Equivalent Alternative Program Demonstration: Clean Air Act Section 185 Requirements for Revoked 1-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard
Date Posted: December 4, 2024
Date Updated: March 4, 2025
The final equivalent alternative program demonstration meets the anti-backsliding requirements related to Clean Air Act (CAA) Section 185 for the revoked 1979 1-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS). The document demonstrates that New Jersey’s Clean Energy Program (NJCEP) is an equivalent alternative program to fulfill the CAA Section 185 fee requirement for the New Jersey portion of the New York-N. New Jersey-Long Island (NY-NJ-CT) Nonattainment Area of the revoked 1979 1-hour ozone NAAQS.
Proposed
Letter to USEPA
Final
Letter to USEPA
Proposed Appendix 1: CAA Section 185 Fee and Alternative Program Fee Calculations
Final Appendix 1: CAA Section 185 Fee and Alternative Program Fee Calculations
Proposed Appendix 2: NJCEP Expenditures and Total Annual NOx and VOC Emissions
Final Appendix 2: NJCEP Expenditures and Total Annual NOx and VOC Emissions
Appendix 3: Public Participation
Attachment 1: Public Notices
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