sale, or manufacture for sale in New Jersey any contact adhesive, electronic cleaner, footwear or leather care product, general purpose degreaser, adhesive remover, electrical cleaner, graffiti remover or automotive consumer product that contains a chlorinated toxic air contaminant even if it meets the VOC content standards at (a) above.
(o) Any contact adhesive, electronic cleaner, footwear or leather care product, general purpose degreaser, adhesive remover, electrical cleaner, graffiti remover or automotive consumer product that was manufactured before January 1, 2009 and contains a chlorinated toxic air contaminant may be sold, offered for sale, held for sale, distributed, or supplied through December 31, 2011, so long as the product container or package displays the date on which the product was manufactured, or a code indicating such date, in accordance with 7:27-24.5 and the product otherwise meets the VOC content standards at (a) above.
(p) On or after June 30, 2011, any person who sells or supplies for salea consumer product identified in (o) above to a distributor or retailer must notify the distributor or retailer in writing that the product cannot be sold after December 31, 2011.
(q) The requirements of (n) through (p) above do not apply to any contact adhesive, electronic cleaner, footwear or leather care product, general purpose degreaser, adhesive remover, electrical cleaner, graffiti remover that contains a chlorinated toxic air contaminant that is present as an impurity in a combined amount equal to or less than 0.01 percent by weight.
(r) For purposes of (n) above, an automotive consumer product contains a chlorinated toxic air contaminant if the product contains 1.0 percent or more by weight (exclusive of the container or packaging) of methylene chloride, perchloroethylene, or trichloroethylene, as determined by the test method specified in 7:27-24.7(b).
(s) On and after January 1, 2009, no person shall sell, supply for sale, offer for sale, or manufacture for use in New Jersey any solid air fresheners or toilet/urinal care products that contain paradichlorobenzene, except that solid air fresheners and toilet/urinal care products that contain paradichlorobenzene and were manufactured before January 1, 2009 may be sold, supplied, or offered for sale through December 31, 2011, so long as the product container or package displays the date on which the product was manufactured, or a code indicating such date, in accordance with 7:27-24.5.
(t) On or after June 30, 2011, any person who sells or supplies for sale a solid air freshener or toilet/urinal care product that contains paradichlorobenzene to a distributor or retailer must notify the distributor or retailer in writing that the product cannot be sold after December 31, 2011.