Code of Maine Rules
06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL
Chapter 156 - CO[2] BUDGET TRADING PROGRAM
Section 096-156-8 - CO[2] Allowance Transfer Provisions
Universal Citation: 06 ME Code Rules ยง 096-156-8
Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024
A. Submission of CO2 allowance transfers. The CO2 authorized account representative seeking recordation of a CO2 allowance transfer shall submit the transfer to the Department or its agent. To be considered correctly submitted, the CO2 allowance transfer must include the following elements in a format specified by the Department or its agent:
(1) the numbers
identifying the transferor and transferee accounts;
(2) a specification by serial number of each
CO2 allowance to be transferred;
(3) the printed name and signature of the
CO2 authorized account representative of the transferor
account and the date signed;
(4)
the date of the completion of the last sale or purchase transaction for any
previously-transferred allowances included in the request; and
(5) the sale or purchase price of each
allowance that is the subject of a sale or purchase transaction under
subsection 8(A)(4) of this Chapter.
B. Recordation.
(1) Within 5 business days of receiving a
CO2 allowance transfer, except as provided in subsection
8(B)(2) of this Chapter, the Department or its agent will record the
CO2 allowance transfer by moving each
CO2 allowance from the transferor account to the
transferee account as specified by the request, provided that:
(a) the transfer is correctly submitted under
subsection 8(A) of this Chapter; and
(b) the transferor account includes each
CO2 allowance identified by serial number in the
transfer.
(2) A
CO2 allowance transfer that is submitted for recordation
following the CO2 allowance transfer deadline and that
includes any CO2 allowances that are of allocation years
that fall within a control period or interim control period prior to or the
same as the control period or interim control period to which the
CO2 allowance transfer deadline applies will not be
recorded until after completion of the process of recordation of
CO2 allowance deductions for compliance in subsection
5(D)(2) of this
Chapter.
(3) Where a
CO2 allowance transfer submitted for recordation fails
to meet the requirements of subsection 8(B)(1) of this Chapter, the Department
or its agent will not record such transfer.
C. Notification Requirements.
(1) Notification of recordation. Within 5
business days of recordation of a CO2 allowance transfer
under subsection 8(B) of this Chapter, the Department or its agent will notify
each party to the transfer. Notice will be given to the
CO2 authorized account representatives of the transferor
and transferee accounts.
(2)
Notification of non-recordation. Within 10 business days of receipt of a
CO2 allowance transfer that fails to meet the
requirements of subsection 8(B)(1) of this Chapter, the Department or its agent
will notify the CO2 authorized account representative of
each account subject to the transfer of:
(a)
the decision not to record the transfer, and
(b) the reasons for such non-recordation.
(3) Nothing in this
section shall preclude the submission of a CO2 allowance
transfer for recordation following notification of non-recordation.
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