Illinois Administrative Code
Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part 207 - VEHICLE SCRAPPAGE ACTIVITIES
Subpart E - MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES AND CER CALCULATION AND REVIEW
Section 207.510 - Submission and Agency Review of CER Claims
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) Except as provided in Section 207.512 of this Subpart, a vehicle scrappage sponsor or manager must submit a CER claim to the Agency for review within 120 days of completion of vehicle collection for vehicle scrappage projects or quarterly for a vehicle scrappage program. The following information must be included in each CER claim, in addition to any information required in the applicable vehicle scrappage plan:
b) CERs may not be claimed for a vehicle until it has been acquired and retired by the vehicle scrappage sponsor or manager.
c) CERs may be claimed on a lump sum basis for the total aggregate emissions reduction over the remaining useful life of the retired vehicle(s), or allocated on an annual basis over the remaining useful life, not to exceed the total aggregate emissions reduction.
d) Except for Agency sponsored projects or programs, a vehicle scrappage manager, vehicle scrappage sponsor, or, if the vehicle scrappage sponsor is an entity, the responsible official of the entity submitting a CER claim for Agency review pursuant to this Subpart shall make the following statement as part of the claim:
I certify that the information submitted in this CER claim is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, true, accurate and complete. I am aware that I may be subject to enforcement pursuant to the Environmental Protection Act if any information submitted in this CER claim is determined to be false or misleading.
e) Except as provided in Section 207.512 of this Subpart, the Agency will review each CER claim submitted and will issue its written determination regarding how many CERs have been generated, if any, within 45 calendar days after the Agency's receipt of a complete claim. CERs are not valid until the Agency has completed its CER determination and notified the vehicle scrappage sponsor or manager in writing of its determination of the amount of CERs generated.