Purpose:
Identify the Air Quality Forecast to determine if Emergency
Generator can or can not be used for normal testing/maintenance on a specific day.
IMPORTANT NOTE: EMERGENCY GENERATORS CAN BE USED
WHENEVER NEEDED FOR TRUE EMERGENCIES, REGARDLESS
OF THE AIR QUALITY. The procedures below apply only to
normal testing and maintenance usage. They do not
apply to emergency usage.
Background:
Emergency Generators might not be allowed to operate
for normal testing/maintenance on a certain day, depending
on New Jersey's Air Quality for that day, in accordance
with the Department's rules at N.J.A.C. 7:27-19.2(d).
New Jersey's Air Quality is based on the National Air
Quality Index System, which looks at 5 major pollutant
levels currently in the air, compares those pollutant
levels to established health standards, and then gives
the air a current rating (or grade), such as "good"
or "unhealthy." The prohibition from testing/maintaining
Emergency Generators on certain days is designed to:
- ensure that NJ's air quality does not get worse on
those days with unhealthful air, and
- help protect the public health from the harmful effects
of unhealthy air.
Procedure:
Check the air quality forecast before using the Emergency
Generator for normal testing/maintenance, using either
"A" or "B" below, whichever is more
appropriate:
A. Same day the emergency generator will be
used for normal testing/maintenance
- At anytime on the same day the emergency generator
will be used for normal testing/maintenance, go to:
- Read the "Forcast" column for today's date.
- If this column lists the air quality anywhere in NJ as Unhealthy for Sensitive
Groups, Unhealthy, Very Unhealthy, or Hazardous,
then testing/maintenance CAN NOT be done today.
- Reschedule testing/maintenance for another day.
- Remember to re-check the Air Quality Forecast on that
rescheduled testing day, and on any other day that the
Emergency Generator will be use for normal testing/maintenance.
B. Day before the emergency generator will be
used for normal testing/maintenance
- Only after 5:00 pm on the day before the emergency
generator will be used for normal testing/maintenance,
go to:
- Read the "Forcast" column for tomorrow's date.
- If this column lists the air quality anywhere in NJ as Unhealthy for Sensitive
Groups , Unhealthy, Very Unhealthy, or Hazardous,
then you CAN NOT do the testing/maintenance tomorrow.
- Reschedule your testing/maintenance for another day.
- Remember to re-check the Air Quality Forecast on
that rescheduled testing day, and on any other day that
the Emergency Generator will be used for normal testing/maintenance.
Summary:
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