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For real-time pictures from New Jersey showing how haze obscures the skyline, check out the haze camera at www.hazecam.net.
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The Bureau of Air Quality Planning (BAQP) is responsible for developing air quality management plans to reduce air pollution in New Jersey to acceptable levels and to maintain air pollution levels below those levels. The federal Clean Air Act requires the states in which the ambient air quality does not meet the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) to develop State Implementation Plans (SIPs). The entire State is designated nonattainment for ozone and thirteen (13) counties for the annual Fine Particulate NAAQS. Also, this group develops the plan for improving visibility at the Brigantine National Wildlife Refuge. Emission Statements from about 600 facilities are collected and reviewed by the Bureau. This data is used for planning and for the emission fee for the major facilities in the Operating Permit program. BAQP also reviews plans for federally funded projects, including roads and other major projects, to ensure conformity with New Jersey’s air quality plans.
