25 Pa. Code § 127.209 - ERC registry system

(a) The Department will establish an ERC registry system to track ERCs which have been created, transferred and used in accordance with the requirements of this subchapter. Prior to registration of the ERCs, the Department will review and approve the ERC registry application to verify compliance with this subchapter. Registration of the ERCs in the registry system will constitute certification that the ERCs satisfy the requirements of this subchapter and are available for use.

(b) The Department will maintain supporting documentation, including plan approval or permit decisions, registry applications and other items required to sufficiently characterize the emissions, which will allow the Department and potential users to determine if the ERCs are suitable for use at a specific facility.

(c) As part of the NSR process, the Department will provide the EPA and the public with notice of a plan approval or operating permit proposing to use ERCs.

(d) The Department will process each ERC registry application, permit modification and plan approval application, including those involving netting transactions, through the registry system to verify the information and to ensure that the requirements of §§ 127.206-127.208 (relating to ERC general requirements; creditable emissions decrease or ERC generation and creation; and ERC use and transfer requirements) have been met, including the requirement that the required reductions have been made and certified before registry entries or changes are made.

(e) Registry operations and procedures are as follows:

(1) The registry will list the ERCs, and the Department will publish revisions to the list of registered ERCs available for trading purposes in the Pennsylvania Bulletin on a quarterly basis.

(2) The registry will list ERCs by criteria pollutants and identify the nonattainment areas in which the ERCs were generated. The registry will identify ERCs that are available for use and that are in use.

(3) The ERC creation date entered in the registry will reflect the anticipated date of emissions reduction and will be amended as necessary to reflect the actual emissions reduction date.

(4) Upon issuance of a plan approval or operating permit allowing the use of ERCs entered in the registry, the following registry transactions will occur:

(i) The registry will identify the remaining ERCs available for use, if any, after the transaction. The ERC expiration date will be included for ERCs generated under § 127.207(5)(i) and (ii).

(ii) The registry will indicate the effective date, the quantity of ERCs used, the originating generator and the ERC creation date, which is the date of actual or anticipated emissions reduction by the ERC generating facility.

Notes

25 Pa. Code § 127.209

The provisions of this § 127.209 amended May 18, 2007, effective 5/19/2007, 37 Pa.B. 2365.

This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 127.201 (relating to general requirements); and 25 Pa. Code § 127.208 (relating to ERC use and transfer requirements).