[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 18]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR96.6]

[Page 675-677]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 96--NOX Budget Trading Program for State Implementation 
Plans--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart A--NOX Budget Trading Program General Provisions
 
Sec. 96.6  Standard requirements.

    (a) Permit Requirements. (1) The NOX authorized account 
representative of each NOX Budget source required to have a 
federally enforceable permit and each NOX Budget unit 
required to have a federally enforceable permit at the source shall:
    (i) Submit to the permitting authority a complete NOX 
Budget permit application under Sec. 96.22 in accordance with the 
deadlines specified in Sec. 96.21(b) and (c);
    (ii) Submit in a timely manner any supplemental information that the 
permitting authority determines is necessary in order to review a 
NOX Budget permit application and issue or deny a 
NOX Budget permit.
    (2) The owners and operators of each NOX Budget source 
required to have a federally enforceable permit and each NOX 
Budget unit required to have a federally enforceable permit at the 
source shall have a NOX Budget permit issued by the 
permitting authority and operate the unit in compliance with such 
NOX Budget permit.
    (3) The owners and operators of a NOX Budget source that 
is not otherwise required to have a federally enforceable permit are not 
required to submit a NOX Budget permit application, and to 
have a NOX Budget permit, under subpart C of this part for 
such NOX Budget source.
    (b) Monitoring requirements. (1) The owners and operators and, to 
the extent applicable, the NOX authorized account 
representative of each NOX Budget source and each 
NOX Budget unit at the source shall comply with the 
monitoring requirements of subpart H of this part.
    (2) The emissions measurements recorded and reported in accordance 
with subpart H of this part shall be used to determine compliance by the 
unit with the NOX Budget emissions limitation under paragraph 
(c) of this section.
    (c) Nitrogen oxides requirements. (1) The owners and operators of 
each NOX Budget source and each NOX Budget unit at 
the source shall hold NOX allowances available for compliance 
deductions under Sec. 96.54, as of the NOX allowance transfer 
deadline, in the unit's compliance account and the source's overdraft 
account in an amount not less than the total NOX emissions 
for the control period from the unit, as determined in accordance with 
subpart H of this part, plus any amount necessary to account for actual 
utilization under Sec. 96.42(e) for the control period.
    (2) Each ton of nitrogen oxides emitted in excess of the 
NOX Budget emissions limitation shall constitute a separate 
violation of this part, the CAA, and applicable State law.
    (3) A NOX Budget unit shall be subject to the 
requirements under paragraph (c)(1) of this section starting on the 
later of May 1, 2003 or the date on which the unit commences operation.
    (4) NOX allowances shall be held in, deducted from, or 
transferred among NOX Allowance Tracking System accounts in 
accordance with subparts E, F, G, and I of this part.
    (5) A NOX allowance shall not be deducted, in order to 
comply with the requirements under paragraph (c)(1) of this section, for 
a control period in a year prior to the year for which the 
NOX allowance was allocated.
    (6) A NOX allowance allocated by the permitting authority 
or the Administrator under the NOX Budget Trading Program is 
a limited authorization to emit one ton of nitrogen oxides in accordance 
with the NOX Budget Trading Program. No provision of the 
NOX Budget Trading Program, the NOX Budget permit 
application, the NOX Budget permit, or an exemption under 
Sec. 96.5 and no provision of law shall be construed to limit the 
authority of the United States or the State to terminate or limit such 
authorization.
    (7) A NOX allowance allocated by the permitting authority 
or the Administrator under the NOX Budget Trading Program 
does not constitute a property right.
    (8) Upon recordation by the Administrator under subpart F, G, or I 
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part, every allocation, transfer, or deduction of a NOX 
allowance to or from a NOX Budget unit's compliance account 
or the overdraft account of the source where the unit is located is 
deemed to amend automatically, and become a part of, any NOX 
Budget permit of the NOX Budget unit by operation of law 
without any further review.
    (d) Excess emissions requirements. (1) The owners and operators of a 
NOX Budget unit that has excess emissions in any control 
period shall:
    (i) Surrender the NOX allowances required for deduction 
under Sec. 96.54(d)(1); and
    (ii) Pay any fine, penalty, or assessment or comply with any other 
remedy imposed under Sec. 96.54(d)(3).
    (e) Recordkeeping and Reporting requirements. (1) Unless otherwise 
provided, the owners and operators of the NOX Budget source 
and each NOX Budget unit at the source shall keep on site at 
the source each of the following documents for a period of 5 years from 
the date the document is created. This period may be extended for cause, 
at any time prior to the end of 5 years, in writing by the permitting 
authority or the Administrator.
    (i) The account certificate of representation for the NOX 
authorized account representative for the source and each NOX 
Budget unit at the source and all documents that demonstrate the truth 
of the statements in the account certificate of representation, in 
accordance with Sec. 96.13; provided that the certificate and documents 
shall be retained on site at the source beyond such 5-year period until 
such documents are superseded because of the submission of a new account 
certificate of representation changing the NOX authorized 
account representative.
    (ii) All emissions monitoring information, in accordance with 
subpart H of this part; provided that to the extent that subpart H of 
this part provides for a 3-year period for recordkeeping, the 3-year 
period shall apply.
    (iii) Copies of all reports, compliance certifications, and other 
submissions and all records made or required under the NOX 
Budget Trading Program.
    (iv) Copies of all documents used to complete a NOX 
Budget permit application and any other submission under the 
NOX Budget Trading Program or to demonstrate compliance with 
the requirements of the NOX Budget Trading Program.
    (2) The NOX authorized account representative of a 
NOX Budget source and each NOX Budget unit at the 
source shall submit the reports and compliance certifications required 
under the NOX Budget Trading Program, including those under 
subparts D, H, or I of this part.
    (f) Liability. (1) Any person who knowingly violates any requirement 
or prohibition of the NOX Budget Trading Program, a 
NOX Budget permit, or an exemption under Sec. 96.5 shall be 
subject to enforcement pursuant to applicable State or Federal law.
    (2) Any person who knowingly makes a false material statement in any 
record, submission, or report under the NOX Budget Trading 
Program shall be subject to criminal enforcement pursuant to the 
applicable State or Federal law.
    (3) No permit revision shall excuse any violation of the 
requirements of the NOX Budget Trading Program that occurs 
prior to the date that the revision takes effect.
    (4) Each NOX Budget source and each NOX Budget 
unit shall meet the requirements of the NOX Budget Trading 
Program.
    (5) Any provision of the NOX Budget Trading Program that 
applies to a NOX Budget source (including a provision 
applicable to the NOX authorized account representative of a 
NOX Budget source) shall also apply to the owners and 
operators of such source and of the NOX Budget units at the 
source.
    (6) Any provision of the NOX Budget Trading Program that 
applies to a NOX Budget unit (including a provision 
applicable to the NOX authorized account representative of a 
NOX budget unit) shall also apply to the owners and operators 
of such unit. Except with regard to the requirements applicable to units 
with a common stack under subpart H of this part, the owners and 
operators and the NOX authorized account representative of 
one NOX Budget unit shall not be liable for any violation by 
any other NOX Budget unit of which they are not owners or 
operators

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or the NOX authorized account representative and that is 
located at a source of which they are not owners or operators or the 
NOX authorized account representative.
    (g) Effect on other authorities. No provision of the NOX 
Budget Trading Program, a NOX Budget permit application, a 
NOX Budget permit, or an exemption under Sec. 96.5 shall be 
construed as exempting or excluding the owners and operators and, to the 
extent applicable, the NOX authorized account representative 
of a NOX Budget source or NOX Budget unit from 
compliance with any other provision of the applicable, approved State 
implementation plan, a federally enforceable permit, or the CAA.