Title 26, Title 26: HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS

26:2C-56 Action plan for ratepayer relief, certain circumstances. 14. a. If the price of allowances at two consecutive regional auctions in which the State of New Jersey is a participant exceeds $7 per allowance, the department and the board shall, within 90 days after the second…

26:2C-57 Severability. 15. If any provision of P.L.2007, c.340 (C.26:2C-45 et al.) or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect any other provision or application of this act which can be given effect without the invalid provis…

26:2C-58 State required to join United States Climate Alliance. 1. The State shall join the United States Climate Alliance and uphold the Paris Climate Accord, lower greenhouse gas emissions, and address the threats posed by climate change in accordance with the goals established…

26:2C-59 20-year time horizon for calculating global warming potential to measure global warming impact of greenhouse gases. 1. a. Whenever the Department of Environmental Protection, the Board of Public Utilities, or any other State agency calculates a global warming potential f…

26:2C-60 Definitions relative to reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. 1. As used in this act: "Class I substance" and "class II substance" mean those substances listed in 42 U.S.C. s.7671a, as that section read on November 15, 1990, or those substances listed in Appendix A or B…

26:2C-61 Use of certain products prohibited. 2. a. No person shall offer any product or equipment for sale, lease, or rent, or install or otherwise cause any equipment or product to enter into commerce in New Jersey if that equipment or product consists of, uses, or will use a su…

26:2C-63 Requirements concerning refrigerants. 4. Any person who installs, repairs, maintains, services, replaces, recycles, or disposes of a stationary refrigeration or air conditioning appliance, and any person who distributes or reclaims refrigerants, shall follow the requirem…

26:2C-64 Violations, enforcement and penalty. 5. A person who violates the provisions of sections 2 through 4 of this act, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, shall be subject to the enforcement and penalty provisions of section 19 of P.L.1954, c.212 (C.26:2C-19).…

26:2C-65 Reports. 6. a. No later than December 1, 2020, the department, in consultation with other relevant departments and agencies, shall prepare and submit, to the Governor and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the Legislature, a report providing rec…

26:2C-66 Construction of act. 7. Nothing in this act shall be construed to impose liability on any news media that accepts or publishes advertising for any product that would otherwise be subject to the provisions of this act. L.2019, c.507, s.7.

26:2C-67 Severability. 8. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of the act and the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid, shall not be …

26:2C-68 New Jersey Fuel Cell Task Force. 1. a. There is established in the Board of Public Utilities the New Jersey Fuel Cell Task Force. The purpose of the task force shall be to develop a plan to increase the use of fuel cells in the State and to provide information, education…

26:2C-8 Powers of department relative to air pollution. 8. a. The department shall have power to formulate and promulgate, amend and repeal codes and rules and regulations preventing, controlling and prohibiting air pollution throughout the State or in such territories of the Sta…

26:2C-8.1. Codes, rules, regulations concerning motor vehicles 1. a. The department, after consultation with the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles, shall have the power to formulate and promulgate, amend and repeal codes, rules and regulations establishing standards and …

26:2C-8.10. Sale, use of reformulated gasoline; program expiration 5. The department shall not adopt rules and regulations requiring, for gasoline-fueled motor vehicles, the sale and use of reformulated gasoline other than that certified therefor by the United States Environmenta…

26:2C-8.11 Air pollution control rules, regulations. 6. a. The department shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations implementing the following mandated air pollution control measures identified in the …

26:2C-8.14 Written report, list, inventory. 10. a. The Department of Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Commissioner of Transportation and the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, shall prepare and submit on a semi-annual basis to the Se…

26:2C-8.15 Findings, declarations relative to California Low Emission Vehicle program. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that the implementation of the National Low Emission Vehicle program is a key component of the State's efforts to achieve on-time emissions reductions and …

26:2C-8.16 Definitions relative to low emission vehicles. 2. As used in sections 1 through 7 of P.L.2003, c.266 (C.2C:2C-8.15 et seq.): "Advanced technology partial zero emission vehicle" means a vehicle certified as an advanced technology partial zero emission vehicle pursuant t…

26:2C-8.17 Implementation of California Low Emission Vehicle program; substantive changes. 3. a. Notwithstanding any provision of a State implementation plan submitted by the Department of Environmental Protection to the United States Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to t…

26:2C-8.17a Extended warranty for partial zero emission vehicles. 1. In addition to any other law, rule, or regulation concerning warranty provisions, a partial zero emission vehicle sold in this State shall include an extended performance and defects warranty, which shall be, at…

26:2C-8.18 Zero emission vehicle credit bank. 4. a. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall establish a zero emission vehicle credit bank to allow manufacturers to earn and bank vehicle equivalent credits for any advanced technology partial zero emission vehicle or par…

26:2C-8.2. Applicability of code, rule, regulation to classes of vehicles 2. Any code, rule or regulation establishing standards and requirements for the control of air contaminants from motor vehicles shall be applicable to such classification of motor vehicles as the department…

26:2C-8.22 Findings, declarations relative to MTBE. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that methyl tertiary butyl ether, more commonly referred to as MTBE, may threaten drinking water supplies in the State and nationwide due to the properties of MTBE that make it highly solubl…

26:2C-8.23 Definitions relative to MTBE. 2. As used in this act: "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection; "MTBE" means methyl tertiary butyl ether. L.2005,c.192,s.2.

26:2C-8.24 Prohibitions against sale in State of gasoline containing MTBE. 3. a. No person shall distribute in commerce for sale in the State, gasoline which contains more than 0.5% MTBE by volume. b. Any person who violates this act, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant th…

26:2C-8.25 Rules, regulations. 4. The department shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act. L.2005,c.192,s.4.

26:2C-8.26 Findings, declarations relative to regulation of fine particle emissions from diesel engines. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that the emissions of fine particles into the air pose an extraordinary health risk to the people of the State; that the Department of En…

26:2C-8.27 Definitions relative to regulation of fine particle emissions from diesel engines. 2. As used in sections 1 through 31 of P.L.2005, c.219 (C.26:2C-8.26 et seq.): "Best available retrofit technology" means the equipment, retrofit device, or fuel, or any combination ther…

26:2C-8.28 DEP rules, regulations. 3. a. The Department of Environmental Protection, no later than 270 days after the effective date of this section, shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations necessary…

26:2C-8.29 DEP to consult when developing rules, regulations concerning diesel commercial buses. 4. The Department of Environmental Protection shall consult with the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission and the New Jersey Transit Corporation when developing the provisions of the r…

26:2C-8.3. Standards and requirements for control of air contaminants; motor vehicles having air pollution control devices Such codes, rules and regulations shall establish standards and requirements for the control of air contaminants from motor vehicles manufactured with air po…

26:2C-8.30 Public outreach program to owners of affected vehicles, equipment. 5. The Department of Environmental Protection shall develop and implement, in consultation with the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, a public outreach program to notify and inform the owners of regu…

26:2C-8.31 Closed crankcase technology for regulated school buses. 6. a. No later than two years after the effective date of P.L.2005, c.219 (C.26:2C-8.26 et al.), or two years after the date on or by which both certifications required in this subsection have been made, whichever…

26:2C-8.32 Study to identify, quantify sources of fine particles in cabin of regulated school buses. 7. a. Within two years after the effective date of P.L.2005, c.219 (C.26:2C-8.26 et al.), the Department of Environmental Protection shall complete a study to identify and quantif…

26:2C-8.33 Rules and regulations relative to idling school buses, consistency with "Air Pollution Control Act (1954)." 8. a. The rules and regulations adopted pursuant to paragraph (4) of subsection b. of section 3 of P.L.2005, c.219 (C.26:2C-8.28), shall be consistent with any r…

26:2C-8.34 Submissions to DEP by owner of regulated vehicle, equipment. 9. a. Except as otherwise provided for in this section, any owner of a regulated vehicle or regulated equipment shall submit to the Department of Environmental Protection: (1) an inventory of all on-road dies…

26:2C-8.35 Approval of fleet retrofit plans. 10. a. The department shall review, and approve or disapprove all parts of any fleet retrofit plan, combined fleet retrofit plan, or fleet averaging plan submitted pursuant to section 9 of P.L.2005, c.219 (C.26:2C-8.34). The department…

26:2C-8.36 Anniversary date of plans, submissions required from owner. 11. a. The date on which all parts of a fleet retrofit plan, combined fleet retrofit plan, or fleet averaging plan have been approved and are in effect shall serve as the anniversary date of the fleet retrofit…

26:2C-8.37 Inapplicability relative to vehicles, equipment meeting federal standard. 12. Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.2005, c.219 (C.26:2C-8.26 et al.), or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, to the contrary, no best available retrofit technology shall be re…

26:2C-8.38 Voluntary repowering, replacing, or rebuilding of equipment. 13. Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.2005, c.219 (C.26:2C-8.26 et al.), or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, to the contrary, no owner of any on-road diesel vehicle or piece of off-road di…

26:2C-8.39 Record listing for each regulated vehicle, piece of equipment. 14. a. Each owner of regulated vehicles or regulated equipment shall keep, at the place of business of the owner a record listing for each regulated vehicle or piece of regulated equipment the following ide…

26:2C-8.4 Standards and requirements for control of air contaminants, motor vehicles without air pollution control devices. 4. Except as otherwise required pursuant to P.L.2005, c.219 (C.26:2C-8.26 et al.) or other laws, codes, rules, and regulations concerning motor vehicles reg…

26:2C-8.40 Labeling of retrofit devices. 15. Each retrofit device that is installed in the State shall be labeled with a legible and durable label affixed to the device. The label shall provide a unique identification number to be matched to the specific retrofit device and the s…

26:2C-8.41 Compliance forms for regulated equipment. 16. a. The Department of Environmental Protection shall develop and issue to each owner of regulated equipment compliance forms for the regulated equipment no later than 180 days after the submittal of a notice to comply pursua…

26:2C-8.42 Issuance of one-page compliance forms. 17. a. No later than 180 days after the date on which the owner of regulated vehicles or regulated equipment submits a notice to comply pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection a. of section 9 of P.L.2005, c.219 (C.26:2C-8.34), the…