EPA Finds New Jersey Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets Adequate for Transportation Conformity

Summary

The Environmental Protection Agency has determined that the 2017 emissions budgets for volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides submitted by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection are sufficient for transportation planning purposes in the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 8-hour ozone nonattainment area, requiring the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority to use these budgets in future conformity determinations.