Regulations last checked for updates: May 18, 2024

Title 40 - Protection of Environment last revised: May 16, 2024
§ 97.1010 - State NOX Ozone Season Group 3 trading budgets, set-asides, and variability limits.

(a) State NOX Ozone Season Group 3 trading budgets. (1)(i) The State NOX Ozone Season Group 3 trading budgets for allocations of CSAPR NOX Ozone Season Group 3 allowances for the control periods in 2021 through 2025 shall be as indicated in table 1 to this paragraph (a)(1)(i), subject to prorating for the control period in 2023 as provided in paragraph (a)(1)(ii) of this section:

Table 1 to Paragraph (a)(1)(i)—State NOX Ozone Season Group 3 Trading Budgets by Control Period, 2021-2025

[Tons]

State 2021 2022 Portion of 2023 control period before August 4, 2023, before prorating Portion of 2023 control period on and after August 4, 2023, before prorating 2024 2025
Alabama13,2116,3796,4896,489
Arkansas9,2108,9278,9278,927
Illinois11,2239,1028,1797,4747,3257,325
Indiana17,00412,58212,55312,44011,41311,413
Kentucky17,54214,05114,05113,60112,99912,472
Louisiana16,29114,81814,8189,3639,3639,107
Maryland2,3971,2661,2661,2061,2061,206
Michigan14,38412,2909,97510,72710,27510,275
Minnesota5,5044,0584,058
Mississippi6,3156,2105,0585,037
Missouri15,78012,59811,11611,116
Nevada2,3682,5892,545
New Jersey1,5651,2531,253773773773
New York4,0793,4163,4213,9123,9123,912
Ohio13,4819,7739,7739,1107,9297,929
Oklahoma11,64110,2719,3849,376
Pennsylvania12,0718,3738,3738,1388,1388,138
Texas52,30140,13440,13438,542
Utah15,75515,91715,917
Virginia6,3313,8973,9803,1432,7562,756
West Virginia15,06212,88412,88413,79111,95811,958
Wisconsin7,9156,2956,2955,988

(ii) For the control period in 2023, the State NOX Ozone Season Group 3 trading budget for each State shall be calculated as the sum, rounded to the nearest allowance, of the following prorated amounts:

(A) The product of the non-prorated trading budget for the portion of the 2023 control period before August 4, 2023, shown for the State in table 1 to paragraph (a)(1)(i) of this section (or zero if table 1 to paragraph (a)(1)(i) shows no amount for such portion of the 2023 control period for the State) multiplied by a fraction whose numerator is the number of days from May 1, 2023, through the day before August 4, 2023, inclusive, and whose denominator is 153; plus

(B) The product of the non-prorated trading budget for the portion of the 2023 control period on and after August 4, 2023, shown for the State in table 1 to paragraph (a)(1)(i) of this section multiplied by a fraction whose numerator is the number of days from August 4, 2023, through September 30, 2023, inclusive, and whose denominator is 153.

(2)(i) The State NOX Ozone Season Group 3 trading budget for each State and each control period in 2026 through 2029 shall be the preset trading budget indicated for the State and control period in table 2 to this paragraph (a)(2)(i), except as provided in paragraph (a)(2)(ii) of this section.

Table 2 to Paragraph (a)(2)(i)—Preset Trading Budgets by Control Period, 2026-2029

[Tons]

State 2026 2027 2028 2029
Alabama6,3396,2366,2365,105
Arkansas6,3654,0314,0313,582
Illinois5,8895,3634,5554,050
Indiana8,3638,1357,2805,808
Kentucky9,6977,9087,8377,392
Louisiana6,3703,7923,7923,639
Maryland842842842842
Michigan6,7435,6915,6914,656
Minnesota4,0582,9052,9052,578
Mississippi3,4842,0841,7521,752
Missouri9,2487,3297,3297,329
Nevada1,1421,1131,113880
New Jersey773773773773
New York3,6503,3883,3883,388
Ohio7,9297,9296,9116,409
Oklahoma6,6313,9173,9173,917
Pennsylvania7,5127,1587,1584,828
Texas31,12323,00921,62320,635
Utah6,2582,5932,5932,593
Virginia2,5652,3732,3731,951
West Virginia10,8189,6789,6789,678
Wisconsin4,9903,4163,4163,416

(ii) If the preset trading budget indicated for a given State and control period in table 2 to paragraph (a)(2)(i) of this section is less than the dynamic trading budget for the State and control period referenced in the applicable notice promulgated under paragraph (a)(4)(v)(C) of this section, then the State NOX Ozone Season Group 3 trading budget for the State and control period shall be the dynamic trading budget for the State and control period referenced in the applicable notice promulgated under paragraph (a)(4)(v)(C) of this section.

(3) The State NOX Ozone Season Group 3 trading budget for each State and each control period in 2030 and thereafter shall be the dynamic trading budget for the State and control period referenced in the applicable notice promulgated under paragraph (a)(4)(v)(C) of this section.

(4) The Administrator will calculate the dynamic trading budget for each State and each control period in 2026 and thereafter in the year before the year of the control period as follows:

(i) The Administrator will include a unit in a State (and Indian country within the borders of the State) in the calculation of the State's dynamic trading budget for a control period if—

(A) To the best of the Administrator's knowledge, the unit qualifies as a CSAPR NOX Ozone Season Group 3 unit under § 97.1004, without regard to whether the unit has permanently retired, provided that including a unit in the calculation of a dynamic trading budget does not constitute a determination that the unit is a CSAPR NOX Ozone Season Group 3 unit, and not including a unit in the calculation of a dynamic trading budget does not constitute a determination that the unit is not a CSAPR NOX Ozone Season Group 3 unit;

(B) The unit's deadline for certification of monitoring systems under § 97.1030(b) is on or before May 1 of the year two years before the year of the control period for which the dynamic trading budget is being calculated; and

(C) The owner or operator reported heat input greater than zero for the unit in accordance with part 75 of this chapter for the historical control period in the year two years before the year of the control period for which the dynamic trading budget is being calculated.

(ii) For each unit identified for inclusion in the calculation of the State's dynamic trading budget for a control period under paragraph (a)(4)(i) of this section, the Administrator will calculate the heat input amount in mmBtu to be used in the budget calculation as follows:

(A) For each such unit, the Administrator will determine the following unit-level amounts:

(1) The total heat input amounts reported in accordance with part 75 of this chapter for the unit for the historical control periods in the years two, three, four, five, and six years before the year of the control period for which the dynamic trading budget is being calculated, except any historical control period that commenced before the unit's first deadline under any regulatory program to begin recording and reporting heat input in accordance with part 75 of this chapter; and

(2) The average of the three highest unit-level total heat input amounts identified for the unit under paragraph (a)(4)(iv)(A)(1) of this section or, if fewer than three non-zero amounts are identified for the unit, the average of all such non-zero total heat input amounts.

(B) For the State, the Administrator will determine the following state-level amounts:

(1) The sum for all units in the State meeting the criterion under paragraph (a)(4)(i)(A) of this section, without regard to whether such units also meet the criteria under paragraphs (a)(4)(i)(B) and (C) of this section, of the total heat input amounts reported in accordance with part 75 of this chapter for the historical control periods in the years two, three, and four years before the year of the control period for which the dynamic trading budget is being calculated, provided that for the historical control periods in 2022 and 2023, the total reported heat input amounts for Nevada and Utah as otherwise determined under this paragraph (a)(4)(ii)(B)(1) shall be increased by 13,489,332 mmBtu for Nevada and by 1,888,174 mmBtu for Utah;

(2) The average of the three state-level total heat input amounts calculated for the State under paragraph (a)(4)(ii)(B)(1) of this section; and

(3) The sum for all units identified for inclusion in the calculation of the State's dynamic trading budget for the control period under paragraph (a)(4)(i) of this section of the unit-level average heat input amounts calculated under paragraph (a)(4)(ii)(A)(2) of this section.

(C) The heat input amount for a unit used in the calculation of the State's dynamic trading budget shall be the product of the unit-level average total heat input amount calculated for the unit under paragraph (a)(4)(ii)(A)(2) of this section multiplied by a fraction whose numerator is the state-level average total heat input amount calculated under paragraph (a)(4)(ii)(B)(2) of this section and whose denominator is the state-level sum of the unit-level average heat input amounts calculated under paragraph (a)(4)(ii)(B)(3) of this section.

(iii) For each unit identified for inclusion in the calculation of the State's dynamic trading budget for a control period under paragraph (a)(4)(i) of this section, the Administrator will identify the NOX emissions rate in lb/mmBtu to be used in the calculation as follows:

(A) For a unit listed in the document entitled “Unit-Specific Ozone Season NOX Emissions Rates for Dynamic Budget Calculations” posted at www.regulations.gov in docket EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0668, the NOX emissions rate used in the calculation for the control period shall be the NOX emissions rate shown for the unit and control period in that document.

(B) For a unit not listed in the document referenced in paragraph (a)(4)(iii)(A) of this section, the NOX emissions rate used in the calculation for the control period shall be identified according to the type of unit and the type of fuel combusted by the unit during the control period beginning May 1 on or immediately after the unit's deadline for certification of monitoring systems under § 97.1030(b) as follows:

(1) 0.011 lb/mmBtu, for a simple cycle combustion turbine or a combined cycle combustion turbine other than an integrated coal gasification combined cycle unit;

(2) 0.030 lb/mmBtu, for a boiler combusting only fuel oil or gaseous fuel (other than coal-derived fuel) during such control period; or

(3) 0.050 lb/mmBtu, for a boiler combusting any amount of coal or coal-derived fuel during such control period or any other unit not covered by paragraph (a)(4)(iii)(B)(1) or (2) of this section.

(iv) The Administrator will calculate the State's dynamic trading budget for the control period as the sum (converted to tons at a conversion factor of 2,000 lb/ton and rounded to the nearest ton), for all units identified for inclusion in the calculation under paragraph (a)(4)(i) of this section, of the product for each such unit of the heat input amount in mmBtu calculated for the unit under paragraph (a)(4)(ii) of this section multiplied by the NOX emissions rate in lb/mmBtu identified for the unit under paragraph (a)(4)(iii) of this section.

(v)(A) By March 1, 2025 and March 1 of each year thereafter, the Administrator will calculate the dynamic trading budget for each State, in accordance with paragraphs (a)(4)(i) through (iv) of this section and §§ 97.1006(b)(2) and 97.1030 through 97.1035, for the control period in the year after the year of the applicable calculation deadline under this paragraph (a)(4)(v)(A) and will promulgate a notice of data availability of the results of the calculations.

(B) For each notice of data availability required in paragraph (a)(4)(v)(A) of this section, the Administrator will provide an opportunity for submission of objections to the calculations referenced in such notice. Objections shall be submitted by the deadline specified in such notice and shall be limited to addressing whether the calculations (including the identification of the units included in the calculations) are in accordance with the provisions referenced in paragraph (a)(4)(v)(A) of this section.

(C) The Administrator will adjust the calculations to the extent necessary to ensure that they are in accordance with the provisions referenced in paragraph (a)(4)(v)(A) of this section. By May 1 immediately after the promulgation of each notice of data availability required in paragraph (a)(4)(v)(A) of this section, the Administrator will promulgate a notice of data availability of the results of the calculations incorporating any adjustments that the Administrator determines to be necessary and the reasons for accepting or rejecting any objections submitted in accordance with paragraph (a)(4)(v)(B) of this section.

(b) Indian country existing unit set-asides for the control periods in 2023 and thereafter. The Indian country existing unit set-aside for allocations of CSAPR NOX Ozone Season Group 3 allowances for each State for each control period in 2023 and thereafter shall be calculated as the sum of all allowance allocations to units in areas of Indian country within the borders of the State not subject to the State's SIP authority as provided in the applicable notice of data availability for the control period referenced in § 97.1011(a)(2).

(c) New unit set-asides. (1) The new unit set-asides for allocations of CSAPR NOX Ozone Season Group 3 allowances for the control periods in 2021 and 2022 for each State with CSAPR NOX Ozone Season Group 3 trading budgets for such control periods shall be as indicated in table 3 to this paragraph (c)(1):

Table 3 to Paragraph (c)(1)—New Unit Set-Asides by Control Period

[2021-2022 (tons)]

State 2021 2022
Illinois265265
Indiana262254
Kentucky309283
Louisiana430430
Maryland135115
Michigan500482
New Jersey2727
New York168168
Ohio291290
Pennsylvania335339
Virginia185161
West Virginia266261

(2) The new unit set-aside for allocations of CSAPR NOX Ozone Season Group 3 allowances for each State for each control period in 2023 and thereafter shall be calculated as the product (rounded to the nearest allowance) of the State NOX Ozone Season Group 3 trading budget for the State and control period established in accordance with paragraph (a) of this section multiplied by—

(i) 0.09, for Nevada for the control periods in 2023 through 2025;

(ii) 0.06, for Ohio for the control periods in 2023 through 2025;

(iii) 0.05, for each State other than Nevada and Ohio for the control periods in 2023 through 2025; or

(iv) 0.05, for each State for each control period in 2026 and thereafter.

(d) Indian country new unit set-asides for the control periods in 2021 and 2022. The Indian country new unit set-asides for allocations of CSAPR NOX Ozone Season Group 3 allowances for the control periods in 2021 and 2022 for each State with CSAPR NOX Ozone Season Group 3 trading budgets for such control periods shall be as indicated in table 4 to this paragraph (d):

Table 4 to Paragraph (d)—Indian Country New Unit Set-Asides by Control Period

[2021-2022 (tons)]

State 2021 2022
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Louisiana1515
Maryland
Michigan1312
New Jersey
New York33
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia

(e) Variability limits. (1) The variability limits for the State NOX Ozone Season Group 3 trading budgets for the control periods in 2021 and 2022 for each State with such trading budgets for such control periods shall be as indicated in table 5 to this paragraph (e)(1).

Table 5 to Paragraph (e)(1)—Variability Limits by Control Period

[2021-2022 (tons)]

State 2021 2022
Illinois2,3561,911
Indiana3,5712,642
Kentucky3,6842,951
Louisiana3,4213,112
Maryland504266
Michigan3,0212,581
New Jersey329263
New York856717
Ohio2,8312,052
Pennsylvania2,5351,758
Virginia1,329818
West Virginia3,1632,706

(2) The variability limit for the State NOX Ozone Season Group 3 trading budget for each State for each control period in 2023 and thereafter shall be calculated as the product (rounded to the nearest ton) of the State NOX Ozone Season Group 3 trading budget for the State and control period established in accordance with paragraph (a) of this section multiplied by the greater of—

(i) 0.21; or

(ii) Any excess over 1.00 of the quotient (rounded to two decimal places) of—

(A) The sum for all CSAPR NOX Ozone Season Group 3 units in the State and Indian country within the borders of the State of the total heat input reported for the control period in mmBtu, provided that, for purposes of this paragraph (e)(2)(ii)(A), the 2023 control period for all States shall be deemed to be the period from May 1, 2023 through September 30, 2023, inclusive; divided by

(B) The state-level total heat input amount used in the calculation of the State NOX Ozone Season Group 3 trading budget for the State and control period in mmBtu, as identified in accordance with paragraph (e)(3) of this section.

(3) For purposes of paragraph (e)(2)(ii)(B) of this section, the state-level total heat input amount used in the calculation of a State NOX Ozone Season Group 3 trading budget for a given control period shall be identified as follows:

(i) For a control period in 2023 through 2025, and for a control period in 2026 through 2029 if the State NOX Ozone Season Group 3 trading budget for the State and control period under paragraph (a)(2) of this section is the preset trading budget set forth for the State and control period in table 2 to paragraph (a)(2)(i) of this section, the state-level total heat input amounts shall be as indicated in table 6 to this paragraph (e)(3)(i).

Table 6 to Paragraph (e)(3)(i)—State-Level Total Heat Input Used in Calculations of Preset Trading Budgets by Control Period

[2023-2029 (mmBtu)]

State 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029
Alabama313,037,541333,030,691333,030,691330,396,046328,650,653328,650,653307,987,882
Arkansas192,843,561192,843,561192,843,561190,921,052190,921,052190,921,052190,921,052
Illinois274,005,935286,568,112286,568,112253,219,463253,219,463214,086,655193,900,867
Indiana356,047,916330,175,944330,175,944302,245,332302,245,332277,218,546236,611,101
Kentucky301,161,750301,161,750295,857,697295,857,697295,857,697293,016,485274,595,978
Louisiana280,592,592280,592,592278,766,253278,461,807277,262,840277,262,840277,262,840
Maryland70,725,00770,725,00770,725,00770,725,00770,725,00770,725,00770,725,007
Michigan313,846,533299,124,688299,124,688258,225,107258,225,107258,225,107222,314,181
Minnesota128,893,685107,821,236107,821,236107,821,23693,890,92893,890,92885,707,385
Mississippi192,978,295189,415,018189,279,160189,279,160189,279,160176,004,820176,004,820
Missouri284,308,851249,153,661249,153,661249,153,661248,413,545248,413,545248,413,545
Nevada103,489,785116,979,117114,729,782105,018,415100,193,805100,193,80596,378,269
New Jersey112,233,231112,233,231112,233,231112,233,231112,233,231112,233,231112,233,231
New York242,853,661242,853,661242,853,661242,853,661242,853,661242,853,661242,853,661
Ohio412,292,609386,560,212386,560,212386,560,212386,560,212358,992,155342,075,946
Oklahoma212,903,386211,187,283211,165,691211,145,820196,160,642196,160,642196,160,642
Pennsylvania550,993,363550,993,363550,993,363550,993,363550,993,363550,993,363487,590,728
Texas1,395,116,9251,395,116,9251,389,251,8131,389,251,8131,356,192,5321,320,040,1621,280,014,875
Utah164,519,648166,407,822166,407,822127,217,396127,217,396127,217,396127,217,396
Virginia202,953,791194,015,719194,015,719194,015,719194,015,719194,015,719186,848,587
West Virginia306,845,495273,151,957273,151,957273,151,957273,151,957273,151,957273,151,957
Wisconsin220,794,282220,792,155213,038,308185,469,476151,343,287151,343,287151,343,287

(ii) For a control period in 2026 through 2029 if the State NOX Ozone Season Group 3 trading budget for the State and control period under paragraph (a)(2) of this section is the dynamic trading budget for the State and control period referenced in the applicable notice promulgated under paragraph (a)(4)(v)(C) of this section, and for a control period in 2030 and thereafter, the state-level total heat input amount shall be the amount for the State and control period calculated under paragraph (a)(4)(ii)(B)(2) of this section.

(f) Relationship of trading budgets, set-asides, and variability limits. Each State NOX Ozone Season Group 3 trading budget in this section includes any tons in an Indian country existing unit set-aside, a new unit set-aside, or an Indian country new unit set-aside but does not include any tons in a variability limit.

[88 FR 36906, June 5, 2023]
source: 65 FR 2727, Jan. 18, 2000, unless otherwise noted. 71 FR 25396, 25422, and 25443, Apr. 28, 2006
cite as: 40 CFR 97.1010