[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: 40CFR97.10]

[Page 719-720]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 97--FEDERAL NOX BUDGET TRADING PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart B--NOX Authorized Account Representative for 
                      NOX Budget Sources
 
Sec. 97.10  Authorization and responsibilities of NOX authorized 
account representative.


    (a) Except as provided under Sec. 97.11, each NOX Budget 
source, including all NOX Budget units at the source, shall 
have one and only one NOX authorized account representative, 
with regard to all matters under the NOX Budget Trading 
Program concerning the source or any NOX Budget unit at the 
source.
    (b) The NOX authorized account representative of the 
NOX Budget source shall be selected by an agreement binding 
on the owners and operators of the source and all NOX Budget 
units at the source.
    (c) Upon receipt by the Administrator of a complete account 
certificate of representation under Sec. 97.13, the NOX 
authorized account representative of the source shall represent and, by 
his or her representations, actions, inactions, or submissions, legally 
bind each owner and operator of the NOX Budget source 
represented and each NOX Budget unit at the source in all 
matters pertaining to the NOX Budget Trading Program, not 
withstanding any agreement between the NOX authorized account 
representative and such owners and operators. The owners and operators 
shall be bound by any decision or order issued to the NOX 
authorized account representative by the permitting authority, the 
Administrator, or a court regarding the source or unit.
    (d) No NOX Budget permit shall be issued, and no 
NOX Allowance Tracking System account shall be established 
for a NOX Budget unit at a source, until the Administrator 
has received a complete account certificate of representation under 
Sec. 97.13 for a NOX authorized account representative of the 
source and the NOX Budget units at the source.
    (e) (1) Each submission under the NOX Budget Trading 
Program shall be submitted, signed, and certified by the NOX 
authorized account representative for each NOX Budget source 
on behalf of which the submission is made. Each such submission shall 
include the following certification statement by the NOX 
authorized account representative: ``I am authorized to make this 
submission on behalf of the owners and operators of the NOX 
Budget sources or NOX Budget units for which the submission 
is made. I certify under penalty of law that I have personally examined, 
and am familiar with, the statements and information submitted in this 
document and all its attachments. Based on my inquiry of those 
individuals with primary responsibility for obtaining the information, I 
certify that the statements and information are to the

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best of my knowledge and belief true, accurate, and complete. I am aware 
that there are significant penalties for submitting false statements and 
information or omitting required statements and information, including 
the possibility of fine or imprisonment.''
    (2) The permitting authority and the Administrator will accept or 
act on a submission made on behalf of owner or operators of a 
NOX Budget source or a NOX Budget unit only if the 
submission has been made, signed, and certified in accordance with 
paragraph (e)(1) of this section.