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NEW JERSEY IDLING ANALYSIS
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Average Hours One Vehicle Spends Idling Per Year
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Total Number of Vehicles Idling
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Total Hours Idling
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Total Annual Fuel Consumption for Idling (Gallons)
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Annual Barrels of Oil Consumed for Idling
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Daily Barrels of Oil Consumed for Idling
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Percentage of the 20 Million Barrels a Day that are Being Used to Idle
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| HEAVY DUTY TRUCK |
2,142 |
68,968
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122,320,758
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122,320,758
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12,232,076
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33,513
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0.168%
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| SCHOOL BUS |
181 |
18,939
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3,427,983
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3,427,983
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342,798
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939
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0.005%
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| LIGHT DUTY |
30 |
1,967,157
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59,014,709
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37,769,414
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1,927,011
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5,279
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0.026%
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| TOTAL ALL |
2,353 |
2,055,064
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184,763,450
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163,518,155
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14,501,885
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39,731
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0.199%
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| Emissions GHG CO2 TONS/YEAR |
| HEAVY DUTY TRUCK |
1,337,576 |
| SCHOOL BUS |
37,485 |
| LIGHT DUTY |
358,871 |
| TOTAL ALL |
1,733,932 |
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| Tax Dollars Spent on Fuel for Idling in School Bus Industry |
| HEAVY DUTY TRUCK |
N/A |
| SCHOOL BUS |
$10,283,948 |
| LIGHT DUTY |
N/A |
| TOTAL ALL |
$10,283,948 |
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NEW JERSEY IDLING REGULATIONS
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| Area |
Maximum Idling Time
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Fines
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Exemptions
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| New Jersey |
3 minutes
(15 min if stopped for 3 hrs & < 25° F) |
$100 -1st offense
$200 -2nd offense
$500 -3rd offense
$1,500 -4th and
subsequent offense(s)
(NJAC 7:27A3.10 (m)(14))
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- Traffic conditions
- Mechanical operations
- Waiting or being inspected
- Performing emergency services
- Being repaired or serviced
- Use of sleeper berth in non-residential areas
- Exemption expires 05/01/2010
- Auxiliary power unit/generator set, bunk heaters, etc.
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Source
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New Jersey Administrative Code Title 7, Ch. 27-14.3. New Jersey State Department of Environmental Protection, Air Quality Management, Regulatory Development (609) 292-2795, www.state.nj.us/dep/aqm |
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NEW JERSEY PRO ENVIRONMENT POLITICIANS (2007)
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Office Held
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Party
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Comment
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| Lautenberg, Frank |
Senate
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Democrat
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Rated 86% by LCV*
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| Menedez, Robert |
Senate
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Democrat
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Rated 100% by LCV*
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| Andrews, Robert |
House of Representatives
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Democrat
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Rated 100% by LCV*
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| Ferguson, Mike |
House of Representatives
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Republican
|
Rated 83% by LCV*
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| Holt, Rush |
House of Representatives
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Democrat
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Rated 100% by LCV*
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| LoBiondo, Frank |
House of Representatives
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Republican
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Rated 83% by LCV*
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| Pallone, Frank |
House of Representatives
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Democrat
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Rated 100% by LCV*
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| Pascrell, Bill |
House of Representatives
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Democrat
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Rated 100% by LCV*
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| Payne, Donald |
House of Representatives
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Democrat
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Rated 92% by LCV*
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| Rothman, Steven |
House of Representatives
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Democrat
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Rated 100% by LCV*
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| Saxton, Jim |
House of Representatives
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Republican
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Rated 83% by LCV*
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| Smith, Christopher |
House of Representatives
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Republican
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Rated 92% by LCV*
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| *League of Conservation Voters, indicating pro-environment votes (2006)Smith, Christopher |
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