The Division of Air Quality adopted regulations concerning the control and prohibition of carbon dioxide emissions. The rulemaking establishes carbon dioxide emission limits for fossil fuel-fired electric generating units and imposes a ban on the sale and use of No. 4 and No. 6 fuel oil. See https://www.state.nj.us/oal/rules/accessp/.

The Division of Air Quality proposed new rules and amendments as part of a comprehensive strategy to implement relevant provisions of the Global Warming Response Act. The Act requires New Jersey to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 80% less than the 2006 level by 2050. In particular, this rulemaking seeks to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from: (1) fossil fuel-fired electric generating units through the application of emission limits; (2) commercial and industrial fossil fuel-fired boilers based upon additional permit requirements; and (3) No. 4 and No.

The Department of Environmental Protection proposed to amend N.J. Admin. Code §§7:27-22.1 and -22.16, and 7:27A-3.2, -3.5, and -3.10, and adopt §§7:27-22.28 and 7:27C. The proposed amendments and adoptions would establish the New Jersey Carbon Dioxide Budget Trading Program, which is designed to reduce anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide from large fossil fuel-fired electricity generating units. A hearing will be held January 25, 2019. Comments are due February 19, 2019. See http://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/njoal/.