Regulations last checked for updates: Jun 16, 2024

Title 40 - Protection of Environment last revised: Jun 13, 2024
§ 96.220 - General CAIR SO2 Trading Program permit requirements.

(a) For each CAIR SO2 source required to have a title V operating permit or required, under subpart III of this part, to have a title V operating permit or other federally enforceable permit, such permit shall include a CAIR permit administered by the permitting authority for the title V operating permit or the federally enforceable permit as applicable. The CAIR portion of the title V permit or other federally enforceable permit as applicable shall be administered in accordance with the permitting authority's title V operating permits regulations promulgated under part 70 or 71 of this chapter or the permitting authority's regulations for other federally enforceable permits as applicable, except as provided otherwise by § 96.205, this subpart, and subpart III of this part.

(b) Each CAIR permit shall contain, with regard to the CAIR SO2 source and the CAIR SO2 units at the source covered by the CAIR permit, all applicable CAIR SO2 Trading Program, CAIR NOX Annual Trading Program, and CAIR NOX Ozone Season Trading Program requirements and shall be a complete and separable portion of the title V operating permit or other federally enforceable permit under paragraph (a) of this section.

[70 FR 25362, May 12, 2005, as amended at 71 FR 25388, Apr. 28, 2006]
§ 96.221 - Submission of CAIR permit applications.

(a) Duty to apply. The CAIR designated representative of any CAIR SO2 source required to have a title V operating permit shall submit to the permitting authority a complete CAIR permit application under § 96.222 for the source covering each CAIR SO2 unit at the source at least 18 months (or such lesser time provided by the permitting authority) before the later of January 1, 2010 or the date on which the CAIR SO2 unit commences commercial operation, except as provided in § 96.283(a).

(b) Duty to Reapply. For a CAIR SO2 source required to have a title V operating permit, the CAIR designated representative shall submit a complete CAIR permit application under § 96.222 for the source covering each CAIR SO2 unit at the source to renew the CAIR permit in accordance with the permitting authority's title V operating permits regulations addressing permit renewal, except as provided in § 96.283(b).

[70 FR 25362, May 12, 2005, as amended at 71 FR 25388, Apr. 28, 2006]
§ 96.222 - Information requirements for CAIR permit applications.

A complete CAIR permit application shall include the following elements concerning the CAIR SO2 source for which the application is submitted, in a format prescribed by the permitting authority:

(a) Identification of the CAIR SO2 source;

(b) Identification of each CAIR SO2 unit at the CAIR SO2 source; and

(c) The standard requirements under § 96.206.

§ 96.223 - CAIR permit contents and term.

(a) Each CAIR permit will contain, in a format prescribed by the permitting authority, all elements required for a complete CAIR permit application under § 96.222.

(b) Each CAIR permit is deemed to incorporate automatically the definitions of terms under § 96.202 and, upon recordation by the Administrator under subpart FFF, GGG, or III of this part, every allocation, transfer, or deduction of a CAIR SO2 allowance to or from the compliance account of the CAIR SO2 source covered by the permit.

(c) The term of the CAIR permit will be set by the permitting authority, as necessary to facilitate coordination of the renewal of the CAIR permit with issuance, revision, or renewal of the CAIR SO2 source's title V operating permit or other federally enforceable permit as applicable.

§ 96.224 - CAIR permit revisions.

Except as provided in § 96.223(b), the permitting authority will revise the CAIR permit, as necessary, in accordance with the permitting authority's title V operating permits regulations or the permitting authority's regulations for other federally enforceable permits as applicable addressing permit revisions.

source: 63 FR 57514, Oct. 27, 1998, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 40 CFR 96.224