Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) A project sponsor may request allowances
if the project commenced construction on or after the dates listed in this
subsection. The project sponsor may request and be allocated allowances from
more than one CASA category for a project, if applicable.
1) Demand side management, energy efficient
new construction, and supply side energy efficiency and conservation projects
that commenced construction on or after January 1, 2003;
2) Fluidized bed coal combustion projects,
highly efficient power generation operations projects, or renewable energy
emission units, that commenced construction on or after January 1, 2001;
and
3) All other projects on or
after July 1, 2006.
b)
Beginning with the 2009 control period and each control period thereafter, a
project sponsor may request allowances from the CASA. The application must be
submitted to the Agency by May 1 of the control period for which the allowances
are being requested.
c) The
allocation will be based on the electricity conserved or generated in the
control period preceding the calendar year in which the application is
submitted. To apply for a CAIR NOx allocation from the
CASA, project sponsors must provide the Agency with the following information:
1) Identification of the project sponsor,
including name, address, type of organization, certification that the project
sponsor has met the definition of "project sponsor" as set forth in Section
225.130, and names of
the principals or corporate officials.
2) The number of the CAIR
NOx general or compliance account for the project and
the name of the associated CAIR account representative.
3) A description of the project or projects,
location, the role of the project sponsor in the projects, and a general
explanation of how the amount of energy conserved or generated was measured,
verified, and calculated, and the number of allowances requested with the
supporting calculations. The number of allowances requested will be calculated
using the applicable formula from Section
225.470(b).
4) Detailed information to support the
request for allowances, including the following types of documentation for the
measurement and verification of the NOx emissions
reductions, electricity generated, or electricity conserved using established
measurement verification procedures, as applicable. The measurement and
verification required will depend on the type of project proposed.
A) As applicable, documentation of the
project's base and control period conditions and resultant base and control
period energy data, using the procedures and methods included in M&V
Guidelines: Measurement and Verification for Federal Energy Projects,
incorporated by reference in Section
225.140,
or other method approved by the Agency. Examples include:
i) Energy consumption and demand
profiles;
ii) Occupancy
type;
iii) Density and
periods;
iv) Space conditions or
plant throughput for each operating period and season. (For example, in a
building this would include the light level and color, space temperature,
humidity and ventilation);
v)
Equipment inventory, nameplate data, location, and condition; and
vi) Equipment operating practices (schedules
and set points, actual temperatures/pressures);
B) Emissions data, including, if applicable,
CEMS data;
C) Information for
rated-energy efficiency, including supporting documentation and calculations;
and
D) Electricity, in MWh
generated or conserved for the applicable control period.
5) Notwithstanding the requirements of
subsection (c)(4) of this Section, applications for fewer than five allowances
may propose other reliable and applicable methods of quantification acceptable
to the Agency.
6) Any additional
information requested by the Agency to determine the correctness of the
requested number of allowances, including site information, project
specifications, supporting calculations, operating procedures, and maintenance
procedures.
7) The following
certification by the responsible official for the project sponsor and the
applicable CAIR account representative for the project:
"I am authorized to make this submission on behalf of the
project sponsor and the holder of the CAIR NOx general
account or compliance account for which the submission is made. I certify under
penalty of law that I have personally examined, and am familiar with, the
statements and information submitted in this application and all its
attachments. Based on my inquiry of those individuals with primary
responsibility for obtaining the information, I certify that the statements and
information are to the best of my knowledge and belief true, accurate, and
complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false
statements and information or omitting required statements and
information."
d)
A project sponsor may request allowances from the CASA for each project for a
total number of control periods not to exceed the number of control periods
listed in this subsection. After a project has been allocated allowances from
the CASA, subsequent requests for the project from the project sponsor must
include the information required by subsections (c)(1), (c)(2), (c)(3) and
(c)(7) of this Section, a description of any changes, or further improvements
made to the project, and information specified in subsections (c)(5) and (c)(6)
as specifically requested by the Agency.
1)
For energy efficiency and conservation projects (except for efficient operation
and renewable energy projects), for a total of eight control periods.
2) For early adopter projects, for a total of
ten control periods.
3) For air
pollution control equipment upgrades, for a total of 15 control
periods.
4) For renewable energy
projects, clean coal technology, and highly efficient power generation
projects, for each year that the project is in operation.
e) A project sponsor must keep copies of all
CASA applications and the documentation used to support the application for at
least five years.
