Illinois Administrative Code
Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part 217 - NITROGEN OXIDES EMISSIONS
Subpart U - NO[x] CONTROL AND TRADING PROGRAM FOR SPECIFIED NO[x] GENERATING UNITS
Section 217.482 - Allowance Allocations to Opt-In Budget Units
Universal Citation: 35 IL Admin Code ยง 217.482
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) Allowance allocations:
1) By the December 31 immediately before the
first control period for which the budget permit is effective, the Agency will
allocate allowances to the opt-in budget unit and submit to USEPA the
allocation for the control period in accordance with subsection (b) of this
Section.
2) By no later than the
December 31 after the first control period for which the budget permit is in
effect and December 31 of each year thereafter, the Agency will allocate
allowances to the opt-in budget unit and submit to USEPA allocations for the
next control period, in accordance with subsection (b) of this
Section.
b) For the first control period, and for each subsequent control period for which the opt-in budget unit has a budget permit, the opt-in budget unit will be allocated allowances in accordance with the following procedures:
1) The heat input (in mmbtu) used for
calculating allowance allocations will be the lesser of:
A) The opt-in unit's baseline heat input
determined pursuant to Section
217.476(c)
of this Subpart; or
B) The opt-in
unit's heat input, for the control period in the year prior to the year of the
first control period for which the allocations are being calculated, as
determined in accordance with 40 CFR 96, subpart H.
2) The Agency will allocate allowances to the
opt-in budget unit in an amount equaling the heat input (in mmbtu) determined
under subsection (b)(1) of this Section multiplied by the lesser of:
A) The unit's baseline
NOx emissions rate (in lbs/mmbtu) determined pursuant to
Section
217.476(c)
of this Subpart; or
B) The lowest
NOx emissions limitation (calculated in lbs/mmbtu) under
State or federal law that is applicable to the budget opt-in unit for the year
of the control period for which the allocations are being calculated,
regardless of the averaging period to which the emissions limitation
applies.
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