The purpose of this regulation is to establish the Rhode Island component of the CO2 Budget Trading Program, which is designed to reduce anthropogenic emissions of CO2, a greenhouse gas, from the CO2 budget sources in an economically efficient manner.
These regulations are authorized pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-17.1-2(19) and R.I. Gen. Laws Chapters 23-23 and 23-82, and have been promulgated pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Rhode Island Administrative Procedures Act, R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 42-35.
250 R.I. Code R. 250-RICR-120-05-46.1