OFFICIAL SITE OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY

Portable Fuel Containers

Pursuant to N.J.A.C. 27-24.10, any manufacturer of a portable fuel container that is subject to N.J.A.C. 7:27-24, that is sold in New Jersey for use in New Jersey, who uses a date code on the container or its packaging, in lieu of using the date of manufacture, shall submit an electronic registration and explanation of the date code for the date of manufacture to the Department. The registration shall be submitted by March 29, 2009 for products not previously required to be registered, or within 90 days of selling the product in the state.

Architectural Coatings

Pursuant to N.J.A.C. 27-23.6(c), any manufacturer of an architectural coating that is subject to N.J.A.C. 7:27-23, that is sold in New Jersey for use in New Jersey, who uses a date code on the coating container, in lieu of using the date of manufacture on the container, shall submit an electronic registration and explanation of the date code for the date of manufacture to the Department. The registration shall be submitted prior to January 1, 2005 or prior to selling the product in New Jersey.

Adhesives and Sealants

Pursuant to N.J.A.C. 27-26.8(a), any manufacturer of an adhesive, sealant, adhesive primer or sealant primer that is subject to N.J.A.C. 7:27-26, that is sold in New Jersey for use in New Jersey, who uses a date code other than the YY DDD format (as described at N.J.A.C. 7:27-26.7(b)), shall submit an electronic registration and explanation of the date code for the date of manufacture to the Department. The registration shall be submitted prior to January 1, 2009 or prior to selling the product in New Jersey.

How to Submit Registration

For more detailed information see the regulations at: http://www.nj.gov/dep/aqm/rules27.html

The registration information shall be submitted electronically, unless electronic submission would impose hardship on the manufacturer, and the Department approves a request from the manufacturer to submit the information on paper.

The registrations shall be submitted as follows:

A manufacturer who, after the submission of its registration, begins to manufacture a product for sale in New Jersey which changes the original registration information, or if any of the information provided in the registration changes, shall submit a revised registration including the new information within 90 days of the change;

Any information submitted as part of the registration shall not be claimed to be confidential, pursuant to N.J.A.C. 27-23.6(c), N.J.A.C. 27-24.5(b) and N.J.A.C. 27-26.8(b). Also, please note, although manufacturers’ date codes may include information other than the date of manufacture, the Department is only requiring the explanation of the date of manufacture.

The appropriate form, found under the “Forms” tab, must be filled out electronically and submitted electronically in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:27-23.6(c), 24.5(a) and 24.10(a). Preferably, the Department would like the forms submitted by email to the following address: consumer-products@njdepwptest.net

or, the forms may be put on computer diskette or CD-rom and mailed to:

Attn: Chemically Formulated Consumer Product Registration,
Attn: Portable Fuel Container Registration,
Attn: Architectural Coating Registration, or
Attn: Adhesives and Sealants Registration
DEP-Air Quality Planning
401 East State Street, 2nd Floor
Mail Code 401-07H
P.O. Box 420
Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0420

If you have any questions regarding this material, please contact Marcus Tutt of the Bureau of Evaluation and Planning at (609) 633-3839.