Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 25, June 22, 2024
Section 145.90 - Emission reduction credit provisions(a) NOx budget units may create, transfer and use emission reduction credits (ERCs) in accordance with Chapter 127 (relating to construction, modification, reactivation and operation of sources) and this section. ERCs may not be used to satisfy NOx allowance requirements.(b) A NOx budget unit may transfer NOx ERCs to a NOx budget unit if the new or modified NOx budget unit's ozone season (May 1 through September 30) allowable emissions do not exceed the ozone season portion of the baseline emissions which were used to generate the NOx ERCs.(c) A NOx budget unit may transfer NOx ERCs to a non-NOx budget unit under the following conditions: (1) The non-NOx budget unit's ozone season (May 1-September 30) allowable emissions may not exceed the ozone season portion of the baseline emissions which were used to generate the NOx ERCs.(2) The NOx allowance tracking system account for NOx budget units which generated ERCs transferred to non-NOx budget units, including prior to the date of publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, shall have a corresponding number of NOx allowances retired that reflect the transfer of emissions regulated under this subchapter to the non-NOx budget units. The amount of annual NOx allowances deducted shall be equivalent to that portion of the non-NOx budget unit's NOx control period allowable emissions which were provided for by the NOx ERCs from the NOx budget unit.(3) Allocations for NOx allowance control periods following 2002 to the NOx ERC generating source may not include the allowances identified in paragraph (2). This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 145.40 (relating to State Trading Program budget).