The New Jersey plan was evaluated on the basis of the following classifications:
| Air quality control region
| Pollutant
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| Particulate matter
| Sulfur oxides
| Nitrogen dioxide
| Carbon monoxide
| Photochemical oxidants (hydrocarbons)
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| New Jersey-New York-Connecticut Interstate | I | I | I | I | I
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| Metropolitan Philadelphia Interstate | I | I | III | I | I
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| Northeast Pennsylvania-Upper Delaware Valley Interstate | I | II | III | III | III
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| New Jersey Intrastate | III | IA | III | I | III |