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. 6, March 18, 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:
(e) The provisions of (a), (b), (c), and (d) above shall not apply whenever a person responsible for the sulfur dioxide emissions from a facility into the outdoor air resulting from the combustion of facility by-products alone, or from the combustion of facility by-products combined with fuels conforming with this section, can demonstrate to the Department that the facility's emissions are predictable and will in no case exceed 310 ppm by volume adjusted to 12 percent carbon dioxide by volume. In such cases, the Department may establish conditions as it deems appropriate including, but not limited to, requiring sampling and analysis of emissions of sulfur dioxide, periodic fuel analysis and the periodic submission of data.
(f) If the identified grade of fuel oil does not agree with the classification by viscosity set forth in Tables 1A and 1B and Tables 2A and 2B, then he allowable parts per million sulfur by weight shall be determined by the viscosity classification.