State Implementation Plan (SIP) Revision for the Attainment and Maintenance of the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards

Amendments to N.J.A.C. 7:27-16.3, Gasoline Transfer Operations, Phase I and Phase II Vapor Recovery Systems, TBAC Repeal, Permitting Amendments

Date Posted: July 3, 2017

Updated: December 18, 2017

These rule amendments and SIP revision allow new gasoline dispensing facilities to be constructed without Phase II vapor recovery systems, require existing facilities with Phase II systems that are incompatible with onboard vapor recovery (ORVR) systems to decommission the Phase II systems within three years, and require upgrades to the Phase I vapor recovery, tank breathing, and refueling components.  They also repeal t-butyl acetate (TBAC) emissions reporting requirements and adopt amendments to major and minor source permitting requirements to state that the terms of the preconstruction permit are incorporated into and become part of the operating permit, and that the Department will publish public notice of a draft operating permit by posting the notice on its website, rather than in the newspaper.