(a)
NOx
allowance allocation.
(1) By April 1
immediately before the first control period for which the
NOx budget opt-in approval is effective, the Department
will allocate NOx allowances to the
NOx budget opt-in unit and submit to the
NOx Allowance Tracking System the allocation for the
control period in accordance with subsection (b).
(2) By no later than April 1, after the first
control period for which the NOx budget opt-in approval
is in effect, and April 1 of each year thereafter, the Department will allocate
NOx allowances to the NOx budget
opt-in unit, and submit to the NOx Allowance Tracking
System allocations for the next control period, in accordance with subsection
(b).
(3) The Department will
publish in the Pennsylvania Bulletin each determination of
NOx allowance allocations under paragraphs (1) and (2)
and will provide an opportunity for submission of objections to the
determination. Objections shall be limited to addressing whether the
determination is in accordance with subsection (b). Based on objections, the
Department will adjust each determination to the extent necessary to ensure
that it is in accordance with subsection (b).
(b)
Allocation procedures.
For each control period for which the NO
x budget opt-in
unit has an approved NO
x budget opt-in approval, the
NO
x budget opt-in unit will be allocated
NO
x allowances in accordance with the following
procedures:
(1) The heat input (in mmBtu) used
for calculating NO
x allowance allocations will be the
lesser of one of the following:
(i) The
NO
x budget opt-in unit's baseline heat input determined
under §
145.84(c)
(relating to opt-in process).
(ii)
The NO
x budget opt-in unit's heat input, as determined
in accordance with §§
145.70-
145.76 (relating to recordkeeping
and reporting requirements), for the control period in the year prior to the
year of the control period for which the NO
x allocations
are being calculated.
(2) The Department will allocate
NO
x allowances to the NO
x budget
opt-in unit in an amount equaling the heat input (in mmBtu) determined under
paragraph (1) multiplied by the lesser of one of the following:
(i) The NO
x budget
opt-in unit's baseline NO
x emissions rate (in lb/mmBtu)
determined under §
145.84(c) divided
by 2,000 lb/ton, and rounded to the nearest whole number of
NO
x allowances as appropriate.
(ii) The most stringent State or Federal
NOx emissions limitation applicable to the
NOx budget opt-in unit during the control period divided
by 2,000 lb/ton, and rounded to the nearest whole number of
NOx allowances as appropriate.
