N.J. Admin. Code § 7:27-21.9

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 11, June 3, 2024

Section 7:27-21.9 - Request for extension

(a) If meeting the due date set forth at 7:27-21.4 for submittal of an Emission Statement would cause extreme hardship, an owner or operator may request an extension.

(b) A request for an extension shall include the following information:

1. The name of the facility; the mailing address of the facility, including its zip code; and its facility ID number, as assigned by the Department;

2. The name of the Emission Statement contact for the facility and the contact person's telephone number;

3. The name of the responsible official and the responsible official's telephone number;

4. The reasons and justifications for the inability to submit the Emission Statement by the due date and the extreme hardship that would be prevented if the Department allows an extension of the due date;

5. The revised date by which the owner or operator commits to submitting the Emission Statement. This revised date can be no later than one month from the due date; and

6. A certification, signed by the responsible official, in accordance with 7:27-1.39.

(c) A request for an extension shall be submitted, in writing, to the following address: Department of Environmental Protection

Chief, Bureau of Air Quality Planning

Attn: Emission Statements--Extension Request

Mail Code 401-07H

PO Box 420

Trenton, N.J. 08625-0420

(d) A request to extend the due date must be received by the Department by April 1 of the submittal year for a paper submittal and by May 1 of the submittal year for an electronic submittal. The Department will not consider a request for an extension it receives after these dates.

(e) Within 10 working days after receipt of a request for extension, the Department will respond with its determination as to whether the request for extension is denied or granted and, if granted, the revised date by which the Emission Statement is due. The Department will grant an extension if the extension is necessary to prevent extreme hardship.

(f) Once an owner or operator has obtained an extension of the due date for the submission of an Emission Statement pursuant to (a) through (e) above, the Department will not grant any additional extension for that Emission Statement or any continuance of the initial extension.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:27-21.9

New Rule, R.1994 d.500, effective 10/3/1994 (operative October 31, 1994).
See: 25 N.J.R. 4033(a), 26 N.J.R. 4026(a).
Recodified from N.J.A.C. 7:27-21.8 and amended by R.2003 d.86, effective 2/18/2003 (operative March 24, 2003).
See: 34 N.J.R. 695(a), 35 N.J.R. 1059(a).
Rewrote (a), (b) and (d); deleted (e); recodified (f) as (e); deleted (g). Former N.J.A.C. 7:27-21.9, Determination of non-applicability, recodified to N.J.A.C. 7:27-21.10.
Administrative change.
See: 43 N.J.R. 2328(a).