[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: 40CFR97.5]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 97--FEDERAL NOX BUDGET TRADING PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart A--NOX Budget Trading Program General Provisions
 
Sec. 97.5  Retired unit exemption.

    (a) This section applies to any NOX Budget unit, other 
than a NOX Budget opt-in unit, that is permanently retired.

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    (b)(1) Any NOX Budget unit, other than a NOX 
Budget opt-in unit, that is permanently retired shall be exempt from the 
NOX Budget Trading Program, except for the provisions of this 
section, Sec. 97.2, Sec. 97.3, Sec. 97.4, Sec. 97.7, and subparts E, F, 
and G of this part.
    (2) The exemption under paragraph (b)(1) of this section shall 
become effective the day on which the unit is permanently retired. 
Within 30 days of permanent retirement, the NOX authorized 
account representative (authorized in accordance with subpart B of this 
part) shall submit a statement to the permitting authority otherwise 
responsible for administering any NOX Budget permit for the 
unit. The NOX authorized account representative shall submit 
a copy of the statement to the Administrator. The statement shall state, 
in a format prescribed by the permitting authority, that the unit is 
permanently retired and will comply with the requirements of paragraph 
(c) of this section.
    (3) After receipt of the notice under paragraph (b)(2) of this 
section, the permitting authority will amend any permit covering the 
source at which the unit is located to add the provisions and 
requirements of the exemption under paragraphs (b)(1) and (c) of this 
section.
    (c) Special provisions. (1) A unit exempt under this section shall 
not emit any nitrogen oxides, starting on the date that the exemption 
takes effect.
    (2) The Administrator will allocate NOX allowances under 
subpart E of this part to a unit exempt under this section. For each 
control period for which the unit is allocated one or more 
NOX allowances, the owners and operators of the unit shall 
specify a general account, in which the Administrator will record such 
NOX allowances.
    (3) For a period of 5 years from the date the records are created, 
the owners and operators of a unit exempt under this section shall 
retain at the source that includes the unit, records demonstrating that 
the unit is permanently retired. The 5-year period for keeping records 
may be extended for cause, at any time prior to the end of the period, 
in writing by the permitting authority or the Administrator. The owners 
and operators bear the burden of proof that the unit is permanently 
retired.
    (4) The owners and operators and, to the extent applicable, the 
NOX authorized account representative of a unit exempt under 
this section shall comply with the requirements of the NOX 
Budget Trading Program concerning all periods for which the exemption is 
not in effect, even if such requirements arise, or must be complied 
with, after the exemption takes effect.
    (5)(i) A unit exempt under this section and located at a source that 
is required, or but for this exemption would be required, to have a 
title V operating permit shall not resume operation unless the 
NOX authorized account representative of the source submits a 
complete NOX Budget permit application under Sec. 97.22 for 
the unit not less than 18 months (or such lesser time provided by the 
permitting authority) before the later of May 31, 2004 or the date on 
which the unit resumes operation.
    (ii) A unit exempt under this section and located at a source that 
is required, or but for this exemption would be required, to have a non-
title V permit shall not resume operation unless the NOX 
authorized account representative of the source submits a complete 
NOX Budget permit application under Sec. 97.22 for the unit 
not less than 18 months (or such lesser time provided by the permitting 
authority) before the later of May 31, 2004 or the date on which the 
unit is to first resume operation.
    (6) On the earlier of the following dates, a unit exempt under 
paragraph (b) of this section shall lose its exemption:
    (i) The date on which the NOX authorized account 
representative submits a NOX Budget permit application under 
paragraph (c)(5) of this section; or
    (ii) The date on which the NOX authorized account 
representative is required under paragraph (c)(5) of this section to 
submit a NOX Budget permit application.
    (7) For the purpose of applying monitoring requirements under 
subpart H of this part, a unit that loses its exemption under this 
section shall be treated as a unit that commences operation or

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commercial operation on the first date on which the unit resumes 
operation.
    (8) A unit that is exempt under this section is not eligible to be a 
NOX Budget opt-in unit under subpart I of this part.

[65 FR 2727, Jan. 18, 2000, as amended at 67 FR 21529, Apr. 30, 2002]