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New Jersey Clean Air Council Clean Air Council 2007 Hearing
Annual Public Hearing
The Power of Government However, like other factors that affect consumer
Improving Air Quality Policy and an Educated Public and industry choices, energy efficiency is a com-
plicated policy issue.
through Energy Efficiency The Challenge The Clean Air Council is an advisory body to
the DEP. Each year the Council releases a report
and Conservation The Clean Air Council of New Jersey invites you
to attend its annual public hearing at 9:30 a.m.
highlighting air quality issues affecting New Jersey.
This year the Council is seeking information and
The Power of Government Policy on April 11, 2007 in the public hearing room of public comment that will assist the Council with
the New Jersey Department of Environmental
and an Educated Public Protection (DEP) offices in Trenton. Based on
making sound recommendations to the DEP
regarding the incorporation of energy efficiency
testimony offered during the hearing, the Council measures into New Jersey’s air quality protection
will be making recommendations to the DEP to programs. The desired information includes the
address the improvement of air quality through following topics:
energy efficiency in New Jersey.
Air Quality: Public Health & Welfare Effects
❧ Energy and its use are essential to modern
society, with worldwide demand for energy increas- Program Scope – Local/State/Regional/Global
ing annually. Many forms of energy production Electric Power
and use result in air pollution, which affects public
Transportation
health and welfare and all forms of energy use have
potential environmental impacts. Conservation / Efficiency
Public Education
Tel: (609) 633-2007 Fax: (609) 984-6369
❧ Traditional approaches to air pollution control
have focused on source control, and pollution
Questions for the Hearing
prevention can be a cost effective means to im-
P.O. Box 027, 401 E. State St.
New Jersey Clean Air Council
prove air quality. An important realization is that Speakers are invited to address the Council in
www.nj.gov/dep/cleanair
energy efficiency can fit into the pollution pre-
Trenton, NJ 08625-0027
response to the following questions:
vention philosophy, because improvements in
April 11, 2007 energy efficiency — through technology and 1. What are the impacts on air quality from
9:30 a.m. energy conservation — have a great potential to energy production and use?
N.J. Department of Environmental Protection enhance air quality.
401 E. State St., Trenton, N.J. 2. In what sectors can energy efficiency be im-
❧ Government policies should encourage a co- proved and to what extent?
Jon S. Corzine, Governor ordinated and holistic approach to energy effi-
Lisa P. Jackson, Commissioner ciency and should incorporate these concepts
James Blando, Ph.D., Chairman into economic and environmental programs.
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3. What are the costs or savings and air 12. What are the barriers to energy efficient The hearing record will remain open until May Public Hearing
quality benefits achieved by improving choices by the general public? 4, 2007 to allow for receipt of additional written Notice of Intention to Attend
energy efficiency? testimony. Such testimony may be mailed to the
13. What incentives for industry and consumers following address:
4. How does energy efficiency fit into the are effective at increasing energy conservation
portfolio of government policies regarding and reducing air pollution? New Jersey Clean Air Council ❏ I plan only to attend the April 11, 2007,
air quality? 401 E. State St. Clean Air Council public hearing.
14. How do product life cycles and waste-to- P.O. Box 027
Trenton, NJ 08625-0027
5. Since New Jersey is a participant in the energy fit into an energy plan that will result ❏ I plan to attend and to testify at the
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative in an overall reduction in air pollution?
(RGGI), which includes a CO2 emissions public hearing.
trading program, what are the potential 15. Transportation sources constitute a significant
The Clean Air Council
strengths and weaknesses of CO2 emissions energy use in New Jersey. New Jersey has
trading programs to reduce the use of already adopted the California low-emission First convened in 1968, the Clean Air Council Name
fossil fuels and global warming gases? vehicle (LEV) program, which includes CO2 was created by the Legislature to make recom-
emission reductions. California is now in the mendations to the state of New Jersey on mat- Company
6. What are the predictions for energy de- process of including CO2 emission reduc- ters and programs pertaining to air pollution
mand in the future and how is this linked tions. What are the potential energy and fuel control. Organization
to predictions for changes in air quality? savings for this program in New Jersey? For more information on the Clean Air Council,
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visit www.nj.gov/dep/cleanair.
7. What are effective strategies for improving Hearing Procedures
air quality through energy efficiency Address
within our communities and industries? The Clean Air Council has invited guest speakers who
Directions to DEP
will address many of these topics and provide
8. What are new environmentally friendly suggestions to help New Jersey meet its energy and Perry St.
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technologies that can be used to improve air quality challenges. Interested residents of New
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Sonia Evans at (609) 633-2007, via email at
among consumers to conserve energy, cac@dep.state.nj.us or by fax at (609) 984-6369. Greenwood Ave.
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11. What programs have effectively educated the press.
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and motivated the public to conserve 1 Hamilton Ave.
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energy and reduce air pollution?
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