20090610-IR-326080005FRA Amends 326 IAC 24-1-2, 326 IAC 24-1-7, 326 IAC 24-1-8, 326 IAC 24-1-9, 326 IAC 24-1-12, 326 IAC 24-2-2, 326 IAC 24-2-7, 326 IAC 24-2-8, 326 IAC 24-2-11, 326 IAC 24-3-1, 326 IAC 24-3-2, 326 IAC 24-3-7...

TITLE 326 AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

Final Rule

LSA Document #08-5(F)

DIGEST

Amends 326 IAC 24-1-2, 326 IAC 24-1-7, 326 IAC 24-1-8, 326 IAC 24-1-9, 326 IAC 24-1-12, 326 IAC 24-2-2, 326 IAC 24-2-7, 326 IAC 24-2-8, 326 IAC 24-2-11, 326 IAC 24-3-1, 326 IAC 24-3-2, 326 IAC 24-3-7, 326 IAC 24-3-8, 326 IAC 24-3-9, and 326 IAC 24-3-12 concerning the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR). Effective 30 days after filing with the Publisher.

HISTORY

IC 13-14-9-7 Section 7 Notice: January 23, 2008, Indiana Register (DIN: 20080123-IR-326080005FDA).

Notice of First Hearing: January 23, 2008, Indiana Register (DIN: 20080123-IR-326080005PHA).

Date of First Hearing: May 7, 2008.

Proposed Rule: May 28, 2008, Indiana Register (DIN: 20080528-IR-326080005PRA).

Notice of Second Hearing: May 28, 2008, Indiana Register (DIN: 20080528-IR-326080005PHA).

Change in Notice of Public Hearing: July 2, 2008, Indiana Register (DIN: 20080702-IR-326080005CHA).

Change in Notice of Public Hearing: January 21, 2009, Indiana Register (DIN: 20090121-IR-326080005CHA).

Date of Second Hearing: March 4, 2009.

326 IAC 24-1-2; 326 IAC 24-1-7; 326 IAC 24-1-8; 326 IAC 24-1-9; 326 IAC 24-1-12; 326 IAC 24-2-2; 326 IAC 24-2-7; 326 IAC 24-2-8; 326 IAC 24-2-11; 326 IAC 24-3-1; 326 IAC 24-3-2; 326 IAC 24-3-7; 326 IAC 24-3-8; 326 IAC 24-3-9; 326 IAC 24-3-12

SECTION 1. 326 IAC 24-1-2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

326 IAC 24-1-2 Definitions

Authority: IC 13-14-8; IC 13-17-3-4; IC 13-17-3-11

Affected: IC 13-11-2; IC 13-15; IC 13-17

Sec. 2. For purposes of this rule, the definition given for a term in this rule shall control in any conflict between 326 IAC 1-2 and this rule. In addition to the definitions provided in IC 13-11-2 and 326 IAC 1-2, the following definitions apply throughout this rule, unless expressly stated otherwise or unless the context clearly implies otherwise:

(1) "Account number" means the identification number given by the U.S. EPA to each CAIR NO_x allowance tracking system account.

(2) "Acid rain emissions limitation" means a limitation on emissions of sulfur dioxide or nitrogen oxides under the acid rain program.

(3) "Acid rain program" means a multistate sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides air pollution control and emission reduction program established by the U.S. EPA under Title IV of the Clean Air Act and 40 CFR Parts 72 through 78*.

(4) "Allocate" or "allocation" means, with regard to CAIR NO_x allowances, the determination by a permitting authority or the U.S. EPA of the amount of such CAIR NO_x allowances to be initially credited to a CAIR NO_x unit, a new unit set-side, an energy efficiency or renewable energy set-aside, or other entity.

(5) "Allowance transfer deadline" means, for a control period, midnight of March 1 (if it is a business day), or midnight of the first business day thereafter (if March 1 is not a business day), immediately following the control period, and is the deadline by which a CAIR NO_x allowance transfer must be submitted for recordation in a CAIR NO_x source's compliance account in order to be used to meet the source's CAIR NO_x emissions limitation for such control period in accordance with section 9(i) and 9(j) of this rule.

(6) "Alternate CAIR designated representative" means, for a CAIR NO_x source and each CAIR NO_x unit at the source, the natural person who is authorized by the owners and operators of the source and all such units at the source, in accordance with sections 6 through 12 of this rule, to act on behalf of the CAIR designated representative in matters pertaining to the CAIR NO_x annual trading program. If the CAIR NO_x source is also a CAIR SO₂ source, then this natural person shall be the same person as the alternate CAIR designated representative under the CAIR SO₂ trading program. If the CAIR NO_x source is also a CAIR NO_x ozone season source, then this natural person shall be the same person as the alternate CAIR designated representative under the CAIR NO_x ozone season trading program. If the CAIR NO_x source is also subject to the acid rain program, then this natural person shall be the same person as the alternate designated representative under the acid rain program. If the CAIR NO_x source is also subject to the mercury budget trading program, then this natural person shall be the same person as the alternate mercury designated representative under the mercury budget trading program.

(7) "Automated data acquisition and handling system" or "DAHS" means that component of the continuous emission monitoring system, or other emissions monitoring system approved for use under section 11 of this rule, designed to interpret and convert individual output signals from pollutant concentration monitors, flow monitors, diluent gas monitors, and other component parts of the monitoring system to produce a continuous record of the measured parameters in the measurement units required by section 11 of this rule.

(8) "Biomass" means any of the following:

(A) Organic material grown for the purpose of being converted to energy.

(B) Organic byproduct of agriculture that can be converted into energy.

(C) Material that:

(i) can be converted into energy and is nonmerchantable for other purposes;

(ii) is segregated from other nonmerchantable material; and

(iii) is:

(AA) a forest-related organic residue, including mill residues, precommercial thinnings, slash, brush, or byproduct from conversion of trees to merchantable material; or

(BB) a wood material, including pallets, crates, dunnage, manufacturing and construction materials (other than pressure-treated, chemically-treated, or painted wood products), and landscape or right-of-way trimmings.

(8) (9) "Boiler" means an enclosed fossil- or other-fuel-fired combustion device used to produce heat and to transfer heat to recirculating water, steam, or other medium.

(9) (10) "Bottoming-cycle cogeneration unit" means a cogeneration unit in which the energy input to the unit is first used to produce useful thermal energy and at least some of the reject heat from the useful thermal energy application or process is then used for electricity production.

(10) (11) "CAIR authorized account representative" means, with regard to a general account, a responsible natural person who is authorized, in accordance with sections 6, 9, and 12 of this rule, to transfer and otherwise dispose of CAIR NO_x allowances held in the general account and, with regard to a compliance account, the CAIR designated representative of the source.

(11) (12) "CAIR designated representative" means, for a CAIR NO_x source and each CAIR NO_x unit at the source, the natural person who is authorized by the owners and operators of the source and all such units at the source, in accordance with sections 6 and 12 of this rule, to represent and legally bind each owner and operator in matters pertaining to the CAIR NO_x annual trading program. If the CAIR NO_x source is also a CAIR SO₂ source, then this natural person shall be the same person as the CAIR designated representative under the CAIR SO₂ trading program. If the CAIR NO_x source is also a CAIR NO_x ozone season source, then this natural person shall be the same person as the CAIR designated representative under the CAIR NO_x ozone season trading program. If the CAIR NO_x source is also subject to the acid rain program, then this natural person shall be the same person as the designated representative under the acid rain program. If the CAIR NO_x source is also subject to the mercury budget trading program, then this natural person shall be the same person as the mercury designated representative under the mercury budget trading program.

(12) (13) "CAIR NO_x allowance" means a limited authorization issued by a permitting authority or the U.S. EPA under provisions of a state implementation plan that are approved under 40 CFR 51.123(o)(1), 40 CFR 51.123(o)(2), or 40 CFR 51.123(p)*, or under 40 CFR 97*, to emit one (1) ton of nitrogen oxides during a control period of the specified calendar year for which the authorization is allocated or of any calendar year thereafter under the CAIR NO_x program. An authorization to emit nitrogen oxides that is not issued under provisions of a state implementation plan that are approved under 40 CFR 51.123(o)(1), 40 CFR 51.123(o)(2), or 40 CFR 51.123(p)*, or under 40 CFR 97* shall not be a CAIR NO_x allowance.

(13) (14) "CAIR NO_x allowance deduction" or "deduct CAIR NO_x allowances" means the permanent withdrawal of CAIR NO_x allowances by the U.S. EPA from a compliance account, for example, in order to account for a specified number of tons of total nitrogen oxides emissions from all CAIR NO_x units at a CAIR NO_x source for a control period, determined in accordance with section 11 of this rule, or to account for excess emissions.

(14) (15) "CAIR NO_x allowances held" or "hold CAIR NO_x allowances" means the CAIR NO_x allowances recorded by the U.S. EPA, or submitted to the U.S. EPA for recordation, in accordance with sections 9, 10, and 12 of this rule, in a CAIR NO_x allowance tracking system account.

(15) (16) "CAIR NO_x allowance tracking system" means the system by which the U.S. EPA records allocations, deductions, and transfers of CAIR NO_x allowances under the CAIR NO_x annual trading program. Such allowances will be allocated, held, deducted, or transferred only as whole allowances.

(16) (17) "CAIR NO_x allowance tracking system account" means an account in the CAIR NO_x allowance tracking system established by the U.S. EPA for purposes of recording the allocation, holding, transferring, or deducting of CAIR NO_x allowances.

(17) (18) "CAIR NO_x annual trading program" means a multistate nitrogen oxides air pollution control and emission reduction program approved and administered by the U.S. EPA in accordance with this rule; 40 CFR 96, Subparts AA through II* and 40 CFR 51.123* 40 CFR 51.123(o)(1) or 40 CFR 51.123(o)(2)*; or established by the U.S. EPA in accordance with 40 CFR 97, Subparts AA through II* and 40 CFR 51.123(p)* and 40 CFR 52.35*, as a means of mitigating interstate transport of fine particulates and nitrogen oxides.

(18) (19) "CAIR NO_x emissions limitation" means, for a CAIR NO_x source, the tonnage equivalent, in NO_x emissions in a control period, of the CAIR NO_x allowances available for deduction for the source under section 9(i) and 9(j)(1) of this rule for the control period.

(19) (20) "CAIR NO_x ozone season source" means a source that is subject to the CAIR NO_x ozone season trading program.

(20) (21) "CAIR NO_x ozone season trading program" means a multistate nitrogen oxides air pollution control and emission reduction program approved and administered by the U.S. EPA in accordance with 326 IAC 24-3; 40 CFR 96, Subparts AAAA through IIII* and 40 CFR 51.123* 40 CFR 51.123(aa)(1) or 40 CFR 51.123(aa)(2), and 40 CFR 51.123(bb)(1), 40 CFR 51.123(bb)(2), or 40 CFR 51.123(dd)*; or established by the U.S. EPA in accordance with 40 CFR 97, Subparts AAAA through IIII* and 40 CFR 51.123(ee)* and 40 CFR 52.35*, as a means of mitigating interstate transport of ozone and nitrogen oxides.

(21) (22) "CAIR NO_x source" means a source that is subject to the CAIR NO_x annual trading program.

(22) (23) "CAIR NO_x unit" means a unit that is subject to the CAIR NO_x annual trading program under section 1 of this rule and, except for purposes of sections 3 and 8 of this rule, a CAIR NO_x opt-in unit under section 12 of this rule.

(23) (24) "CAIR permit" means the legally binding and federally enforceable written document, or portion of such document, issued by the department under section 7 of this rule, including any permit revisions, specifying the CAIR NO_x annual trading program requirements applicable to a CAIR NO_x source, to each CAIR NO_X unit at the source, and to the owners and operators and the CAIR designated representative of the source and each such unit.

(24) (25) "CAIR SO₂ source" means a source that is subject to the CAIR SO₂ trading program.

(25) (26) "CAIR SO₂ trading program" means a multistate sulfur dioxide air pollution control and emission reduction program approved and administered by the U.S. EPA in accordance with 326 IAC 24-2; 40 CFR 96, Subparts AAA through III* and 40 CFR 51.124* 40 CFR 51.124(o)(1) or 40 CFR 51.124(o)(2)*; or established in accordance with 40 CFR 97, Subparts AAA through III and 40 CFR 51.124(r)* and 40 CFR 52.36*, as a means of mitigating interstate transport of fine particulates and sulfur dioxide.

(26) (27) "Coal" means any solid fuel classified as anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, or lignite.

(27) (28) "Coal-derived fuel" means any fuel, whether in a solid, liquid, or gaseous state, produced by the mechanical, thermal, or chemical processing of coal.

(28) (29) "Coal-fired" means:

(A) except for purposes of section 8 of this rule, combusting any amount of coal or coal-derived fuel, alone or in combination with any amount of any other fuel, during any year; or

(B) for purposes of section 8 of this rule, combusting any amount of coal or coal-derived fuel, alone or in combination with any amount of any other fuel, during a specified year.

(29) (30) "Cogeneration unit" means a stationary, fossil-fuel-fired boiler or stationary, fossil-fuel-fired combustion turbine:

(A) having equipment used to produce electricity and useful thermal energy for industrial, commercial, heating, or cooling purposes through the sequential use of energy; and

(B) producing during the twelve (12) month period starting on the date the unit first produces electricity and during any calendar year after the calendar year in which the unit first produces electricity:

(i) for a topping-cycle cogeneration unit:

(AA) useful thermal energy not less than five percent (5%) of total energy output; and

(BB) useful power that, when added to one-half (½) of useful thermal energy produced, is not less than forty-two and one-half percent (42.5%) of total energy input, if useful thermal energy produced is fifteen percent (15%) or more of total energy output, or not less than forty-five percent (45%) of total energy input, if useful thermal energy produced is less than fifteen percent (15%) of total energy output; and

(ii) for a bottoming-cycle cogeneration unit, useful power not less than forty-five percent (45%) of total energy input; and

(C) provided that the total energy input under clause (B)(i)(BB) and (B)(ii) shall equal the unit's total energy input from all fuel except biomass if the unit is a boiler.

(30) (31) "Combustion turbine" means:

(A) an enclosed device comprising a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine and in which the flue gas resulting from the combustion of fuel in the combustor passes through the turbine, rotating the turbine; and

(B) if the enclosed device under clause (A) is combined cycle, any associated duct burner, heat recovery steam generator, and steam turbine.

(31) (32) "Commence commercial operation" means, with regard to a unit, the following:

(A) To have begun to produce steam, gas, or other heated medium used to generate electricity for sale or use, including test generation, except as provided in sections 3 and 12(f)(10) of this rule, subject to the following:

(i) For a unit that is a CAIR NO_x unit under section 1 of this rule on the later of November 15, 1990, or the date the unit commences commercial operation as defined in this clause and that subsequently undergoes a physical change (other than replacement of the unit by a unit at the same source) such date shall remain the date of commencement of commercial operation of the unit, which shall continue to be treated as the same unit.

(ii) For a unit that is a CAIR NO_x unit under section 1 of this rule on the later of November 15, 1990, or the date the unit commences commercial operation as defined in this clause and that is subsequently replaced by a unit at the same source (for example, repowered), such date shall remain the replaced unit's date of commencement of commercial operation, and the replacement unit shall be treated as a separate unit with a separate date for commencement of commercial operation as defined in this clause or clause (B) as appropriate.

(B) Notwithstanding clause (A) and except as provided in section 3 of this rule, for a unit that is not a CAIR NO_x unit under section 1 of this rule on the later of November 15, 1990, or the date the unit commences commercial operation as defined in clause (A), the unit's date for commencement of commercial operation shall be the date on which the unit becomes a CAIR NO_x unit under section 1 of this rule, subject to the following:

(i) For a unit with a date for commencement of commercial operation as defined in this clause and that subsequently undergoes a physical change (other than replacement of the unit by a unit at the same source) such date shall remain the date of commencement of commercial operation of the unit, which shall continue to be treated as the same unit.

(ii) For a unit with a date for commencement of commercial operation as defined in this clause and that is subsequently replaced by a unit at the same source (for example, repowered), such date shall remain the replaced unit's date of commencement of commercial operation, and the replacement unit shall be treated as a separate unit with a separate date for commencement of commercial operation as defined in this clause or clause (A), as appropriate.

(32) (33) "Commence operation" means the following:

(A) To have begun any mechanical, chemical, or electronic process, including, with regard to a unit, start-up of a unit's combustion chamber, except as provided in section 12(f)(10) of this rule.

(B) For a unit that undergoes a physical change (other than replacement of the unit by a unit at the same source) after the date the unit commences operation as defined in clause (A), such date shall remain the date of commencement of operation of the unit, which shall continue to be treated as the same unit.

(C) For a unit that is replaced by a unit at the same source (for example, repowered) after the date the unit commences operation as defined in clause (A), such date shall remain the replaced unit's date of commencement, and the replacement unit shall be treated as a separate unit with a separate date for commencement of operation as defined in this clause or clause (A) or (B), as appropriate, except as provided in section 12(f)(10) of this rule.

(33) (34) "Common stack" means a single flue through which emissions from two (2) or more units are exhausted.

(34) (35) "Compliance account" means a CAIR NO_x allowance tracking system account, established by the U.S. EPA for a CAIR NO_x source under section 9 or 12 of this rule, in which any CAIR NO_x allowance allocations for the CAIR NO_x units at the source are initially recorded and in which are held any CAIR NO_x allowances available for use for a control period in order to meet the source's CAIR NO_x emissions limitation in accordance with section 9(i) and 9(j) of this rule.

(35) (36) "Continuous emission monitoring system" or "CEMS" means the equipment required under section 11 of this rule to sample, analyze, measure, and provide, by means of readings recorded at least once every fifteen (15) minutes, using an automated data acquisition and handling system (DAHS), a permanent record of nitrogen oxides emissions, stack gas volumetric flow rate, stack gas moisture content, and oxygen or carbon dioxide concentration, as applicable, in a manner consistent with 40 CFR 75*. The following systems are the principal types of continuous emission monitoring systems required under section 11 of this rule:

(A) a flow monitoring system, consisting of a stack flow rate monitor and an automated data acquisition and handling system and providing a permanent, continuous record of stack gas volumetric flow rate, in standard cubic feet per hour (scfh);

(B) a nitrogen oxides concentration monitoring system, consisting of a NO_x pollutant concentration monitor and an automated data acquisition and handling system and providing a permanent, continuous record of NO_x emissions, in parts per million (ppm);

(C) a nitrogen oxides emission rate (or NO_x-diluent) monitoring system, consisting of a NO_x pollutant concentration monitor, a diluent gas (CO₂ or O₂) monitor, and an automated data acquisition and handling system and providing a permanent, continuous record of NO_x concentration, in parts per million (ppm), diluent gas concentration, in percent CO₂ or O₂, and NO_x emission rate, in pounds per million British thermal units (lb/MMBtu);

(D) a moisture monitoring system, as defined in 40 CFR 75.11(b)(2)* and providing a permanent, continuous record of the stack gas moisture content, in percent H₂O;

(E) a carbon dioxide monitoring system, consisting of a CO₂ pollutant concentration monitor, or an oxygen monitor plus suitable mathematical equations from which the CO₂ concentration is derived, and an automated data acquisition and handling system and providing a permanent, continuous record of CO₂ emissions, in percent CO₂; and

(F) an oxygen monitoring system, consisting of an O₂ concentration monitor and an automated data acquisition and handling system and providing a permanent, continuous record of O₂, in percent O₂.

(36) (37) "Control period" means the period beginning January 1 of a calendar year, except as provided in section 4(c)(2) of this rule, and ending on December 31 of the same year, inclusive. For the purposes of section 8(h) of this rule, control period means January 1 through April 30 and October 1 through December 31 of the same calendar year.

(37) (38) "Emissions" means air pollutants exhausted from a unit or source into the atmosphere, as measured, recorded, and reported to the U.S. EPA by the CAIR designated representative and as determined by the U.S. EPA in accordance with section 11 of this rule.

(38) (39) "Energy efficiency or renewable energy projects" means any of the following implemented in Indiana:

(A) End-use energy efficiency projects, including demand-side management programs.

(B) Highly efficient electricity or steam generation for the predominant use of a single end user, such as combined cycle, combined heat and power, microturbines, and fuel cell systems. In order to be considered as highly efficient electricity generation under this clause, combined cycle, combined heat and power, microturbines, and fuel cell generating systems must meet or exceed one (1) of the following thresholds:

(i) For combined heat and power projects generating both electricity and thermal energy for space, water, or industrial process heat, rated energy efficiency of sixty percent (60%).

(ii) For microturbine projects rated at or below five hundred (500) kilowatts generating capacity, rated energy efficiency of forty percent (40%).

(iii) For combined cycle projects rated at greater than five hundred (500) kilowatts, rated energy efficiency of fifty percent (50%).

(iv) For fuel cell systems, rated energy efficiency of forty percent (40%), whether or not the fuel cell system is part of a combined heat and power energy system.

(C) Zero-emission renewable energy projects, including wind, photovoltaic, solar, and hydropower projects. Eligible hydropower projects are restricted to systems employing a head of ten (10) feet or less or systems employing a head greater than ten (10) feet that make use of a dam that existed before September 16, 2001.

(D) Energy efficiency projects generating electricity through the capture of methane gas from municipal solid waste landfills, water treatment plants, sewage treatment plants, or anaerobic digestion systems operating on animal or plant wastes.

(E) The installation of highly efficient electricity generation equipment for the sale of power where such equipment replaces or displaces retired electrical generating units. In order to be considered as highly efficient under this clause, generation equipment must meet or exceed the following energy efficiency thresholds:

(i) For coal-fired electrical generation units, rated energy efficiency of forty-two percent (42%).

(ii) For natural gas-fired electrical generating units, rated energy efficiency of fifty percent (50%).

(F) Improvements to existing fossil fuel-fired electrical generation units that increase the efficiency of the unit and decrease the heat rate used to generate electricity, including gas reburning projects that reduce NO_x emissions.

(G) The installation of integrated gasification combined cycle equipment for producing electricity for sale.

(H) Renewable energy projects that displace some portion of the combustion of coal, natural gas, or oil through the use of solar energy or methane from landfills, water treatment plants, sewage treatment plants, or anaerobic digestion systems on animal or plant wastes and reduce NO_x emissions.

Energy efficiency or renewable energy projects do not include nuclear power projects. This definition is solely for the purposes of implementing this rule and does not apply in other contexts.

(39) (40) "Excess emissions" means any ton of nitrogen oxides emitted by the CAIR NO_x units at a CAIR NO_x source during a control period that exceeds the CAIR NO_x emissions limitation for the source.

(40) (41) "FESOP" means a federally enforceable state operating permit issued under 326 IAC 2-8.

(41) (42) "Fossil fuel" means natural gas, petroleum, coal, or any form of solid, liquid, or gaseous fuel derived from such material.

(42) (43) "Fossil-fuel-fired" means, with regard to a unit, combusting any amount of fossil fuel in any calendar year.

(43) (44) "Fuel oil" means any petroleum-based fuel (including diesel fuel or petroleum derivatives such as oil tar) and any recycled or blended petroleum products or petroleum byproducts used as a fuel whether in a liquid, solid, or gaseous state.

(44) (45) "General account" means a CAIR NO_x allowance tracking system account, established under section 9 of this rule, that is not a compliance account.

(45) (46) "Generator" means a device that produces electricity.

(46) (47) "Gross electrical output" means, with regard to a cogeneration unit, electricity made available for use, including any such electricity used in the power production process. This process may include, but is not limited to, any on-site processing or treatment of fuel combusted at the unit and any on-site emission controls.

(47) (48) "Heat input" means, with regard to a specified period of time, the product, in million British thermal units per unit of time (MMBtu/time) of the gross calorific value of the fuel, in British thermal units per pound (Btu/lb), divided by one million (1,000,000) British thermal units per million British thermal units (Btu/MMBtu) and multiplied by the fuel feed rate into a combustion device, in pounds of fuel per unit of time (lb of fuel/time), as measured, recorded, and reported to the U.S. EPA by the CAIR designated representative and determined by the U.S. EPA in accordance with section 11 of this rule and excluding the heat derived from preheated combustion air, recirculated flue gases, or exhaust from other sources.

(48) (49) "Heat input rate" means the amount of heat input, in million British thermal units (MMBtu), divided by unit operating time, in hours, or, with regard to a specific fuel, the amount of heat input attributed to the fuel, in million British thermal units (MMBtu), divided by the unit operating time, in hours, during which the unit combusts the fuel.

(49) (50) "Life-of-the-unit, firm power contractual arrangement" means a unit participation power sales agreement under which a utility or industrial customer reserves, or is entitled to receive, a specified amount or percentage of nameplate capacity and associated energy generated by any specified unit and pays its proportional amount of such unit's total costs, pursuant to a contract:

(A) for the life of the unit;

(B) for a cumulative term of no less than thirty (30) years, including contracts that permit an election for early termination; or

(C) for a period no less than twenty-five (25) years or seventy percent (70%) of the economic useful life of the unit determined as of the time the unit is built, with option rights to purchase or release some portion of the nameplate capacity and associated energy generated by the unit at the end of the period.

(50) (51) "Maximum design heat input" means the maximum amount of fuel per hour, in British thermal units per hour (Btu/hr), that a unit is capable of combusting on a steady state basis as of the initial installation of the unit as specified by the manufacturer of the unit.

(51) (52) "Mercury (Hg) budget trading program" means a multistate Hg air pollution control and emission reduction program approved and administered by the U.S. EPA in accordance with 40 CFR 60, Subpart HHHH* and 40 CFR 60.24(h)(6)*, or established by the U.S. EPA under the Clean Air Act, Section 111, as a means of reducing national mercury emissions.

(52) (53) "Monitoring system" means any monitoring system that meets the requirements of section 11 of this rule, including a continuous emissions monitoring system, an alternative monitoring system, or an excepted monitoring system under 40 CFR 75*.

(53) (54) "Most stringent state or federal NO_x emissions limitation" means, with regard to a unit, the lowest NO_x emissions limitation, in terms of pounds per million British thermal units (lb/MMBtu), that is applicable to the unit under state or federal law, regardless of the averaging period to which the emissions limitation applies.

(54) (55) "Nameplate capacity" means, starting from the initial installation of a generator, the maximum electrical generating output, in megawatt electrical (MWe), that the generator is capable of producing on a steady state basis and during continuous operation (when not restricted by seasonal or other deratings) as of such installation as specified by the manufacturer of the generator or, starting from the completion of any subsequent physical change in the generator resulting in an increase in the maximum electrical generating output, in megawatt electrical (MWe), that the generator is capable of producing on a steady state basis and during continuous operation (when not restricted by seasonal or other deratings) such increased maximum amount as of such completion as specified by the person conducting the physical change.

(55) (56) "Oil-fired" means, for the purposes of section 8 of this rule, combusting fuel oil for more than fifteen percent (15%) of the annual heat input in a specified year and not qualifying as coal-fired.

(56) (57) "Operator" means any person who operates, controls, or supervises a CAIR NO_x unit or a CAIR NO_x source and shall include, but not be limited to, any holding company, utility system, or plant manager of such a unit or source.

(57) (58) "Owner" means any of the following persons:

(A) With regard to a CAIR NO_x source or a CAIR NO_x unit at a source, respectively, any of the following:

(i) any Holder of any portion of the legal or equitable title in a CAIR NO_x unit at the source or the CAIR NO_x unit.

(ii) any Holder of a leasehold interest in a CAIR NO_x unit at the source or the CAIR NO_x unit. or

(iii) any Purchaser of power from a CAIR NO_x unit at the source or the CAIR NO_x unit under a life-of-the-unit, firm power contractual arrangement; provided that, unless expressly provided for in a leasehold agreement, owner shall not include a passive lessor, or a person who has an equitable interest through such lessor, whose rental payments are not based, either directly or indirectly, on the revenues or income from such CAIR NO_x unit. or

(B) With regard to any general account, any person who has an ownership interest with respect to the CAIR NO_x allowances held in the general account and who is subject to the binding agreement for the CAIR authorized account representative to represent the person's ownership interest with respect to CAIR NO_x allowances.

(58) (59) "Permitting authority" means the state air pollution control agency, local agency, other state agency, or other agency authorized by the U.S. EPA to issue or revise permits to meet the requirements of the CAIR NO_x annual trading program in accordance with section 7 of this rule or, if no such agency has been so authorized, the U.S. EPA.

(59) (60) "Potential electrical output capacity" means thirty-three percent (33%) of a unit's maximum design heat input, divided by three thousand four hundred thirteen (3,413) Btu/kilowatt hour, divided by one thousand (1,000) kilowatt hour/megawatt hour, and multiplied by eight thousand seven hundred sixty (8,760) hours/year.

(60) (61) "Rated energy efficiency" means the percentage of gross energy input that is recovered as useable net energy output in the form of electricity or thermal energy, or both, that is used for heating, cooling, industrial processes, or other beneficial uses as follows:

(A) For electric generators, rated energy efficiency is calculated as one (1) net kilowatt hour (three thousand four hundred twelve (3,412) British thermal units) of electricity divided by the unit's design heat rate using the higher heating value of the fuel.

(B) For combined heat and power projects, rated energy efficiency is calculated using the following formula:

Eff% = (NEO + UTO)/GEI

Where:	Eff%	=	Rated energy efficiency.
	NEO	=	Net electrical output of the system converted to British thermal units per unit of time.
	UTO	=	Utilized thermal output or the energy value in British thermal units of thermal energy from the system that is used for heating, cooling, industrial processes, or other beneficial uses, per unit of time.
	GEI	=	Gross energy input, based upon the higher heating value of fuel, per unit of time.

(61) (62) "Receive" or "receipt of" means, when referring to the department or U.S. EPA, to come into possession of a document, information, or correspondence, whether sent in hard copy or by authorized electronic transmission, as indicated in an official log, or by a notation made on the document, information, or correspondence, by the department or U.S. EPA in the regular course of business.

(62) (63) "Recordation", "record", or "recorded" means, with regard to CAIR NO_x allowances, the movement of CAIR NO_x allowances by the U.S. EPA into or between CAIR NO_x allowance tracking system accounts, for purposes of allocation, transfer, or deduction.

(63) (64) "Reference method" means any direct test method of sampling and analyzing for an air pollutant as specified in 40 CFR 75.22*.

(64) (65) "Replacement", "replace", or "replaced" means, with regard to a unit, the demolishing of a unit, or the permanent shutdown and permanent disabling of a unit, and the construction of another unit (the replacement unit) to be used instead of the demolished or shutdown unit (the replaced unit).

(65) (66) "Repowered" means, with regard to a unit, replacement of a coal-fired boiler with one (1) of the following coal-fired technologies at the same source as the coal-fired boiler:

(A) atmospheric or pressurized fluidized bed combustion;

(B) integrated gasification combined cycle;

(C) magnetohydrodynamics;

(D) direct and indirect coal-fired turbines;

(E) integrated gasification fuel cells; or

(F) as determined by the U.S. EPA in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, a derivative of one (1) or more of the technologies under clauses (A) through (E) and any other coal-fired technology capable of controlling multiple combustion emissions simultaneously with improved boiler or generation efficiency and with significantly greater waste reduction relative to the performance of technology in widespread commercial use as of January 1, 2005.

(66) (67) "Sequential use of energy" means:

(A) for a topping-cycle cogeneration unit, the use of reject heat from electricity production in a useful thermal energy application or process; or

(B) for a bottoming-cycle cogeneration unit, the use of reject heat from useful thermal energy application or process in electricity production.

(67) (68) "Serial number" means, for a CAIR NO_x allowance, the unique identification number assigned to each CAIR NO_x allowance by the U.S. EPA.

(68) (69) "Solid waste incineration unit" means a stationary, fossil-fuel-fired boiler or stationary, fossil-fuel-fired combustion turbine that is a solid waste incineration unit as defined in the Clean Air Act, Section 129(g)(1).

(69) (70) "Source" means all buildings, structures, or installations located in one (1) or more contiguous or adjacent properties under common control of the same person or persons. For purposes of Section 502(c) of the Clean Air Act, a source, including a source with multiple units, shall be considered a single facility.

(70) (71) "Submit" or "serve" means to send or transmit a document, information, or correspondence to the person specified in accordance with the applicable rule:

(A) in person;

(B) by United States Postal Service; or

(C) by other means of dispatch or transmission and delivery.

Compliance with any submission or service deadline shall be determined by the date of dispatch, transmission, or mailing and not the date of receipt by the department or U.S. EPA.

(71) (72) "Title V operating permit" or "Part 70 operating permit" means a permit issued under 326 IAC 2-7.

(72) (73) "Title V operating permit regulations" or "Part 70 operating permit regulations" means the rules under 326 IAC 2-7.

(73) (74) "Ton" means two thousand (2,000) pounds. For the purpose of determining compliance with the CAIR NO_x emissions limitation, total tons of nitrogen oxides emissions for a control period shall be calculated as the sum of all recorded hourly emissions, or the mass equivalent of the recorded hourly emission rates, in accordance with section 11 of this rule, but with any remaining fraction of a ton equal to or greater than fifty-hundredths (0.50) tons deemed to equal one (1) ton and any remaining fraction of a ton less than fifty-hundredths (0.50) tons deemed to equal zero (0) tons.

(74) (75) "Topping-cycle cogeneration unit" means a cogeneration unit in which the energy input to the unit is first used to produce useful power, including electricity, and at least some of the reject heat from the electricity production is then used to provide useful thermal energy.

(75) (76) "Total energy input" means, with regard to a cogeneration unit, total energy of all forms supplied to the cogeneration unit, excluding energy produced by the cogeneration unit itself. Each form of energy supplied shall be measured by the lower heating value of that form of energy calculated as follows:

LHV = HHV - 10.55(W + 9H)

Where:	LHV	=	Lower heating value of fuel in Btu/hr.
	HHV	=	Higher heating value of fuel in Btu/hr.
	W	=	Weight % of moisture in fuel.
	H	=	Weight % of hydrogen in fuel.

(76) (77) "Total energy output" means, with regard to a cogeneration unit, the sum of useful power and useful thermal energy produced by the cogeneration unit.

(77) (78) "Unit" means a stationary, fossil-fuel-fired boiler or combustion turbine or other stationary, fossil-fuel-fired combustion device.

(78) (79) "Unit operating day" means a calendar day in which a unit combusts any fuel.

(79) (80) "Unit operating hour" or "hour of unit operation" means an hour in which a unit combusts any fuel.

(80) (81) "Useful power" means, with regard to a cogeneration unit, electricity or mechanical energy made available for use, excluding any such energy used in the power production process, which process includes, but is not limited to, any on-site processing or treatment of fuel combusted at the unit and any on-site emission controls.

(81) (82) "Useful thermal energy" means, with regard to a cogeneration unit, thermal energy that is:

(A) made available to an industrial or commercial process, not a power production process, excluding any heat contained in condensate return or makeup water;

(B) used in a heating application (for example, space heating or domestic hot water heating); or

(C) used in a space cooling application (that is, thermal energy used by an absorption chiller).

(82) (83) "Utility power distribution system" means the portion of an electricity grid owned or operated by a utility and dedicated to delivering electricity to customers.

*These documents are incorporated by reference. Copies may be obtained from the Government Printing Office, 732 North Capitol Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20401 or are available for review and copying at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Office of Air Quality, Indiana Government Center-North, Tenth Floor, 100 North Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204.

(Air Pollution Control Board; 326 IAC 24-1-2; filed Jan 26, 2007, 10:25 a.m.: 20070221-IR-326050117FRA; errata filed Jan 29, 2007, 2:43 p.m.: 20070221-IR-326050117ACA; filed May 12, 2009, 11:16 a.m.: 20090610-IR-326080005FRA)

SECTION 2. 326 IAC 24-1-7 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

326 IAC 24-1-7 Permit requirements

Authority: IC 13-14-8; IC 13-17-3-4; IC 13-17-3-11

Affected: IC 13-15; IC 13-17

Sec. 7. (a) For each CAIR NO_x source required to have a federally enforceable permit, the permit shall include a CAIR permit administered by the department as follows:

(1) For CAIR NO_x sources required to have a Part 70 operating permit under 326 IAC 2-7, the CAIR portion of the Part 70 operating permit shall be administered in accordance with 326 IAC 2-7, except as provided otherwise by this section and sections 3 and 12 of this rule.

(2) For CAIR NO_x sources required to have a FESOP under 326 IAC 2-8, the CAIR portion of the FESOP shall be administered in accordance with 326 IAC 2-8, except as provided otherwise by this section and sections 3 and 12 of this rule.

(3) Each CAIR permit, including a draft or proposed CAIR permit, if applicable, shall contain, with regard to the CAIR NO_x source and the CAIR NO_x units at the source covered by the CAIR permit, all applicable CAIR NO_x annual trading program, CAIR NO_x ozone season trading program, and CAIR SO₂ trading program requirements and shall be a complete and separable portion of the Part 70 operating permit or FESOP.

(b) Requirements for the submission of CAIR permit applications are as follows:

(1) The CAIR designated representative of any CAIR NO_x source required to have a Part 70 operating permit or FESOP shall submit to the department a complete CAIR permit application under subsection (c) for the source covering each CAIR NO_x unit at the source at least two hundred seventy (270) days before the later of January 1, 2009, or the date on which the CAIR NO_x unit commences commercial operation, except as provided in section 12(e) of this rule.

(2) For a CAIR NO_x source required to have a Part 70 operating permit or FESOP, the CAIR designated representative shall submit a complete CAIR permit application under subsection (c) for the source covering each CAIR NO_x unit at the source to renew the CAIR permit in accordance with 326 IAC 2-7-4(a)(1)(D) or 326 IAC 2-8-3(h), as applicable, except as provided in section 12(e) of this rule.

(c) In addition to the requirements of 326 IAC 2-7-4(c) or 326 IAC 2-8-3(c), A complete CAIR permit application shall include the following elements concerning the CAIR NO_x source for which the application is submitted:

(1) Identification of the CAIR NO_x source.

(2) Identification of each CAIR NO_x unit at the CAIR NO_x source.

(3) The standard requirements under section 4 of this rule.

(d) In addition to the requirements under 326 IAC 2-7 or 326 IAC 2-8, Each CAIR permit shall contain, in a format prescribed by the department, all elements required for a complete CAIR permit application under subsection (c).

(e) Each CAIR permit is deemed to incorporate automatically the definitions of terms under section 2 of this rule and, upon recordation by the U.S. EPA under section 8, 9, 10, or 12 of this rule, every allocation, transfer, or deduction of a CAIR NO_x allowance to or from the compliance account of the CAIR NO_x source covered by the permit.

(f) The initial CAIR permit covering a CAIR unit for which a complete CAIR permit application is timely submitted under subsection (b) shall become effective upon issuance.

(g) The term of the CAIR permit shall be set by the department, as necessary to facilitate coordination of the renewal of the CAIR permit with issuance, revision, or renewal of the CAIR NO_x source's Part 70 operating permit or FESOP.

(h) Except as provided in subsection (e), the department shall revise the CAIR permit, as necessary, in accordance with the following:

(1) The permit modification and revision provisions under 326 IAC 2-7, for a CAIR source with a Part 70 operating permit.

(2) The permit modification and revision provisions under 326 IAC 2-8, for a CAIR source with a FESOP.

(Air Pollution Control Board; 326 IAC 24-1-7; filed Jan 26, 2007, 10:25 a.m.: 20070221-IR-326050117FRA; filed May 12, 2009, 11:16 a.m.: 20090610-IR-326080005FRA)

SECTION 3. 326 IAC 24-1-8 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

326 IAC 24-1-8 CAIR NO_x allowance allocations

Authority: IC 13-14-8; IC 13-17-3-4; IC 13-17-3-11

Affected: IC 13-15; IC 13-17

Sec. 8. (a) The trading program budget allocated by the department under subsections (d) through (h) for each control period shall equal the CAIR NO_x allowances apportioned to the CAIR NO_x units under section 1 of this rule, as determined by the procedures in this section. The total number of CAIR NO_x allowances that are available for each control period for annual allocations of CAIR NO_x allowances under this rule are one hundred eight thousand nine hundred thirty-five (108,935) tons in 2009 through 2014 and ninety thousand seven hundred seventy-nine (90,779) in 2015 and thereafter, apportioned as follows:

(1) For existing units (that is, units that have a baseline heat input, as determined under subsection (c)(1)):

(A) one hundred three thousand four hundred eighty-eight (103,488) tons for CAIR NO_x units in 2009 through 2014; and

(B) eighty-eight thousand fifty-five (88,055) tons for CAIR NO_x units in 2015 and thereafter.

(2) For new unit allocation set-asides:

(A) four thousand nine hundred two (4,902) tons for CAIR NO_x units in 2009 through 2014; and

(B) two thousand two hundred seventy (2,270) tons for CAIR NO_x units in 2015 and thereafter.

(3) For the energy efficiency and renewable energy allocation set-asides:

(A) five hundred forty-five (545) tons for CAIR NO_x units in 2009 through 2014; and

(B) four hundred fifty-four (454) tons for CAIR NO_x units in 2105 2015 and thereafter.

(b) The department shall allocate CAIR NO_x allowances to CAIR NO_x units according to the following schedule:

(1) Within thirty (30) days of the effective date of this rule, the department shall submit to the U.S. EPA the CAIR NO_x allowance allocations, in a format prescribed by the U.S. EPA and in accordance with subsections (c) and (d), for the control periods in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014.

(2) By October 31, 2008, and October 31 every six (6) years thereafter, the department shall submit to the U.S. EPA the CAIR NO_x allowance allocations, in a format prescribed by the U.S. EPA and in accordance with subsections (c) and (d), for the control periods seven (7), eight (8), nine (9), ten (10), eleven (11), and twelve (12) years after the year of the allowance allocation.

(3) By October 31, 2009, and October 31 of each year thereafter, the department shall submit to the U.S. EPA the CAIR NO_x allowance allocations, in a format prescribed by the U.S. EPA and in accordance with subsections (c), (e), and (f), for the control period in the year of the applicable deadline for submission under this rule.

(4) The department shall make available for review to the public the CAIR NO_x allowance allocations under subdivision (2) on July 31 of each year allocations are made and shall provide a thirty (30) day opportunity for submission of objections to the CAIR NO_x allowance allocations. Objections shall be limited to addressing whether the CAIR NO_x allowance allocations are in accordance with this section. Based on any such objections, the department shall consider any objections and input from affected sources and, if appropriate, adjust each determination to the extent necessary to ensure that it is in accordance with this section.

(c) The baseline heat input, in million British thermal units (MMBtu) used with respect to CAIR NO_x allowance allocations under subsection (d) for each CAIR NO_x unit shall be as follows:

(1) For units commencing operation before January 1, 2001:

(A) For a CAIR NO_x allowance allocation under subsection (b)(1), the average of the three (3) highest amounts of the unit's adjusted control period heat input for 1998 through 2005, with the adjusted control period heat input for each year calculated as follows:

(i) If the unit is coal-fired during the year, the unit's control period heat input for such year is multiplied by one hundred percent (100%).

(ii) If the unit is oil-fired during the year, the unit's control period heat input for such year is multiplied by sixty percent (60%).

(iii) If the unit is not subject to item (i) or (ii), the unit's control period heat input for such year is multiplied by forty percent (40%).

(B) For a CAIR NO_x allowance allocation under subsection (b)(2), the average of the three (3) highest amounts of the unit's adjusted control period heat input for the eight (8) years before when the CAIR NO_x allocation is being calculated, with the adjusted control period heat input for each year calculated as follows:

(i) If the unit is coal-fired during the year, the unit's control period heat input for such year is multiplied by one hundred percent (100%).

(ii) If the unit is oil-fired during the year, the unit's control period heat input for such year is multiplied by sixty percent (60%).

(iii) If the unit is not subject to item (i) or (ii), the unit's control period heat input for such year is multiplied by forty percent (40%).

(2) For units commencing operation on or after January 1, 2001, and operating each calendar year during a period of three (3) or more consecutive calendar years, the average of the three (3) highest amounts of the unit's total converted control period heat input for the years before when the CAIR NO_x allocation is being calculated, not to exceed (8).

(3) A unit's control period heat input, and a unit's status as coal-fired or not coal-fired, for a calendar year under subdivision (1), and a unit's total tons of NO_x emissions during a control period in calendar year under subsection (e), shall be determined in accordance with 40 CFR 75*, to the extent the unit was otherwise subject to the requirements of 40 CFR 75* for the year, or shall be based on the best available data reported to the department for the unit, to the extent the unit was not otherwise subject to the requirements of 40 CFR 75* for the year.

(4) A unit's converted control period heat input for a calendar year under subdivision (2) equals one (1) of the following:

(A) The control period gross electrical output of the generator or generators served by the unit multiplied by eight thousand nine hundred (8,900) British thermal units per kilowatt hour (Btu/kWh) for coal-fired units or seven thousand six hundred (7,600) British thermal units per kilowatt hour (Btu/kWh) for a unit that is not coal-fired divided by one million (1,000,000) British thermal units per million British thermal units (Btu/MMBtu), provided that if a generator is served by two (2) or more units, then the gross electrical output of the generator shall be attributed to each unit in proportion to the unit's share of the total control period heat input of such units for the year.

(B) For a unit that has equipment used to produce electricity and useful thermal energy for industrial, commercial, heating, or cooling purposes through the sequential use of energy, the control period gross electrical output of the unit multiplied by eight thousand nine hundred (8,900) British thermal units per kilowatt hour (Btu/kWh) plus the useful energy, in British thermal units (Btu), produced during the control period divided by eight-tenths (0.8), and with the sum divided by one million (1,000,000) British thermal units per million British thermal units (Btu/MMBtu).

(d) For each control period in 2009 and thereafter, the department shall allocate to all CAIR NO_x units that have a baseline heat input, as determined under subsection (c), a total amount of CAIR NO_x allowances as listed in subsection (a)(1), except as provided in subsection (f). The department shall allocate CAIR NO_x allowances to each CAIR NO_x unit in an amount determined by multiplying the total amount under subsection (a)(1) by the ratio of the baseline heat input of such CAIR NO_x unit to the total amount of baseline heat input of all such CAIR NO_x units and rounding to the nearest whole allowance as appropriate.

(e) For each control period in 2009 and thereafter, the department shall allocate CAIR NO_x allowances to CAIR NO_x units that commenced operation on or after January 1, 2001, and do not yet have a baseline heat input, as determined under subsection (c), in accordance with the following procedures:

(1) The department shall establish a new unit set-aside for each control period equal to the following:

(A) Four thousand nine hundred two (4,902) tons for a control period during 2009 through 2014.

(B) Two thousand two hundred seventy (2,270) tons for CAIR NO_x units for a control period during 2015 and thereafter.

(2) The CAIR designated representative of such a CAIR NO_x unit may submit to the department a request, in a format specified by the department, to be allocated CAIR NO_x allowances, starting with the later of the control period in 2009 or the first control period after the control period in which the CAIR NO_x unit commences commercial operation and until the first control period for which the unit is allocated CAIR NO_x allowances under subsection (d). A separate CAIR NO_x allowance allocation request for each control period for which CAIR NO_x allowances are sought must be submitted on or before May 1 of such control period and after the date on which the CAIR NO_x unit commences commercial operation.

(3) In a CAIR NO_x allowance allocation request under subdivision (2), the CAIR designated representative may request for a control period CAIR NO_x allowances in an amount not exceeding the CAIR NO_x unit's total tons of NO_x emissions during the calendar year immediately before such control period.

(4) The department shall review each CAIR NO_x allowance allocation request under subdivision (2) and shall allocate CAIR NO_x allowances for each control period pursuant to such request as follows:

(A) The department shall accept an allowance allocation request only if the request meets, or is adjusted by the department as necessary to meet, the requirements of subdivisions (2) and (3).

(B) On or after May 1 of the control period, the department shall determine the sum of the CAIR NO_x allowances requested, as adjusted under clause (A), in all allowance allocation requests accepted under clause (A) for the control period.

(C) If the amount of CAIR NO_x allowances in the new unit set-aside for the control period is greater than or equal to the sum under clause (B), then the department shall allocate the amount of CAIR NO_x allowances requested, as adjusted under clause (A), to each CAIR NO_x unit covered by an allowance allocation request accepted under clause (A).

(D) If the new unit set-aside for the control period for which NO_x allowances are requested has an amount of NO_x allowances less than the number requested, as adjusted under clause (A), but the energy efficiency and renewable energy allocation set-aside is under-subscribed, the department shall allocate the amount of the NO_x allowances requested with the difference allocated from the energy efficiency and renewable energy allocation set-aside.

(E) If the amount of CAIR NO_x allowances in the new unit set-aside for the control period is less than the sum under clause (B), and the energy efficiency and renewable energy allocation set-aside is over subscribed, then the department shall allocate to each CAIR NO_x unit covered by an allowance allocation request accepted under clause (A) the amount of the CAIR NO_x allowances requested, as adjusted under clause (A), multiplied by the amount of CAIR NO_x allowances in the new unit set-aside for the control period, divided by the sum determined under clause (B), and rounded to the nearest whole allowance as appropriate.

(F) The department shall notify each CAIR designated representative that submitted an allowance allocation request of the amount of CAIR NO_x allowances, if any, allocated for the control period to the CAIR NO_x unit covered by the request and submit the CAIR NO_x allowances to U.S. EPA according to subsection (b)(3).

(f) If, after completion of the procedures under subsection (e)(4) for a control period, any unallocated CAIR NO_x allowances remain in the new unit set-aside for the control period, the department shall allocate to each CAIR NO_x unit that was allocated CAIR NO_x allowances under subsection (d) an amount of CAIR NO_x allowances equal to the total amount of such remaining unallocated CAIR NO_x allowances, multiplied by the unit's allocation under subsection (d), divided by one hundred three thousand four hundred eighty-eight (103,488) for a control period during 2009 through 2014, and eighty-eight thousand fifty-five (88,055) for a control period during 2015 and thereafter, rounding to the nearest whole allowance as appropriate.

(g) In addition to the CAIR NO_x allowances allocated under subsections (c) through (f), the department shall allocate for the control period in 2009 up to twenty thousand one hundred fifty-five (20,155) compliance supplement pool NO_x allowances to CAIR NO_x units, in accordance with this section. First, the department shall reserve allowances for eligible units and assign the reserved allowances in accordance with subdivisions (2) and (3). Then, the department will allocate earned CAIR NO_x allowances and surplus CAIR NO_x allowances in accordance with subdivision (5):

(1) The following terms and meanings apply to this section:

(A) "Baseline emission rate" means the heat input weighted average NO_x emission rate for 2003 through 2005 (excluding May 1 through September 30 of each year).

(B) "Eligible unit" or "eligible units" means a CAIR NO_x unit that:

(i) is a coal-fired unit that will be required to comply with CAIR annual NO_x emission limitations beginning January 1, 2009;

(ii) has or will have:

(AA) post-combustion NO_x control equipment, or shares a common stack with a unit that has or will have post-combustion NO_x control equipment installed before December 31, 2008; or

(BB) for all other units be able to achieve a NO_x emissions rate that is at least ten percent (10%) lower than the heat input weighted average NO_x emission rate for 2003 through 2005 (excluding May 1 through September 30 of each year);

(iii) has an established baseline emissions rate;

(iv) for which the department has approved its application in accordance with subdivision (2); and

(v) for which the unit in item (ii)(BB) achieves in 2007 or 2008, or both (excluding May 1 through September 30 of each year), a NO_x emissions rate at least ten percent (10%) lower than the baseline emissions rate.

(C) "Emission reduction" or "emission reductions" will be calculated, in tons per year, in accordance with the following formula:

Emission reductions = [eligible unit's actual heat input for 2007 or 2008, or both (excluding May 1 through September 30 of each year) × eligible unit's baseline emission rate] - [eligible unit's actual heat input for 2007 or 2008, or both (excluding May 1 through September 30 of each year) × actual NO_x emission rate (excluding May 1 through September 30 of each year)]/2000.

(D) "Reserved allowance" means an allowance from the compliance supplement pool that the department reserves for an eligible unit. Reserved allowances have no independent value and cannot be traded until after they are earned and allocated as CAIR NO_x allowances to an eligible unit.

(E) "Unit's excess emissions reductions" means one (1) of the following:

(i) The eligible unit's tons of NO_x emission reductions in excess of its reserved allowances × 1.5 for units with all of the following control equipment installed:

(AA) Electrostatic precipitator.

(BB) Selective catalytic reduction.

(CC) Flue gas desulfurization.

(ii) The eligible unit's tons of NO_x emission reductions in excess of its reserved allowances × 1.0 for all other units.

(2) To receive reserved allowances, the designated representative for a CAIR NO_x unit must submit an application to the department, in a format specified by the department, within thirty (30) days of the effective date of this rule, demonstrating that it satisfies subdivision (1)(B)(i) through (1)(B)(iii). The department shall approve or deny the application within one hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of the application and designate the amount of allowances it has reserved for that unit at that time.

(3) The department shall assign reserved allowances to each eligible unit, based on the following formula:

Amount of reserved allowances, in tons per year = (eligible unit's baseline heat input as defined in subsection (c) ÷ sum of baseline heat input from all eligible units as defined in subsection (c)) × (95% × 20,155). The amount of reserved allowances shall be determined separately each year, 2007 and 2008, depending upon the number of approved applications for eligible units each year. No more than fifty percent (50%) of the compliance supplement pool shall be reserved for eligible units in 2007. The remainder of the compliance supplement pool shall be reserved for eligible units in 2008 and any demonstrations of need.

(4) In order to receive CAIR NO_x allowances from the compliance supplement pool the following conditions must be met:

(A) The owners and operators of an eligible unit shall monitor and report the NO_x emissions rate and the heat input of the unit in accordance with section 11 of this rule in each control period for which early reduction credit is requested.

(B) The CAIR designated representative of an eligible unit shall submit to the department by May 1, 2009, a request, in a format specified by the department, for allocation of an amount of CAIR NO_x allowances from the compliance supplement pool identifying the amount of tons of emissions reductions it has achieved and demonstrating that it has satisfied subdivision (1).

(C) The actual NO_x emission rate used in the emissions reduction calculation in subdivision (1)(C) shall be the monitored NO_x emission rate for 2007 or 2008, respectively.

(D) Units that share a common stack shall meet the following requirements:

(i) For each eligible unit that is part of a common stack group the restriction in subdivision (1)(B)(ii)(BB) is applied to the entire common stack group except as provided in item (ii).

(ii) For a common stack group that has a least one (1) unit with post-combustion NO_x control equipment, the restriction in subdivision (1)(B)(ii)(AA) for post-combustion NO_x control equipment shall apply to the entire common stack group.

(E) No more than fifty percent (50%) of the compliance supplement pool shall be reserved or allocated for emission reductions or excess emission reductions implemented in 2007. The remainder of the compliance supplement pool shall be allocated for emission reductions or excess emission reductions implemented in 2008 and demonstrations of need.

(5) The department shall review each request under subdivision (4) and shall allocate CAIR NO_x allowances from the compliance supplement pool for the control period in 2009 to CAIR NO_x units, in accordance with the following procedures:

(A) Upon receipt of each such request, the department shall make any necessary adjustments to the request to ensure that the amount of the CAIR NO_x allowances requested meets the requirements of subdivisions (3) and (4). If an eligible unit achieved emission reductions less than or equivalent to the reserved allowances assigned to it under subdivision (3), the department shall allocate CAIR NO_x allowances from the compliance supplement pool to the eligible unit equal to the actual emission reductions achieved by the eligible unit. Any reserved allowances not earned by an eligible unit shall remain in the compliance supplement pool to be distributed in accordance with clause (C).

(B) To the extent an eligible unit achieved emission reductions in excess of the reserved allowances assigned to it under subdivision (3), the department shall allocate CAIR NO_x allowances to the eligible unit equal to the amount of its reserved allowances, plus additional CAIR NO_x allowances, if any, from the compliance supplement pool in accordance with clause (C).

(C) Any CAIR NO_x allowances that remain in the compliance supplement pool following allocation required by clauses (A) and (B) shall be allocated to eligible units that achieved emission reductions in excess of their reserved allowances. The department shall make allocations of the remaining CAIR NO_x allowances in accordance with the following formula:

An eligible unit's additional CAIR NO_x allowances from the compliance supplement pool = (unit's excess emissions reductions/ the total tons of adjusted excess NO_x emissions reductions achieved by all eligible units) × the total of remaining CAIR NO_x allowances in the compliance supplement pool following allocation under clauses (A) and (B). In no case shall the actual amount of additional CAIR NO_x allowances awarded in this clause exceed the number of actual emission reductions achieved in excess of the reservation under subdivision (3).

(6) For any CAIR NO_x unit whose compliance with CAIR NO_x emissions limitation for the control period in 2009 would create an undue risk to the reliability of electricity supply during such control period, the CAIR designated representative of the unit may request the allocation of CAIR NO_x allowances from the compliance supplement pool in accordance with the following:

(A) The CAIR designated representative of such CAIR NO_x unit shall submit to the department by May 1, 2009, a request, in a format specified by the department, for allocation of an amount of CAIR NO_x allowances from the compliance supplement pool not exceeding the minimum amount of CAIR NO_x allowances necessary to remove such undue risk to the reliability of electricity supply.

(B) In the request under clause (A), the CAIR designated representative of such CAIR NO_x unit shall demonstrate that, in the absence of allocation to the unit of the amount of CAIR NO_x allowances requested, the unit's compliance with CAIR NO_x emissions limitation for the control period in 2009 would create an undue risk to the reliability of electricity supply during such control period. This demonstration must include a showing that it would not be feasible for the owners and operators of the unit to:

(i) obtain a sufficient amount of electricity from other electricity generation facilities, during the installation of control technology at the unit for compliance with the CAIR NO_x emissions limitation, to prevent such undue risk; or

(ii) obtain under subdivisions (5) and (7), or otherwise obtain, a sufficient amount of CAIR NO_x allowances to prevent such undue risk.

(7) The department shall review each request under subdivision (6) and shall allocate CAIR NO_x allowances, not to exceed one thousand eight (1,008) allowances, for the control period in 2009 to CAIR NO_x units covered by such request. If no requests for allowances are received under subdivision (6), the allowances shall be available for allocation under subdivision (5)(C).

(8) By November 30, 2009, the department shall determine, and submit to the U.S. EPA the allocations of CAIR NO_x allowances from the compliance supplement pool under subdivisions (5) and (7).

(9) By January 1, 2010, the U.S. EPA will record the allocations under subdivision (8).

(h) For projects that reduce NO_x emissions through the implementation of energy efficiency or renewable energy measures, or both, implemented during a control period beginning January 1, 2009, the department shall allocate NO_x allowances in accordance with the following procedures:

(1) The energy efficiency and renewable energy allocation set-aside shall be allocated NO_x allowances equal to the following:

(A) Five hundred forty-five (545) tons for a control period during 2009 through 2014.

(B) Four hundred fifty-four (454) tons for a control period during 2015 and thereafter.

(2) Any person may submit to the department a request, in writing, or in a format specified by the department, for NO_x allowances as follows:

(A) Sponsors of energy efficiency or renewable energy projects in section 2(38)(A) 2(39)(A) through 2(38)(H) 2(39)(H) of this rule may request the reservation of NO_x allowances, for one (1) control period in which the project is implemented. Project sponsors may reapply each year, not to exceed five (5) control periods for energy efficiency projects in sections 2(38)(A), 2(38)(B), 2(38)(E), 2(39)(A), 2(39)(B), 2(39)(E), and 2(38)(F) 2(39)(F) of this rule and for an unlimited number of years for projects in sections 2(38)(C), 2(38)(D), 2(39)(C), 2(39)(D), and 2(38)(H) 2(39)(H) of this rule. Requests for allowances may be made for projects implemented two (2) years before the effective date of this rule. Projects must equal at least one (1) ton of NO_x emissions and multiple projects may be aggregated into one (1) allowance allocation request to equal one (1) or more tons of NO_x emissions.

(B) The NO_x allowance allocation request must be submitted by May 1 of the calendar year for which the NO_x allowance allocation is requested.

(C) The NO_x allowance allocation request for an integrated gasification combined cycle project under section 2(38)(G) 2(39)(G) of this rule must be submitted by May 1 of the calendar year for which the NO_x allowance allocation is requested and after the date on which the department issues a permit to construct the CAIR NO_x unit. For integrated gasification combined cycle projects, project sponsors may request the reservation of NO_x allowances, based on the number of kilowatt hours of electricity generated based on an eighty-five percent (85%) capacity factor and expected heat rate of the unit. Project sponsors may reapply each year, not to exceed five (5) control periods. Requests for allowances may be made only for integrated gasification combined cycle projects which first start commercial operations in 2009 and beyond.

(3) In a NO_x allowance allocation request made under this subsection, the project sponsor may request for a control period, NO_x allowances not to exceed the following:

(A) Projects in section 2(38)(A) 2(39)(A) of this rule that claim allowances based upon reductions in the consumption of electricity and that are sponsored by end-users or nonutility third parties receive allowances based upon the number of kilowatt hours of electricity saved during a control period and the following formula:

Allowances = (kWS × 0.0015)/2,000

Where:	Allowances	=	The number of allowances awarded to a project sponsor.
	kWS	=	The number of kilowatt hours of electricity saved during a control period by the project.

(B) Projects in section 2(38)(A) 2(39)(A) of this rule that claim allowances based upon reductions in the consumption of electricity and that are sponsored by electric generating units shall be awarded allowances according to the following formula:

Allowances = (kWS × 0.00075/2,000)

Where:	Allowances	=	The number of allowances awarded to a project sponsor.
	kWS	=	The number of kilowatt hours of electricity saved during a control period by the project.

(C) Projects in section 2(38)(A) 2(39)(A) of this rule that claim allowances based upon reductions in the consumption of energy other than electricity and that are not CAIR NO_x units shall be awarded allowances according to the following formula:

Allowances = (((Et1/Pt1) - (Et2/Pt2)) × Pt2 × NPt2 × (NPt1/NPt2))/2,000

Where:	Allowances	=	The number of allowances awarded to a project sponsor.
	Et1	=	Energy consumed per control period before project implementation.
	Pt1	=	Units of product produced per control period before project implementation.
	Et2	=	Energy consumed in the most recent control period.
	Pt2	=	Units of product produced in the most recent control period.
	NPt1	=	NOx produced during the consumption of energy, measured in pounds per million British thermal units before project implementation.
	NPt2	=	NOx produced during the consumption of energy, measured in pounds per million British thermal units in the most recent control period.

(D) Projects in section 2(38)(A) 2(39)(A) of this rule that claim allowances based upon reductions in the consumption of energy other than electricity and that are CAIR NO_x units shall be awarded allowances according to the following formula:

Allowances = (((Et1/Pt1) - (Et2/Pt2)) × Pt2 × NPt2 × (NPt1/NPt2) × 0.5)/2,000

Where:	Allowances	=	The number of allowances awarded to a project sponsor.
	Et1	=	Energy consumed per control period before project implementation.
	Pt1	=	Units of product produced per control period before project implementation.
	Et2	=	Energy consumed in the most recent control period.
	Pt2	=	Units of product produced in the most recent control period.
	NPt1	=	NOx produced during the production process, measured in pounds per million British thermal units before project implementation.
	NPt2	=	NOx produced during the production process, measured in pounds per million British thermal units in the most recent control period.

Product produced, as used in the formulas in this clause and clause (C), may include manufactured items; raw, intermediate, or final materials; or other products measured in discrete units and produced as a result of the consumption of energy in a specific process or piece of equipment. Claims for allowances must include documentation of NO_x emissions per British thermal unit both before and after implementation of the project for the energy-consuming process for which energy savings are claimed.

(E) Projects in section 2(38)(B) 2(39)(B) of this rule that claim allowances based upon highly efficient electricity generation using systems such as combined cycle, microturbines, and fuel cell systems for the predominant use of a single end user, that meet the thresholds specified in section 2(38)(B) 2(39)(B) of this rule, that are not CAIR NO_x units under section 1 of this rule, and that are sponsored by end-users or nonutility third parties, receive allowances based upon the net amount of electricity generated during a control period and the following formula:

Allowances = (kWG × (0.0015-NO_x ))/2,000

Where:	Allowances	=	The number of allowances awarded to a project sponsor.
	kWG	=	The number of net kilowatt hours of electricity generated during a control period by the project.
	NOx	=	The amount of NOx produced during the generation of electricity, measured in pounds per kilowatt hour.

(F) Projects in section 2(38)(B) 2(39)(B) of this rule that claim allowances based upon highly efficient combined heat and power systems for the predominant use of a single end user, that meet the thresholds specified in section 2(38)(B) 2(39)(B) of this rule, that are not CAIR NO_x units under section 1 of this rule, and that are sponsored by end-users or nonutility third parties, receive allowances based upon the net amount of energy generated and used during a control period and the following formula:

Allowances = (NO_x conventional - NO_x CHP)/2,000

Where:	Allowances	=	The number of allowances awarded to a project sponsor.
	NOx conventional	=	[(0.15 × 3,412 × kWG / 0.34) + (0.17 × HeatOut / 0.8)] / 1,000,000
	NOx CHP	=	(BtuIn × NOxRate)/1,000,000
	Where:		kWG = The number of net kilowatt hours of electricity generated during a control period by the project.
			HeatOut = The number of British thermal units (Btu) of heat or steam effectively used for space, water, or industrial process heat during a control period by the project.
			NOxRate = NOx emitted during normal system operation by the project, measured in pounds per million Btu of fuel input.
			BtuIn = The number of British thermal units (Btu) of fuel used to produce electricity, heat, or steam during a control period by the project.

(G) Projects in section 2(38)(B) 2(39)(B) and 2(38)(G) 2(39)(G) of this rule receive allowances based upon the number of kilowatt hours of electricity each project generates during a control period. Highly efficient electricity generation projects using systems such as combined cycle, microturbines, and fuel cell systems for the predominant use of a single end user, that meet a rated energy efficiency threshold of sixty percent (60%) for combined cycle systems and forty percent (40%) for microturbines and fuel cells; or integrated gasification combined cycle, and that are sponsored by NO_x allowance account holders that own or operate units that produce electricity and are subject to the emission limitations of this rule shall receive allowances based upon the net amount of electricity generated during a control period and the following formula:

Allowances = (kWG × (0.0015 - NO_x) × 0.5)/2,000

Where:	Allowances	=	The number of allowances awarded to a project sponsor.
	kWG	=	The number of net kilowatt hours of electricity generated during a control period by the project.
	NOx	=	The amount of NOx produced during the generation of electricity, measured in pounds per kilowatt hour.

(H) Projects in subdivision (2) and specified in section 2(38)(C) 2(39)(C) and 2(38)(D) 2(39)(D) of this rule receive allowances based upon the number of kilowatt hours of electricity each project generates during a control period and according to the following formula:

Allowances = (kWG × 0.0015)/2,000

Where:	Allowances	=	The number of allowances awarded to a project sponsor.
	kWG	=	The number of kilowatt hours of electricity generated during a control period by the project.

(I) Projects in subdivision (2) and specified in section 2(38)(E) and 2(38)(F) 2(39)(E) through 2(39)(G) of this rule receive allowances based upon the difference in emitted NO_x per megawatt hour of operation for units before and after replacement or improvement and according to the following formula:

Allowances = ((Et1 - Et2) × h) × 0.5)/2,000

Where:	Allowances	=	The number of allowances awarded to a project sponsor.
	Et1	=	The emission rate in pounds per megawatt hour of NOx of the unit before improvement or replacement.
	Et2	=	The emission rate in pounds per megawatt hour of NOx of the unit after improvement or replacement.
	h	=	The number of megawatt hours of operation during the control period.

(J) Projects in section 2(38)(A) 2(39)(A) of this rule based upon energy efficiency other than electricity savings shall be awarded allowances according to the following formula:

Allowances = (NO_x Rate × HeatOut / 0.8)/1,000,000/2,000

Where:	Allowances	=	The number of allowances awarded to a project sponsor.
	NOx Rate	=	0.17 lb/MMBtu or the actual NOx emission rate, whichever is greater.
	HeatOut	=	The number of British thermal units (Btu) of heat or steam effectively used for space, water, or industrial process heat during a control period by the project.

(K) Projects in section 2(38)(H) 2(39)(H) of this rule using renewable energy to displace coal, natural gas, or oil combustion and reduce NO_x emissions shall be awarded allowances according to the following formula:

Allowances = ((0.17 × Fuel-Input)/1,000,000)/2,000

Where:	Allowances	=	The number of allowances awarded to a project sponsor.
	Fuel-Input	=	The amount of heat input, in Btu, from the renewable energy.

(4) The department shall review, reserve, and allocate CAIR NO_x allowances pursuant to, each allowance allocation request by July 31 each year as follows:

(A) Upon receipt of the NO_x allowance allocation request, the department shall make any necessary adjustments to the request to ensure that the number of allowances specified in the request is consistent with the requirements of subdivision (3).

(B) If the energy efficiency and renewable energy allocation set-aside for the control period for which NO_x allowances are requested has an amount of NO_x allowances greater than or equal to the number requested, as adjusted under clause (A), the department shall reserve the amount of the NO_x allowances requested, as adjusted under clause (A), to the energy efficiency and renewable energy projects.

(C) If the energy efficiency and renewable energy allocation set-aside for the control period for which NO_x allowances are requested has an amount of NO_x allowances less than the number requested, as adjusted under clause (A), but the new unit set-aside is under-subscribed, the department shall reserve the amount of the NO_x allowances requested with the difference reserved from the new unit set-aside.

(D) If the energy efficiency and renewable energy allocation set-aside for the control period for which NO_x allowances are requested has an amount of NO_x allowances less than the number requested, as adjusted under clause (A), and the new unit set-aside is over-subscribed, the department shall reserve the allocation set-aside on a pro rata basis, except that allowances requested for projects under section 2(38)(A), 2(38)(C), 2(38)(D), 2(39)(A), 2(39)(C), 2(39)(D), and 2(38)(H) 2(39)(H) of this rule shall be reserved first, reserved for projects under section 2(38)(B) 2(39)(B) and 2(38)(G) 2(39)(G) of this rule second, reserved for projects under section 2(38)(E) 2(39)(E) of this rule third, and reserved for projects under section 2(38)(F) 2(39)(F) of this rule fourth.

(E) Any unreserved allowances shall be distributed as follows:

(i) Fifty percent (50%) of the unreserved allowances shall be retained by the state to fund a grant program for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. The grant program projects do not need to meet the one (1) ton of NO_x emissions for singular or aggregated projects under subdivision (2). The unreserved NO_x allowances shall be deposited in a general allowance account established in accordance with this rule by the Indiana office of energy and defense development in accordance with the allowance allocation requirements of this rule, subject to the following:

(AA) The Indiana office of energy and defense development shall deposit revenue from the sale of unreserved NO_x allowances in a dedicated general NO_x account established by these rules this rule used exclusively to provide matching grant funds for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects, including, but not limited to, the purchase and installation of alternative energy systems and programs to support energy efficiency projects.

(BB) The Indiana office of energy and defense development shall hold the unreserved NO_x allowances in a general NO_x account until such time that project(s) are approved for grant funding, at which time NO_x allowances shall be sold to provide cash dollars for the grant funding.

(CC) Revenue from the sale of unreserved NO_x allowances held by the state of Indiana through the Indiana office of energy and defense development shall not revert to the state general fund, and shall only be used to provide matching grant funds for the installation of energy efficiency and renewable energy projects as defined in this subsection.

(DD) Effective November 1, 2009, and annually thereafter, the Indiana office of energy and defense development shall provide a report to the commissioner and the air pollution control board regarding the allowance transaction activity and the distribution and the balance of the matching grant funds for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects during that period. At a minimum, the report shall contain the following:

(aa) The number of NO_x allowances currently held in general NO_x account(s) by the Indiana office of energy and defense development.

(bb) A summary of transactions in the market, including the date(s) of transactions, the number of allowances transacted, and the distribution of proceeds from transactions (including brokerage fees).

(cc) The distribution of grant funding by recipient.

(dd) A full description of type of project(s) funded.

(ee) A summary of the benefits of each project.

(EE) If at any time after November 1, 2009, the total number of unreserved annual NO_x allowances held by the Indiana office of energy and defense development is greater than five hundred (500) tons, fifty percent (50%) of the total amount of NO_x allowances shall be returned to the department for redistribution to existing CAIR NO_x units on a pro rata basis.

(ii) Fifty percent (50%) of the unreserved allowances shall be allocated to CAIR NO_x units on a pro rata basis.

(5) After the completion of the control period for which CAIR NO_x allowances had been reserved, the project sponsor shall submit the results of the actual savings or generation by January 31 the following year. Allowances shall be awarded only after verification of project implementation and certification of energy, emission, or electricity savings, as appropriate. The department shall consult the Indiana office of energy and defense development concerning verification and certification.

(6) The department shall allocate the appropriate amount of CAIR NO_x allowances based on the review of the submittal of actual savings or generation results under subdivision (5) and notify the CAIR NO_x designated representative that submitted the request and the U.S. EPA of the number of NO_x allowances allocated for the control period by March 31 of each year. Any person to whom the department allocates NO_x allowances shall establish a general account under section 9(b) of this rule.

*These documents are incorporated by reference. Copies may be obtained from the Government Printing Office, 732 North Capitol Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20401 or are available for review and copying at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Office of Air Quality, Indiana Government Center-North, Tenth Floor, 100 North Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204.

(Air Pollution Control Board; 326 IAC 24-1-8; filed Jan 26, 2007, 10:25 a.m.: 20070221-IR-326050117FRA; filed May 12, 2009, 11:16 a.m.: 20090610-IR-326080005FRA)

SECTION 4. 326 IAC 24-1-9 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

326 IAC 24-1-9 CAIR NO_x allowance tracking system

Authority: IC 13-14-8; IC 13-17-3-4; IC 13-17-3-11

Affected: IC 13-15; IC 13-17

Sec. 9. (a) Except as provided in section 12(f)(7) of this rule, upon receipt of a complete certificate of representation under section 6(h) of this rule, the U.S. EPA will establish a compliance account for the CAIR NO_x source for which the certificate of representation was submitted unless the source already has a compliance account.

(b) Any person may apply to open a general account for the purpose of holding and transferring CAIR NO_x allowances. An application for a general account may designate one (1) and only one (1) CAIR authorized account representative and one (1) and only one (1) alternate CAIR authorized account representative who may act on behalf of the CAIR authorized account representative. The agreement by which the alternate CAIR authorized account representative is selected shall include a procedure for authorizing the alternate CAIR authorized account representative to act in lieu of the CAIR authorized account representative. The establishment of the general account shall be subject to the following:

(1) A complete application for a general account shall be submitted to the U.S. EPA and shall include the following elements in a format prescribed by the U.S. EPA:

(A) The following information concerning the CAIR authorized account representative and any alternate CAIR authorized account representative:

(i) Name.

(ii) Mailing address.

(iii) E-mail address, if any.

(iv) Telephone number.

(v) Facsimile transmission number, if any.

(B) Organization name and type of organization, if applicable.

(C) A list of all persons subject to a binding agreement for the CAIR authorized account representative and any alternate CAIR authorized account representative to represent their ownership interest with respect to the CAIR NO_x allowances held in the general account.

(D) The following certification statement by the CAIR authorized account representative and any alternate CAIR authorized account representative: "I certify that I was selected as the CAIR authorized account representative or the alternate CAIR authorized account representative, as applicable, by an agreement that is binding on all persons who have an ownership interest with respect to CAIR NO_x allowances held in the general account. I certify that I have all the necessary authority to carry out my duties and responsibilities under the CAIR NO_x annual trading program on behalf of such persons and that each such person shall be fully bound by my representations, actions, inactions, or submissions and by any order or decision issued to me by the U.S. EPA or a court regarding the general account.".

(E) The signature of the CAIR authorized account representative and any alternate CAIR authorized account representative and the dates signed.

(F) Unless otherwise required by the department or the U.S. EPA, documents of agreement referred to in the application for a general account shall not be submitted to the department or the U.S. EPA. Neither the department nor the U.S. EPA shall be under any obligation to review or evaluate the sufficiency of such documents, if submitted.

(2) Upon receipt by the U.S. EPA of a complete application for a general account under subdivision (1), the following shall apply:

(A) The U.S. EPA will establish a general account for the person or persons for whom the application is submitted.

(B) The CAIR authorized account representative and any alternate CAIR authorized account representative for the general account shall represent and, by his or her representations, actions, inactions, or submissions, legally bind each person who has an ownership interest with respect to CAIR NO_x allowances held in the general account in all matters pertaining to the CAIR NO_x annual trading program, notwithstanding any agreement between the CAIR authorized account representative or any alternate CAIR authorized account representative and such person. Any such person shall be bound by any order or decision issued to the CAIR authorized account representative or any alternate CAIR authorized account representative by the U.S. EPA or a court regarding the general account.

(C) Any representation, action, inaction, or submission by any alternate CAIR authorized account representative shall be deemed to be a representation, action, inaction, or submission by the CAIR authorized account representative.

(D) Each submission concerning the general account shall be submitted, signed, and certified by the CAIR authorized account representative or any alternate CAIR authorized account representative for the persons having an ownership interest with respect to CAIR NO_x allowances held in the general account. Each such submission shall include the following certification statement by the CAIR authorized account representative or any alternate CAIR authorized account representative: "I am authorized to make this submission on behalf of the persons having an ownership interest with respect to the CAIR NO_x allowances held in the general account. 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 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.".

(E) The U.S. EPA will accept or act on a submission concerning the general account only if the submission has been made, signed, and certified in accordance with clause (D).

(3) The following shall apply to changing the CAIR authorized account representative or alternate CAIR authorized account representative, and changes in persons with ownership interest:

(A) The CAIR authorized account representative for a general account may be changed at any time upon receipt by the U.S. EPA of a superseding complete application for a general account under subdivision (1). Notwithstanding any such change, all representations, actions, inactions, and submissions by the previous CAIR authorized account representative before the time and date when the U.S. EPA receives the superseding application for a general account shall be binding on the new CAIR authorized account representative and the persons with an ownership interest with respect to the CAIR NO_x allowances in the general account.

(B) The alternate CAIR authorized account representative for a general account may be changed at any time upon receipt by the U.S. EPA of a superseding complete application for a general account under subdivision (1). Notwithstanding any such change, all representations, actions, inactions, and submissions by the previous alternate CAIR authorized account representative before the time and date when the U.S. EPA receives the superseding application for a general account shall be binding on the new alternate CAIR authorized account representative and the persons with an ownership interest with respect to the CAIR NO_x allowances in the general account.

(C) In the event a person having an ownership interest with respect to CAIR NO_x allowances in the general account is not included in the list of such persons in the application for a general account, such person shall be deemed to be subject to and bound by the application for a general account, the representation, actions, inactions, and submissions of the CAIR authorized account representative and any alternate CAIR authorized account representative of the account, and the decisions and orders of the U.S. EPA or a court, as if the person were included in such list.

(D) Within thirty (30) days following any change in the persons having an ownership interest with respect to CAIR NO_x allowances in the general account, including the addition of a new person, the CAIR authorized account representative or any alternate CAIR authorized account representative shall submit a revision to the application for a general account amending the list of persons having an ownership interest with respect to the CAIR NO_x allowances in the general account to include the change.

(4) Once a complete application for a general account under subdivision (1) has been submitted and received, the U.S. EPA will rely on the application unless and until a superseding complete application for a general account under subdivision (1) is received by the U.S. EPA.

(5) Except as provided in subdivision (3)(A) or (3)(B), no objection or other communication submitted to the U.S. EPA concerning the authorization, or any representation, action, inaction, or submission of the CAIR authorized account representative or any alternate CAIR authorized account representative for a general account shall affect any representation, action, inaction, or submission of the CAIR authorized account representative or any alternate CAIR authorized account representative or the finality of any decision or order by the U.S. EPA under the CAIR NO_x annual trading program.

(6) The U.S. EPA will not adjudicate any private legal dispute concerning the authorization or any representation, action, inaction, or submission of the CAIR authorized account representative or any alternative CAIR authorized account representative for a general account, including private legal disputes concerning the proceeds of CAIR NO_x allowance transfers.

(7) The following shall apply to delegation by the CAIR authorized account representative and alternate CAIR authorized account representative:

(A) A CAIR authorized account representative may delegate, to one (1) or more natural persons, his or her authority to make an electronic submission to the U.S. EPA provided for or required under sections 9 and 10 of this rule.

(B) An alternate CAIR authorized account representative may delegate, to one (1) or more natural persons, his or her authority to make an electronic submission to the U.S. EPA provided for or required under sections 9 and 10 of this rule.

(C) In order to delegate authority to make an electronic submission to the U.S. EPA in accordance with clause (A) or (B), the CAIR authorized account representative or the alternate CAIR authorized account representative, as appropriate, must submit to the U.S. EPA a notice of delegation, in a format prescribed by the U.S. EPA, that includes the following elements:

(i) The name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, and facsimile transmission number, if any, of the following:

(AA) The CAIR authorized account representative or alternate CAIR authorized account representative.

(BB) Each natural person, referred to as an "agent".

(ii) For each such natural person, a list of the type or types of electronic submissions under clause (A) or (B) for which authority is delegated to him or her.

(iii) The following certification statements by such CAIR authorized account representative or alternate CAIR authorized account representative:

(AA) "I agree that any electronic submission to the U.S. EPA that is by an agent identified in this notice of delegation and of a type listed for such agent in this notice of delegation and that is made when I am a CAIR authorized account representative or alternate CAIR authorized representative, as appropriate, and before this notice of delegation is superseded by another notice of delegation under 326 IAC 24-1-9(b)(7)(D) shall be deemed to be an electronic submission by me.".

(BB) "Until this notice of delegation is superseded by another notice of delegation under 326 IAC 24-1-9(b)(7)(D), I agree to maintain an e-mail account and to notify the U.S. EPA immediately of any change in my e-mail address unless all delegation of authority by me under 326 IAC 24-1-9(b)(7) is terminated.".

(D) A notice of delegation submitted under clause (C) shall be effective, with regard to the CAIR authorized account representative or alternate CAIR authorized account representative identified in such notice, upon receipt of such notice by the U.S. EPA and until receipt by the U.S. EPA of a superseding notice of delegation submitted by such CAIR authorized account representative or alternate CAIR authorized account representative, as appropriate. The superseding notice of delegation may replace any previously identified agent, add a new agent, or eliminate entirely any delegation of authority.

(E) Any electronic submission covered by the certification in clause (C)(iii)(AA) and made in accordance with a notice of delegation effective under clause (D) shall be deemed to be an electronic submission by the CAIR authorized account representative or alternate CAIR authorized account representative submitting such notice of delegation.

(c) The U.S. EPA will assign a unique identifying number to each account established under subsection (a) or (b).

(d) Following the establishment of a CAIR NO_x allowance tracking system account, all submissions to the U.S. EPA pertaining to the account, including, but not limited to, submissions concerning the deduction or transfer of CAIR NO_x allowances in the account, shall be made only by the CAIR authorized account representative for the account.

(e) By September 30, 2007, the U.S. EPA will record in the CAIR NO_x source's compliance account the CAIR NO_x allowances allocated for the CAIR NO_x units at the source, as submitted by the department in accordance with section 8(b)(1) of this rule, for the control periods in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014.

(f) By December 1, 2008, and every six (6) years thereafter, the U.S. EPA will record in the CAIR NO_x source's compliance account the CAIR NO_x allowances allocated for the CAIR NO_x units at the source, as submitted by the department in accordance with section 8(b)(2) of this rule, for the control periods seven (7), eight (8), nine (9), ten (10), eleven (11), and twelve (12) years after the allowance allocation.

(g) By December 1, 2009, and December 1 of each year thereafter, the U.S. EPA will record in the CAIR NO_x source's compliance account the CAIR NO_x allowances allocated for the CAIR NO_x units at the source, as submitted by the department in accordance with section 8(b)(3) of this rule, for the control period in the year of the applicable deadline for recordation under this subsection.

(h) When recording the allocation of CAIR NO_x allowances for a CAIR NO_x unit in a compliance account, the U.S. EPA will assign each CAIR NO_x allowance a unique identification number that includes digits identifying the year of the control period for which the CAIR NO_x allowance is allocated.

(i) The CAIR NO_x allowances are available to be deducted for compliance with a source's CAIR NO_x emissions limitation for a control period in a given calendar year only if the CAIR NO_x allowances:

(1) were allocated for the control period in the year or a prior year; and

(2) are held in the compliance account as of the allowance transfer deadline for the control period or are transferred into the compliance account by a CAIR NO_x allowance transfer correctly submitted for recordation under section 10(a) through 10(d) by the allowance transfer deadline for the control period.

(j) The following shall apply to deductions for purposes of compliance with a source's emissions limitation:

(1) Following the recordation, in accordance with section 10(b) through 10(d) of this rule, of CAIR NO_x allowance transfers submitted for recordation in a source's compliance account by the allowance transfer deadline for a control period, the U.S. EPA will deduct from the compliance account CAIR NO_x allowances available under subsection (i) in order to determine whether the source meets the CAIR NO_x emissions limitation for the control period: as follows:

(A) until the amount of CAIR NO_x allowances deducted equals the number of tons of total nitrogen oxides emissions, determined in accordance with section 11 of this rule, from all CAIR NO_x units at the source for the control period; or

(B) if there are insufficient CAIR NO_x allowances to complete the deductions in clause (A), until no more CAIR NO_x allowances available under subsection (i) remain in the compliance account.

(2) The CAIR authorized account representative for a source's compliance account may request that specific CAIR NO_x allowances, identified by serial number, in the compliance account be deducted for emissions or excess emissions for a control period in accordance with subdivision (1) or (4). or (5). Such request shall be submitted to the U.S. EPA by the allowance transfer deadline for the control period and include, in a format prescribed by the U.S. EPA, the identification of the CAIR NO_x source and the appropriate serial numbers.

(3) The U.S. EPA will deduct CAIR NO_x allowances under subdivision (1) or (4) or (5) from the source's compliance account, in the absence of an identification or in the case of a partial identification of CAIR NO_x allowances by serial number under subdivision (2), on a first-in, first-out (FIFO) accounting basis in the following order:

(A) Any CAIR NO_x allowances that were allocated to the units at the source, in the order of recordation.

(B) Any CAIR NO_x allowances that were allocated to any entity and transferred and recorded in the compliance account under section 10 of this rule, in the order of recordation.

(4) After making the deductions for compliance under subdivision (1) for a control period in a calendar year in which the CAIR NO_x source has excess emissions, the U.S. EPA will deduct from the source's compliance account an amount of CAIR NO_x allowances, allocated for the control period in the immediately following calendar year, equal to three (3) times the number of tons of the source's excess emissions.

(5) Any allowance deduction required under subdivision (4) shall not affect the liability of the owners and operators of the CAIR NO_x source or the CAIR NO_x units at the source for any fine, penalty, or assessment, or their obligation to comply with any other remedy, for the same violations, as ordered under the Clean Air Act or applicable state law.

(6) The U.S. EPA will record in the appropriate compliance account all deductions from such an account under subdivision subdivisions (1), (4), and (5) and section 12 of this rule.

(7) The U.S. EPA may review and conduct independent audits concerning any submission under the CAIR NO_x annual trading program and make appropriate adjustments of the information in the submissions.

(8) The U.S. EPA may deduct CAIR NO_x allowances from or transfer CAIR NO_x allowances to a source's compliance account based on the information in the submissions, as adjusted under subdivision (7), and record such deductions and transfers.

(k) CAIR NO_x allowances may be banked for future use or transfer in a compliance account or a general account. Any CAIR NO_x allowance that is held in a compliance account or a general account shall remain in such account unless and until the CAIR NO_x allowance is deducted or transferred under subsection (i), (j), or (l) or section 10 or 12 of this rule.

(l) The U.S. EPA may at its sole discretion and on its own motion, correct any error in any CAIR NO_x allowance tracking system account. Within ten (10) business days of making such correction, the U.S. EPA will notify the CAIR authorized account representative for the account.

(m) The CAIR authorized account representative of a general account may submit to the U.S. EPA a request to close the account, which shall include a correctly submitted allowance transfer under section 10(a) through 10(d) of this rule for any CAIR NO_x allowances in the account to one (1) or more other CAIR NO_x allowance tracking system accounts.

(n) If a general account has no allowance transfers in or out of the account for a twelve (12) month period or longer and does not contain any CAIR NO_x allowances, the U.S. EPA may notify the CAIR authorized account representative for the account that the account shall be closed following twenty (20) business days after the notice is sent. The account shall be closed after the twenty (20) day period unless, before the end of the twenty (20) day period, the U.S. EPA receives a correctly submitted transfer of CAIR NO_x allowances into the account under section 10(a) through 10(d) of this rule or a statement submitted by the CAIR authorized account representative demonstrating to the satisfaction of the U.S. EPA good cause as to why the account should not be closed.

(Air Pollution Control Board; 326 IAC 24-1-9; filed Jan 26, 2007, 10:25 a.m.: 20070221-IR-326050117FRA; filed May 12, 2009, 11:16 a.m.: 20090610-IR-326080005FRA)

SECTION 5. 326 IAC 24-1-12 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

326 IAC 24-1-12 CAIR NO_x opt-in units

Authority: IC 13-14-8; IC 13-17-3-4; IC 13-17-3-11

Affected: IC 13-15; IC 13-17

Sec. 12. (a) A CAIR NO_x opt-in unit is a unit that meets all of the following requirements:

(1) Is located in Indiana.

(2) Is not a CAIR NO_x unit under section 1 of this rule and is not covered by a retired unit exemption that is in effect under section 3 of this rule.

(3) Is not covered by a retired unit exemption that is in effect under 40 CFR 72.8*.

(4) Has or is required or qualified to have a Part 70 operating permit or other federally enforceable permit.

(5) Vents all of its NO_x emissions to a stack and can meet the monitoring, record keeping, and reporting requirements of section 11 of this rule.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in sections 1, 2, 4 through 7, and 9 through 11 of this rule, a CAIR NO_x opt-in unit shall be treated as a CAIR NO_x unit for purposes of applying such sections of this rule.

(c) Solely for purposes of applying, as provided in this section, the requirements of section 11 of this rule to a unit for which a CAIR opt-in permit application is submitted and not withdrawn and a CAIR opt-in permit is not yet issued or denied under this section, such unit shall be treated as a CAIR NO_x unit before issuance of a CAIR opt-in permit for such unit.

(d) Any CAIR NO_X opt-in unit, and any unit for which a CAIR opt-in permit application is submitted and not withdrawn and a CAIR opt-in permit is not yet issued or denied under this section, located at the same source as one (1) or more CAIR NO_x units shall have the same CAIR designated representative and alternate CAIR designated representative as such CAIR NO_x units.

(e) The CAIR designated representative of a unit meeting the requirements for a CAIR NO_x opt-in unit in subsection (a) may apply for an initial CAIR opt-in permit at any time, except as provided under subsection (h)(8) and (h)(9), and, in order to apply, must submit the following:

(1) A complete CAIR permit application under section 7(c) of this rule.

(2) A certification, in a format specified by the department, that the unit:

(A) is not a CAIR NO_x unit under section 1 of this rule and is not covered by a retired unit exemption that is in effect under section 3 of this rule;

(B) is not covered by a retired unit exemption that is in effect under 40 CFR 72.8*;

(C) vents all of its NO_x emissions to a stack; and

(D) has documented heat input for more than eight hundred seventy-six (876) hours during the six (6) months immediately preceding submission of the CAIR permit application under section 7(c) of this rule.

(3) A monitoring plan in accordance with section 11 of this rule.

(4) A complete certificate of representation under section 6(h) of this rule consistent with subsection (d), if no CAIR designated representative has been previously designated for the source that includes the unit.

(5) A statement, in a format specified by the department, whether the CAIR designated representative requests that the unit be allocated CAIR NO_x allowances under subsection (j)(3) or (j)(4), subject to the conditions in subsections (f)(10) and (h)(8). If allocation under subsection (j)(4) is requested, this statement shall include a statement that the owners and operators of the unit intend to repower the unit before January 1, 2015, and that they will provide, upon request, documentation demonstrating such intent.

The CAIR designated representative of a CAIR NO_x opt-in unit shall submit a complete CAIR permit application under section 7(c) of this rule to renew the CAIR opt-in unit permit in accordance with 327 IAC 2-7 or 327 IAC 2-8, if applicable, addressing permit renewal. Unless the department issues a notification of acceptance of withdrawal of the CAIR opt-in unit from the CAIR NO_x annual trading program in accordance with subsection (h) or the unit becomes a CAIR NO_x unit under section 1 of this rule, the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit shall remain subject to the requirements for a CAIR NO_x opt-in unit, even if the CAIR designated representative for the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit fails to submit a CAIR permit application that is required for renewal of the CAIR NO_x opt-in permit.

(f) The department shall issue or deny a CAIR opt-in permit for a unit for which an initial application for a CAIR opt-in permit under subsection (e) is submitted in accordance with the following:

(1) The department and the U.S. EPA will determine, on an interim basis, the sufficiency of the monitoring plan accompanying the initial application for a CAIR opt-in permit under subsection (e). A monitoring plan is sufficient, for purposes of interim review, if the plan appears to contain information demonstrating that the NO_x emissions rate and heat input of the unit and all other applicable parameters are monitored and reported in accordance with section 11 of this rule. A determination of sufficiency shall not be construed as acceptance or approval of the monitoring plan.

(2) If the department and the U.S. EPA determine that the monitoring plan is sufficient under subdivision (1), the owner or operator shall monitor and report the NO_x emissions rate and the heat input of the unit and all other applicable parameters, in accordance with section 11 of this rule, starting on the date of certification of the appropriate monitoring systems under section 11 of this rule and continuing until a CAIR opt-in permit is denied under subdivision (8) or, if a CAIR opt-in permit is issued, the date and time when the unit is withdrawn from the CAIR NO_x annual trading program in accordance with subsection (h).

(3) The monitoring and reporting under subdivision (2) shall include the entire control period immediately before the date on which the unit enters the CAIR NO_x annual trading program under subdivision (9), during which period monitoring system availability must not be less than ninety percent (90%) under section 11 of this rule and the unit must be in full compliance with any applicable state or federal emissions or emissions-related requirements.

(4) To the extent the NO_x emissions rate and the heat input of the unit are monitored and reported in accordance with section 11 of this rule for one (1) or more control periods, in addition to the control period under subdivision (3), during which control periods monitoring system availability is not less than ninety percent (90%) under section 11 of this rule and the unit is in full compliance with any applicable state or federal emissions or emissions-related requirements and which control periods begin not more than three (3) years before the unit enters the CAIR NO_x annual trading program under subdivision (9), such information shall be used as provided in subdivisions (5) and (6).

(5) The unit's baseline heat input shall equal one (1) of the following:

(A) If the unit's NO_x emissions rate and heat input are monitored and reported for only one control period, in accordance with subdivisions (2) and (3), the unit's total heat input, in million British thermal units (MMBtu), for the control period.

(B) If the unit's NO_x emissions rate and heat input are monitored and reported for more than one control period, in accordance with subdivisions (2) through (4), the average of the amounts of the unit's total heat input, in million British thermal units (MMBtu), for the control periods under subdivisions (3) and (4).

(6) The unit's baseline NO_x emission rate shall equal one (1) of the following:

(A) If the unit's NO_x emissions rate and heat input are monitored and reported for only one control period, in accordance with subdivisions (2) and (3), the unit's NO_x emissions rate, in pounds per million British thermal units (lb/MMBtu), for the control period.

(B) If the unit's NO_x emissions rate and heat input are monitored and reported for more than one control period, in accordance with subdivisions (2) through (4), and the unit does not have add-on NO_x emission controls during any such control periods, the average of the amounts of the unit's NO_x emissions rate in pounds per million British thermal units (lb/MMBtu), for the control periods under subdivisions (3) and (4).

(C) If the unit's NO_x emissions rate and heat input are monitored and reported for more than one control period, in accordance with subdivisions (2) through (4), and the unit has add-on NO_x emission controls during any such control periods, the average of the amounts of the unit's NO_x emissions rate in pounds per million British thermal units (lb/MMBtu), for such control periods during which the unit has add-on NO_x emission controls.

(7) After calculating the baseline heat input and the baseline NO_x emissions rate for the unit under subdivisions (5) and (6) and if the department determines that the CAIR designated representative shows that the unit meets the requirements for a CAIR NO_x opt-in unit in subsection (a) and meets the elements certified in subsection (e)(2), the department shall issue a CAIR opt-in permit. The department shall provide a copy of the CAIR opt-in permit to the U.S. EPA, who will then establish a compliance account for the source that includes the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit unless the source already has a compliance account.

(8) Notwithstanding subdivisions (1) through (7), if at any time before issuance of a CAIR opt-in permit for the unit, the department determines that the CAIR designated representative fails to show that the unit meets the requirements for a CAIR NO_x opt-in unit in subsection (a) or meets the elements certified in subsection (e)(2), the department shall issue a denial of a CAIR opt-in permit for the unit.

(9) A unit for which an initial CAIR opt-in permit is issued by the department shall become a CAIR NO_x opt-in unit, and a CAIR NO_x unit, as of the later of January 1, 2009, or January 1 of the first control period during which such CAIR opt-in permit is issued.

(10) If a CAIR designated representative requests, and the department issues, a CAIR opt-in permit providing for, allocation to a CAIR NO_x opt-in unit of CAIR NO_x allowances under subsection (j)(4) and such unit is repowered after its date of entry into the CAIR NO_x annual trading program under subdivision (9), the repowered unit shall be treated as a CAIR NO_x opt-in unit replacing the original CAIR NO_x opt-in unit, as of the date of start-up of the repowered unit's combustion chamber. Notwithstanding subdivisions (5) and (6), as of the date of start-up, the repowered unit shall be deemed to have the same date of commencement of operation, date of commencement of commercial operation, baseline heat input, and baseline NO_x emission rate as the original CAIR NO_x opt-in unit, and the original CAIR NO_x opt-in unit shall no longer be treated as a CAIR NO_x opt-in unit or a CAIR NO_x unit.

(g) The following shall apply to the content of each CAIR opt-in permit:

(1) Each opt-in permit shall contain:

(A) All elements required for a complete CAIR permit application under section 7(c) of this rule.

(B) The certification in subsection (e)(2).

(C) The unit's baseline heat input under subsection (f)(5).

(D) The unit's baseline NO_x emission rate under subsection (f)(6).

(E) A statement whether the unit is to be allocated CAIR NO_x allowances under subsection (j)(3) or (j)(4), subject to the conditions in subsections (f)(10) and (h).

(F) A statement that the unit may withdraw from the CAIR NO_x annual trading program only in accordance with subsection (h).

(G) A statement that the unit is subject to, and the owners and operators of the unit must comply with, the requirements of subsection (i).

(2) Each CAIR opt-in permit is deemed to incorporate automatically the definitions under section 2 of this rule and, upon recordation by the U.S. EPA under this section and sections 9 and 10 of this rule, every allocation, transfer, or deduction of CAIR NO_x allowances to or from the compliance account of the source that includes a CAIR NO_x opt-in unit covered by the CAIR opt-in permit.

(3) The CAIR opt-in permit shall be included, in a format prescribed by the department, in the CAIR permit for the source where the CAIR opt-in unit is located and in a Part 70 operating permit or FESOP.

(h) The following requirements must be satisfied in order to withdraw an opt-in unit from the CAIR NO_x annual trading program:

(1) Except as provided under subdivision (8), a CAIR NO_x opt-in unit may withdraw from the CAIR NO_x annual trading program, but only if the department issues a notification to the CAIR designated representative of the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit of the acceptance of the withdrawal of the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit in accordance with subdivision (6).

(2) In order to withdraw a CAIR NO_x opt-in unit from the CAIR NO_x annual trading program, the CAIR designated representative of the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit shall submit to the department a request to withdraw effective as of midnight of December 31 of a specified calendar year, which date must be at least four (4) years after December 31 of the year of entry into the CAIR NO_x annual trading program under subsection (f)(9). The request must be submitted not later than ninety (90) days before the requested effective date of withdrawal.

(3) Before a CAIR NO_x opt-in unit covered by a request under subdivision (1) may withdraw from the CAIR NO_x annual trading program and the CAIR opt-in permit may be terminated under subdivision (7), the following conditions must be met:

(A) For the control period ending on the date on which the withdrawal is to be effective, the source that includes the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit must meet the requirement to hold CAIR NO_x allowances under section 4(c) of this rule and cannot have any excess emissions.

(B) After the requirement for withdrawal under clause (A) is met, the U.S. EPA will deduct from the compliance account of the source that includes the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit CAIR NO_x allowances equal in amount to, and allocated for, the same or a prior control period as any CAIR NO_x allowances allocated to the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit under subsection (j) for any control period for which the withdrawal is to be effective. If there are no remaining CAIR NO_x units at the source, the U.S. EPA will close the compliance account, and the owners and operators of the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit may submit a CAIR NO_x allowance transfer for any remaining CAIR NO_x allowances to another CAIR NO_x allowance tracking system in accordance with section 10 of this rule.

(4) After the requirements for withdrawal under subdivisions (2) and (3) are met, including deduction of the full amount of CAIR NO_x allowances required, the department shall issue a notification to the CAIR designated representative of the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit of the acceptance of the withdrawal of the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit as of midnight on December 31 of the calendar year for which the withdrawal was requested.

(5) If the requirements for withdrawal under subdivisions (2) and (3) are not met, the department shall issue a notification to the CAIR designated representative of the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit that the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit's request to withdraw is denied. Such CAIR NO_x opt-in unit shall continue to be a CAIR NO_x opt-in unit.

(6) After the department issues a notification under subdivision (4) that the requirements for withdrawal have been met, the department shall revise the CAIR permit covering the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit to terminate the CAIR opt-in permit for such unit as of the effective date specified under subdivision (4). The unit shall continue to be a CAIR NO_x opt-in unit until the effective date of the termination and shall comply with all requirements under the CAIR NO_x annual trading program concerning any control periods for which the unit is a CAIR NO_x opt-in unit, even if such requirements arise or must be complied with after the withdrawal takes effect.

(7) If the department denies the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit's request to withdraw, the CAIR designated representative may submit another request to withdraw in accordance with subdivisions (2) and (3).

(8) Notwithstanding subdivisions (1) through (7), a CAIR NO_x opt-in unit shall not be eligible to withdraw from the CAIR NO_x annual trading program if the CAIR designated representative of the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit requests, and the department issues, a CAIR NO_x opt-in permit providing for, allocation to the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit of CAIR NO_x allowances under subsection (j)(4).

(9) Once a CAIR NO_x opt-in unit withdraws from the CAIR NO_x annual trading program and its CAIR opt-in permit is terminated under this section, the CAIR designated representative may not submit another application for a CAIR opt-in permit under subsection (e) for such CAIR NO_x opt-in unit before the date that is four (4) years after the date on which the withdrawal became effective. Such new application for a CAIR opt-in permit shall be treated as an initial application for a CAIR opt-in permit under subsection (f).

(i) When a CAIR NO_x opt-in unit becomes a CAIR NO_x unit under section 1 of this rule, then the CAIR designated representative shall notify, in writing, the department and the U.S. EPA of such change in the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit's regulatory status, within thirty (30) days of such change. If there is a change in the regulatory status, the department and the U.S. EPA will take the following actions concerning the CAIR NO_x opt-in source:

(1) When the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit becomes a CAIR NO_x unit under section 1 of this rule, the department shall revise the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit's CAIR opt-in permit to meet the requirements of a CAIR permit under section 7(d) and (7)(e) of this rule, and remove the CAIR opt-in permit provisions, as of the date on which the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit becomes a CAIR NO_x unit under section 1 of this rule.

(2) The U.S. EPA will deduct from the compliance account of the source that includes the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit that becomes a CAIR NO_x unit under section 1 of this rule, CAIR NO_x allowances equal in amount to and allocated for the same or a prior control period as follows:

(A) Any CAIR NO_x allowances allocated to the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit under subsection (j) for any control period after the date on which the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit becomes a CAIR NO_x unit under section 1 of this rule.

(B) If the date on which the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit becomes a CAIR NO_x unit under section 1 of this rule is not December 31, the CAIR NO_x allowances allocated to the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit under subsection (j) for the control period that includes the date on which the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit becomes a CAIR NO_x unit under section 1 of this rule, multiplied by the ratio of the number of days, in the control period, starting with the date on which the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit becomes a CAIR NO_x unit under section 1 of this rule divided by the total number of days in the control period and rounded to the nearest whole allowance as appropriate.

(3) The CAIR designated representative shall ensure that the compliance account of the source that includes the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit that becomes a CAIR NO_x unit under section 1 of this rule contains the CAIR NO_x allowances necessary for completion of the deduction under subdivision (2).

(4) For every control period after the date on which the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit becomes a CAIR NO_x unit under section 1 of this rule, the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit shall be allocated CAIR NO_x allowance allocations under section 8(c) of this rule.

(5) Notwithstanding subdivision (4), if the date on which the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit becomes a CAIR NO_x unit under section 1 of this rule is not January 1, December 31, the following amount of CAIR NO_x allowances shall be allocated to the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit, as a CAIR NO_x unit, under section 8(c) of this rule for the control period that includes the date on which the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit becomes a CAIR NO_x unit under section 1 of this rule:

(A) the amount of CAIR NO_x allowances otherwise allocated to the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit, as a CAIR NO_x unit, under section 8(c) of this rule for the control period;

(B) multiplied by the ratio of the number of days, in the control period, starting with the date on which the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit becomes a CAIR NO_x unit under section 1 of this rule, divided by the total number of days in the control period; and

(C) rounded to the nearest whole allowance, as appropriate.

(j) The department shall allocate CAIR NO_x allowances to CAIR NO_x opt-in sources as follows:

(1) When the CAIR opt-in permit is issued under subsection (f)(7), the department shall allocate CAIR NO_x allowances to the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit, and submit to the U.S. EPA the allocation for the control period in which a CAIR NO_x opt-in unit enters the CAIR NO_x annual trading program under subsection (f)(9), in accordance with subdivision (3) or (4).

(2) By not later than October 31 of the control period in which a CAIR NO_x opt-in unit enters the CAIR NO_x annual trading program under subsection (f)(9) and October 31 of each year thereafter, the department shall allocate CAIR NO_x allowances to the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit, and submit to the U.S. EPA the allocation for the control period that includes such submission deadline and in which the unit is a CAIR NO_x opt-in unit, in accordance with subdivision (3) or (4).

(3) For each control period for which a CAIR NO_x opt-in unit is to be allocated CAIR NO_x allowances, the department shall allocate in accordance with the following procedures:

(A) The heat input, in million British thermal units (MMBtu), used for calculating the CAIR NO_x allowance allocation shall be the lesser of the following:

(i) The CAIR NO_x opt-in unit's baseline heat input determined under subsection (f)(9).

(ii) The CAIR NO_x opt-in unit's heat input, as determined in accordance with section 11 of this rule, for the immediately prior control period, except when the allocation is being calculated for the control period in which the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit enters the CAIR NO_x annual trading program under subsection (f)(9).

(B) The NO_x emission rate, in million British thermal units (MMBtu), used for calculating CAIR NO_x allowance allocations shall be the lesser of the following:

(i) The CAIR NO_x opt-in unit's baseline NO_x emissions rate, in pounds per million British thermal units (lb/MMBtu), determined under subsection (f)(6) and multiplied by seventy percent (70%).

(ii) The most stringent state or federal NO_x emissions limitation applicable to the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit at any time during the control period for which CAIR NO_x allowances are to be allocated.

(C) The department shall allocate CAIR NO_x allowances to the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit in an amount equaling the heat input under clause (A), multiplied by the NO_x emission rate under clause (B), divided by two thousand (2,000) pounds per ton, and rounded to the nearest whole allowance as appropriate.

(4) Notwithstanding subdivision (3), if the CAIR designated representative requests, and if the department issues a CAIR opt-in permit (based on a demonstration of the intent to repower stated under subsection (e)(5)) providing for, allocation to a CAIR NO_x opt-in unit of CAIR NO_x allowances under this subdivision, subject to the conditions in subsections (f)(10) and (h), the department shall allocate to the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit as follows:

(A) For each control period in 2009 through 2014 the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit is to be allocated CAIR NO_x allowances as follows:

(i) The heat input, in million British thermal units (MMBtu), used for calculating CAIR NO_x allowance allocations shall be determined as described in subdivision (3)(A).

(ii) The NO_x emission rate, in pounds per million British thermal units (lb/MMBtu), used for calculating CAIR NO_x allowance allocations shall be the lesser of the following:

(AA) The CAIR NO_x opt-in unit's baseline NO_x emissions rate, in pounds per million British thermal units (lb/MMBtu), determined under subsection (f)(6).

(BB) The most stringent state or federal NO_x emissions limitation applicable to the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit at any time during the control period in which the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit enters the CAIR NO_x annual trading program under subsection (f)(9).

(iii) The department shall allocate CAIR NO_x allowances to the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit in an amount equal to the heat input under item (i), multiplied by the NO_x emission rate under item (ii), divided by two thousand (2,000) pounds per ton, and rounded to the nearest whole allowance as appropriate.

(B) For each control period in 2015 and thereafter the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit is to be allocated CAIR NO_x allowances as follows:

(i) The heat input, in million British thermal units (MMBtu), used for calculating the CAIR NO_x allowance allocations shall be determined as described in subdivision (3)(A).

(ii) The NO_x emission rate, in pounds per million British thermal units (lb/MMBtu), used for calculating the CAIR NO_x allowance allocation shall be the lesser of the following:

(AA) Fifteen-hundredths (0.15) pounds per million British thermal units (lb/MMBtu).

(BB) The CAIR NO_x opt-in unit's baseline NO_x emissions rate, in pounds per million British thermal units (lb/MMBtu), determined under subsection (f)(6).

(CC) The most stringent state or federal NO_x emissions limitation applicable to the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit at any time during the control period for which CAIR NO_x allowances are to be allocated.

(iii) The department shall allocate CAIR NO_x allowances to the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit in an amount equaling the heat input item (i), multiplied by the NO_x emission rate under item (ii), divided by two thousand (2,000) pounds per ton, and rounded to the nearest whole allowance as appropriate.

(5) The U.S. EPA will record, in the compliance account of the source that includes the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit, the CAIR NO_x allowances allocated by the department to the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit under subdivision (1).

(6) By December 1 of the control period in which a CAIR NO_x opt-in unit enters the CAIR NO_x annual trading program under subsection (f)(9) and December 1 of each year thereafter, the U.S. EPA will record, in the compliance account of the source that includes the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit, the CAIR NO_x allowances allocated by the department to the CAIR NO_x opt-in unit under subdivision (2).

*These documents are incorporated by reference. Copies may be obtained from the Government Printing Office, 732 North Capitol Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20401 or are available for review and copying at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Office of Air Quality, Indiana Government Center-North, Tenth Floor, 100 North Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204.

(Air Pollution Control Board; 326 IAC 24-1-12; filed Jan 26, 2007, 10:25 a.m.: 20070221-IR-326050117FRA; errata filed Jan 29, 2007, 2:43 p.m.: 20070221-IR-326050117ACA; filed May 12, 2009, 11:16 a.m.: 20090610-IR-326080005FRA)

SECTION 6. 326 IAC 24-2-2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

326 IAC 24-2-2 Definitions

Authority: IC 13-14-8; IC 13-17-3-4; IC 13-17-3-11

Affected: IC 13-11-2; IC 13-15; IC 13-17

Sec. 2. For purposes of this rule, the definition given for a term in this rule shall control in any conflict between 326 IAC 1-2 and this rule. In addition to the definitions provided in IC 13-11-2 and 326 IAC 1-2, the following definitions apply throughout this rule, unless expressly stated otherwise or unless the context clearly implies otherwise:

(1) "Account number" means the identification number given by the U.S. EPA to each CAIR SO₂ allowance tracking system account.

(2) "Acid rain emissions limitation" means a limitation on emissions of sulfur dioxide or nitrogen oxides under the acid rain program.

(3) "Acid rain program" means a multistate sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides air pollution control and emission reduction program established by the U.S. EPA under Title IV of the Clean Air Act and 40 CFR 72 through 40 CFR 78*.

(4) "Allocate" or "allocation" means, with regard to CAIR SO₂ allowances issued under the acid rain program, the determination by the U.S. EPA of the amount of such CAIR SO₂ allowances to be initially credited to a CAIR SO₂ unit or other entity and, with regard to CAIR SO₂ allowances issued under provisions of a state implementation plan that are approved under 40 CFR 51.124(o)(1), 40 CFR 51.124(o)(2), or 40 CFR 51.124(r)*, or 40 CFR 97*, the determination by a permitting authority of the amount of SO₂ allowances to be initially credited to a CAIR SO₂ unit or other entity.

(5) "Allowance transfer deadline" means, for a control period, midnight of March 1 (if it is a business day), or midnight of the first business day thereafter (if March 1 is not a business day), immediately following the control period and is the deadline by which a CAIR SO₂ allowance transfer must be submitted for recordation in a CAIR SO₂ source's compliance account in order to be used to meet the source's CAIR SO₂ emissions limitation for such control period in accordance with section 8(j) and 8(k) of this rule.

(6) "Alternate CAIR designated representative" means, for a CAIR SO₂ source and each CAIR SO₂ unit at the source, the natural person who is authorized by the owners and operators of the source and all such units at the source in accordance with sections 6 and 11 of this rule, to act on behalf of the CAIR designated representative in matters pertaining to the CAIR SO₂ trading program. If the CAIR SO₂ source is also a CAIR NO_x source, then this natural person shall be the same person as the alternate CAIR designated representative under the CAIR NO_x annual trading program. If the CAIR SO₂ source is also a CAIR NO_x ozone season source, then this natural person shall be the same person as the alternate CAIR designated representative under the CAIR NO_x ozone season trading program. If the CAIR SO₂ source is also subject to the acid rain program, then this natural person shall be the same person as the alternate designated representative under the acid rain program. If the CAIR SO₂ source is also subject to the mercury budget trading program, then this natural person shall be the same person as the alternate mercury designated representative under the mercury budget trading program.

(7) "Automated data acquisition and handling system" or "DAHS" means that component of the continuous emission monitoring system, or other emissions monitoring system approved for use under section 10 of this rule, designed to interpret and convert individual output signals from pollutant concentration monitors, flow monitors, diluent gas monitors, and other component parts of the monitoring system to produce a continuous record of the measured parameters in the measurement units required by section 10 of this rule.

(8) "Biomass" means any of the following:

(A) Organic material grown for the purpose of being converted to energy.

(B) Organic byproduct of agriculture that can be converted into energy.

(C) Material that:

(i) can be converted into energy and is nonmerchantable for other purposes;

(ii) is segregated from other nonmerchantable material; and

(iii) is:

(AA) a forest-related organic residue, including mill residues, precommercial thinnings, slash, brush, or byproduct from conversion of trees to merchantable material; or

(BB) a wood material, including pallets, crates, dunnage, manufacturing and construction materials (other than pressure-treated, chemically-treated, or painted wood products), and landscape or right-of-way trimmings.

(8) (9) "Boiler" means an enclosed fossil- or other-fuel-fired combustion device used to produce heat and to transfer heat to recirculating water, steam, or other medium.

(9) (10) "Bottoming-cycle cogeneration unit" means a cogeneration unit in which the energy input to the unit is first used to produce useful thermal energy and at least some of the reject heat from the useful thermal energy application or process is then used for electricity production.

(10) (11) "CAIR authorized account representative" means, with regard to a general account, a responsible natural person who is authorized, in accordance with sections 6, 8, and 11 of this rule, to transfer and otherwise dispose of CAIR SO₂ allowances held in the general account and, with regard to a compliance account, the CAIR designated representative of the source.

(11) (12) "CAIR designated representative" means, for a CAIR SO₂ source and each CAIR SO₂ unit at the source, the natural person who is authorized by the owners and operators of the source and all such units at the source, in accordance with sections 6 and 11 of this rule, to represent and legally bind each owner and operator in matters pertaining to the CAIR SO₂ trading program. If the CAIR SO₂ source is also a CAIR NO_x source, then this natural person shall be the same person as the CAIR designated representative under the CAIR NO_x annual trading program. If the CAIR SO₂ source is also a CAIR NO_x ozone season source, then this natural person shall be the same person as the CAIR designated representative under the CAIR NO_x ozone season trading program. If the CAIR SO₂ source is also subject to the acid rain program, then this natural person shall be the same person as the designated representative under the acid rain program. If the CAIR SO₂ source is also subject to the mercury budget trading program, then this natural person shall be the same person as the mercury designated representative under the mercury budget trading program.

(12) (13) "CAIR NO_x annual trading program" means a multistate nitrogen oxides air pollution control and emission reduction program approved and administered by the U.S. EPA in accordance with 326 IAC 24-1; 40 CFR 96, Subparts AA through II* and 40 CFR 51.123* 40 CFR 51.123(o)(1) or 40 CFR 51.123(o)(2)*; or established by the U.S. EPA in accordance with 40 CFR 97, Subparts AA through II* and 40 CFR 51.123(p)* and 40 CFR 52.35*, as a means of mitigating interstate transport of fine particulates and nitrogen oxides.

(13) (14) "CAIR NO_x ozone season source" means a source that is subject to the CAIR NO_x ozone season trading program.

(14) (15) "CAIR NO_x ozone season trading program" means a multistate nitrogen oxides air pollution control and emission reduction program approved and administered by the U.S. EPA in accordance with 326 IAC 24-3; 40 CFR 96, Subparts AAAA through IIII* and 40 CFR 51.123* 40 CFR 51.123(aa)(1) or 40 CFR 51.123(aa)(2), and 40 CFR 51.123(bb)(1), 40 CFR 51.123(bb)(2), or 40 CFR 51.123(dd)*; or established by the U.S. EPA in accordance with 40 CFR 97, Subparts AAAA through IIII* and 40 CFR 51.123(ee)* and 40 CFR 52.35*, as a means of mitigating interstate transport of ozone and nitrogen oxides.

(15) (16) "CAIR NO_x source" means a source that is subject to the CAIR NO_x annual trading program.

(16) (17) "CAIR permit" means the legally binding and federally enforceable written document, or portion of such document, issued by the department under section 7 of this rule, including any permit revisions, specifying the CAIR SO₂ trading program requirements applicable to a CAIR SO₂ source, to each CAIR SO₂ unit at the source, and to the owners and operators and the CAIR designated representative of the source and each such unit.

(17) (18) "CAIR SO₂ allowance" means a limited authorization issued by the U.S. EPA under the acid rain program, or by a permitting authority under provisions of a state implementation plan that are approved under 40 CFR 51.124(o)(1), 40 CFR 51.124(o)(2), or 40 CFR 51.124(r)*, or under 40 CFR 97*, to emit sulfur dioxide during the control period of the specified calendar year for which the authorization is allocated or of any calendar year thereafter under the CAIR SO₂ trading program as follows:

(A) For one (1) CAIR SO₂ allowance allocated for a control period in a year before 2010, one (1) ton of sulfur dioxide, except as provided in section 11(k) of this rule.

(B) For one (1) CAIR SO₂ allowance allocated for a control period in 2010 through 2014, fifty-hundredths (0.50) ton of sulfur dioxide, except as provided in section 11(k) of this rule.

(C) For one (1) CAIR SO₂ allowance allocated for a control period in 2015 or later, thirty-five hundredths (0.35) ton of sulfur dioxide, except as provided in section 11(k) of this rule.

(D) An authorization to emit sulfur dioxide that is not issued under the acid rain program, provisions of a state implementation plan that are approved under 40 CFR 51.124(o)(1), 40 CFR 51.124(o)(2), or 40 CFR 51.124(r)*, or under 40 CFR 97*, shall not be a CAIR SO₂ allowance.

(18) (19) "CAIR SO₂ allowance deduction" or "deduct CAIR SO₂ allowances" means the permanent withdrawal of CAIR SO₂ allowances by the U.S. EPA from a compliance account, for example, in order to account for a specified number of tons of total sulfur dioxide emissions from all CAIR SO₂ units at a CAIR SO₂ source for a control period, determined in accordance with section 10 of this rule, or to account for excess emissions.

(19) (20) "CAIR SO₂ allowances held" or "hold CAIR SO₂ allowances" means the CAIR SO₂ allowances recorded by the U.S. EPA, or submitted to the U.S. EPA for recordation, in accordance with sections 8, 9, and 11 of this rule or 40 CFR 73*, in a CAIR SO₂ allowance tracking system account.

(20) (21) "CAIR SO₂ allowance tracking system" means the system by which the U.S. EPA records allocations, deductions, and transfers of CAIR SO₂ allowances under the CAIR SO₂ trading program. This is the same system as the allowance tracking system under 40 CFR 72.2* by which the U.S. EPA records allocations, deduction, and transfers of acid rain SO₂ allowances under the acid rain program.

(21) (22) "CAIR SO₂ allowance tracking system account" means an account in the CAIR SO₂ allowance tracking system established by the U.S. EPA for purposes of recording the allocation, holding, transferring, or deducting of CAIR SO₂ allowances. Such allowances will be allocated, held, deducted, or transferred only as whole allowances.

(22) (23) "CAIR SO₂ emissions limitation" means, for a CAIR SO₂ source, the tonnage equivalent, in SO₂ emissions in a control period, of the CAIR SO₂ allowances available for deduction for the source under section 8(j) and 8(k) of this rule for the control period.

(23) (24) "CAIR SO₂ source" means a source that includes one (1) or more CAIR SO₂ units.

(24) (25) "CAIR SO₂ trading program" means a multistate sulfur dioxide air pollution control and emission reduction program approved and administered by the U.S. EPA in accordance with this rule; 40 CFR 96, Subparts AAA through III* and 40 CFR 51.124* 40 CFR 51.124(o)(1) or 40 CFR 51.124(o)(2)*; or established by the U.S. EPA in accordance with 40 CFR 97, Subparts AAA through III* and 40 CFR 51.124(r)* and 40 CFR 52.36*, as a means of mitigating interstate transport of fine particulates and sulfur dioxide.

(25) (26) "CAIR SO₂ unit" means a unit that is subject to the CAIR SO₂ trading program under section 1 of this rule and, except for purposes of section 3 of this rule, a CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit under section 11 of this rule.

(26) (27) "Coal" means any solid fuel classified as anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, or lignite.

(27) (28) "Coal-derived fuel" means any fuel, whether in a solid, liquid, or gaseous state, produced by the mechanical, thermal, or chemical processing of coal.

(28) (29) "Coal-fired" means combusting any amount of coal or coal-derived fuel, alone, or in combination with any amount of any other fuel.

(29) (30) "Cogeneration unit" means a stationary, fossil-fuel-fired boiler or stationary, fossil-fuel-fired combustion turbine:

(A) having equipment used to produce electricity and useful thermal energy for industrial, commercial, heating, or cooling purposes through the sequential use of energy; and

(B) producing during the twelve (12) month period starting on the date the unit first produces electricity and during any calendar year after the calendar in which the unit first produces electricity:

(i) for a topping-cycle cogeneration unit:

(AA) useful thermal energy not less than five percent (5%) of total energy output; and

(BB) useful power that, when added to one-half (½) of useful thermal energy produced, is not less than forty-two and one-half percent (42.5%) of total energy input, if useful thermal energy produced is fifteen percent (15%) or more of total energy output, or not less than forty-five percent (45%) of total energy input, if useful thermal energy produced is less than fifteen percent (15%) of total energy output; and

(ii) for a bottoming-cycle cogeneration unit, useful power not less than forty-five percent (45%) of total energy input; and

(C) provided that the total energy input under clause (B)(i)(BB) and (B)(ii) shall equal the unit's total energy input from all fuel except biomass if the unit is a boiler.

(30) (31) "Combustion turbine" means:

(A) an enclosed device comprising a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine and in which the flue gas resulting from the combustion of fuel in the combustor passes through the turbine, rotating the turbine; and

(B) if the enclosed device under clause (A) is combined cycle, any associated duct burner, heat recovery steam generator and steam turbine.

(31) (32) "Commence commercial operation" means, with regard to a unit, the following:

(A) To have begun to produce steam, gas, or other heated medium used to generate electricity for sale or use, including test generation, except as provided in sections 3 and 11(f)(10) of this rule, subject to the following:

(i) For a unit that is a CAIR SO₂ unit under section 1 of this rule on the later of November 15, 1990, or the date the unit commences commercial operation as defined in this clause and that subsequently undergoes a physical change, other than replacement of the unit by a unit at the same source, such date shall remain the date of commencement of commercial operation of the unit, which shall continue to be treated as the same unit.

(ii) For a unit that is a CAIR SO₂ unit under section 1 of this rule on the later of November 15, 1990, or the date the unit commences commercial operation as defined in this clause and that is subsequently replaced by a unit at the same source (for example, repowered), such date shall remain the replaced unit's date of commencement of commercial operation, and the replacement unit shall be treated as a separate unit with a separate date for commencement of commercial operation as defined in this clause or clause (B) as appropriate.

(B) Notwithstanding clause (A) and except as provided in section 3 of this rule, for a unit that is not a CAIR SO₂ unit under section 1 of this rule on the later of November 15, 1990, or date the unit commences commercial operation as defined in clause (A), the unit's date for commencement of commercial operation shall be the date on which the unit becomes a CAIR SO₂ unit under section 1 of this rule, subject to the following:

(i) For a unit with a date for commencement of commercial operation as defined in this clause and that subsequently undergoes a physical change (other than replacement of the unit by a unit at the same source) such date shall remain the date of commencement of commercial operation, which shall continue to be treated as the same unit.

(ii) For a unit with a date for commencement of commercial operation as defined in this clause and that is subsequently replaced by a unit at the same source (for example, repowered), such date shall remain the replaced unit's date of commencement of commercial operation, and the replacement unit shall be treated as a separate unit with a separate date for commencement of commercial operation as defined in this clause, or clause (B), as appropriate.

(32) (33) "Commence operation" means the following:

(A) To have begun any mechanical, chemical, or electronic process, including, with regard to a unit, start-up of a unit's combustion chamber, except as provided in section 11(f)(10) of this rule.

(B) For a unit that undergoes a physical change (other than replacement of the unit by a unit at the same source) after the date the unit commences operation as defined in clause (A), such date shall remain the date of commencement of operation of the unit, which shall continue to be treated as the same unit.

(C) For a unit that is replaced by a unit at the same source (for example, repowered) after the date the unit commences operation as defined in clause (A), such date shall remain the replaced unit's date of commencement, and the replacement unit shall be treated as a separate unit with a separate date for commencement of operation as defined in this clause or clause (A) or (B), as appropriate, except as provided in section 11(f)(10) of this rule.

(33) (34) "Common stack means" a single flue through which emissions from two (2) or more units are exhausted.

(34) (35) "Compliance account" means a CAIR SO₂ allowance tracking system account, established by the U.S. EPA for a CAIR SO₂ source subject to an acid rain emissions limitations under 40 CFR 73.31(a)* or 40 CFR 73.31(b)* or for any other CAIR SO₂ source under section 8 or 11 of this rule, in which any CAIR SO₂ allowance allocations for the CAIR SO₂ units at the source are initially recorded and in which are held any CAIR SO₂ allowances available for use for a control period in order to meet the source's CAIR SO₂ emissions limitation in accordance with section 8(j) and 8(k) of this rule.

(35) (36) "Continuous emission monitoring system" or "CEMS" means the equipment required under section 10 of this rule to sample, analyze, measure, and provide, by means of readings recorded at least once every fifteen (15) minutes, using an automated data acquisition and handling system (DAHS), a permanent record of sulfur dioxide emissions, stack gas volumetric flow rate, stack gas moisture content, and oxygen or carbon dioxide concentration, as applicable, in a manner consistent with 40 CFR 75*. The following systems are the principal types of continuous emission monitoring systems required under section 10 of this rule:

(A) a flow monitoring system, consisting of a stack flow rate monitor and an automated data acquisition and handling system and providing a permanent, continuous record of stack gas volumetric flow rate, in standard cubic feet per hour (scfh);

(B) a sulfur dioxide monitoring system, consisting of a SO₂ pollutant concentration monitor and an automated data acquisition and handling system and providing a permanent, continuous record of SO₂ emissions, in parts per million (ppm);

(C) a moisture monitoring system, as defined in 40 CFR 75.11(b)(2)* and providing a permanent, continuous record of the stack gas moisture content, in percent H₂O;

(D) a carbon dioxide monitoring system, consisting of a CO₂ pollutant concentration monitor, or an oxygen monitor plus suitable mathematical equations from which the CO₂ concentration is derived, and an automated data acquisition and handling system and providing a permanent, continuous record of CO₂ emissions, in percent CO₂; and

(E) an oxygen monitoring system, consisting of an O₂ concentration monitor and an automated data acquisition and handling system and providing a permanent, continuous record of O₂, in percent O₂.

(36) (37) "Control period" means the period beginning January 1 of a calendar year, except as provided in section 4(c)(2) of this rule, and ending on December 31 of the same year, inclusive.

(37) (38) "Emissions" means air pollutants exhausted from a unit or source into the atmosphere, as measured, recorded, and reported to the U.S. EPA by the CAIR designated representative and as determined by the U.S. EPA in accordance with section 10 of this rule.

(38) (39) "Excess emissions" means any ton, or portion of a ton, of sulfur dioxide emitted by the CAIR SO₂ units at a CAIR SO₂ source during a control period that exceeds the CAIR SO₂ emissions limitation for the source, provided that any portion of a ton of excess emissions shall be treated as one (1) ton of excess emissions.

(39) (40) "Fossil fuel" means natural gas, petroleum, coal, or any form of solid, liquid, or gaseous fuel derived from such material.

(40) (41) "Fossil-fuel-fired" means, with regard to a unit, combusting any amount of fossil fuel in any calendar year.

(41) (42) "General account" means a CAIR SO₂ allowance tracking system account, established under section 8 of this rule, that is not a compliance account.

(42) (43) "Generator" means a device that produces electricity.

(43) (44) "Heat input" means, with regard to a specified period of time, the product, in million British thermal units per unit of time (MMBtu/time) of the gross calorific value of the fuel, in British thermal units per pound (Btu/lb), divided by one million (1,000,000) British thermal units per million British thermal units (Btu/MMBtu) and multiplied by the fuel feed rate into a combustion device, in pounds of fuel per unit of time (lb of fuel/time), as measured, recorded, and reported to the U.S. EPA by the CAIR designated representative and determined by the U.S. EPA in accordance with section 10 of this rule and excluding the heat derived from preheated combustion air, recirculated flue gases, or exhaust from other sources.

(44) (45) "Heat input rate" means the amount of heat input, in million British thermal units (MMBtu), divided by unit operating time, in hours, or, with regard to a specific fuel, the amount of heat input attributed to the fuel, in million British thermal units (MMBtu), divided by the unit operating time, in hours, during which the unit combusts the fuel.

(45) (46) "Life-of-the-unit, firm power contractual arrangement" means a unit participation power sales agreement under which a utility or industrial customer reserves, or is entitled to receive, a specified amount or percentage of nameplate capacity and associated energy generated by any specified unit and pays its proportional amount of such unit's total costs, pursuant to a contract:

(A) for the life of the unit;

(B) for a cumulative term of no less than thirty (30) years, including contracts that permit an election for early termination; or

(C) for a period no less than twenty-five (25) years or seventy percent (70%) of the economic useful life of the unit determined as of the time the unit is built, with option rights to purchase or release some portion of the nameplate capacity and associated energy generated by the unit at the end of the period.

(46) (47) "Maximum design heat input" means the maximum amount of fuel per hour, in British thermal units per hour (Btu/hr), that a unit is capable of combusting on a steady state basis as of the initial installation of the unit as specified by the manufacturer of the unit.

(47) (48) "Mercury budget trading program" means a multistate mercury air pollution control and emission reduction program approved and administered by the U.S. EPA in accordance with 40 CFR 60, Subpart HHHH* and 40 CFR 60.24(h)(6)*, or established by the U.S. EPA under the Clean Air Act, Section 111, as a means of reducing national mercury emissions.

(48) (49) "Monitoring system" means any monitoring system that meets the requirements of section 10 of this rule, including a continuous emissions monitoring system, an alternative monitoring system, or an excepted monitoring system under 40 CFR 75*.

(49) (50) "Most stringent state or federal SO₂ emissions limitation" means, with regard to a unit, the lowest SO₂ emissions limitation, in terms of pounds per million British thermal units (lb/MMBtu), that is applicable to the unit under state or federal law, regardless of the averaging period to which the emissions limitation applies.

(50) (51) "Nameplate capacity" means, starting from the initial installation of a generator, the maximum electrical generating output, in megawatt electrical (MWe), that the generator is capable of producing on a steady state basis and during continuous operation (when not restricted by seasonal or other deratings) as of such installation as specified by the manufacturer of the generator or, starting from the completion of any subsequent physical change in the generator resulting in an increase in the maximum electrical generating output, in megawatt electrical (MWe), that the generator is capable of producing on a steady state basis and during continuous operation (when not restricted by seasonal or other deratings) such increased maximum amount as of such completion as specified by the person conducting the physical change.

(51) (52) "Operator" means any person who operates, controls, or supervises a CAIR SO₂ unit or a CAIR SO₂ source and shall include, but not be limited to, any holding company, utility system, or plant manager of such a unit or source.

(52) (53) "Owner" means any of the following persons:

(A) With regard to a CAIR SO₂ source or a CAIR SO₂ unit at a source, respectively, any of the following:

(i) any Holder of any portion of the legal or equitable title in a CAIR SO₂ unit at the source or the CAIR SO₂ unit.

(ii) any Holder of a leasehold interest in a CAIR SO₂ unit at the source or the CAIR SO₂ unit. or

(iii) any Purchaser of power from a CAIR SO₂ unit at the source or the CAIR SO₂ unit under a life-of-the-unit, firm power contractual arrangement; provided that, unless expressly provided for in a leasehold agreement, owner shall not include a passive lessor, or a person who has an equitable interest through such lessor, whose rental payments are not based, either directly or indirectly, on the revenues or income from such CAIR SO₂ unit. or

(B) With regard to any general account, any person who has an ownership interest with respect to the CAIR SO₂ allowances held in the general account and who is subject to the binding agreement for the CAIR authorized account representative to represent the person's ownership interest with respect to CAIR SO₂ allowances.

(53) (54) "Permitting authority" means the state air pollution control agency, local agency, other state agency, or other agency authorized by the U.S. EPA to issue or revise permits to meet the requirements of the CAIR NO_x annual trading program in accordance with section 7 of this rule or, if no such agency has been so authorized, the U.S. EPA.

(54) (55) "Potential electrical output capacity" means thirty-three percent (33%) of a unit's maximum design heat input, divided by three thousand four hundred thirteen (3,413) Btu/kilowatt hour, divided by one thousand (1,000) kilowatt hour/megawatt hour, and multiplied by eight thousand seven hundred sixty (8,760) hours/year.

(55) (56) "Receive" or "receipt of" means, when referring to the department or the U.S. EPA, to come into possession of a document, information, or correspondence, whether sent in hard copy or by authorized electronic transmission, as indicated in an official log, or by a notation made on the document, information, or correspondence, by the department or the U.S. EPA in the regular course of business.

(56) (57) "Recordation", "record", or "recorded" means, with regard to CAIR SO₂ allowances, the movement of CAIR SO₂ allowances by the U.S. EPA into or between CAIR SO₂ allowance tracking system accounts, for purposes of allocation, transfer, or deduction.

(57) (58) "Reference method" means any direct test method of sampling and analyzing for an air pollutant as specified in 40 CFR 75.22*.

(58) (59) "Replacement", "replace", or "replaced" means, with regard to a unit, the demolishing of a unit, or the permanent shutdown and permanent disabling of a unit, and the construction of another unit (the replacement unit) to be used instead of the demolished or shutdown unit (the replaced unit).

(59) (60) "Repowered" means, with regard to a unit, replacement of a coal-fired boiler with one (1) of the following coal-fired technologies at the same source as the coal-fired boiler:

(A) atmospheric or pressurized fluidized bed combustion;

(B) integrated gasification combined cycle;

(C) magnetohydrodynamics;

(D) direct and indirect coal-fired turbines;

(E) integrated gasification fuel cells; or

(F) as determined by the U.S. EPA in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, a derivative of one (1) or more of the technologies under clauses (A) through (E) and any other coal-fired technology capable of controlling multiple combustion emissions simultaneously with improved boiler or generation efficiency and with significantly greater waste reduction relative to the performance of technology in widespread commercial use as of January 1, 2005.

(60) (61) "Sequential use of energy" means:

(A) for a topping-cycle cogeneration unit, the use of reject heat from electricity production in a useful thermal energy application or process; or

(B) for a bottoming-cycle cogeneration unit, the use of reject heat from useful thermal energy application or process in electricity production.

(61) (62) "Serial number" means, for a CAIR SO₂ allowance, the unique identification number assigned to each CAIR SO₂ allowance by the U.S. EPA.

(62) (63) "Solid waste incineration unit" means a stationary, fossil-fuel-fired boiler or stationary, fossil-fuel-fired combustion turbine that is a solid waste incineration units as defined in the Clean Air Act, Section 129(g)(1).

(63) (64) "Source" means all buildings, structures, or installations located in one (1) or more contiguous or adjacent properties under common control of the same person or persons. For purposes of Section 502(c) of the Clean Air Act, a source, including a source with multiple units, shall be considered a single facility.

(64) (65) "Submit" or "serve" means to send or transmit a document, information, or correspondence to the person specified in accordance with the applicable rule:

(A) in person;

(B) by United States Postal Service; or

(C) by other means of dispatch or transmission and delivery.

Compliance with any submission or service deadline shall be determined by the date of dispatch, transmission, or mailing and not the date of receipt by the department or U.S. EPA.

(65) (66) "Title V operating permit" or "Part 70 operating permit" means a permit issued under 326 IAC 2-7.

(66) (67) "Title V operating permit regulations" means the rules under 326 IAC 2-7.

(67) (68) "Ton" means two thousand (2,000) pounds. For the purpose of determining compliance with the CAIR SO₂ emissions limitation, total tons of sulfur dioxide emissions for a control period shall be calculated as the sum of all recorded hourly emissions, or the mass equivalent of the recorded hourly emission rates, in accordance with section 10 of this rule, but with any remaining fraction of a ton equal to or greater than fifty-hundredths (0.50) tons deemed to equal one (1) ton and any remaining fraction of a ton less than fifty-hundredths (0.50) tons deemed to equal zero (0) tons.

(68) (69) "Topping-cycle cogeneration unit" means a cogeneration unit in which the energy input to the unit is first used to produce useful power, including electricity, and at least some of the reject heat from the electricity production is then used to provide useful thermal energy.

(69) (70) "Total energy input" means, with regard to a cogeneration unit, total energy of all forms supplied to the cogeneration unit, excluding energy produced by the cogeneration unit itself. Each form of energy supplied shall be measured by the lower heating value of that form of energy calculated as follows:

LHV = HHV - 10.55(W + 9H)

Where:	LHV	=	Lower heating value of fuel in Btu/hr.
	HHV	=	Higher heating value of fuel in Btu/hr.
	W	=	Weight % of moisture in fuel.
	H	=	Weight % of hydrogen in fuel.

(70) (71) "Total energy output" means, with regard to a cogeneration unit, the sum of useful power and useful thermal energy produced by the cogeneration unit.

(71) (72) "Unit" means a stationary, fossil-fuel-fired boiler or combustion turbine or other stationary, fossil-fuel-fired combustion device.

(72) (73) "Unit operating day" means a calendar day in which a unit combusts any fuel.

(73) (74) "Unit operating hour" or "hour of unit operation" means an hour in which a unit combusts any fuel.

(74) (75) "Useful power" means, with regard to a cogeneration unit, electricity or mechanical energy made available for use, excluding any such energy used in the power production process, which process includes, but is not limited to, any on-site processing or treatment of fuel combusted at the unit and any on-site emission controls.

(75) (76) "Useful thermal energy" means, with regard to a cogeneration unit, thermal energy that is:

(A) made available to an industrial or commercial process, not a power production process, excluding any heat contained in condensate return or makeup water;

(B) used in a heating application (for example, space heating or domestic hot water heating); or

(C) used in a space cooling application (that is, thermal energy used by an absorption chiller).

(76) (77) "Utility power distribution system" means the portion of an electricity grid owned or operated by a utility and dedicated to delivering electricity to customers.

*These documents are incorporated by reference. Copies may be obtained from the Government Printing Office, 732 North Capitol Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20401 or are available for review and copying at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Office of Air Quality, Indiana Government Center-North, Tenth Floor, 100 North Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204.

(Air Pollution Control Board; 326 IAC 24-2-2; filed Jan 26, 2007, 10:25 a.m.: 20070221-IR-326050117FRA; errata filed Jan 29, 2007, 2:43 p.m.: 20070221-IR-326050117ACA; filed May 12, 2009, 11:16 a.m.: 20090610-IR-326080005FRA)

SECTION 7. 326 IAC 24-2-7 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

326 IAC 24-2-7 Permit requirements

Authority: IC 13-14-8; IC 13-17-3-4; IC 13-17-3-11

Affected: IC 13-15; IC 13-17

Sec. 7. (a) For each CAIR SO₂ source required to have a federally enforceable permit, the permit shall include a CAIR permit administered by the department as follows:

(1) The CAIR portion of the Part 70 permit under 326 IAC 2-7 shall be administered in accordance with 326 IAC 2-7 or the CAIR portion of the federally enforceable state operating permit (FESOP) shall be administered in accordance with 326 IAC 2-8, as applicable, except as provided otherwise by this section or sections 3 and 11 of this rule.

(2) Each CAIR permit, including a draft or proposed CAIR permit, if applicable, 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 NO_x annual trading program, and CAIR NO_x ozone season trading program requirements and shall be a complete and separable portion of the Part 70 operating permit or FESOP.

(b) Requirements for the submission of CAIR permit applications are as follows:

(1) The CAIR designated representative of any CAIR SO₂ source required to have a Part 70 operating permit or FESOP shall submit to the department a complete CAIR permit application under subsection (c) for the source covering each CAIR SO₂ unit at the source at least two hundred seventy (270) days before the later of January 1, 2010, or the date on which the CAIR SO₂ unit commences commercial operation, except as provided in section 11(e) of this rule.

(2) For a CAIR SO₂ source required to have a Part 70 operating permit or FESOP, the CAIR designated representative shall submit a complete CAIR permit application under subsection (c) for the source covering each CAIR SO₂ unit at the source to renew the CAIR permit in accordance with 326 IAC 2-7-4(a)(1)(D) or 326 IAC 2-8-3(h), as applicable, except as provided in section 11(e) of this rule.

(c) In addition to the requirements of 326 IAC 2-7-4(c), A complete CAIR permit application shall include the following elements concerning the CAIR SO₂ source for which the application is submitted:

(1) Identification of the CAIR SO₂ source.

(2) Identification of each CAIR SO₂ unit at the CAIR SO₂ source.

(3) The standard requirements under section 4 of this rule.

(d) In addition to the requirements under 326 IAC 2-7, Each CAIR permit shall contain, in a format prescribed by the department, all elements required for a complete CAIR permit application under subsection (c).

(e) Each CAIR permit is deemed to incorporate automatically the definitions of terms under section 2 of this rule and, upon recordation by the U.S. EPA, under section 8, 9, or 11 of this rule, 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.

(f) The initial CAIR permit covering a CAIR unit for which a complete CAIR permit application is timely submitted under subsection (b) shall become effective upon issuance.

(g) The term of the CAIR permit shall be set by the department, as necessary to facilitate coordination of the renewal of the CAIR permit with issuance, revision, or renewal of the CAIR SO₂ source's Part 70 operating permit or FESOP.

(h) Except as provided in subsection (e), the department shall revise the CAIR permit, as necessary, in accordance with the permit modification and revision provisions under 326 IAC 2-7 or 326 IAC 2-8, as applicable.

(Air Pollution Control Board; 326 IAC 24-2-7; filed Jan 26, 2007, 10:25 a.m.: 20070221-IR-326050117FRA; filed May 12, 2009, 11:16 a.m.: 20090610-IR-326080005FRA)

SECTION 8. 326 IAC 24-2-8 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

326 IAC 24-2-8 CAIR SO₂ allowance tracking system

Authority: IC 13-14-8; IC 13-17-3-4; IC 13-17-3-11

Affected: IC 13-15; IC 13-17

Sec. 8. (a) Except as provided in section 11(f)(7) of this rule, upon receipt of a complete certificate of representation under section 6(h) of this rule, the U.S. EPA will establish a compliance account for the CAIR SO₂ source for which the certificate of representation was submitted unless the source already has a compliance account.

(b) Any person may apply to open a general account for the purpose of holding and transferring CAIR SO₂ allowances. An application for a general account may designate one (1) and only one (1) CAIR authorized account representative and one (1) and only one (1) alternate CAIR authorized account representative who may act on behalf of the CAIR authorized account representative. The agreement by which the alternate CAIR authorized account representative is selected shall include a procedure for authorizing the alternate CAIR authorized account representative to act in lieu of the CAIR authorized account representative. The establishment of the general account shall be subject to the following:

(1) A complete application for a general account shall be submitted to the U.S. EPA and shall include the following elements in a format prescribed by the U.S. EPA:

(A) The following information concerning the CAIR authorized account representative and any alternate CAIR authorized account representative:

(i) Name.

(ii) Mailing address.

(iii) E-mail address, if any.

(iv) Telephone number.

(v) Facsimile transmission number, if any.

(B) Organization name and type of organization, if applicable.

(C) A list of all persons subject to a binding agreement for the CAIR authorized account representative and any alternate CAIR authorized account representative to represent their ownership interest with respect to the CAIR SO₂ allowances held in the general account.

(D) The following certification statement by the CAIR authorized account representative and any alternate CAIR authorized account representative: "I certify that I was selected as the CAIR authorized account representative or the alternate CAIR authorized account representative, as applicable, by an agreement that is binding on all persons who have an ownership interest with respect to CAIR SO₂ allowances held in the general account. I certify that I have all the necessary authority to carry out my duties and responsibilities under the CAIR SO₂ trading program on behalf of such persons and that each such person shall be fully bound by my representations, actions, inactions, or submissions and by any order or decision issued to me by the U.S. EPA or a court regarding the general account.".

(E) The signature of the CAIR authorized account representative and any alternate CAIR authorized account representative and the dates signed.

(F) Unless otherwise required by the department or the U.S. EPA, documents of agreement referred to in the application for a general account shall not be submitted to the department or the U.S. EPA. Neither the department nor the U.S. EPA shall be under any obligation to review or evaluate the sufficiency of such documents, if submitted.

(2) Upon receipt by the U.S. EPA of a complete application for a general account under subdivision (1), the following shall apply:

(A) The U.S. EPA will establish a general account for the person or persons for whom the application is submitted.

(B) The CAIR authorized account representative and any alternate CAIR authorized account representative for the general account shall represent and, by his or her representations, actions, inactions, or submissions, legally bind each person who has an ownership interest with respect to CAIR SO₂ allowances held in the general account in all matters pertaining to the CAIR SO₂ trading program, notwithstanding any agreement between the CAIR authorized account representative or any alternate CAIR authorized account representative and such person. Any such person shall be bound by any order or decision issued to the CAIR authorized account representative or any alternate CAIR authorized account representative by the U.S. EPA or a court regarding the general account.

(C) Any representation, action, inaction, or submission by any alternate CAIR authorized account representative shall be deemed to be a representation, action, inaction, or submission by the CAIR authorized account representative.

(D) Each submission concerning the general account shall be submitted, signed, and certified by the CAIR authorized account representative or any alternate CAIR authorized account representative for the persons having an ownership interest with respect to CAIR SO₂ allowances held in the general account. Each such submission shall include the following certification statement by the CAIR authorized account representative or any alternate CAIR authorized account representative: "I am authorized to make this submission on behalf of the persons having an ownership interest with respect to the CAIR SO₂ allowances held in the general account. 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 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.".

(E) The U.S. EPA will accept or act on a submission concerning the general account only if the submission has been made, signed, and certified in accordance with clause (D).

(3) The following shall apply to changing the CAIR authorized account representative or alternate CAIR authorized account representative, and changes in persons with ownership interest:

(A) The CAIR authorized account representative for a general account may be changed at any time upon receipt by the U.S. EPA of a superseding complete application for a general account under subdivision (1). Notwithstanding any such change, all representations, actions, inactions, and submissions by the previous CAIR authorized account representative before the time and date when the U.S. EPA receives the superseding application for a general account shall be binding on the new CAIR authorized account representative and the persons with an ownership interest with respect to the CAIR SO₂ allowances in the general account.

(B) The alternate CAIR authorized account representative for a general account may be changed at any time upon receipt by the U.S. EPA of a superseding complete application for a general account under subdivision (1). Notwithstanding any such change, all representations, actions, inactions, and submissions by the previous alternate CAIR authorized account representative before the time and date when the U.S. EPA receives the superseding application for a general account shall be binding on the new alternate CAIR authorized account representative and the persons with an ownership interest with respect to the CAIR SO₂ allowances in the general account.

(C) In the event a person having an ownership interest with respect to CAIR SO₂ allowances in the general account is not included in the list of such persons in the application for a general account, such person shall be deemed to be subject to and bound by the application for a general account, the representation, actions, inactions, and submissions of the CAIR authorized account representative and any alternate CAIR authorized account representative of the account, and the decisions and orders of the U.S. EPA or a court, as if the person were included in such list.

(D) Within thirty (30) days following any change in the persons having an ownership interest with respect to CAIR SO₂ allowances in the general account, including the addition of a new person, the CAIR authorized account representative or any alternate CAIR authorized account representative shall submit a revision to the application for a general account amending the list of persons having an ownership interest with respect to the CAIR SO₂ allowances in the general account to include the change.

(4) Once a complete application for a general account under subdivision (1) has been submitted and received, the U.S. EPA will rely on the application unless and until a superseding complete application for a general account under subdivision (1) is received by the U.S. EPA.

(5) Except as provided in subdivision (3)(A) or (3)(B), no objection or other communication submitted to the U.S. EPA concerning the authorization, or any representation, action, inaction, or submission of the CAIR authorized account representative or any alternate CAIR authorized account representative for a general account shall affect any representation, action, inaction, or submission of the CAIR authorized account representative or any alternate CAIR authorized account representative or the finality of any decision or order by the U.S. EPA under the CAIR SO₂ trading program.

(6) The U.S. EPA will not adjudicate any private legal dispute concerning the authorization or any representation, action, inaction, or submission of the CAIR authorized account representative or any alternative CAIR authorized account representative for a general account, including private legal disputes concerning the proceeds of CAIR SO₂ allowance transfers.

(7) The following shall apply to delegation by the CAIR authorized account representative and alternate CAIR authorized account representative:

(A) A CAIR authorized account representative may delegate, to one (1) or more natural persons, his or her authority to make an electronic submission to the U.S. EPA provided for or required under sections 8 and 9 of this rule.

(B) An alternate CAIR authorized account representative may delegate, to one (1) or more natural persons, his or her authority to make an electronic submission to the U.S. EPA provided for or required under sections 8 and 9 of this rule.

(C) In order to delegate authority to make an electronic submission to the U.S. EPA in accordance with clause (A) or (B), the CAIR authorized account representative or the alternate CAIR authorized account representative, as appropriate, must submit to the U.S. EPA a notice of delegation, in a format prescribed by the U.S. EPA, that includes the following elements:

(i) The name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, and facsimile transmission number, if any, of the following:

(AA) The CAIR authorized account representative or alternate CAIR authorized account representative.

(BB) Each natural person, referred to as an "agent".

(ii) For each such natural person, a list of the type or types of electronic submissions under clause (A) or (B) for which authority is delegated to him or her.

(iii) The following certification statements by such CAIR authorized account representative or alternate CAIR authorized account representative:

(AA) "I agree that any electronic submission to the U.S. EPA that is by an agent identified in this notice of delegation and of a type listed for such agent in this notice of delegation and that is made when I am a CAIR authorized account representative or alternate CAIR authorized representative, as appropriate, and before this notice of delegation is superseded by another notice of delegation under 326 IAC 24-2-8(b)(7)(D) shall be deemed to be an electronic submission by me.".

(BB) "Until this notice of delegation is superseded by another notice of delegation under 326 IAC 24-2-8(b)(7)(D), I agree to maintain an e-mail account and to notify the U.S. EPA immediately of any change in my e-mail address unless all delegation of authority by me under 326 IAC 24-2-8(b)(7) is terminated.".

(D) A notice of delegation submitted under clause (C) shall be effective, with regard to the CAIR authorized account representative or alternate CAIR authorized account representative identified in such notice, upon receipt of such notice by the U.S. EPA and until receipt by the U.S. EPA of a superseding notice of delegation submitted by such CAIR authorized account representative or alternate CAIR authorized account representative, as appropriate. The superseding notice of delegation may replace any previously identified agent, add a new agent, or eliminate entirely any delegation of authority.

(E) Any electronic submission covered by the certification in clause (C)(iii)(AA) and made in accordance with a notice of delegation effective under clause (D) shall be deemed to be an electronic submission by the CAIR authorized account representative or alternate CAIR authorized account representative submitting such notice of delegation.

(c) The U.S. EPA will assign a unique identifying number to each account established under subsection (a) or (b).

(d) Following the establishment of a CAIR SO₂ allowance tracking system account, all submissions to the U.S. EPA pertaining to the account, including, but not limited to, submissions concerning the deduction or transfer of CAIR SO₂ allowances in the account, shall be made only by the CAIR authorized account representative for the account.

(e) After a compliance account is established under subsection (a) or 40 CFR 73.31(a) or 40 CFR 73.31(b)*, the U.S. EPA will record in the compliance account any CAIR SO₂ allowance allocated to any CAIR SO₂ unit at the source for each of the thirty (30) years starting the later of 2010 or the year in which the compliance account is established and any CAIR SO₂ allowance allocated for each of the thirty (30) years starting the later of 2010 or the year in which the compliance account is established and transferred to the source in accordance with section 9 of this rule or 40 CFR 73, Subpart D*.

(f) In 2011 and each year thereafter, after U.S. EPA has completed all deductions under subsection (k)(1), the U.S. EPA will record in the compliance account any CAIR SO₂ allowance allocated to any CAIR SO₂ unit at the source for the new thirtieth year, that is, the year that is thirty (30) years after the calendar year for which such deductions are or could be made, and any CAIR SO₂ allowance allocated for the new thirtieth year and transferred to the source in accordance with section 9 of this rule or 40 CFR 73, Subpart D*.

(g) After a general account is established under subsection (b) or 40 CFR 73.31(c)*, the U.S. EPA will record in the general account any CAIR SO₂ allowance allocated for each of the thirty (30) years starting the later of 2010 or the year in which the general account is established and transferred to the general account in accordance with section 9 of this rule or 40 CFR 73, Subpart D*.

(h) In 2011 and each year thereafter, after U.S. EPA has completed all deductions under subsection (k)(1), the U.S. EPA will record in the general account any CAIR SO₂ allowance allocated for the new thirtieth year, that is, the year that is thirty (30) years after the calendar year for which such deductions are or could be made, and transferred to the general account in accordance with section 9 of this rule or 40 CFR 73, Subpart D*.

(i) When recording the allocation of CAIR SO₂ allowances for a CAIR SO₂ unit in a compliance account, the U.S. EPA will assign each CAIR SO₂ allowance a unique identification number that shall include digits identifying the year of the control period for which the CAIR SO₂ allowance is allocated.

(j) The CAIR SO₂ allowances are available to be deducted for compliance with a source's CAIR SO₂ emissions limitation for a control period in a given calendar year only if the CAIR SO₂ allowances:

(1) were allocated for the control period in the year or a prior year; and

(2) are held in the compliance account as of the allowance transfer deadline for the control period or are transferred into the compliance account by a CAIR SO₂ allowance transfer correctly submitted for recordation under section 9(a) through 9(f) of this rule by the allowance transfer deadline for the control period.

(k) The following shall apply to deductions for purposes of compliance with a source's emissions limitation:

(1) Following the recordation, in accordance with section 9(d) through 9(f) of this rule, of CAIR SO₂ allowance transfers submitted for recordation in a source's compliance account by the allowance transfer deadline for a control period, the U.S. EPA will deduct from the compliance account CAIR SO₂ allowances available under subsection (j) in order to determine whether the source meets the CAIR SO₂ emissions limitation for the control period, as follows:

(A) For a CAIR SO₂ source subject to an acid rain emissions limitation, the U.S. EPA will, in the following order:

(i) Deduct the amount of CAIR SO₂ allowances, available under subsection (j) and not issued by the department under section 11(j) of this rule, that is required under 40 CFR 73.35(b)* and 40 CFR 73.35(c)*. If there are sufficient CAIR SO₂ allowances to complete this deduction, the deduction shall be treated as satisfying the requirements of 40 CFR 73.35(b)* and 40 CFR 73.35(c)*.

(ii) Deduct the amount of CAIR SO₂ allowances, available under subsection (j) and not issued by the department under section 11(j) of this rule, that is required under 40 CFR 73.35(d)* and 40 CFR 77.5*. If there are sufficient CAIR SO₂ allowances to complete this deduction, the deduction shall be treated as satisfying the requirements of 40 CFR 73.35(d)* and 40 CFR 77.5*.

(iii) Treating the CAIR SO₂ allowances deducted under item (ii) as also being deducted under this item, deduct CAIR SO₂ allowances available under subsection (j), including any issued by the department under section 11(j) of this rule, in order to determine whether the source meets the CAIR SO₂ emissions limitation for the control period: as follows:

(AA) until the tonnage equivalent of the CAIR SO₂ allowances deducted equals, or exceeds in accordance with subdivisions (2) and (3), the number of tons of total sulfur dioxide emissions, determined in accordance with section 10 of this rule, from all CAIR SO₂ units at the source for the control period; or

(BB) if there are insufficient CAIR SO₂ allowances to complete the deductions in subitem (AA), until no more CAIR SO₂ allowances available under subsection (j), including any issued by the department under section 11(j) of this rule, remain in the compliance account.

(B) For a CAIR SO₂ source not subject to an acid rain emissions limitation, the U.S. EPA will deduct CAIR SO₂ allowances available under subsection (j), including any issued by the department under section 11(j) of this rule, in order to determine whether the source meets the CAIR SO₂ emissions limitation for the control period: as follows:

(i) until the tonnage equivalent of the CAIR SO₂ allowances deducted equals, or exceeds in accordance with subdivisions (2) and (3), the number of tons of total sulfur dioxide emissions, determined in accordance with section 10 of this rule, from all CAIR SO₂ units at the source for the control period; or

(ii) if there are insufficient CAIR SO₂ allowances to complete the deductions in item (i), until no more CAIR SO₂ allowances available under subsection (j), including any issued by the department under section 11(j) of this rule, remain in the compliance account.

(2) The CAIR authorized account representative for a source's compliance account may request that specific CAIR SO₂ allowances, identified by serial number, in the compliance account be deducted for emissions or excess emissions for a control period in accordance with subdivision (1) or (4). or (5). Such request shall be submitted to the U.S. EPA by the allowance transfer deadline for the control period and include, in a format prescribed by the U.S. EPA, the identification of the CAIR SO₂ source and the appropriate serial numbers.

(3) The U.S. EPA will deduct CAIR SO₂ allowances under subdivision (1) or (4) or (5) from the source's compliance account, in the absence of an identification or in the case of a partial identification of CAIR SO₂ allowances by serial number under subdivision (2), on a first-in, first-out (FIFO) accounting basis in the following order:

(A) Any CAIR SO₂ allowances that were allocated to the units at the source for a control period before 2010, in the order of recordation.

(B) Any CAIR SO₂ allowances that were allocated to any entity for a control period before 2010 and transferred and recorded in the compliance account under section 9 of this rule or 40 CFR 73, Subpart D*, in the order of recordation.

(C) Any CAIR SO₂ allowances that were allocated to the units at the source for a control period during 2010 through 2014, in the order of recordation.

(D) Any CAIR SO₂ allowances that were allocated to any entity for a control period during 2010 through 2014 and transferred and recorded in the compliance account under section 9 of this rule or 40 CFR 73, Subpart D*, in the order of recordation.

(E) Any CAIR SO₂ allowances that were allocated to the units at the source for a control period in 2015 or later, in the order of recordation.

(F) Any CAIR SO₂ allowances that were allocated to any entity for a control period in 2015 or later and transferred and recorded in the compliance account under section 9 of this rule or 40 CFR 73, Subpart D*, in the order of recordation.

(4) After making the deductions for compliance under subdivision (1) for a control period in a calendar year in which the CAIR SO₂ source has excess emissions, the U.S. EPA will deduct from the source's compliance account the tonnage equivalent in CAIR SO₂ allowances, allocated for the control period in the immediately following calendar year, including any issued by the department under section 11(j) of this rule, equal to, or exceeding in accordance with subdivisions (2) and (3), three (3) times the number of tons of the source's excess emissions minus, if the source is subject to an acid rain emission limitation, the amount of the CAIR SO₂ allowances required to be deducted under subdivision (1)(A)(ii).

(5) Any allowance deduction required under subdivision (4) shall not affect the liability of the owners and operators of the CAIR SO₂ source or the CAIR SO₂ units at the source for any fine, penalty, or assessment, or their obligation to comply with any other remedy, for the same violations, as ordered under the Clean Air Act or applicable state law.

(6) The U.S. EPA will record in the appropriate compliance account all deductions from such an account under subdivisions (1), (4), and (5) and section 11 of this rule.

(7) The U.S. EPA may review and conduct independent audits concerning any submission under the CAIR SO₂ trading program and make appropriate adjustments of the information in the submissions.

(8) The U.S. EPA may deduct CAIR SO₂ allowances from or transfer CAIR SO₂ allowances to a source's compliance account based on the information in the submissions, as adjusted under subdivision (7), and record such deductions and transfers.

(l) CAIR SO₂ allowances may be banked for future use or transfer in a compliance account or a general account. Any CAIR SO₂ allowance that is held in a compliance account or a general account shall remain in such account unless and until the CAIR SO₂ allowance is deducted or transferred under subsection (j), (k), or (m) or section 9 or 11 of this rule.

(m) The U.S. EPA may, at his or her sole discretion and on his or her own motion, correct any error in any CAIR SO₂ allowance tracking system account. Within ten (10) business days of making such correction, the U.S. EPA will notify the CAIR authorized account representative for the account.

(n) The CAIR authorized account representative of a general account may submit to the U.S. EPA a request to close the account, which shall include a correctly submitted allowance transfer under section 9(a) through 9(f) of this rule for any CAIR SO₂ allowances in the account to one (1) or more other CAIR SO₂ allowance tracking system accounts.

(o) If a general account has no allowance transfers in or out of the account for a twelve (12) month period or longer and does not contain any CAIR SO₂ allowances, the U.S. EPA may notify the CAIR authorized account representative for the account that the account shall be closed following twenty (20) business days after the notice is sent. The account will be closed after the twenty (20) day period unless, before the end of the twenty (20) day period, the U.S. EPA receives a correctly submitted transfer of CAIR SO₂ allowances into the account under section 9(a) through 9(f) of this rule or a statement submitted by the CAIR authorized account representative demonstrating to the satisfaction of the U.S. EPA good cause as to why the account should not be closed.

*These documents are incorporated by reference. Copies may be obtained from the Government Printing Office, 732 North Capitol Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20401 or are available for review and copying at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Office of Air Quality, Indiana Government Center-North, Tenth Floor, 100 North Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204.

(Air Pollution Control Board; 326 IAC 24-2-8; filed Jan 26, 2007, 10:25 a.m.: 20070221-IR-326050117FRA; filed May 12, 2009, 11:16 a.m.: 20090610-IR-326080005FRA)

SECTION 9. 326 IAC 24-2-11 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

326 IAC 24-2-11 CAIR SO₂ opt-in units

Authority: IC 13-14-8; IC 13-17-3-4; IC 13-17-3-11

Affected: IC 13-15; IC 13-17

Sec. 11. (a) A CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit must be a unit that meets the following requirements:

(1) Is located in Indiana.

(2) Is not a CAIR SO₂ unit under section 1 of this rule and is not covered by a retired unit exemption that is in effect under section 3 of this rule.

(3) Is not covered by a retired unit exemption that is in effect under 40 CFR 72.8* and is not an opt-in source under 40 CFR 74*.

(4) Has or is required or qualified to have a Part 70 operating permit or other federally enforceable permit.

(5) Vents all of its SO₂ emissions to a stack and can meet the monitoring, record keeping, and reporting requirements of section 10 of this rule.

(b) Except as otherwise provided sections 1, 2, 4 through 7, and 8 through 10 of this rule, a CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit shall be treated as a CAIR SO₂ unit for purposes of applying such sections of this rule.

(c) Solely for purposes of applying, as provided in this section, the requirements of section 10 to a unit for which a CAIR opt-in permit application is submitted and not withdrawn and a CAIR opt-in permit is not yet issued or denied under this section, such unit shall be treated as a CAIR SO₂ unit before issuance of a CAIR opt-in permit for such unit.

(d) Any CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit, and any unit for which a CAIR opt-in permit application is submitted and not withdrawn and a CAIR opt-in permit is not yet issued or denied under this section, located at the same source as one (1) or more CAIR SO₂ units shall have the same CAIR designated representative and alternate CAIR designated representative as such CAIR SO₂ units.

(e) The CAIR designated representative of a unit meeting the requirements for a CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit in subsection (a) may apply for an initial CAIR opt-in permit at any time, except as provided under subsection (h)(8) and (h)(9), and, in order to apply, must submit the following:

(1) A complete CAIR permit application under section 7(c) of this rule.

(2) A certification, in a format specified by the department, that the unit:

(A) is not a CAIR SO₂ unit under section 1 of this rule and is not covered by a retired unit exemption that is in effect under section 3 of this rule;

(B) is not covered by a retired unit exemption that is in effect under 40 CFR 72.8*;

(C) is not and, so long as the unit is a CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit, shall not become, an opt-in source under 40 CFR 74*;

(D) vents all of its SO₂ emissions to a stack; and

(E) has documented heat input for more than eight hundred seventy-six (876) hours during the six (6) months immediately preceding submission of the CAIR permit application under section 7(c) of this rule.

(3) A monitoring plan in accordance with section 10 of this rule.

(4) A complete certificate of representation under section 6(h) of this rule consistent with subsection (d), if no CAIR designated representative has been previously designated for the source that includes the unit.

(5) A statement, in a format specified by the department, whether the CAIR designated representative requests that the unit be allocated CAIR SO₂ allowances under subsection (j)(3) or (j)(4), subject to the conditions in subsections (f)(10) and (h)(8). If allocation under subsection (j)(4) is requested, this statement shall include a statement that the owners and operators of the unit intend to repower the unit before January 1, 2015, and that they will provide, upon request, documentation demonstrating such intent.

The CAIR designated representative of a CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit shall submit a complete CAIR permit application under section 7(c) of this rule to renew the CAIR opt-in unit permit in accordance with the department's regulations for Part 70 operating permits. Unless the department issues a notification of acceptance of withdrawal of the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit from the CAIR SO₂ trading program in accordance with subsection (h) or the unit becomes a CAIR SO₂ unit under section 1 of this rule, the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit shall remain subject to the requirements for a CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit, even if the CAIR designated representative for the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit fails to submit a CAIR permit application that is required for renewal of the CAIR opt-in permit.

(f) The department shall issue or deny a CAIR opt-in permit for a unit for which an initial application for a CAIR opt-in permit under subsection (e) is submitted in accordance with the following:

(1) The department and the U.S. EPA will determine, on an interim basis, the sufficiency of the monitoring plan accompanying the initial application for a CAIR opt-in permit under subsection (e). A monitoring plan is sufficient, for purposes of interim review, if the plan appears to contain information demonstrating that the SO₂ emissions rate and heat input and all other applicable parameters of the unit and all other applicable parameters are monitored and reported in accordance with section 10 of this rule. A determination of sufficiency shall not be construed as acceptance or approval of the monitoring plan.

(2) If the department and the U.S. EPA determine that the monitoring plan is sufficient under subdivision (1), the owner or operator shall monitor and report the SO₂ emissions rate and the heat input of the unit and all other applicable parameters, in accordance with section 10 of this rule, starting on the date of certification of the appropriate monitoring systems under section 10 of this rule and continuing until a CAIR opt-in permit is denied under subdivision (8) or, if a CAIR opt-in permit is issued, the date and time when the unit is withdrawn from the CAIR SO₂ trading program in accordance with subsection (h).

(3) The monitoring and reporting under subdivision (2) shall include the entire control period immediately before the date on which the unit enters the CAIR SO₂ trading program under subdivision (9), during which period monitoring system availability must not be less than ninety percent (90%) under section 10 of this rule and the unit must be in full compliance with any applicable state or federal emissions or emissions-related requirements.

(4) To the extent the SO₂ emissions rate and the heat input of the unit are monitored and reported in accordance with section 10 of this rule for one (1) or more control periods, in addition to the control period under subdivision (3), during which control periods monitoring system availability is not less than ninety percent (90%) under section 10 of this rule and the unit is in full compliance with any applicable state or federal emissions or emissions-related requirements and which control periods begin not more than three (3) years before the unit enters the CAIR SO₂ trading program under subdivision (9), such information shall be used as provided in subdivisions (5) and (6).

(5) The unit's baseline heat input shall equal:

(A) if the unit's SO₂ emissions rate and heat input are monitored and reported for only one (1) control period, in accordance with subdivisions (2) and (3), the unit's total heat input, in million British thermal units (MMBtu), for the control period; or

(B) if the unit's SO₂ emissions rate and heat input are monitored and reported for more than one (1) control period, in accordance with subdivisions (2) through (4), the average of the amounts of the unit's total heat input, in million British thermal units (MMBtu), for the control periods under subdivisions (3) and (4).

(6) The unit's baseline SO₂ emission rate shall equal one (1) of the following:

(A) If the unit's SO₂ emissions rate and heat input are monitored and reported for only one (1) control period, in accordance with subdivisions (2) and (3), the unit's SO₂ emissions rate, in pounds per million British thermal units (lb/MMBtu), for the control period.

(B) If the unit's SO₂ emissions rate and heat input are monitored and reported for more than one (1) control period, in accordance with subdivisions (2) through (4), and the unit does not have add-on SO₂ emission controls during any such control periods, the average of the amounts of the unit's SO₂ emissions rate, in pounds per million British thermal units (lb/MMBtu), for the control periods under subdivisions (3) and (4).

(C) If the unit's SO₂ emissions rate and heat input are monitored and reported for more than one control period, in accordance with subdivisions (2) through (4), and the unit has add-on SO₂ emission controls during any such control periods, the average of the amounts of the unit's SO₂ emissions rate, in pounds per million British thermal units (lb/MMBtu), for such control periods during which the unit has add-on SO₂ emission controls.

(7) After calculating the baseline heat input and the baseline SO₂ emissions rate for the unit under subdivisions (5) and (6) and if the department determines that the CAIR designated representative shows that the unit meets the requirements for a CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit in subsection (a) and meets the elements certified in subsection (e)(2), the department shall issue a CAIR opt-in permit. The department shall provide a copy of the CAIR opt-in permit to the U.S. EPA, who will then establish a compliance account for the source that includes the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit unless the source already has a compliance account.

(8) Notwithstanding subdivisions (1) through (7), if at any time before issuance of a CAIR opt-in permit for the unit, the department determines that the CAIR designated representative fails to show that the unit meets the requirements for a CAIR opt-in unit in subsection (a) or meets the elements certified in subsection (e)(2), the department shall issue a denial of a CAIR SO₂ opt-in permit for the unit.

(9) A unit for which an initial CAIR opt-in permit is issued by the department shall become a CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit, and a CAIR SO₂ unit, as of the later of January 1, 2010, or January 1 of the first control period during which such CAIR opt-in permit is issued.

(10) If the CAIR designated representative requests, and the department issues a CAIR opt-in permit providing for, allocation to a CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit of CAIR SO₂ allowances under subsection (j)(4) and such unit is repowered after its date of entry into the CAIR SO₂ trading program under subdivision (9), the repowered unit shall be treated as a CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit replacing the original CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit, as of the date of start-up of the repowered unit's combustion chamber.

Notwithstanding subdivisions (5) and (6), as of the date of start-up under subdivision (10), the repowered unit shall be deemed to have the same date of commencement of operation, date of commencement of commercial operation, baseline heat input, and baseline SO₂ emission rate as the original CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit, and the original CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit shall no longer be treated as a CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit or a CAIR SO₂ unit.

(g) The following shall apply to the content of each CAIR opt-in permit:

(1) Each opt-in permit shall contain the following:

(A) All elements required for a complete CAIR permit application under section 7(c) of this rule.

(B) The certification in subsection (e)(2).

(C) The unit's baseline heat input under subsection (f)(5).

(D) The unit's baseline SO₂ emission rate under subsection (f)(6).

(E) A statement whether the unit is to be allocated CAIR SO₂ allowances under subsection (j)(3) or (j)(4), subject to the conditions in subsections (f)(10) and (h)(8).

(F) A statement that the unit may withdraw from the CAIR SO₂ trading program only in accordance with subsection (h).

(G) A statement that the unit is subject to, and the owners and operators of the unit must comply with, the requirements of subsection (i).

(2) Each CAIR opt-in permit is deemed to incorporate automatically the definitions of terms under section 2 of this rule and, upon recordation by the U.S. EPA under this section and sections 8 and 9 of this rule, every allocation, transfer, or deduction of CAIR SO₂ allowances to or from the compliance account of the source that includes a CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit covered by the CAIR opt-in permit.

(3) The CAIR opt-in permit shall be included, in a format specified by the department, in the CAIR permit for the sources where the CAIR SO2 opt-in is located and in a Part 70 operating permit or FESOP.

(h) The following requirements must be satisfied in order to withdraw an opt-in unit from the CAIR SO₂ trading program:

(1) Except as provided under subdivision (8), a CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit may withdraw from the CAIR SO₂ trading program, but only if the department issues a notification to the CAIR designated representative of the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit of the acceptance of the withdrawal of the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit in accordance with subdivision (6).

(2) In order to withdraw a CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit from the CAIR SO₂ trading program, the CAIR designated representative of the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit shall submit to the department a request to withdraw effective as of midnight of December 31 of a specified calendar year, which date must be at least four (4) years after December 31 of the year of entry into the CAIR SO₂ trading program under subsection (f)(9). The request must be submitted not later than ninety (90) days before the requested effective date of withdrawal.

(3) Before a CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit covered by a request under subdivision (1) may withdraw from the CAIR SO₂ trading program and the CAIR opt-in permit may be terminated under subdivision (7), the following conditions must be met:

(A) For the control period ending on the date on which the withdrawal is to be effective, the source that includes the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit must meet the requirement to hold CAIR SO₂ allowances under section 4(c) of this rule and cannot have any excess emissions.

(B) After the requirement for withdrawal under clause (A) is met, the U.S. EPA will deduct from the compliance account of the source that includes the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit CAIR SO₂ allowances equal in amount to and allocated for the same or a prior control period as any CAIR SO₂ allowances allocated to the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit under subsection (j) for any control period for which the withdrawal is to be effective. If there are no remaining CAIR SO₂ units at the source, the U.S. EPA will close the compliance account, and the owners and operators of the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit may submit a CAIR SO₂ allowance transfer for any remaining CAIR SO₂ allowances to another CAIR SO₂ allowance tracking system in accordance with section 9 of this rule.

(4) After the requirements for withdrawal under subdivisions (2) and (3) are met, including deduction of the full amount of CAIR SO₂ allowances required, the department shall issue a notification to the CAIR designated representative of the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit of the acceptance of the withdrawal of the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit as of midnight on December 31 of the calendar year for which the withdrawal was requested.

(5) If the requirements for withdrawal under subdivisions (2) and (3) are not met, the department shall issue a notification to the CAIR designated representative of the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit that the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit's request to withdraw is denied. Such CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit shall continue to be a CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit.

(6) After the department issues a notification under subdivision (4) that the requirements for withdrawal have been met, the department shall revise the CAIR permit covering the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit to terminate the CAIR opt-in permit for such unit as of the effective date specified under subdivision (4). The unit shall continue to be a CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit until the effective date of the termination and shall comply with all requirements under the CAIR SO₂ trading program concerning any control periods for which the unit is a CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit, even if such requirements arise or must be complied with after the withdrawal takes effect.

(7) If the department denies the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit's request to withdraw, the CAIR designated representative may submit another request to withdraw in accordance with subdivisions (2) and (3).

(8) Notwithstanding subdivisions (1) through (7), a CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit shall not be eligible to withdraw from the CAIR SO₂ trading program if the CAIR designated representative of the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit requests, and the department issues a CAIR SO₂ opt-in permit providing for, allocation to the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit of CAIR SO₂ allowances under subsection (j)(4).

(9) Once a CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit withdraws from the CAIR SO₂ trading program and its CAIR opt-in permit is terminated under this section, the CAIR designated representative may not submit another application for a CAIR opt-in permit under subsection (e) for such CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit before the date that is four (4) years after the date on which the withdrawal became effective. Such new application for a CAIR opt-in permit shall be treated as an initial application for a CAIR opt-in permit under subsection (f).

(i) When a CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit becomes a CAIR SO₂ unit under section 1 of this rule, then the CAIR designated representative shall notify in writing the department and the U.S. EPA of such change in the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit's regulatory status, within thirty (30) days of such change. If there is a change in the regulatory status, the department and the U.S. EPA will take the following actions concerning the CAIR SO₂ opt-in source:

(1) When the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit becomes a CAIR SO₂ unit under section 1 of this rule, the department shall revise the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit's CAIR opt-in permit to meet the requirements of a CAIR permit under section 7(d) and (7)(e) of this rule, and remove the CAIR opt-in provisions, as of the date on which the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit becomes a CAIR SO₂ unit under section 1 of this rule.

(2) The U.S. EPA will deduct from the compliance account of the source that includes the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit that becomes a CAIR SO₂ unit under section 1 of this rule, CAIR SO₂ allowances equal in amount to and allocated for the same or a prior control period as follows:

(A) Any CAIR SO₂ allowances allocated to the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit under subsection (j) for any control period after the date on which the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit becomes a CAIR SO₂ unit under section 1 of this rule.

(B) If the date on which the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit becomes a CAIR SO₂ unit under section 1 of this rule is not December 31, the CAIR SO₂ allowances allocated to the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit under subsection (j) for the control period that includes the date on which the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit becomes a CAIR SO₂ unit under section 1 of this rule, multiplied by the ratio of the number of days, in the control period, starting with the date on which the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit becomes a CAIR SO₂ unit under section 1 of this rule divided by the total number of days in the control period and rounded to the nearest whole allowance as appropriate.

(3) The CAIR designated representative shall ensure that the compliance account of the source that includes the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit that becomes a CAIR SO₂ unit under section 1 of this rule contains the CAIR SO₂ allowances necessary for completion of the deduction under subdivision (2).

(j) The department shall allocate CAIR SO₂ allowances to CAIR SO₂ opt-in sources as follows:

(1) When the CAIR opt-in permit is issued under subsection (f)(7), the department shall allocate CAIR SO₂ allowances to the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit, and submit to the U.S. EPA the allocation for the control period in which a CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit enters the CAIR SO₂ trading program under subsection (f)(9), in accordance with subdivision (3) or (4).

(2) By not later than October 31 of the control period in which a CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit enters the CAIR SO₂ trading program under subsection (f)(9) and October 31 of each year thereafter, the department shall allocate CAIR SO₂ allowances to the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit, and submit to the U.S. EPA the allocation for the control period that includes such submission deadline and in which the unit is a CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit, in accordance with subdivision (3) or (4).

(3) For each control period for which a CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit is to be allocated CAIR SO₂ allowances, the department shall allocate in accordance with the following procedures:

(A) The heat input, in million British thermal units (MMBtu), used for calculating the CAIR SO₂ allowance allocation shall be the lesser of the following:

(i) The CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit's baseline heat input determined under subsection (f)(5).

(ii) The CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit's heat input, as determined in accordance with section 10 of this rule, for the immediately prior control period, except when the allocation is being calculated for the control period in which the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit enters the CAIR SO₂ trading program under subsection (f)(9).

(B) The SO₂ emission rate, in million British thermal units (MMBtu), used for calculating CAIR SO₂ allowance allocations shall be the lesser of the following:

(i) The CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit's baseline SO₂ emissions rate, in pounds per million British thermal units (lb/MMBtu), determined under subsection (f)(6) and multiplied by seventy percent (70%).

(ii) The most stringent state or federal SO₂ emissions limitation applicable to the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit at any time during the control period for which CAIR SO₂ allowances are to be allocated.

(C) The department shall allocate CAIR SO₂ allowances to the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit in an with a tonnage equivalent equal to, or less than by the smallest possible amount, equaling the heat input under clause (A), multiplied by the SO₂ emission rate under clause (B), divided by two thousand (2,000) pounds per ton, and rounded to the nearest whole allowance as appropriate.

(4) Notwithstanding subdivision (3) and if the CAIR designated representative requests, and the department issues a CAIR opt-in permit (based on a demonstration of the intent to repower stated under subsection (e)(5)) providing for, allocation to a CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit of CAIR SO₂ allowances under this subdivision, subject to the conditions in subsections (f)(10) and (h), the department shall allocate to the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit as follows:

(A) For each control period in 2010 through 2014 for which the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit is to be allocated CAIR SO₂ allowances as follows:

(i) The heat input, in million British thermal units (MMBtu), used for calculating CAIR SO₂ allowance allocations shall be determined as described in subdivision (3)(A).

(ii) The SO₂ emission rate, in pounds per million British thermal units (lb/MMBtu), used for calculating CAIR SO₂ allowance allocations shall be the lesser of:

(AA) the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit's baseline SO₂ emissions rate, in pounds per million British thermal units (lb/MMBtu), determined under subsection (f)(6); or

(BB) the most stringent state or federal SO₂ emissions limitation applicable to the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit at any time during the control period in which the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit enters the CAIR SO₂ trading program under subsection (f)(9).

(iii) The department shall allocate CAIR SO₂ allowances to the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit in an with a tonnage equivalent equal to, or less than by the smallest possible amount, equaling the heat input under item (i), multiplied by the SO₂ emission rate under item (ii), divided by two thousand (2,000) pounds per ton, and rounded to the nearest whole allowance as appropriate.

(B) For each control period in 2015 and thereafter for which the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit is to be allocated CAIR SO₂ allowances as follows:

(i) The heat input, in million British thermal units (MMBtu), used for calculating the CAIR SO₂ allowance allocations shall be determined as described in subdivision (3)(A).

(ii) The SO₂ emission rate, in pounds per million British thermal units (lb/MMBtu), used for calculating the CAIR SO₂ allowance allocation shall be the lesser of:

(AA) the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit's baseline SO_{2 X} emissions rate, in pounds per million British thermal units (lb/MMBtu), determined under subsection (f)(6) multiplied by ten percent (10%); or

(BB) the most stringent state or federal SO₂ emissions limitation applicable to the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit at any time during the control period for which CAIR SO₂ allowances are to be allocated.

(iii) The department shall allocate CAIR SO₂ allowances to the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit in an amount equaling the heat input item (i), multiplied by the SO₂ emission rate under clause (B)(ii), divided by two thousand (2,000) pounds per ton, and rounded to the nearest whole allowance as appropriate.

(5) The U.S. EPA will record, in the compliance account of the source that includes the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit, the CAIR SO₂ allowances allocated by the department to the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit under subdivision (1).

(6) By December 1 of the control period in which a CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit enters the CAIR SO₂ trading program under subsection (f)(9) and December 1 of each year thereafter, the U.S. EPA will record, in the compliance account of the source that includes the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit, the CAIR SO₂ allowances allocated by the department to the CAIR SO₂ opt-in unit under subdivision (2).

*These documents are incorporated by reference. Copies may be obtained from the Government Printing Office, 732 North Capitol Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20401 or are available for review and copying at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Office of Air Quality, Indiana Government Center-North, Tenth Floor, 100 North Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204.

(Air Pollution Control Board; 326 IAC 24-2-11; filed Jan 26, 2007, 10:25 a.m.: 20070221-IR-326050117FRA; errata filed Jan 29, 2007, 2:43 p.m.: 20070221-IR-326050117ACA; filed May 12, 2009, 11:16 a.m.: 20090610-IR-326080005FRA)

SECTION 10. 326 IAC 24-3-1 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

326 IAC 24-3-1 Applicability

Authority: IC 13-14-8; IC 13-17-3-4; IC 13-17-3-11

Affected: IC 13-15; IC 13-17

Sec. 1. (a) This rule establishes a NO_x ozone season emissions budget and NO_x trading program for fossil-fuel-fired generating units and large affected units as described in this rule. The following units shall be CAIR NO_x ozone season units, and any source that includes one (1) or more such units shall be a CAIR NO_x ozone season source, and shall be subject to the requirements of this rule, except as provided in subsection (b):

(1) Any stationary, fossil-fuel-fired boiler or stationary, fossil-fuel-fired combustion turbine serving at any time, since the later of November 15, 1990 or the start-up of the unit's combustion chamber, a generator with nameplate capacity of more than twenty-five (25) megawatt electrical producing electricity for sale.

(2) Any large affected unit as defined in section 2 of this rule.

(3) If a stationary boiler or stationary combustion turbine that, under subdivision (1), is not a CAIR NO_x ozone season unit begins to combust fossil fuel or to serve a generator with nameplate capacity of more than twenty-five (25) megawatt electrical producing electricity for sale, the unit shall become a CAIR NO_x ozone season unit as provided in subdivision (1) on the first date on which it both combusts fossil fuel and serves such generator.

(b) Units that meet the requirements set forth in subdivision (1), (2), or (3) shall not be CAIR NO_x ozone season units under subsection (a)(1) or (a)(3) as follows:

(1) Any unit that is a CAIR NO_x ozone season unit under subsection (a): (a)(1) or (a)(3):

(A) qualifying as a cogeneration unit during the twelve (12) month period starting on the date the unit first produces electricity and continuing to qualify as a cogeneration unit; and

(B) not serving at any time, since the later of November 15, 1990, or the start-up of the unit's combustion chamber, a generator with nameplate capacity of more than twenty-five (25) megawatt electrical supplying in any calendar year more than one-third (1/3) of the unit's potential electric output capacity or two hundred nineteen thousand (219,000) megawatt hours, whichever is greater, to any utility power distribution system for sale.

If a unit qualifies as a cogeneration unit during the twelve (12) month period starting on the date the unit first produces electricity and meets the requirements of this subdivision for at least one (1) calendar year, but subsequently no longer meets all such requirements, the unit shall become a CAIR NO_x ozone season unit starting on the earlier of January 1 after the first calendar year during which the unit no longer qualifies as a cogeneration unit or January 1 after the first calendar year during which the unit no longer meets the requirements of clause (B).

(2) Any unit that is a CAIR NO_x ozone season unit under subsection (a) (a)(1) or (a)(3) commencing operation before January 1, 1985:

(A) qualifying as a solid waste incineration unit; and

(B) with an average annual fuel consumption of nonfossil fuel for 1985-1987 exceeding eighty percent (80%), on a British thermal units basis, and an average annual fuel consumption of nonfossil fuel for any three (3) consecutive calendar years after 1990 exceeding eighty percent (80%), on a British thermal units basis.

(3) Any unit that is a CAIR NO_x ozone season unit under subsection (a) (a)(1) or (a)(3) commencing operation on or after January 1, 1985:

(A) qualifying as a solid waste incineration unit; and

(B) with an average annual fuel consumption of nonfossil fuel for the first three (3) calendar years of operation exceeding eighty percent (80%), on a British thermal units basis, and an average annual fuel consumption of nonfossil fuel for any three (3) consecutive calendar years after 1990 exceeding eighty percent (80%), on a British thermal units basis.

(4) If the unit qualifies as a solid waste incineration unit and meets the requirements of subdivision (2) or (3) for at least three (3) consecutive calendar years, but subsequently no longer meets all such requirements, the unit shall become a CAIR NO_x ozone season unit starting on the earlier of January 1 after the first calendar year during which the unit first no longer qualifies as a solid waste incineration unit or January 1 after the first three (3) consecutive calendar years after 1990 for which the unit has an average annual fuel consumption of fossil fuel of twenty percent (20%) or more.

(Air Pollution Control Board; 326 IAC 24-3-1; filed Jan 26, 2007, 10:25 a.m.: 20070221-IR-326050117FRA; filed May 12, 2009, 11:16 a.m.: 20090610-IR-326080005FRA)

SECTION 11. 326 IAC 24-3-2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

326 IAC 24-3-2 Definitions

Authority: IC 13-14-8; IC 13-17-3-4; IC 13-17-3-11

Affected: IC 13-11-2; IC 13-15; IC 13-17

Sec. 2. For purposes of this rule, the definition given for a term in this rule shall control in any conflict between 326 IAC 1-2 and this rule. In addition to the definitions provided in IC 13-11-2 and 326 IAC 1-2, the following definitions apply throughout this rule, unless expressly stated otherwise or unless the context clearly implies otherwise:

(1) "Account number" means the identification number given by the U.S. EPA to each CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance tracking system account.

(2) "Acid rain emissions limitation" means a limitation on emissions of sulfur dioxide or nitrogen oxides under the acid rain program.

(3) "Acid rain program" means a multistate sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides air pollution control and emission reduction program established by the U.S. EPA under Title IV of the Clean Air Act and 40 CFR Parts 72 through 40 CFR 78*.

(4) "Allocate" or "allocation" means, with regard to CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances, the determination by a permitting authority or the U.S. EPA of the amount of such CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances to be initially credited to a CAIR NO_x ozone season unit, a new unit set-aside, an energy efficiency or renewable energy set-aside, or other entity.

(5) "Allowance transfer deadline" means, for a control period, midnight of November 30 (if it is a business day), or midnight of the first business day thereafter (if November 30 is not a business day), immediately following the control period and is the deadline by which a CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance transfer must be submitted for recordation in a CAIR NO_X source's compliance account in order to be used to meet the source's CAIR NO_x ozone season emissions limitation for such control period in accordance with sections 9(i) and 9(j) of this rule.

(6) "Alternate CAIR designated representative" means, for a CAIR NO_x ozone season source and each CAIR NO_x ozone season unit at the source, the natural person who is authorized by the owners and operators of the source and all such units at the source in accordance with sections 6 and 12 of this rule, to act on behalf of the CAIR designated representative in matters pertaining to the CAIR NO_x ozone season trading program. If the CAIR NO_x ozone season source is also a CAIR NO_x source, then this natural person shall be the same person as the alternate CAIR designated representative under the CAIR NO_x annual trading program. If the CAIR NO_x ozone season source is also a CAIR SO₂ source, then this natural person shall be the same person as the alternate CAIR designated representative under the CAIR SO₂ trading program. If the CAIR NO_x ozone season source is also subject to the acid rain program, then this natural person shall be the same person as the alternate designated representative under the acid rain program. If the CAIR NO_x ozone season source is also subject to the mercury budget trading program, then this natural person shall be the same person as the alternate mercury designated representative under the mercury budget trading program.

(7) "Automated data acquisition and handling system" or "DAHS" means that component of the continuous emission monitoring system, or other emissions monitoring system approved for use under section 11 of this rule, designed to interpret and convert individual output signals from pollutant concentration monitors, flow monitors, diluent gas monitors, and other component parts of the monitoring system to produce a continuous record of the measured parameters in the measurement units required by section 11 of this rule.

(8) "Biomass" means any of the following:

(A) Organic material grown for the purpose of being converted to energy.

(B) Organic byproduct of agriculture that can be converted into energy.

(C) Material that:

(i) can be converted into energy and is nonmerchantable for other purposes;

(ii) is segregated from other nonmerchantable material; and

(iii) is:

(AA) a forest-related organic residue, including mill residues, precommercial thinnings, slash, brush, or byproduct from conversion of trees to merchantable material; or

(BB) a wood material, including pallets, crates, dunnage, manufacturing and construction materials (other than pressure-treated, chemically-treated, or painted wood products), and landscape or right-of-way trimmings.

(8) (9) "Boiler" means an enclosed fossil- or other-fuel-fired combustion device used to produce heat and to transfer heat to recirculating water, steam, or other medium.

(9) (10) "Bottoming-cycle cogeneration unit" means a cogeneration unit in which the energy input to the unit is first used to produce useful thermal energy and at least some of the reject heat from the useful thermal energy application or process is then used for electricity production.

(10) (11) "CAIR authorized account representative" means, with regard to a general account, a responsible natural person who is authorized, in accordance with sections 6, 9, and 12 of this rule, to transfer and otherwise dispose of CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances held in the general account and, with regard to a compliance account, the CAIR designated representative of the source.

(11) (12) "CAIR designated representative" means, for a CAIR NO_x ozone season source and each CAIR NO_x ozone season unit at the source, the natural person who is authorized by the owners and operators of the source and all such units at the source, in accordance with sections 6 and 12 of this rule, to represent and legally bind each owner and operator in matters pertaining to the CAIR NO_x ozone season trading program. If the CAIR NO_x ozone season source is also a CAIR NO_x source, then this natural person shall be the same person as the CAIR designated representative under the CAIR NO_x annual trading program. If the CAIR NO_x ozone season source is also a CAIR SO₂ source, then this natural person shall be the same person as the CAIR designated representative under the CAIR SO₂ trading program. If the CAIR NO_x ozone season source is also subject to the acid rain program, then this natural person shall be the same person as the designated representative under the acid rain program. If the CAIR NO_x ozone season source is also subject to the mercury budget trading program, then this natural person shall be the same person as the mercury designated representative under the mercury budget trading program.

(12) (13) "CAIR NO_x annual trading program" means a multistate nitrogen oxides air pollution control and emission reduction program approved and administered by the U.S. EPA in accordance with 326 IAC 24-1; 40 CFR 96, Subparts AA through II* and 40 CFR 51.123* 40 CFR 51.123(o)(1) or 40 CFR 51.123(o)(2)*; or established by the U.S. EPA in accordance with 40 CFR 97, Subparts AA through II* and 40 CFR 51.123(p)* and 40 CFR 52.35*, as a means of mitigating interstate transport of fine particulates and nitrogen oxides.

(13) (14) "CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance" means a limited authorization issued by a permitting authority or the U.S. EPA under provisions of a state implementation plan that are approved under 40 CFR 51.123(aa)(1) or 40 CFR 51.123(aa)(2), and 40 CFR 51.123(bb)(1), 40 CFR 51.123(bb)(2), 40 CFR 51.123(dd), or 40 CFR 51.123(ee)*, or under 40 CFR 97*, to emit one (1) ton of nitrogen oxides during a control period of the specified calendar year for which the authorization is allocated or of any calendar year thereafter under the CAIR NO_x ozone season trading program or a limited authorization issued by a permitting authority for a control period during 2003 through 2009 under the NO_x budget trading program in accordance with 40 CFR 51.121(p)* or 326 IAC 10-4 to emit one (1) ton of nitrogen oxides during a control period, provided that the provision in 40 CFR 51.121(b)(2)(ii)(E)* shall not be used in applying this definition and the limited authorization shall not have been used to meet the allowance-holding requirement under the NO_x budget trading program. An authorization to emit nitrogen oxides that is not issued under provisions of a state implementation plan approved under 40 CFR 51.121(p)* or 40 CFR 51.123(aa)(1) or 40 CFR 51.123(aa)(2), and 40 CFR 51.123(bb)(1), 40 CFR 51.123(bb)(2), 40 CFR 51.123(dd), or 40 CFR 51.123(ee)*, or under 40 CFR 97* shall not be a CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance.

(14) (15) "CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance deduction" or "deduct CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances" means the permanent withdrawal of CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances by the U.S. EPA from a compliance account, for example, in order to account for a specified number of tons of total nitrogen oxides emissions from all CAIR NO_x ozone season units at a CAIR NO_x ozone season source for a control period, determined in accordance with section 11 of this rule, or to account for excess emissions.

(15) (16) "CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances held" or "hold CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances" means the CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances recorded by the U.S. EPA, or submitted to the U.S. EPA for recordation, in accordance with sections 9, 10, and 12 of this rule, in a CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance tracking system account.

(16) (17) "CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance tracking system" means the system by which the U.S. EPA records allocations, deductions, and transfers of CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances under the CAIR NO_x ozone season trading program. Such allowances will be allocated, held, deducted, or transferred only as whole allowances.

(17) (18) "CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance tracking system account" means an account in the CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance tracking system established by the U.S. EPA for purposes of recording the allocation, holding, transferring, or deducting of CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances.

(18) (19) "CAIR NO_x ozone season emissions limitation" means, for a CAIR NO_x ozone season source, the tonnage equivalent, in NO_x emissions in a control period, of the CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances available for deduction for the source under section 9(i) and 9(j)(1) of this rule for the control period.

(19) (20) "CAIR NO_x ozone season source" means a source that includes one (1) or more CAIR NO_x ozone season units.

(20) (21) "CAIR NO_x ozone season trading program" means a multistate nitrogen oxides air pollution control and emission reduction program approved and administered by the U.S. EPA in accordance with this rule; 40 CFR 96, Subparts AAAA through IIII* and 40 CFR 51.123* 40 CFR 51.123(aa)(1) or 40 CFR 51.123(aa)(2), and 40 CFR 51.123(bb)(1), 40 CFR 51.123(bb)(2), or 40 CFR 51.123(dd)*; or established by the U.S. EPA in accordance with 40 CFR 97, Subparts AAAA through IIII* and 40 CFR 51.123(ee)* and 40 CFR 52.35*, as a means of mitigating interstate transport of ozone and nitrogen oxides.

(21) (22) "CAIR NO_x ozone season unit" means a unit that is subject to the CAIR NO_x ozone season trading program under section 1 of this rule and, and except for the purposes of sections 3 and 8 of this rule, a CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit under section 12 of this rule.

(22) (23) "CAIR NO_x source" means a source that is subject to the CAIR NO_x annual trading program.

(23) (24) "CAIR permit" means the legally binding and federally enforceable written document, or portion of such document, issued by the department under section 7 of this rule, including any permit revisions, specifying the CAIR NO_x ozone season trading program requirements applicable to a CAIR NO_x ozone season source, to each CAIR NO_x ozone season unit at the source, and to the owners and operators and the CAIR designated representative of the source and each such unit.

(24) (25) "CAIR SO₂ source" means a source that is subject to the CAIR SO₂ trading program.

(25) (26) "CAIR SO₂ trading program" means a multistate sulfur dioxide air pollution control and emission reduction program approved and administered by the U.S. EPA in accordance with 326 IAC 24-2; 40 CFR 96, Subparts AAA through III* and 40 CFR 51.124* 40 CFR 51.124(o)(1) or 40 CFR 51.124(o)(2)*; or established in accordance with 40 CFR 97, Subparts AAA through III and 40 CFR 51.124(r)* and 40 CFR 52.36*, as a means of mitigating interstate transport of fine particulates and sulfur dioxide.

(26) (27) "Coal" means any solid fuel classified as anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, or lignite.

(27) (28) "Coal-derived fuel" means any fuel, whether in a solid, liquid, or gaseous state, produced by the mechanical, thermal, or chemical processing of coal.

(28) (29) "Coal-fired" means:

(A) except for purposes of section 8 of this rule, combusting any amount of coal or coal-derived fuel, alone or in combination with any amount of any other fuel, during any year; or

(B) for purposes of section 8 of this rule, combusting any amount of coal or coal-derived fuel, alone or in combination with any amount of any other fuel, during a specified year.

(29) (30) "Cogeneration unit" means a stationary, fossil-fuel-fired boiler or stationary, fossil-fuel-fired combustion turbine:

(A) having equipment used to produce electricity and useful thermal energy for industrial, commercial, heating, or cooling purposes through the sequential use of energy; and

(B) producing electricity during the twelve (12) month period starting on the date the unit first produces electricity and during any calendar year after the calendar year in which the unit first produces electricity:

(i) for a topping-cycle cogeneration unit:

(AA) useful thermal energy not less than five percent (5%) of total energy output; and

(BB) useful power that, when added to one-half (½) of useful thermal energy produced, is not less than forty-two and one-half percent (42.5%) of total energy input, if useful thermal energy produced is fifteen percent (15%) or more of total energy output, or not less than forty-five percent (45%) of total energy input, if useful thermal energy produced is less than fifteen percent (15%) of total energy output; and

(ii) for a bottoming-cycle cogeneration unit, useful power not less than forty-five percent (45%) of total energy input; and

(C) provided that the total energy input under clause (B)(i)(BB) and (B)(ii) shall equal the unit's total energy input from all fuel except biomass if the unit is a boiler.

(30) (31) "Combustion turbine" means:

(A) an enclosed device comprising a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine and in which the flue gas resulting from the combustion of fuel in the combustor passes through the turbine, rotating the turbine; and

(B) if the enclosed device under clause (A) is combined cycle, any associated duct burner, heat recovery steam generator and steam turbine.

(31) (32) "Commence commercial operation" means, with regard to a unit serving a generator, the following:

(A) To have begun to produce steam, gas, or other heated medium used to generate electricity for sale or use, including test generation, except as provided in sections 3 and 12(f)(10) of this rule, subject to the following:

(i) For a unit that is a CAIR NO_x ozone season unit under section 1 of this rule on the later of November 15, 1990, or the date the unit commences commercial operation as defined in this clause and that subsequently undergoes a physical change (other than replacement of the unit by a unit at the same source) such date shall remain the date of commencement of commercial operation of the unit, which shall continue to be treated as the same unit.

(ii) For a unit that is a CAIR NO_x ozone season unit under section 1 of this rule on the later of November 15, 1990, or the date the unit commences commercial operation as defined in this clause and that is subsequently replaced by a unit at the same source (for example, repowered), such date shall remain the replaced unit's date of commencement of commercial operation, and the replacement unit shall be treated as a separate unit with a separate date for commencement of commercial operation as defined in this clause or clause (B) as appropriate.

(B) Notwithstanding clause (A) and except as provided in section 3 of this rule, for a unit that is not a CAIR NO_x ozone season unit under section 1 of this rule on the later of November 15, 1990, or the date the unit commences commercial operation as defined in clause (A), the unit's date for commencement of commercial operation shall be the date on which the unit becomes a CAIR NO_x ozone season unit under section 1 of this rule, subject to the following:

(i) For a unit with a date for commencement of commercial operation as defined in this clause and that subsequently undergoes a physical change, other than replacement of the unit by a unit at the same source, such date shall remain the date of commencement of commercial operation of the unit, which shall continue to be treated as the same unit.

(ii) For a unit with a date for commencement of commercial operation as defined in this clause and that is subsequently replaced by a unit at the same source (for example, repowered), such date shall remain the replaced unit's date of commencement of commercial operation, and the replacement unit shall be treated as a separate unit with a separate date for commencement of commercial operation as defined in this clause or clause (A), as appropriate.

(C) Notwithstanding clauses (A) and (B), for a unit not serving a generator producing electricity for sale, the unit's date of commencement of operation shall also be the unit's date of commencement of commercial operation.

(32) (33) "Commence operation" means the following:

(A) To have begun any mechanical, chemical, or electronic process, including, with regard to a unit, start-up of a unit's combustion chamber, except as provided in section 12(f)(10) of this rule.

(B) For a unit that undergoes a physical change (other than replacement of the unit by a unit at the same source) after the date the unit commences operation as defined in clause (A), such date shall remain the unit's date of commencement of operation of the unit, which shall continue to be treated as the same unit.

(C) For a unit that is replaced by a unit at the same source (for example, repowered) after the date the unit commences operation as defined in clause (A), such date shall remain the replaced unit's date of commencement, and the replacement unit shall be treated as a separate unit with a separate date for commencement of operation as defined in this clause or clause (A) or (B), as appropriate, except as provided in section 12(f)(10) of this rule.

(D) Notwithstanding clauses (A) through (C), and solely for purposes of section 11 of this rule, for a unit that is not a large affected unit under subdivision (51)(A) or (51)(B) on the later of November 15, 1990, or the date the unit commences operation as defined in clause (A) and that subsequently becomes a large affected unit under subdivision (51)(A) or (51)(B), the unit's date for commencement of operation shall be the date on which the unit becomes a large affected unit under subdivision (51)(A) or (51)(B).

(E) For a unit with a date of commencement of operation as defined in clause (D) and that subsequently undergoes a physical change, other than replacement of the unit by a unit at the same source, such date shall remain the date of commencement of operation of the unit, which shall continue to be treated as the same unit.

(F) For a unit with a date for commencement of operation as defined in clause (D) and that is subsequently replaced by a unit at the same source, for example, repowered, such date shall remain the replaced unit's date of commencement of operation, and the replacement unit shall be treated as a separate unit with a separate date for commencement of operation as defined in this clause and clauses (A) through (E), as appropriate.

(33) (34) "Common stack" means a single flue through which emissions from two (2) or more units are exhausted.

(34) (35) "Compliance account" means a CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance tracking system account, established by the U.S. EPA for a CAIR NO_x ozone season source under section 9 or 12 of this rule, in which any CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance allocations for the CAIR NO_x ozone season units at the source are initially recorded and in which are held any CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances available for use for a control period in order to meet the source's CAIR NO_x ozone season emissions limitation in accordance with section 9(i) and 9(j) of this rule.

(35) (36) "Continuous emission monitoring system" or "CEMS" means the equipment required under section 11 of this rule to sample, analyze, measure, and provide, by means of readings recorded at least once every fifteen (15) minutes, using an automated data acquisition and handling system (DAHS), a permanent record of nitrogen oxides emissions, stack gas volumetric flow rate, stack gas moisture content, and oxygen or carbon dioxide concentration, as applicable, in a manner consistent with 40 CFR 75*. The following systems are the principal types of continuous emission monitoring systems required under section 11 of this rule:

(A) A flow monitoring system, consisting of a stack flow rate monitor and an automated data acquisition and handling system and providing a permanent, continuous record of stack gas volumetric flow rate, in standard cubic feet per hour (scfh).

(B) A nitrogen oxides concentration monitoring system, consisting of a NO_x ozone season pollutant concentration monitor and an automated data acquisition and handling system and providing a permanent, continuous record of NO_x ozone season emissions, in parts per million (ppm).

(C) A nitrogen oxides emission rate (or NO_x -diluent) monitoring system, consisting of a NO_x ozone season pollutant concentration monitor, a diluent gas (CO₂ or O₂) monitor, and an automated data acquisition and handling system and providing a permanent, continuous record of NO_x ozone season concentration, in parts per million (ppm), diluent gas concentration, in percent CO₂ or O₂; and NO_x ozone season emission rate, in pounds per million British thermal units (lb/MMBtu).

(D) A moisture monitoring system, as defined in 40 CFR 75.11(b)(2)* and providing a permanent, continuous record of the stack gas moisture content, in percent H₂O.

(E) A carbon dioxide monitoring system, consisting of a CO₂ pollutant concentration monitor, or an oxygen monitor plus suitable mathematical equations from which the CO₂ concentration is derived, and an automated data acquisition and handling system and providing a permanent, continuous record of CO₂ emissions, in percent CO₂.

(F) An oxygen monitoring system, consisting of an O₂ concentration monitor and an automated data acquisition and handling system and providing a permanent, continuous record of O₂, in percent O₂.

(36) (37) "Control period" means the period beginning May 1 of a calendar year, except as provided in section 4(c)(2) of this rule, and ending on September 30 of the same year, inclusive.

(38) "Electricity for sale under a firm contract to the electric grid" means electricity for sale where the capacity involved is intended to be available at all times during the period covered by the guaranteed commitment to deliver, even under adverse conditions.

(37) (39) "Emissions" means air pollutants exhausted from a unit or source into the atmosphere, as measured, recorded, and reported to the U.S. EPA by the CAIR designated representative and as determined by the U.S. EPA in accordance with section 11 of this rule.

(38) (40) "Energy efficiency or renewable energy projects" means any of the following implemented in Indiana:

(A) End-use energy efficiency projects, including demand-side management programs.

(B) Highly efficient electricity or steam generation for the predominant use of a single end user, such as combined cycle, combined heat and power, microturbines, and fuel cell systems. In order to be considered as highly efficient electricity generation under this clause, combined cycle, combined heat and power, microturbines, and fuel cell generating systems must meet or exceed the following thresholds:

(i) For combined heat and power projects generating both electricity and thermal energy for space, water, or industrial process heat, rated energy efficiency of sixty percent (60%).

(ii) For microturbine projects rated at or below five hundred (500) kilowatts generating capacity, rated energy efficiency of forty percent (40%).

(iii) For combined cycle projects rated at greater than five hundred (500) kilowatts, rated energy efficiency of fifty percent (50%).

(iv) For fuel cell systems, rated energy efficiency of forty percent (40%), whether or not the fuel cell system is part of a combined heat and power energy system.

(C) Zero-emission renewable energy projects, including wind, photovoltaic, solar, and hydropower projects. Eligible hydropower projects are restricted to systems employing a head of ten (10) feet or less or systems employing a head greater than ten (10) feet that make use of a dam that existed before September 16, 2001.

(D) Energy efficiency projects generating electricity through the capture of methane gas from municipal solid waste landfills, water treatment plants, sewage treatment plants, or anaerobic digestion systems operating on animal or plant wastes.

(E) The installation of highly efficient electricity generation equipment for the sale of power where such equipment replaces or displaces retired electrical generating units. In order to be considered as highly efficient under this clause, generation equipment must meet or exceed the following energy efficiency thresholds:

(i) For coal-fired electrical generation units, rated energy efficiency of forty-two percent (42%).

(ii) For natural gas-fired electrical generating units, rated energy efficiency of fifty percent (50%).

(F) Improvements to existing fossil fuel-fired electrical generation units that increase the efficiency of the unit and decrease the heat rate used to generate electricity, including gas reburning projects that reduce NO_x emissions.

(G) The installation of integrated gasification combined cycle equipment producing electricity for sale.

(H) Renewable energy projects that displace some portion of the combustion of coal, natural gas, or oil through the use of solar energy or methane from landfills, water treatment plants, sewage treatment plants, or anaerobic digestion systems on animal or plant wastes and reduce NO_x emissions.

Energy efficiency or renewable energy projects do not include nuclear power projects. This definition is solely for the purposes of implementing this rule and does not apply in other contexts.

(39) (41) "Excess emissions" means any ton of nitrogen oxides emitted by the CAIR NO_x ozone season units at a CAIR NO_x ozone season source during a control period that exceeds the CAIR NO_x ozone season emissions limitation for the source.

(40) (42) "FESOP" means a federally enforceable state operating permit issued under 326 IAC 2-8.

(41) (43) "Fossil fuel" means natural gas, petroleum, coal, or any form of solid, liquid, or gaseous fuel derived from such material.

(42) (44) "Fossil-fuel-fired" means, with regard to a unit, the following:

(A) Except as provided in clause (B), combusting any amount of fossil fuel in any calendar year.

(B) Solely for the purposes of applying the term "large affected unit", the combustion of fossil fuel, alone or in combination with any other fuel, under any of the following scenarios:

(i) Fossil fuel actually combusted comprises more than fifty percent (50%) of the annual heat input on a British thermal unit (Btu) basis during any year starting in 1995. If a unit had no heat input starting in 1995, during the last year of operation of the unit prior to 1995.

(ii) Fossil fuel is projected to comprise more than fifty percent (50%) of the annual heat input on a Btu basis during any year, provided that the unit shall be fossil-fuel-fired as of the date, during the year, that the unit begins combusting fossil fuel.

(43) (45) "Fuel oil" means any petroleum-based fuel, including diesel fuel or petroleum derivatives such as oil tar, and any recycled or blended petroleum products or petroleum byproducts used as a fuel whether in a liquid, solid, or gaseous state.

(44) (46) "General account" means a CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance tracking system account, established under section 9 of this rule, that is not a compliance account.

(45) (47) "Generator" means a device that produces electricity.

(46) (48) "Gross electrical output" means, with regard to a cogeneration unit, electricity made available for use, including any such electricity used in the power production process. This process may include, but is not limited to, any on-site processing or treatment of fuel combusted at the unit and any on-site emission controls.

(47) (49) "Heat input" means, with regard to a specified period of time, the product, in million British thermal units per unit of time (MMBtu/time) of the gross calorific value of the fuel, in British thermal units per pound (Btu/lb), divided by one million (1,000,000) British thermal units per million British thermal units (Btu/MMBtu) and multiplied by the fuel feed rate into a combustion device, in pounds of fuel per unit of time (lb of fuel/time), as measured, recorded, and reported to the U.S. EPA by the CAIR designated representative and determined by the U.S. EPA in accordance with section 11 of this rule and excluding the heat derived from preheated combustion air, recirculated flue gases, or exhaust from other sources.

(48) (50) "Heat input rate" means the amount of heat input, in million British thermal units (MMBtu), divided by unit operating time, in hours, or, with regard to a specific fuel, the amount of heat input attributed to the fuel, in million British thermal units (MMBtu), divided by the unit operating time, in hours, during which the unit combusts the fuel.

(49) (51) "Large affected unit" means the following:

(A) For units other than cogeneration units commencing operation, the following:

(i) Before January 1, 1997, a unit that has a maximum design heat input greater than two hundred fifty million (250,000,000) Btus per hour and that did not serve during 1995 or 1996 a generator producing electricity for sale under a firm contract to the electric grid.

(ii) On or after January 1, 1997, and before January 1, 1999, a unit that has a maximum design heat input greater than two hundred fifty million (250,000,000) Btus per hour and that did not serve during 1997 or 1998 a generator producing electricity for sale under a firm contract to the electric grid.

(iii) On or after January 1, 1999, a unit with a maximum design heat input greater than two hundred fifty million (250,000,000) Btus per hour that:

(AA) at no time serves a generator producing electricity for sale; or

(BB) at any time serves a generator producing electricity for sale, if any such generator has a nameplate capacity of twenty-five (25) megawatt electrical or less and has the potential to use no more than fifty percent (50%) of the potential electrical output capacity of the unit.

(B) For cogeneration units commencing operation, the following:

(i) Before January 1, 1997, a unit with a maximum design heat input greater than two hundred fifty million (250,000,000) Btus per hour and qualifying as an unaffected unit under the acid rain program for 1995 and 1996.

(ii) In 1997 or 1998, a unit with a maximum design heat input greater than two hundred fifty million (250,000,000) Btus per hour and qualifying as an unaffected unit under the acid rain program for 1997 and 1998.

(iii) On or after January 1, 1999, a unit with a maximum design heat input greater than two hundred fifty million (250,000,000) Btus per hour and qualifying as an unaffected unit under the acid rain program for each year.

(C) For units other than cogeneration units that are not already subject to this rule under section 1(a)(1) or 1(a)(3) of this rule commencing operation:

(i) before January 1, 1997, a unit serving a generator during 1995 or 1996 that had a nameplate capacity greater than twenty-five (25) megawatts and produced electricity for sale under a firm contract to the electric grid;

(ii) on or after January 1, 1997, and before January 1, 1999, a unit serving a generator during 1997 or 1998 that had a nameplate capacity greater than twenty-five (25) megawatts and produced electricity for sale under a firm contract to the electric grid; or

(iii) on or after January 1, 1999, a unit serving a generator at any time that has a nameplate capacity greater than twenty-five (25) megawatts and produced electricity for sale under a firm contract to the electric grid.

(D) For cogeneration units that are not already subject to this rule under section 1(a)(1) or 1(a)(3) of this rule commencing operation:

(i) before January 1, 1997, a unit serving a generator during 1995 or 1996 that had a nameplate capacity greater than twenty-five (25) megawatts and failing to qualify as an unaffected unit for 1995 or 1996 under the acid rain program;

(ii) in 1997 or 1998, a unit serving a generator during 1997 or 1998 with a nameplate capacity greater than twenty-five (25) megawatts and failing to qualify as an unaffected unit for 1997 or 1998 under the acid rain program; or

(iii) on or after January 1, 1999, a unit serving at any time a generator with a nameplate capacity greater than twenty-five (25) megawatts and failing to qualify as an unaffected unit under the acid rain program for any year.

The term does not include a unit subject to 326 IAC 10-3.

(50) (52) "Life-of-the-unit, firm power contractual arrangement" means a unit participation power sales agreement under which a utility or industrial customer reserves, or is entitled to receive, a specified amount or percentage of nameplate capacity and associated energy generated by any specified unit and pays its proportional amount of such unit's total costs, pursuant to a contract:

(A) for the life of the unit;

(B) for a cumulative term of no less than thirty (30) years, including contracts that permit an election for early termination; or

(C) for a period no less than twenty-five (25) years or seventy percent (70%) of the economic useful life of the unit determined as of the time the unit is built, with option rights to purchase or release some portion of the nameplate capacity and associated energy generated by the unit at the end of the period.

(51) (53) "Maximum design heat input" means the maximum amount of fuel per hour, in British thermal units per hour (Btu/hr), that a unit is capable of combusting on a steady state basis as of the initial installation of the unit as specified by the manufacturer of the unit.

(52) (54) "Mercury budget trading program" means a multistate mercury air pollution control and emission reduction program approved and administered by the U.S. EPA in accordance with 40 CFR 60, Subpart HHHH* and 40 CFR 60.24(h)(6)*, or established by the U.S. EPA under the Clean Air Act, Section 111, as a means of reducing national mercury emissions.

(53) (55) "Monitoring system" means any monitoring system that meets the requirements of section 11 of this rule, including a continuous emissions monitoring system, an alternative monitoring system, or an excepted monitoring system under 40 CFR 75*.

(54) (56) "Most stringent state or federal NO_x ozone season emissions limitation" means, with regard to a unit, the lowest NO_x emissions limitation, in terms of pounds per million British thermal units (lb/MMBtu), that is applicable to the unit under state or federal law, regardless of the averaging period to which the emissions limitation applies.

(55) (57) "Nameplate capacity" means, starting from the initial installation of a generator, the maximum electrical generating output, in megawatt electrical (MWe), that the generator is capable of producing on a steady state basis and during continuous operation (when not restricted by seasonal or other deratings) as of such installation as specified by the manufacturer of the generator or, starting from the completion of any subsequent physical change in the generator resulting in an increase in the maximum electrical generating output, in megawatt electrical (MWe), that the generator is capable of producing on a steady state basis and during continuous operation (when not restricted by seasonal or other deratings) such increased maximum amount as of such completion as specified by the person conducting the physical change.

(56) (58) "Oil-fired" means, for the purposes of section 8 of this rule, combusting fuel oil for more than fifteen percent (15%) of the annual heat input in a specified year and not qualifying as coal-fired.

(57) (59) "Operator" means any person who operates, controls, or supervises a CAIR NO_x ozone season unit or a CAIR NO_x ozone season source and shall include, but not be limited to, any holding company, utility system, or plant manager of such a unit or source.

(58) (60) "Owner" means any of the following persons:

(A) With regard to a CAIR NO_x ozone season source or a CAIR NO_x ozone season unit at a source, respectively, any of the following:

(i) any Holder of any portion of the legal or equitable title in a CAIR NO_x ozone season unit at the source or the CAIR NO_x ozone season unit.

(ii) any Holder of a leasehold interest in a CAIR NO_x ozone season unit at the source or the CAIR NO_x ozone season unit. or

(iii) any Purchaser of power from a CAIR NO_x ozone season unit at the source or the CAIR NO_x ozone season unit under a life-of-the-unit, firm power contractual arrangement; provided that, unless expressly provided for in a leasehold agreement, owner shall not include a passive lessor, or a person who has an equitable interest through such lessor, whose rental payments are not based, either directly or indirectly, on the revenues or income from such CAIR NO_x ozone season unit. or

(B) With regard to any general account, any person who has an ownership interest with respect to the CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances held in the general account and who is subject to the binding agreement for the CAIR authorized account representative to represent the person's ownership interest with respect to CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances.

(59) (61) "Permitting authority" means the state air pollution control agency, local agency, other state agency, or other agency authorized by the U.S. EPA to issue or revise permits to meet the requirements of the CAIR NO_x annual trading program in accordance with section 7 of this rule or, if no such agency has been so authorized, the U.S. EPA.

(60) (62) "Potential electrical output capacity" means thirty-three percent (33%) of a unit's maximum design heat input, divided by three thousand four hundred thirteen (3,413) Btu/kilowatt hour, divided by one thousand (1,000) kilowatt hour/megawatt hour, and multiplied by eight thousand seven hundred sixty (8,760) hours/year.

(61) (63) "Rated energy efficiency" means the percentage of gross energy input that is recovered as useable net energy output in the form of electricity or thermal energy, or both, that is used for heating, cooling, industrial processes, or other beneficial uses as follows:

(A) For electric generators, rated energy efficiency is calculated as one (1) net kilowatt hour (three thousand four hundred twelve (3,412) British thermal units) of electricity divided by the unit's design heat rate using the higher heating value of the fuel.

(B) For combined heat and power projects, rated energy efficiency is calculated using the following formula:

Eff% = (NEO + UTO)/GEI

Where:	Eff%	=	Rated energy efficiency.
	NEO	=	Net electrical output of the system converted to British thermal units per unit of time.
	UTO	=	Utilized thermal output or the energy value in British thermal units of thermal energy from the system that is used for heating, cooling, industrial processes, or other beneficial uses, per unit of time.
	GEI	=	Gross energy input, based upon the higher heating value of fuel, per unit of time.

(62) (64) "Receive" or "receipt of" means, when referring to the department or U.S. EPA, to come into possession of a document, information, or correspondence, whether sent in hard copy or by authorized electronic transmission, as indicated in an official log, or by a notation made on the document, information, or correspondence, by the department or U.S. EPA in the regular course of business.

(63) (65) "Recordation", "record", or "recorded" means, with regard to CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances, the movement of CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances by the U.S. EPA into or between CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance tracking system accounts, for purposes of allocation, transfer, or deduction.

(64) (66) "Reference method" means any direct test method of sampling and analyzing for an air pollutant as specified in 40 CFR 75.22*.

(65) (67) "Replacement", "replace", or "replaced" means, with regard to a unit, the demolishing of a unit, or the permanent shutdown and permanent disabling of a unit, and the construction of another unit (the replacement unit) to be used instead of the demolished or shutdown unit (the replaced unit).

(66) (68) "Repowered" means, with regard to a unit, replacement of a coal-fired boiler with one (1) of the following coal-fired technologies at the same source as the coal-fired boiler:

(A) Atmospheric or pressurized fluidized bed combustion.

(B) Integrated gasification combined cycle.

(C) Magnetohydrodynamics.

(D) Direct and indirect coal-fired turbines.

(E) Integrated gasification fuel cells.

(F) As determined by the U.S. EPA in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, a derivative of one (1) or more of the technologies under clauses (A) through (E) and any other coal-fired technology capable of controlling multiple combustion emissions simultaneously with improved boiler or generation efficiency and with significantly greater waste reduction relative to the performance of technology in widespread commercial use as of January 1, 2005.

(67) (69) "Sequential use of energy" means:

(A) for a topping-cycle cogeneration unit, the use of reject heat from electricity production in a useful thermal energy application or process; or

(B) for a bottoming-cycle cogeneration unit, the use of reject heat from useful thermal energy application or process in electricity production.

(68) (70) "Serial number" means, for a CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance, the unique identification number assigned to each CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance by the U.S. EPA.

(69) (71) "Solid waste incineration unit" means a stationary, fossil-fuel-fired boiler or stationary, fossil-fuel-fired combustion turbine that is a solid waste incineration units as defined in the Clean Air Act, Section 129(g)(1).

(70) (72) "Source" means all buildings, structures, or installations located in one (1) or more contiguous or adjacent properties under common control of the same person or persons. For purposes of Section 502(c) of the Clean Air Act, a source, including a source with multiple units, shall be considered a single facility.

(71) (73) "Submit" or "serve" means to send or transmit a document, information, or correspondence to the person specified in accordance with the applicable rule:

(A) in person;

(B) by United States Postal Service; or

(C) by other means of dispatch or transmission and delivery.

Compliance with any submission or service deadline shall be determined by the date of dispatch, transmission, or mailing and not the date of receipt by the department or U.S. EPA.

(72) (74) "Title V operating permit" or "Part 70 operating permit" means a permit issued under 326 IAC 2-7.

(73) (75) "Title V operating permit regulations" or "Part 70 operating permit regulations" means the rules under 326 IAC 2-7.

(74) (76) "Ton" means two thousand (2,000) pounds. For the purpose of determining compliance with the CAIR NO_x ozone season emissions limitation, total tons of nitrogen oxides emissions for a control period shall be calculated as the sum of all recorded hourly emissions, or the mass equivalent of the recorded hourly emission rates, in accordance with section 11 of this rule, but with any remaining fraction of a ton equal to or greater than fifty-hundredths (0.50) tons deemed to equal one (1) ton and any remaining fraction of a ton less than fifty-hundredths (0.50) tons deemed to equal zero (0) tons.

(75) (77) "Topping-cycle cogeneration unit" means a cogeneration unit in which the energy input to the unit is first used to produce useful power, including electricity, and at least some of the reject heat from the electricity production is then used to provide useful thermal energy.

(76) (78) "Total energy input" means, with regard to a cogeneration unit, total energy of all forms supplied to the cogeneration unit, excluding energy produced by the cogeneration unit itself. Each form of energy supplied shall be measured by the lower heating value of that form of energy calculated as follows:

LHV = HHV - 10.55(W + 9H)

Where:	LHV	=	Lower heating value of fuel in Btu/hr.
	HHV	=	Higher heating value of fuel in Btu/hr.
	W	=	Weight % of moisture in fuel.
	H	=	Weight % of hydrogen in fuel.

(77) (79) "Total energy output" means, with regard to a cogeneration unit, the sum of useful power and useful thermal energy produced by the cogeneration unit.

(78) (80) "Unit" means:

(A) except as provided in clause (B), a stationary, fossil-fuel-fired boiler or combustion turbine or other stationary, fossil-fuel-fired combustion device; and

(B) solely for the purposes of applying the term "large affected unit", a fossil-fuel-fired:

(i) stationary boiler;

(ii) combustion turbine; or

(iii) combined cycle system.

(79) (81) "Unit operating day" means a calendar day in which a unit combusts any fuel.

(80) (82) "Unit operating hour" or "hour of unit operation" means an hour in which a unit combusts any fuel.

(81) (83) "Useful power" means, with regard to a cogeneration unit, electricity or mechanical energy made available for use, excluding any such energy used in the power production process, which process includes, but is not limited to, any on-site processing or treatment of fuel combusted at the unit and any on-site emission controls.

(82) (84) "Useful thermal energy" means, with regard to a cogeneration unit, thermal energy that is:

(A) made available to an industrial or commercial process, not a power production process, excluding any heat contained in condensate return or makeup water;

(B) used in a heating application (for example, space heating or domestic hot water heating); or

(C) used in a space cooling application (that is, thermal energy used by an absorption chiller).

(83) (85) "Utility power distribution system" means the portion of an electricity grid owned or operated by a utility and dedicated to delivering electricity to customers.

*These documents are incorporated by reference. Copies may be obtained from the Government Printing Office, 732 North Capitol Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20401 or are available for review and copying at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Office of Air Quality, Indiana Government Center-North, Tenth Floor, 100 North Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204.

(Air Pollution Control Board; 326 IAC 24-3-2; filed Jan 26, 2007, 10:25 a.m.: 20070221-IR-326050117FRA; errata filed Jan 29, 2007, 2:43 p.m.: 20070221-IR-326050117ACA; filed May 12, 2009, 11:16 a.m.: 20090610-IR-326080005FRA)

SECTION 12. 326 IAC 24-3-7 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

326 IAC 24-3-7 Permit requirements

Authority: IC 13-14-8; IC 13-17-3-4; IC 13-17-3-11

Affected: IC 13-15; IC 13-17

Sec. 7. (a) For each CAIR NO_x ozone season source required to have a federally enforceable permit, the permit shall include a CAIR permit administered by the department as follows:

(1) For CAIR NO_x sources required to have a Part 70 operating permit under 326 IAC 2-7, the CAIR portion of the Part 70 permit shall be administered in accordance with 326 IAC 2-7, except as provided otherwise by this section and sections 3 and 12 of this rule.

(2) For CAIR NO_x sources required to have a FESOP under 326 IAC 2-8, the CAIR portion of the FESOP shall be administered in accordance with 326 IAC 2-8, except as provided otherwise by this section and sections 3 and 12 of this rule.

(3) Each CAIR permit, including a draft or proposed CAIR permit, if applicable, shall contain, with regard to the CAIR NO_x ozone season source and the CAIR NO_x ozone season units at the source covered by the CAIR permit, all applicable CAIR NO_x ozone season trading program, CAIR NO_x annual trading program, and CAIR SO₂ trading program requirements and shall be a complete and separable portion of the Part 70 operating permit or FESOP.

(b) Requirements for the submission of CAIR permit applications are as follows:

(1) The CAIR designated representative of any CAIR NO_x ozone season source required to have a Part 70 operating permit or FESOP shall submit to the department a complete CAIR permit application under subsection (c) for the source covering each CAIR NO_x ozone season unit at the source at least two hundred seventy (270) days before the later of January 1, 2009, or the date on which the CAIR NO_x ozone season unit commences commercial operation, except as provided in section 12(e) of this rule.

(2) For a CAIR NO_x ozone season source required to have a Part 70 operating permit or FESOP, the CAIR designated representative shall submit a complete CAIR permit application under subsection (c) for the source covering each CAIR NO_x ozone season unit at the source to renew the CAIR permit in accordance with 326 IAC 2-7-4(a)(1)(D) or 326 IAC 2-8-3(h), as applicable, except as provided in section 12(e) of this rule.

(c) In addition to the requirements of 326 IAC 2-7-4(c) or 326 IAC 2-8-3(c), A complete CAIR permit application shall include the following elements concerning the CAIR NO_x ozone season source for which the application is submitted:

(1) Identification of the CAIR NO_x ozone season source.

(2) Identification of each CAIR NO_x ozone season unit at the CAIR NO_x ozone season source.

(3) The standard requirements under section 4 of this rule.

(d) In addition to the requirements under 326 IAC 2-7 or 326 IAC 2-8, Each CAIR permit shall contain, in a format prescribed by the department, all elements required for a complete CAIR permit application under subsection (c).

(e) Each CAIR permit is deemed to incorporate automatically the definitions of terms under section 2 of this rule and, upon recordation by the U.S. EPA under section 9, 10, or 12 of this rule, every allocation, transfer, or deduction of a CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance to or from the compliance account of the CAIR NO_x ozone season source covered by the permit.

(f) The initial CAIR permit covering a CAIR unit for which a complete CAIR permit application is timely submitted under subsection (b) shall become effective upon issuance.

(g) The term of the CAIR permit shall be set by the department, as necessary to facilitate coordination of the renewal of the CAIR permit with issuance, revision, or renewal of the CAIR NO_x ozone season source's Part 70 operating permit or FESOP.

(h) Except as provided in subsection (e), the department shall revise the CAIR permit, as necessary, in accordance with the following:

(1) The permit modification and revision provisions under 326 IAC 2-7, for a CAIR source with a Part 70 operating permit.

(2) The permit modification and revision provisions under 326 IAC 2-8, for a CAIR source with a FESOP.

(Air Pollution Control Board; 326 IAC 24-3-7; filed Jan 26, 2007, 10:25 a.m.: 20070221-IR-326050117FRA; filed May 12, 2009, 11:16 a.m.: 20090610-IR-326080005FRA)

SECTION 13. 326 IAC 24-3-8 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

326 IAC 24-3-8 CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance allocations

Authority: IC 13-14-8; IC 13-17-3-4; IC 13-17-3-11

Affected: IC 13-15; IC 13-17

Sec. 8. (a) The NO_x ozone season trading program budget allocated by the department under subsections (d) through (j) for each control period shall equal the total number of CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances apportioned to the CAIR NO_x ozone season units under section 1 of this rule for the control period, as determined by the procedures in this section. The total number of CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances that are available for each control period for allocation as CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances under this rule are fifty-five thousand seven hundred twenty-nine (55,729) tons in 2009 through 2014, and forty-nine thousand fifty (49,050) tons in 2015 and thereafter, apportioned as follows:

(1) For existing units (that is, units that have a baseline heat input, as determined under subsections (c) and (d)):

(A) forty-three thousand six hundred fifty-four (43,654) tons in 2009 through 2014 and thirty-eight thousand ninety-five (38,095) tons in 2015 and thereafter for CAIR NO_x ozone season units under section 1(a)(1) of this rule; and

(B) eight thousand five hundred sixty-four (8,564) tons in 2009 and eight thousand seven hundred twenty-seven (8,727) tons for large affected units under section 1(a)(2) of this rule for a control period during 2010 and thereafter.

(2) For new unit allocation set-asides:

(A) two thousand two hundred ninety-eight (2,298) tons in 2009 through 2014 and one thousand one hundred seventy-eight (1,178) tons in 2015 and thereafter for CAIR NO_x ozone season units under section 1(a)(1) of this rule; and

(B) ninety-eight (98) tons in 2009 and four hundred (400) tons in 2010 and thereafter for large affected units under section 1(a)(2) of this rule.

(3) For the energy efficiency and renewable energy allocation set-aside, one thousand one hundred fifteen (1,115) tons in 2009 and five hundred (500) tons in 2010 and thereafter.

(4) For a hardship set-aside for large affected units under section 1(a)(2) of this rule, one hundred fifty (150) tons in 2010 and thereafter.

(b) The department shall allocate CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances to CAIR NO_x ozone season units according to the following schedule:

(1) For CAIR NO_x ozone season units under section 1(a)(1) and large affected units under 1(a)(2) of this rule, an initial five (5) year allocation and then a six (6) year allocation that is recorded six (6) years in advance of the control period that the allowances may be used as follows:

(A) Within thirty (30) days of the effective date of this rule, the department shall submit to the U.S. EPA the CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance allocations, in a format prescribed by the U.S. EPA and in accordance with subsections (c), (d), and (e) for the control periods in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014.

(B) By October 31, 2008, and October 31 every six (6) years thereafter, the department shall submit to the U.S. EPA the CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance allocations, in a format prescribed by the U.S. EPA and in accordance with subsections (c), (d), and (e), for the control periods seven (7), eight (8), nine (9), ten (10), eleven (11), and twelve (12) years after the year of the allowance allocation.

(C) By July 31, 2009 and July 31 of each year thereafter, the department shall submit to the U.S. EPA the CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance allocations, in a format prescribed by the U.S. EPA and in accordance with subsections (f) through (h), for the control period in the year of the applicable deadline for submission under this rule.

(D) For the 2009 control period, the CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances are the 2009 ozone season allowances issued under 326 IAC 10-4-9 that have been recorded by U.S. EPA as of the effective date of this rule.

(2) The department shall make available for review to the public the CAIR NO_x allowance allocations under subdivision (1)(B) on July 31 of each year allocations are made and shall provide a thirty (30) day opportunity for submission of objections to the CAIR NO_x allowance allocations. Objections shall be limited to addressing whether the CAIR NO_x allowance allocations are in accordance with this section. Based on any such objections, the department shall consider any objections and input from affected sources and, if appropriate, adjust each determination to the extent necessary to ensure that it is in accordance with this section.

(c) The baseline heat input, in million British thermal units (MMBtu), used with respect to CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance allocations under subsection (d) for each CAIR NO_x ozone season unit shall be:

(1) For units commencing operation before January 1, 2001:

(A) For a CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance allocation under subsection (b)(1)(A), the average of the three (3) highest amounts of the unit's adjusted control period heat input for 1998 through 2005, with the adjusted control period heat input for each year calculated as follows:

(i) If the unit is coal-fired during the year, the unit's control period heat input for such year is multiplied by one hundred percent (100%).

(ii) If the unit is oil-fired during the year, the unit's control period heat input for such year is multiplied by sixty percent (60%).

(iii) If the unit is not subject to item (i) or (ii), the unit's control period heat input for such year is multiplied by forty percent (40%).

(B) For a CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance allocation under subsection (b)(1)(B), the unit's average of the three (3) highest amounts of the unit's adjusted control period heat input for the eight (8) years before when the CAIR NO_x ozone season allocation is being calculated, with the adjusted control period heat input for each year calculated as follows:

(i) If the unit is coal-fired during the year, the unit's control period heat input for such year is multiplied by one hundred percent (100%).

(ii) If the unit is oil-fired during the year, the unit's control period heat input for such year is multiplied by sixty percent (60%).

(iii) If the unit is not subject to item (i) or (ii), the unit's control period heat input for such year is multiplied by forty percent (40%).

(2) For units commencing operation on or after January 1, 2001, and operating each calendar year during a period of three (3) or more consecutive calendar years, the average of the three (3) highest amounts of the unit's total converted control period heat input for the years before when the CAIR NO_x ozone season allocation is being calculated, not to exceed eight (8).

(3) A unit's control period heat input, and a unit's status as coal-fired or not coal-fired, for a calendar year under subdivision (1), and a unit's total tons of NO_x ozone season emissions during a control period in a calendar year under subsection (e)(3), shall be determined in accordance with 40 CFR 75*, to the extent the unit was otherwise subject to the requirements of 40 CFR 75* for the year, or shall be based on the best available data reported to the department for the unit, to the extent the unit was not otherwise subject to the requirements of 40 CFR 75* for the year.

(4) A unit's converted control period heat input for a calendar year under subdivision (2) equals one (1) of the following:

(A) The control period gross electrical output of the generator or generators served by the unit multiplied by eight thousand nine hundred (8,900) British thermal units per kilowatt hour (Btu/kWh) for coal-fired units or seven thousand six hundred (7,600) British thermal units per kilowatt hour (Btu/kWh) for a unit that is not coal-fired divided by one million (1,000,000) British thermal units per million British thermal units (Btu/MMBtu), provided that if a generator is served by two (2) or more units, then the gross electrical output of the generator shall be attributed to each unit in proportion to the unit's share of the total control period heat input of such units for the year.

(B) For a unit that has equipment used to produce electricity and useful thermal energy for industrial, commercial, heating, or cooling purposes through the sequential use of energy, the control period gross electrical output of the unit multiplied by eight thousand nine hundred (8,900) British thermal units per kilowatt hour (Btu/kWh) plus the useful energy, in British thermal units (Btu), produced during the control period divided by eight-tenths (0.8), and with the sum divided by one million (1,000,000) British thermal units per million British thermal units (Btu/MMBtu).

(d) The department shall allocate CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances to all CAIR NO_x ozone season units under section 1(a)(1) of this rule as follows:

(1) For the control period in 2009, the CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances are the 2009 ozone season allowances issued under 326 IAC 10-4-9 that have been recorded by U.S. EPA as of the effective date of this rule.

(2) For each control period in 2010 and thereafter, the department shall allocate to all CAIR NO_x ozone season units that have a baseline heat input, as determined under subsection (c), a total amount of CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances as listed in subsection (a)(1), except as provided in subsection (f).

(3) The department shall allocate CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances to each CAIR NO_x ozone season unit under this subsection, except large affected units, in an amount determined by multiplying the total amount of CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances allocated under this subsection by the ratio of the baseline heat input of such CAIR NO_x ozone season unit to the total amount of baseline heat input of all such CAIR NO_x ozone season units and rounding to the nearest whole allowance as appropriate.

(e) The department shall allocate CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances to each large affected unit under section 1(a)(2) of this rule as follows:

(1) For the control period in 2009, the CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances are the 2009 ozone season allowances issued under 326 IAC 10-4-9 that have been recorded by U.S. EPA as of the effective date of this rule.

(2) For the control period in 2010 and thereafter, a fixed CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance allocation to the following large affected units:

	Source	Unit	Allowances
	(A) American Electric Power-Rockport	Auxiliary Boiler 1	2
		Auxiliary Boiler 2	2
	(B) Portside Energy	Auxiliary Boiler 1	50
		Auxiliary Boiler 2	5
		Combustion Turbine	34

(3) For the control period in 2010 and thereafter, all large affected units that commenced operation before January 1, 2001, and not identified in subdivision (2), CAIR ozone season NO_x allowances will be allocated as follows:

(A) The target NO_x emission rate for purposes of allowance allocation for all large affected units that commenced operation before January 1, 2001, shall be as follows:

	Source	Target NOx Emission Rate (lb NOx/MMBtu)
	(i) BP Whiting Business (units 1SPS13, 1SPS14, 1SPS15, 1SPS16, 1SPS17, 3SPS31, 3SPS32, 3SPS33, 3SPS34, 3SPS36)	0.184
	(ii) C.C. Perry Steam (units 11, 13, 14)	0.17
	(iii) C.C. Perry Steam (unit 12)	0.368
	(iv) C.C. Perry Steam (units 15, 16)	0.240
	(v) Mittal Steel Indiana Harbor (units 211, 212, 213, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 501, 502, 503)	0.17
	(vi) New Energy (unit U400)	0.24
	(vii) Purdue University (units 1, 2)	0.24
	(viii) Purdue University (unit 3)	0.17
	(ix) Purdue University (unit 5)	0.24
	(x) U.S. Steel - Gary Works (units 701 B1, B2, B3)	0.09
	(xi) U.S. Steel - Gary Works (units 701 B5)	0.08
	(xii) U.S. Steel - Gary Works (units 701 B6)	0.05
	(xiii) U.S. Steel - Gary Works (units 720 B1, B2, B3)	0.06
	(xiv) Warrick (units 1, 2, 3)	0.28

(B) The maximum design heat input based NO_x rate allocation shall be the product of the design heat input (Design HI), in million British thermal units per hour (MMBtu/hr), multiplied by three thousand six hundred seventy-two (3,672) hours multiplied by the target NO_x emission rate in clause (A), in pounds per million British thermal units (lb/MMBtu), multiplied by fifty percent (50%), and divided by two thousand (2,000). The Design HI, in million British thermal units per hour (MMBtu/hr), shall be the value supplied to the U.S. EPA in the RT504 field of the quarterly electronic data report (EDR) as required in section 11 of this rule or equivalent quality assured and certified data.

(C) The actual heat input based NO_x rate allocation shall be the product of the actual control period heat input multiplied by the target NO_x emission rate in clause (A) divided by two thousand (2,000) where:

(i) the unit's actual control period heat input shall be determined using one hundred twenty percent (120%) of the highest actual control period heat input recorded in:

(AA) the years 2000 through 2005 for an allocation under subsection (b)(1)(A); and

(BB) the eight (8) years before the year the CAIR NO_x ozone season allocation is being calculated under subsection (b)(1)(B); and

(ii) actual control period heat input shall be based on the best available data for each control period reported in accordance with section 11 of this rule and 40 CFR Part 75* or for control periods prior to 2008 certified accurate by a responsible official in accordance with 326 IAC 2-7-4(f).

(D) The total ozone season CAIR NO_x allocation shall be the sum of the maximum design heat input based NO_x rate allocation and actual heat input based NO_x rate allocation.

(E) If the initial total number of NO_x allowances allocated to all large affected units for a control period under this subsection does not equal the amount under subsection (a)(1)(B), the department shall adjust the total number of NO_x allowances allocated to all large affected units for the control period under this subdivision so that the total number of NO_x allowances allocated equals the amount under subsection (a)(1)(B) minus the allocations under subdivision (2). This adjustment shall be made by:

(i) multiplying each unit's allocation by the amount under subsection (a)(1)(B) minus the amounts allocated in subdivision (2); and

(ii) dividing by the total number of NO_x allowances allocated under this subdivision, and rounding to the nearest whole NO_x allowance, as appropriate.

(f) For each control period in 2009 and thereafter, the department shall allocate CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances to CAIR NO_x ozone season units under section 1(a)(1) of this rule that commenced operation on or after January 1, 2001, and do not yet have a baseline heat input, as determined under subsection (c), in accordance with the following procedures:

(1) For CAIR NO_x ozone season units under section 1(a)(1) of this rule, the department shall establish a separate new unit set-aside for each control period equal to two thousand two hundred ninety-eight (2,298) tons for a control period during 2009 through 2014 and one thousand one hundred seventy-eight (1,178) tons for a control period during 2015 and thereafter.

(2) The CAIR designated representative of such a CAIR NO_x ozone season unit may submit to the department a request, in a format specified by the department, to be allocated CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances, starting with the later of the control period in 2009 or the first control period after the control period in which the CAIR NO_x ozone season unit commences commercial operation and until the first control period for which the unit is allocated CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances under subsection (d). A separate CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance allocation request for each control period for which CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances are sought must be submitted on or before February 1 of such control period and after the date on which the CAIR NO_x ozone season unit commences commercial operation.

(3) In a CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance allocation request under subdivision (2), the CAIR designated representative may request for a control period CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances in an amount not exceeding the CAIR NO_x ozone season unit's total tons of NO_x ozone season emissions during the calendar year immediately before such control period.

(4) The department shall review each CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance allocation request under subdivision (2) and shall allocate CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances for each control period pursuant to such request as follows:

(A) The department shall accept an allowance allocation request only if the request meets, or is adjusted by the department as necessary to meet, the requirements of subdivisions (2) and (3).

(B) On or after February 1 of the control period, the department shall determine the sum of the CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances requested, as adjusted under clause (A), in all allowance allocation requests accepted under clause (A) for the control period.

(C) If the amount of CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances in the new unit set-aside for the control period is greater than or equal to the sum under clause (B), then the department shall allocate the amount of CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances requested, as adjusted under clause (A), to each CAIR NO_x ozone season unit covered by an allowance allocation request accepted under clause (A).

(D) If the amount of CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances in the new unit set-aside for the control period is less than the sum under clause (B), then the department shall allocate to each CAIR NO_x ozone season unit covered by an allowance allocation request accepted under clause (A) the amount of the CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances requested, as adjusted under clause (A), multiplied by the amount of CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances in the new unit set-aside for the control period, divided by the sum determined under clause (B), and rounded to the nearest whole allowance as appropriate.

(E) The department shall notify each CAIR designated representative that submitted an allowance allocation request of the amount of CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances, if any, allocated for the control period to the CAIR NO_x ozone season unit covered by the request and submit to U.S. EPA according to section (b)(3).

(g) For each control period in 2009 and thereafter, the department shall allocate CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances to large affected units under section 1(a)(2) of this rule that commenced operation on or after January 1, 2001, in accordance with the following procedures:

(1) For large affected units under section 1(a)(2) of this rule, the department shall establish a separate new unit set-aside for each control period equal to ninety-eight (98) tons in 2009 and four hundred (400) tons in 2010 and thereafter.

(2) The CAIR designated representative of such a CAIR NO_x ozone season unit may submit to the department a request, in a format specified by the department, to be allocated CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances, starting with the later of the control period in 2009 or the first control period after the control period in which the CAIR NO_x ozone season unit commences commercial operation and until the first control period for which the unit is allocated CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances under subsection (e). A separate CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance allocation request for each control period for which CAIR NO_x allowances are sought must be submitted on or before February 1 of such control period and after the date on which the CAIR NO_x ozone season unit commences commercial operation.

(3) In a CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance allocation request under subdivision (2), the CAIR designated representative may request for a control period CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances in an amount not exceeding the following for determining the total ozone season CAIR NO_x allocation:

(A) The target NO_x emission rate for allowance allocation purposes for units that commence operation on or after January 1, 2001, shall be determined as the lesser of seventeen-hundredths (0.17) lb/MMBtu or the federally enforceable limit on NO_x emissions found in any applicable permit or rule for the emissions unit, except that a combined heat and power unit with an overall rated energy efficiency of sixty percent (60%) or higher may request allowances based on seventeen-hundredths (0.17) lb/MMBtu notwithstanding the allowable emission rate.

(B) The maximum design heat input based NO_x rate allocation shall be the product of the design heat input (Design HI), in million British thermal units per hour (MMBtu/hr), multiplied by three thousand six hundred seventy-two (3,672) hours multiplied by the target NO_x emission rate in clause (A), pound per million British thermal units per hour (lb/MMBtu), multiplied by fifty percent (50%), and divided by two thousand (2,000). The Design HI, in million British thermal units per hour (MMBtu/hr), shall be the value supplied to the U.S. EPA in the RT504 field of the quarterly electronic data report (EDR) as required in section 11 of this rule or equivalent quality assured and certified data.

(C) The actual heat input based NO_x rate allocation shall be the product of the actual control period heat input multiplied by the target NO_x emission rate in clause (A) divided by two thousand (2,000) where:

(i) the unit's actual control period heat input shall be determined using one hundred twenty percent (120%) of the highest actual control period heat input recorded in the calendar years, since the startup of the unit, immediately preceding the allocation year, not to exceed eight (8) years; and

(ii) actual control period heat input shall be based on the best available data for each control period reported in accordance with section 11 of this rule and 40 CFR Part 75*.

(D) The total ozone season CAIR NO_x allocation that may be requested shall be the sum of the maximum design heat input based NO_x rate allocation and actual heat input based NO_x rate allocation.

(4) The department shall review each CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance allocation request under subdivision (2) and shall allocate CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances for each control period pursuant to such request as follows:

(A) The department shall accept an allowance allocation request only if the request meets, or is adjusted by the department as necessary to meet, the requirements of subdivisions (2) and (3).

(B) On or after February 1 of the control period, the department shall determine the sum of the CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances requested, as adjusted under clause (A), in all allowance allocation requests accepted under clause (A) for the control period.

(C) If the amount of CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances in the new unit set-aside for the control period is greater than or equal to the sum under clause (B), then the department shall allocate the amount of CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances requested, as adjusted under clause (A), to each CAIR NO_x ozone season unit covered by an allowance allocation request accepted under clause (A).

(D) If the new unit set-aside for the control period for which NO_x allowances are requested has an amount of NO_x allowances less than the number requested, as adjusted under clause (A), but the energy efficiency and renewable energy allocation set-aside or hardship set-aside for large affected units is under-subscribed, the department shall allocate the amount of the NO_x allowances requested with the difference allocated from the energy efficiency and renewable energy allocation or hardship set-aside.

(E) If the new unit set-aside for the control period for which NO_x allowances are requested has an amount of NO_x allowances less than the number requested, as adjusted under clause (A), and the energy efficiency and renewable energy allocation set-aside or hardship set-aside for large affected units is over-subscribed, the department shall allocate the allocation set-aside on a pro rata basis, multiplied by the amount of CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances in the new unit set-aside for the control period, divided by the sum determined under clause (B), and rounded to the nearest whole allowance as appropriate.

(F) The department shall notify each CAIR designated representative that submitted an allowance allocation request of the amount of CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances, if any, allocated for the control period to the CAIR NO_x ozone season unit covered by the request.

(5) Large affected units commencing operation after January 1, 2001, and allocated allowances under this subsection shall be eligible to receive allowances from the new unit set-aside until allocated allowances in accordance with the provisions of subsection (e). The inventory of sources in subsection (e) shall be updated prior to the allowance allocations in calendar year 2008 (for compliance years 2015-2020), in calendar year 2014 (for compliance years 2021-2026) and every six (6) years thereafter.

(h) If, after completion of the procedures under subsections (f), (g), and (i) for a control period, any unallocated CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances remain in a new unit set-aside for the control period, the department shall allocate to each CAIR NO_x ozone season unit that was allocated CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances under subsection (d) an amount of CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances equal to the following:

(1) For CAIR NO_x units under section 1(a)(1), the total amount of such remaining unallocated CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances, multiplied by the unit's allocation under subsection (d), divided by forty-three thousand six hundred fifty-four (43,654) for a control period during 2009 through 2014, and thirty-eight thousand ninety-five (38,095) for a control period during 2015 and thereafter.

(2) For large affected units, the total amount of such remaining unallocated CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances, multiplied by the unit's allocation under subsection (d), divided by eight thousand five hundred sixty-four (8,564) in 2009 and eight thousand seven hundred twenty-seven (8,727) in 2010 and thereafter.

(i) For projects that reduce NO_x emissions through the implementation of energy efficiency or renewable energy measures, or both, implemented during a control period beginning May 1, 2009, the department shall allocate NO_x allowances in accordance with the following procedures:

(1) The energy efficiency and renewable energy allocation set-aside shall be allocated NO_x allowances equal to one thousand one hundred fifteen (1,115) tons in 2009 and five hundred (500) tons in 2010 and thereafter.

(2) Any person may submit to the department a request, in writing, or in a format specified by the department, for NO_x allowances as follows:

(A) Sponsors of energy efficiency or renewable energy projects in section 2(38)(A) 2(40)(A) through 2(38)(H) 2(40)(H) of this rule may request the reservation of NO_x allowances, for one (1) control period in which the project is implemented. Project sponsors may reapply each year, not to exceed five (5) control periods for energy efficiency projects in sections 2(38)(A), 2(38)(B), 2(38)(E), 2(40)(A), 2(40)(B), 2(40)(E), and 2(38)(F) 2(40)(F) of this rule and for an unlimited number of years for projects in sections 2(38)(C), 2(38)(D), 2(40)(C), 2(40)(D), and 2(38)(H) 2(40)(H) of this rule. Requests for allowances may be made for projects implemented two (2) years before the effective date of this rule. Projects must equal at least one (1) ton of NO_x emissions and multiple projects may be aggregated into one (1) allowance allocation request to equal one (1) or more tons of NO_x emissions.

(B) The NO_x allowance allocation request must be submitted by May 1 of the calendar year for which the NO_x allowance allocation is requested.

(C) The NO_x allowance allocation request for an integrated gasification combined cycle project under section 2(38)(G) 2(40)(G) of this rule must be submitted by May 1 of the calendar year for which the NO_x allowance allocation is requested and after the date on which the department issues a permit to construct the CAIR NO_x unit. For integrated gasification combined cycle projects, project sponsors may request the reservation of NO_x allowances, based on the number of kilowatt hours of electricity generated based on an eighty-five percent (85%) capacity factor and expected heat rate of the unit. Project sponsors may reapply each year, not to exceed five (5) control periods. Requests for allowances may be made only for integrated gasification combined cycle projects which first start commercial operations in 2009 and beyond.

(3) In a NO_x allowance allocation request made under this subsection, the CAIR designated representative may request for a control period, NO_x allowances not to exceed the following:

(A) Projects in section 2(38)(A) 2(40)(A) of this rule that claim allowances based upon reductions in the consumption of electricity and that are sponsored by end-users or nonutility third parties receive allowances based upon the number of kilowatt hours of electricity saved during a control period and the following formula:

Allowances = (kWS × 0.0015)/2,000

Where:	Allowances	=	The number of allowances awarded to a project sponsor.
	kWS	=	The number of kilowatt hours of electricity saved during an ozone control period by the project.

(B) Projects in section 2(38)(A) 2(40)(A) of this rule that claim allowances based upon reductions in the consumption of electricity and that are sponsored by electric generating units shall be awarded allowances according to the following formula:

Allowances = (kWS × 0.00075/2,000)

Where:	Allowances	=	The number of allowances awarded to a project sponsor.
	kWS	=	The number of kilowatt hours of electricity saved during an ozone control period by the project.

(C) Projects in section 2(38)(A) 2(40)(A) of this rule that claim allowances based upon reductions in the consumption of energy other than electricity and that are not CAIR NO_x ozone season units shall be awarded allowances according to the following formula:

Allowances = (((Et1/Pt1) - (Et2/Pt2)) × Pt2 × NPt2 × (NPt1/NPt2))/2,000

Where:	Allowances	=	The number of allowances awarded to a project sponsor.
	Et1	=	Energy consumed per ozone control period before project implementation.
	Pt1	=	Units of product produced per ozone control period before project implementation.
	Et2	=	Energy consumed in the most recent ozone control period.
	Pt2	=	Units of product produced in the most recent ozone control period.
	NPt1	=	NOx produced during the consumption of energy, measured in pounds per million British thermal units before project implementation.
	NPt2	=	NOx produced during the consumption of energy, measured in pounds per million British thermal units in the most recent ozone control period.

(D) Projects in section 2(38)(A) 2(40)(A) of this rule that claim allowances based upon reductions in the consumption of energy other than electricity and that are CAIR NO_x ozone season units shall be awarded allowances according to the following formula:

Allowances = (((Et1/Pt1) - (Et2/Pt2)) × Pt2 × NPt2 × (NPt1/NPt2) × 0.5)/2,000

Where:	Allowances	=	The number of allowances awarded to a project sponsor.
	Et1	=	Energy consumed per ozone control period before project implementation.
	Pt1	=	Units of product produced per ozone control period before project implementation.
	Et2	=	Energy consumed in the most recent ozone control period.
	Pt2	=	Units of product produced in the most recent ozone control period.
	NPt1	=	NOx produced during the production process, measured in pounds per million British thermal units before project implementation.
	NPt2	=	NOx produced during the production process, measured in pounds per million British thermal units in the most recent ozone control period.

Product produced, as used in the formulas in this clause and clause (C), may include manufactured items; raw, intermediate, or final materials; or other products measured in discrete units and produced as a result of the consumption of energy in a specific process or piece of equipment. Claims for allowances must include documentation of NO_x emissions per British thermal unit both before and after implementation of the project for the energy-consuming process for which energy savings are claimed.

(E) Projects in section 2(38)(B) 2(40)(B) of this rule that claim allowances based upon highly efficient electricity generation using systems such as combined cycle, microturbines, and fuel cell systems for the predominant use of a single end user, that meet the thresholds specified in section 2(38)(B) 2(40)(B) of this rule, that are not CAIR NO_x ozone season units under section 1 of this rule or large affected units as defined in section 2 of this rule, and that are sponsored by end-users or nonutility third parties, receive allowances based upon the net amount of electricity generated during a control period and the following formula:

Allowances = (kWG × (0.0015 - NO_x ))/2,000

Where:	Allowances	=	The number of allowances awarded to a project sponsor.
	kWG	=	The number of net kilowatt hours of electricity generated during an ozone control period by the project.
	NOx	=	The amount of NOx produced during the generation of electricity, measured in pounds per kilowatt hour.

(F) Projects in section 2(38)(B) 2(40)(B) of this rule that claim allowances based upon highly efficient combined heat and power systems for the predominant use of a single end user, that meet the thresholds specified in section 2(38)(B) 2(40)(B) of this rule, that are not CAIR NO_x ozone season units under section 1 of this rule or large affected units as defined in section 2 of this rule, and that are sponsored by end-users or nonutility third parties, receive allowances based upon the net amount of energy generated and used during an ozone control period and the following formula:

Allowances = (NO_x conventional - NO_x CHP)/2,000

Where:	Allowances	=	The number of allowances awarded to a project sponsor.
	NOx conventional	=	[(0.15 × 3,412 × kWG / 0.34) + (0.17 × HeatOut / 0.8)] / 1,000,000
	NOx CHP	=	(BtuIn × NOxRate)/1,000,000
	Where:		kWG = The number of net kilowatt hours of electricity generated during an ozone control period by the project.
			HeatOut = The number of British thermal units (Btu) of heat or steam effectively used for space, water, or industrial process heat during an ozone control period by the project.
			NOxRate = NOx emitted during normal system operation by the project, measured in pounds per million Btu of fuel input.
			BtuIn = The number of British thermal units (Btu) of fuel used to produce electricity, heat, or steam during an ozone control period by the project.

(G) Projects in section 2(38)(B) 2(40)(B) and 2(38)(G) 2(40)(G) of this rule receive allowances based upon the number of kilowatt hours of electricity each project generates during an ozone control period. Highly efficient electricity generation projects using systems such as combined cycle, microturbines, and fuel cell systems for the predominant use of a single end user, that meet a rated energy efficiency threshold of sixty percent (60%) for combined cycle systems and forty percent (40%) for microturbines and fuel cells; or integrated gasification combined cycle, and that are sponsored by NO_x allowance account holders that own or operate units that produce electricity and are subject to the emission limitations of this rule receive allowances based upon the net amount of electricity generated during an ozone control period and the following formula:

Allowances = (kWG × (0.0015 - NO_x) × 0.5)/2,000

Where:	Allowances	=	The number of allowances awarded to a project sponsor.
	kWG	=	The number of net kilowatt hours of electricity generated during an ozone control period by the project.
	NOx	=	The amount of NOx produced during the generation of electricity, measured in pounds per kilowatt hour.

(H) Projects in section 2(38)(C) 2(40)(C) and 2(38)(D) 2(40)(D) of this rule receive allowances based upon the number of kilowatt hours of electricity each project generates during an ozone control period and according to the following formula:

Allowances = (kWG × 0.0015)/2,000

Where:	Allowances	=	The number of allowances awarded to a project sponsor.
	kWG	=	The number of kilowatt hours of electricity generated during an ozone control period by the project.

(I) Projects in section 2(38)(E), 2(38)(G), and 2(38)(F) 2(40)(E) through 2(40)(G) of this rule receive allowances based upon the difference in emitted NO_x per megawatt hour of operation for units before and after replacement or improvement and according to the following formula:

Allowances = ((Et1 - Et2) × h) × 0.5)/2,000

Where:	Allowances	=	The number of allowances awarded to a project sponsor.
	Et1	=	The emission rate in pounds per megawatt hour of NOx of the unit before improvement or replacement.
	Et2	=	The emission rate in pounds per megawatt hour of NOx of the unit after improvement or replacement.
	h	=	The number of megawatt hours of operation during the ozone control period.

(J) Projects in section 2(38)(A) 2(40)(A) of this rule that claim allowances based upon reductions in the consumption of electricity and that are large affected units shall be awarded allowances according to the following formula:

Allowances = (kWS × NO_x × 0.5)/2,000)

Where:	Allowances	=	The number of allowances awarded to a project sponsor.
	kWS	=	The number of kilowatt hours of electricity saved during an ozone control period by the project.
	NOx	=	The amount of NOx produced during the generation of electricity, measured in pounds per kilowatt hour.

(K) Projects in section 2(38)(A) 2(40)(A) of this rule based upon energy efficiency other than electricity savings shall be awarded allowances according to the following formula:

Allowances = (NO_x Rate × HeatOut / 0.8)/1,000,000/2,000

Where:	Allowances	=	The number of allowances awarded to a project sponsor.
	NOx Rate	=	0.17 lb/MMBtu or the actual NOx emission rate, whichever is greater.
	HeatOut	=	The number of British thermal units (Btu) of heat or steam effectively used for space, water, or industrial process heat during an ozone control period by the project.

(L) Projects in section 2(38)(H) 2(40)(H) of this rule using renewable energy to displace coal, natural gas, or oil combustion and reduce NO_x emissions shall be awarded allowances according to the following formula:

Allowances = ((0.17 × Fuel-Input)/1,000,000)/2,000

Where:	Allowances	=	The number of allowances awarded to a project sponsor.
	Fuel-Input	=	The amount of heat input, in Btu, from the renewable energy.

(M) Projects in section 2(38)(B) 2(40)(B) of this rule that claim allowances based upon highly efficient combined heat and power systems for the predominant use of a single end user, that meet the thresholds specified in section 2(38)(B) 2(40)(B) of this rule, that are large affected units as defined in section 2 of this rule, receive allowances based upon the net amount of energy generated and used during an ozone control period and the following formula:

Allowances = ((NO_x conventional - NO_x CHP)/2,000) × 0.5

Where:	Allowances	=	The number of allowances awarded to a project sponsor.
	NOx conventional	=	[(0.15 × 3,412 × kWG / 0.34) + (0.17 × HeatOut / 0.8)] / 1,000,000
	NOx CHP	=	(BtuIn × NOxRate)/1,000,000
	Where:		kWG = The number of net kilowatt hours of electricity generated during an ozone control period by the project.
			HeatOut = The number of British thermal units (Btu) of heat or steam effectively used for space, water, or industrial process heat during an ozone control period by the project.
			NOxRate = NOx emitted during normal system operation by the project, measured in pounds per million Btu of fuel input.
			BtuIn = The number of British thermal units (Btu) of fuel used to produce electricity, heat, or steam during an ozone control period by the project.

(4) The department shall review, and reserve CAIR NO_x allowances pursuant to, each allowance allocation request by July 31 each year as follows:

(A) Upon receipt of the NO_x allowance allocation request, the department shall make any necessary adjustments to the request to ensure that the number of allowances specified in the request is consistent with the requirements of subdivision (3).

(B) If the energy efficiency and renewable energy allocation set-aside for the control period for which NO_x allowances are requested has an amount of NO_x allowances greater than or equal to the number requested, as adjusted under clause (A), the department shall reserve the amount of the NO_x allowances requested, as adjusted under clause (A), to the energy efficiency and renewable energy projects.

(C) If the energy efficiency and renewable energy allocation set-aside for the ozone control period for which NO_x allowances are requested has an amount of NO_x allowances less than the number requested, as adjusted under clause (A), but the new unit set-aside or hardship set-aside for large affected units is under-subscribed, the department shall reserve the amount of the NO_x allowances requested with the difference reserved from the new unit or hardship set-aside.

(D) If the energy efficiency and renewable energy allocation set-aside for the ozone control period for which NO_x allowances are requested has an amount of NO_x allowances less than the number requested, as adjusted under clause (A), and the new unit set-aside and hardship set-aside for large affected units are over-subscribed, the department shall reserve the allocation set-aside on a pro rata basis, except that allowances requested for projects under section 2(38)(A), 2(38)(C), 2(38)(D), 2(40)(A), 2(40)(C), 2(40)(D), and 2(38)(H) 2(40)(H) of this rule shall be reserved first, reserved for projects under section 2(38)(B) 2(40)(B) and 2(38)(G) 2(40)(G) of this rule second, reserved for projects under section 2(38)(E) 2(40)(E) of this rule third, and reserved for projects under section 2(38)(F) 2(40)(F) of this rule fourth.

(E) Any unreserved allowances shall be distributed as follows:

(i) Fifty percent (50%) of the unreserved allowances shall be retained by the state to fund a grant program for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. The grant program projects do not need to meet the one (1) tons of NO_x emissions for singular or aggregated projects under subdivision (2). The unreserved NO_x allowances shall be deposited in a general allowance account established in accordance with this rule by the Indiana office of energy and defense development in accordance with the allowance allocation requirements of this rule, subject to the following:

(AA) The Indiana office of energy and defense development shall deposit revenue from the sale of unreserved NO_x allowances in a dedicated general NO_x account established by these rules this rule used exclusively to provide matching grant funds for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects, including, but not limited to, the purchase and installation of alternative energy systems and programs to support energy efficiency projects.

(BB) The Indiana office of energy and defense development shall hold the unreserved NO_x allowances in a general NO_x account until such time that project(s) are approved for grant funding, at which time NO_x allowances shall be sold to provide cash dollars for the grant funding.

(CC) Revenue from the sale of unreserved NO_x allowances held by the state of Indiana through the Indiana office of energy and defense development shall not revert to the state general fund, and shall only be used to provide matching grant funds for the installation of energy efficiency and renewable energy projects as defined in this subsection.

(DD) Effective November 1, 2009, and annually thereafter, the Indiana office of energy and defense development shall provide a report to the commissioner and the air pollution control board regarding the allowance transaction activity and the distribution and the balance of the matching grant funds for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects during that period. At a minimum, the report shall contain the following:

(aa) The number of NO_x allowances currently held in general NO_x account(s) by the Indiana office of energy and defense development.

(bb) A summary of transactions in the market, including the date(s) of transactions, the number of allowances transacted, and the distribution of proceeds from transactions (including brokerage fees).

(cc) The distribution of grant funding by recipient.

(dd) A full description of type of project(s) funded.

(ee) A summary of the benefits of each project.

(EE) If at any time after November 1, 2009, the total number of unreserved ozone season NO_x allowances held by the Indiana office of energy and defense development is greater than five hundred (500) tons, fifty percent (50%) of the total amount of NO_x allowances shall be returned to the department for redistribution to existing large affected units on a pro rata basis.

(ii) Fifty percent (50%) of the unreserved allowances shall be returned to existing large affected units on a pro rata basis.

(5) After the completion of the control period for which CAIR ozone season NO_x allowances had been reserved, the project sponsor shall submit the results of the actual savings or generation by October 31 of that year. Allowances shall be awarded only after verification of project implementation and certification of energy, emission, or electricity savings, as appropriate. The department shall consult the Indiana office of energy and defense development concerning verification and certification.

(6) The department shall allocate the appropriate amount of CAIR NO_x allowances based on the review of the submittal of actual savings or generation results under subdivision (5) and notify the CAIR NO_x designated representative that submitted the request and the U.S. EPA of the number of NO_x allowances allocated for the control period by March 31 of each year. Any person to whom the department allocates NO_x allowances shall establish a general account under section 9(b) of this rule.

(j) The department shall make available CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances from the hardship set-aside for large affected units under section 1(a)(2) of this rule. The amount of CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances in the set-aside shall equal one hundred fifty (150) tons in 2010 and thereafter. The department shall allocate CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances as follows:

(1) The CAIR NO_x designated representative shall submit a request by May 1 of the year for which CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances are needed that includes the following:

(A) A demonstration that compliance with this rule absent hardship allowances could pose an unacceptable risk either to the source's own operation or its associated industry.

(B) A demonstration that the cost of compliance with the requirements in this rule will not be cost-effective without an allocation of hardship allowances. The owner or operator can show that it meets this cost factor if the unit's average cost of seasonal compliance with requirements in this rule will exceed two thousand four hundred dollars ($2,400) per ton of NO_x reduced. Such a showing can be based on cost methodology assessments or engineering studies which are reliably indicative of NO_x compliance costs for these entities, including data produced through the use of the U.S. EPA Air Pollution Control Cost Manual.

(2) If the hardship set-aside for the control period for which NO_x ozone season allowances are requested has an amount of NO_x allowances less than the number requested, but the energy efficiency and renewable energy allocation set-aside or new unit set-aside for large affected units is under-subscribed, the department shall allocate the amount of the NO_x ozone season allowances requested with the difference allocated from the energy efficiency and renewable energy allocation or new unit set-aside.

(3) If the hardship set-aside for the control period for which NO_x ozone season allowances are requested has an amount of NO_x allowances less than the number requested and the energy efficiency and renewable energy set-aside or new unit set-aside for large affected units is over-subscribed, the department shall allocate NO_x allowances from the hardship set-aside on a pro rata basis.

(4) Any unallocated allowances shall be distributed to existing large affected units on a pro rata basis.

(5) Any transfer of allowances under this subsection shall be submitted to U.S. EPA by July 31 of each year.

*These documents are incorporated by reference. Copies may be obtained from the Government Printing Office, 732 North Capitol Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20401 or are available for review and copying at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Office of Air Quality, Indiana Government Center-North, Tenth Floor, 100 North Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204.

(Air Pollution Control Board; 326 IAC 24-3-8; filed Jan 26, 2007, 10:25 a.m.: 20070221-IR-326050117FRA; filed May 12, 2009, 11:16 a.m.: 20090610-IR-326080005FRA)

SECTION 14. 326 IAC 24-3-9 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

326 IAC 24-3-9 CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance tracking system

Authority: IC 13-14-8; IC 13-17-3-4; IC 13-17-3-11

Affected: IC 13-15; IC 13-17

Sec. 9. (a) Except as provided in section 12(f)(7) of this rule, upon receipt of a complete certificate of representation under section 6(h) of this rule, the U.S. EPA will establish a compliance account for the CAIR NO_x ozone season source for which the certificate of representation was submitted unless the source already has a compliance account.

(b) Any person may apply to open a general account for the purpose of holding and transferring CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances. An application for a general account may designate one (1) and only one (1) CAIR authorized account representative and one (1) and only one (1) alternate CAIR authorized account representative who may act on behalf of the CAIR authorized account representative. The agreement by which the alternate CAIR authorized account representative is selected shall include a procedure for authorizing the alternate CAIR authorized account representative to act in lieu of the CAIR authorized account representative. The establishment of the general account shall be subject to the following:

(1) A complete application for a general account shall be submitted to the U.S. EPA and shall include the following elements in a format prescribed by the U.S. EPA:

(A) The following information concerning the CAIR authorized account representative and any alternate CAIR authorized account representative:

(i) Name.

(ii) Mailing address.

(iii) E-mail address, if any.

(iv) Telephone number.

(v) Facsimile transmission number, if any.

(B) Organization name and type of organization, if applicable.

(C) A list of all persons subject to a binding agreement for the CAIR authorized account representative and any alternate CAIR authorized account representative to represent their ownership interest with respect to the CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances held in the general account.

(D) The following certification statement by the CAIR authorized account representative and any alternate CAIR authorized account representative: "I certify that I was selected as the CAIR authorized account representative or the alternate CAIR authorized account representative, as applicable, by an agreement that is binding on all persons who have an ownership interest with respect to CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances held in the general account. I certify that I have all the necessary authority to carry out my duties and responsibilities under the CAIR NO_x ozone season trading program on behalf of such persons and that each such person shall be fully bound by my representations, actions, inactions, or submissions and by any order or decision issued to me by the U.S. EPA or a court regarding the general account.".

(E) The signature of the CAIR authorized account representative and any alternate CAIR authorized account representative and the dates signed.

(F) Unless otherwise required by the department or the U.S. EPA, documents of agreement referred to in the application for a general account shall not be submitted to the department or the U.S. EPA. Neither the department nor the U.S. EPA shall be under any obligation to review or evaluate the sufficiency of such documents, if submitted.

(2) Upon receipt by the U.S. EPA of a complete application for a general account under subdivision (1), the following shall apply:

(A) The U.S. EPA will establish a general account for the person or persons for whom the application is submitted.

(B) The CAIR authorized account representative and any alternate CAIR authorized account representative for the general account shall represent and, by his or her representations, actions, inactions, or submissions, legally bind each person who has an ownership interest with respect to CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances held in the general account in all matters pertaining to the CAIR NO_x ozone season trading program, notwithstanding any agreement between the CAIR authorized account representative or any alternate CAIR authorized account representative and such person. Any such person shall be bound by any order or decision issued to the CAIR authorized account representative or any alternate CAIR authorized account representative by the U.S. EPA or a court regarding the general account.

(C) Any representation, action, inaction, or submission by any alternate CAIR authorized account representative shall be deemed to be a representation, action, inaction, or submission by the CAIR authorized account representative.

(D) Each submission concerning the general account shall be submitted, signed, and certified by the CAIR authorized account representative or any alternate CAIR authorized account representative for the persons having an ownership interest with respect to CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances held in the general account. Each such submission shall include the following certification statement by the CAIR authorized account representative or any alternate CAIR authorized account representative: "I am authorized to make this submission on behalf of the persons having an ownership interest with respect to the CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances held in the general account. 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 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.".

(E) The U.S. EPA will accept or act on a submission concerning the general account only if the submission has been made, signed, and certified in accordance with clause (D).

(3) The following shall apply to changing the CAIR authorized account representative or alternate CAIR authorized account representative, and changes in persons with ownership interest:

(A) The CAIR authorized account representative for a general account may be changed at any time upon receipt by the U.S. EPA of a superseding complete application for a general account under subsection (b)(1). Notwithstanding any such change, all representations, actions, inactions, and submissions by the previous CAIR authorized account representative before the time and date when the U.S. EPA receives the superseding application for a general account shall be binding on the new CAIR authorized account representative and the persons with an ownership interest with respect to the CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances in the general account.

(B) The alternate CAIR authorized account representative for a general account may be changed at any time upon receipt by the U.S. EPA of a superseding complete application for a general account under subsection (b)(1). Notwithstanding any such change, all representations, actions, inactions, and submissions by the previous alternate CAIR authorized account representative before the time and date when the U.S. EPA receives the superseding application for a general account shall be binding on the new alternate CAIR authorized account representative and the persons with an ownership interest with respect to the CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances in the general account.

(C) In the event a person having an ownership interest with respect to CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances in the general account is not included in the list of such persons in the application for a general account, such person shall be deemed to be subject to and bound by the application for a general account, the representation, actions, inactions, and submissions of the CAIR authorized account representative and any alternate CAIR authorized account representative of the account, and the decisions and orders of the U.S. EPA or a court, as if the person were included in such list.

(D) Within thirty (30) days following any change in the persons having an ownership interest with respect to CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances in the general account, including the addition of a new person, the CAIR authorized account representative or any alternate CAIR authorized account representative shall submit a revision to the application for a general account amending the list of persons having an ownership interest with respect to the CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances in the general account to include the change.

(4) Once a complete application for a general account under subdivision (1) has been submitted and received, the U.S. EPA will rely on the application unless and until a superseding complete application for a general account under subdivision (1) is received by the U.S. EPA.

(5) Except as provided in subdivision (3)(A) or (3)(B), no objection or other communication submitted to the U.S. EPA concerning the authorization, or any representation, action, inaction, or submission of the CAIR authorized account representative or any alternate CAIR authorized account representative for a general account shall affect any representation, action, inaction, or submission of the CAIR authorized account representative or any alternate CAIR authorized account representative or the finality of any decision or order by the U.S. EPA under the CAIR NO_x ozone season trading program.

(6) The U.S. EPA will not adjudicate any private legal dispute concerning the authorization or any representation, action, inaction, or submission of the CAIR authorized account representative or any alternative CAIR authorized account representative for a general account, including private legal disputes concerning the proceeds of CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance transfers.

(7) The following shall apply to delegation by the CAIR authorized account representative and alternate CAIR authorized account representative:

(A) A CAIR authorized account representative may delegate, to one (1) or more natural persons, his or her authority to make an electronic submission to the U.S. EPA provided for or required under sections 9 and 10 of this rule.

(B) An alternate CAIR authorized account representative may delegate, to one (1) or more natural persons, his or her authority to make an electronic submission to the U.S. EPA provided for or required under sections 9 and 10 of this rule.

(C) In order to delegate authority to make an electronic submission to the U.S. EPA in accordance with clause (A) or (B), the CAIR authorized account representative or the alternate CAIR authorized account representative, as appropriate, must submit to the U.S. EPA a notice of delegation, in a format prescribed by the U.S. EPA, that includes the following elements:

(i) The name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, and facsimile transmission number, if any, of the following:

(AA) The CAIR authorized account representative or alternate CAIR authorized account representative.

(BB) Each natural person, referred to as an "agent".

(ii) For each such natural person, a list of the type or types of electronic submissions under clause (A) or (B) for which authority is delegated to him or her.

(iii) The following certification statements by such CAIR authorized account representative or alternate CAIR authorized account representative:

(AA) "I agree that any electronic submission to the U.S. EPA that is by an agent identified in this notice of delegation and of a type listed for such agent in this notice of delegation and that is made when I am a CAIR authorized account representative or alternate CAIR authorized representative, as appropriate, and before this notice of delegation is superseded by another notice of delegation under 326 IAC 24-3-9(b)(7)(D) shall be deemed to be an electronic submission by me.".

(BB) "Until this notice of delegation is superseded by another notice of delegation under 326 IAC 24-3-9(b)(7)(D), I agree to maintain an e-mail account and to notify the U.S. EPA immediately of any change in my e-mail address unless all delegation of authority by me under 326 IAC 24-3-9(b)(7) is terminated.".

(D) A notice of delegation submitted under clause (C) shall be effective, with regard to the CAIR authorized account representative or alternate CAIR authorized account representative identified in such notice, upon receipt of such notice by the U.S. EPA and until receipt by the U.S. EPA of a superseding notice of delegation submitted by such CAIR authorized account representative or alternate CAIR authorized account representative, as appropriate. The superseding notice of delegation may replace any previously identified agent, add a new agent, or eliminate entirely any delegation of authority.

(E) Any electronic submission covered by the certification in clause (C)(iii)(AA) and made in accordance with a notice of delegation effective under clause (D) shall be deemed to be an electronic submission by the CAIR authorized account representative or alternate CAIR authorized account representative submitting such notice of delegation.

(c) The U.S. EPA will assign a unique identifying number to each account established under subsection (a) or (b).

(d) Following the establishment of a CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance tracking system account, all submissions to the U.S. EPA pertaining to the account, including, but not limited to, submissions concerning the deduction or transfer of CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances in the account, shall be made only by the CAIR authorized account representative for the account.

(e) By September 30, 2007, the U.S. EPA will record in the CAIR NO_x ozone season source's compliance account the CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances allocated for the CAIR NO_x ozone season units at the source, as submitted by the department in accordance with section 8(b)(1)(A) of this rule, for the control periods in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014.

(f) By December 1, 2008, and December 1 every six (6) years thereafter, the U.S. EPA will record in the CAIR NO_x ozone season source's compliance account the CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances allocated for the CAIR NO_x ozone season units at the source, as submitted by the department in accordance with section 8(b)(1)(B) of this rule, for the control periods seven (7), eight (8), nine (9), ten (10), eleven (11), and twelve (12) years after the year of the allowance allocation.

(g) By September 1, 2009, and September 1 of each year thereafter, the U.S. EPA will record in the CAIR NO_x ozone season source's compliance account the CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances allocated for the CAIR NO_x ozone season units at the source, as submitted by the department in accordance with section 8(b)(1)(C) of this rule, for the control period in the year of the applicable deadline for recordation under this subsection.

(h) When recording the allocation of CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances for a CAIR NO_x ozone season unit in a compliance account, the U.S. EPA will assign each CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance a unique identification number that shall include digits identifying the year of the control period for which the CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance is allocated.

(i) The CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances are available to be deducted for compliance with a source's CAIR NO_x ozone season emissions limitation for a control period in a given calendar year only if the CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances:

(1) were allocated for the control period in the year or a prior year; and

(2) are held in the compliance account as of the allowance transfer deadline for the control period or are transferred into the compliance account by a CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance transfer correctly submitted for recordation under section 10(a) through 10(d) of this rule by the allowance transfer deadline for the control period.

(j) The following shall apply to deductions for purposes of compliance with a source's emissions limitation:

(1) Following the recordation, in accordance with section 10(b) and 10(c) of this rule, of CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance transfers submitted for recordation in a source's compliance account by the allowance transfer deadline for a control period, the U.S. EPA will deduct from the compliance account CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances available under subsection (i) in order to determine whether the source meets the CAIR NO_x ozone season emissions limitation for the control period in one (1) of the following ways:

(A) Until the amount of CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances deducted equals the number of tons of total nitrogen oxides emissions, determined in accordance with section 11 of this rule, from all CAIR NO_x ozone season units at the source for the control period.

(B) If there are insufficient CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances to complete the deductions in clause (A), until no more CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances available under subsection (i) remain in the compliance account.

(2) The CAIR authorized account representative for a source's compliance account may request that specific CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances, identified by serial number, in the compliance account be deducted for emissions or excess emissions for a control period in accordance with subdivision (1) or (4). or (5). Such request shall be submitted to the U.S. EPA by the allowance transfer deadline for the control period and include, in a format prescribed by the U.S. EPA, the identification of the CAIR NO_x ozone season source and the appropriate serial numbers.

(3) The U.S. EPA will deduct CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances under subdivision (1) or (4) or (5) from the source's compliance account, in the absence of an identification or in the case of a partial identification of CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances by serial number under subdivision (2), on a first-in, first-out (FIFO) accounting basis in the following order:

(A) Any CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances that were allocated to the units at the source, in the order of recordation.

(B) Any CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances that were allocated to any entity and transferred and recorded in the compliance account under section 10 of this rule, in the order of recordation.

(4) After making the deductions for compliance under subdivision (1) for a control period in a calendar year in which the CAIR NO_x ozone season source has excess emissions, the U.S. EPA will deduct from the source's compliance account an amount of CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances, allocated for the control period in the immediately following calendar year, equal to three (3) times the number of tons of the source's excess emissions.

(5) Any allowance deduction required under subdivision (4) shall not affect the liability of the owners and operators of the CAIR NO_x ozone season source or the CAIR NO_x ozone season units at the source for any fine, penalty, or assessment, or their obligation to comply with any other remedy, for the same violations, as ordered under the Clean Air Act or applicable state law.

(6) The U.S. EPA will record in the appropriate compliance account all deductions from such an account under subdivision subdivisions (1), (4), and (5) and section 12 of this rule.

(7) The U.S. EPA may review and conduct independent audits concerning any §submission under the §CAIR NO_x ozone season trading program and make appropriate adjustments of the information in the submissions.

(8) The U.S. EPA may deduct CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances from or transfer CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances to a source's compliance account based on the information in the submissions, as adjusted under subdivision (7), and record such deductions and transfers.

(k) CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances may be banked for future use or transfer in a compliance account or a general account. Any CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance that is held in a compliance account or a general account shall remain in such account unless and until the CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance is deducted or transferred under subsection (i), (j), or (l) or section 10 or 12 of this rule.

(l) The U.S. EPA may, at its sole discretion and on its own motion, correct any error in any CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance tracking system account. Within ten (10) business days of making such correction, the U.S. EPA will notify the CAIR authorized account representative for the account.

(m) The CAIR authorized account representative of a general account may submit to the U.S. EPA a request to close the account, which shall include a correctly submitted allowance transfer under section 10(a) through 10(d) of this rule for any CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances in the account to one (1) or more other CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance tracking system accounts.

(n) If a general account has no allowance transfers in or out of the account for a twelve (12) month period or longer and does not contain any CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances, the U.S. EPA may notify the CAIR authorized account representative for the account that the account will be closed following twenty (20) business days after the notice is sent. The account will be closed after the twenty (20) day period unless, before the end of the twenty (20) day period, the U.S. EPA receives a correctly submitted transfer of CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances into the account under section 10(a) through 10(d) of this rule or a statement submitted by the CAIR authorized account representative demonstrating to the satisfaction of the U.S. EPA good cause as to why the account should not be closed.

(Air Pollution Control Board; 326 IAC 24-3-9; filed Jan 26, 2007, 10:25 a.m.: 20070221-IR-326050117FRA; filed May 12, 2009, 11:16 a.m.: 20090610-IR-326080005FRA)

SECTION 15. 326 IAC 24-3-12 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

326 IAC 24-3-12 CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in units

Authority: IC 13-14-8; IC 13-17-3-4; IC 13-17-3-11

Affected: IC 13-15; IC 13-17

Sec. 12. (a) A CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit must be a unit that meets the following requirements:

(1) Is located in Indiana.

(2) Is not a CAIR NO_x ozone season unit under section 1 of this rule and is not covered by a retired unit exemption under section 3 of this rule that is in effect.

(3) Is not covered by a retired unit exemption under 40 CFR 72.8* that is in effect.

(4) Has or is required or qualified to have a Part 70 operating permit or other federally enforceable permit.

(5) Vents all of its NO_x emissions to a stack and can meet the monitoring, record keeping, and reporting requirements of section 11 of this rule.

(b) Except as otherwise provided sections 1, 2, 4 through 7, and 9 through 11 of this rule, a CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit shall be treated as a CAIR NO_x ozone season unit for purposes of applying sections of this rule.

(c) Solely for purposes of applying, as provided in this section, the requirements of section 11 of this rule to a unit for which a CAIR opt-in permit application is submitted and not withdrawn and a CAIR opt-in permit is not yet issued or denied under this section, such unit shall be treated as a CAIR NO_x ozone season unit before issuance of a CAIR opt-in permit for such unit.

(d) Any CAIR NO_X opt-in unit, and any unit for which a CAIR opt-in permit application is submitted and not withdrawn and a CAIR opt-in permit is not yet issued or denied under this section, located at the same source as one (1) or more CAIR NO_x ozone season units shall have the same CAIR designated representative and alternate CAIR designated representative as such CAIR NO_x ozone season units.

(e) The CAIR designated representative of a unit meeting the requirements for a CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit in subsection (a) may apply for an initial CAIR opt-in permit at any time, except as provided under subsection (h)(8) and (h)(9), and, in order to apply, must submit the following:

(1) A complete CAIR permit application under section 7(c) of this rule.

(2) A certification, in a format specified by the department, that the unit:

(A) is not a CAIR NO_x ozone season unit under section 1 of this rule and is not covered by a retired unit exemption under section 3 of this rule that is in effect;

(B) is not covered by a retired unit exemption under 40 CFR 72.8* that is in effect;

(C) vents all of its NO_x emissions to a stack; and

(D) has documented heat input for more than eight hundred seventy-six (876) hours during the six (6) months immediately preceding submission of the CAIR permit application under section 7(c) of this rule.

(3) A monitoring plan in accordance with section 11 of this rule.

(4) A complete certificate of representation under section 6(h) of this rule consistent with subsection (d), if no CAIR designated representative has been previously designated for the source that includes the unit.

(5) A statement, in a format specified by the department, whether the CAIR designated representative requests that the unit be allocated CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances under subsection (j)(3) or (j)(4), subject to the conditions in subsections (f)(10) and (h)(8). If allocation under subsection (j)(4) is requested, this statement shall include a statement that the owners and operators of the unit intend to repower the unit before January 1, 2015, and that they will provide, upon request, documentation demonstrating such intent.

The CAIR designated representative of a CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit shall submit a complete CAIR permit application under section 7(c) of this rule to renew the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit permit in accordance with the department's regulations for Part 70 operating permits, or the department's regulations for other federally enforceable permits if applicable, addressing permit renewal. Unless the department issues a notification of acceptance of withdrawal of the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit from the CAIR NO_x ozone season trading program in accordance with subsection (h) or the unit becomes a CAIR NO_x ozone season unit under section 1 of this rule, the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit shall remain subject to the requirements for a CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit, even if the CAIR designated representative for the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit fails to submit a CAIR permit application that is required for renewal of the CAIR opt-in permit.

(f) The department shall issue or deny a CAIR opt-in permit for a unit for which an initial application for a CAIR opt-in permit under subsection (e) is submitted in accordance with the following:

(1) The department and the U.S. EPA will determine, on an interim basis, the sufficiency of the monitoring plan accompanying the initial application for a CAIR opt-in permit under subsection (e). A monitoring plan is sufficient, for purposes of interim review, if the plan appears to contain information demonstrating that the NO_x emissions rate and heat input of the unit and all other applicable parameters are monitored and reported in accordance with section 11 of this rule. A determination of sufficiency shall not be construed as acceptance or approval of the monitoring plan.

(2) If the department and the U.S. EPA determine that the monitoring plan is sufficient under subdivision (1), the owner or operator shall monitor and report the NO_x emissions rate and the heat input of the unit and all other applicable parameters, in accordance with section 11 of this rule, starting on the date of certification of the appropriate monitoring systems under section 11 of this rule and continuing until a CAIR opt-in permit is denied under subdivision (8) or, if a CAIR opt-in permit is issued, the date and time when the unit is withdrawn from the CAIR NO_x ozone season trading program in accordance with subsection (h).

(3) The monitoring and reporting under subdivision (2) shall include the entire control period immediately before the date on which the unit enters the CAIR NO_x ozone season trading program under subdivision (9), during which period monitoring system availability must not be less than ninety percent (90%) under section 11 of this rule and the unit must be in full compliance with any applicable state or federal emissions or emissions-related requirements.

(4) To the extent the NO_x emissions rate and the heat input of the unit are monitored and reported in accordance with section 11 of this rule for one (1) or more control periods, in addition to the control period under subdivision (3), during which control periods monitoring system availability is not less than ninety percent (90%) under section 11 of this rule and the unit is in full compliance with any applicable state or federal emissions or emissions-related requirements and which control periods begin not more than three (3) years before the unit enters the CAIR NO_x ozone season trading program under subdivision (9), such information shall be used as provided in subdivisions (5) and (6).

(5) The unit's baseline heat input shall equal one (1) of the following:

(A) If the unit's NO_x emissions rate and heat input are monitored and reported for only one (1) control period, in accordance with subdivisions (2) and (3), the unit's total heat input, in million British thermal units (MMBtu), for the control period.

(B) If the unit's NO_x emissions rate and heat input are monitored and reported for more than one (1) control period, in accordance with subdivisions (2) through (4), the average of the amounts of the unit's total heat input, in million British thermal units (MMBtu), for the control periods under subdivisions (3) and (4).

(6) The unit's baseline NO_x emission rate shall equal one (1) of the following:

(A) If the unit's NO_x emissions rate and heat input are monitored and reported for only one (1) control period, in accordance with subdivisions (2) and (3), the unit's NO_x emissions rate, in pounds per million British thermal units (lb/MMBtu), for the control period.

(B) If the unit's NO_x emissions rate and heat input are monitored and reported for more than one (1) control period, in accordance with subdivisions (2) through (4), and the unit does not have add-on NO_x emission controls during any such control periods, the average of the amounts of the unit's NO_x emissions rate, in pounds per million British thermal units (lb/MMBtu), for the control periods under subdivisions (3) and (4).

(C) If the unit's NO_x emissions rate and heat input are monitored and reported for more than one (1) control period, in accordance with subdivisions (2) through (4), and the unit has add-on NO_x emission controls during any such control periods, the average of the amounts of the unit's NO_x emissions rate, in pounds per million British thermal units (lb/MMBtu), for such control periods during which the unit has add-on NO_x emission controls.

(7) After calculating the baseline heat input and the baseline NO_x emissions rate for the unit under subdivisions (5) and (6) and if the department determines that the CAIR designated representative shows that the unit meets the requirements for a CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit in subsection (a) and meets the elements certified in subsection (e)(2), the department shall issue a CAIR opt-in permit. The department shall provide a copy of the CAIR opt-in permit to the U.S. EPA, who will then establish a compliance account for the source that includes the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit unless the source already has a compliance account.

(8) Notwithstanding subdivisions (1) through (7), if at any time before issuance of a CAIR opt-in permit for the unit, the department determines that the CAIR designated representative fails to show that the unit meets the requirements for a CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit in subsection (a) or meets the elements certified in subsection (e)(2), the department shall issue a denial of a CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in permit for the unit.

(9) A unit for which an initial CAIR opt-in permit is issued by the department shall become a CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit, and a CAIR NO_x ozone season unit, as of the later of May 1, 2009, or May 1 of the first control period during which such CAIR opt-in permit is issued.

(10) If the CAIR designated representative requests, and the department issues a CAIR opt-in permit providing for, allocation to a CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit of CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances under subsection (j)(4) and such unit is repowered after its date of entry into the CAIR NO_x ozone season trading program under subdivision (9), the repowered unit shall be treated as a CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit replacing the original CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit, as of the date of start-up of the repowered unit's combustion chamber. Notwithstanding subdivisions (5) and (6), as of the date of start-up, the repowered unit shall be deemed to have the same date of commencement of operation, date of commencement of commercial operation, baseline heat input, and baseline NO_x ozone season emission rate as the original CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit, and the original CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit shall no longer be treated as a CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit or a CAIR NO_x ozone season unit.

(g) The following shall apply to the content of each CAIR opt-in permit:

(1) Each opt-in permit shall contain the following:

(A) All elements required for a complete CAIR permit application under section 7(c) of this rule.

(B) The certification in subsection (e)(2).

(C) The unit's baseline heat input under subsection (f)(5).

(D) The unit's baseline NO_x ozone season emission rate under subsection (f)(6).

(E) A statement whether the unit is to be allocated CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances under subsection (j)(3) or (j)(4), subject to the conditions in subsections (f)(10) and (h)(8).

(F) A statement that the unit may withdraw from the CAIR NO_x ozone season trading program only in accordance with subsection (h).

(G) A statement that the unit is subject to, and the owners and operators of the unit must comply with the requirements of subsection (i).

(2) Each CAIR opt-in permit is deemed to incorporate automatically the definitions of terms under section 2 of this rule and, upon recordation by the U.S. EPA under this section and sections 9 and 10 of this rule, every allocation, transfer, or deduction of CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances to or from the compliance account of the source that includes a CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit covered by the CAIR opt-in permit.

(3) The CAIR opt-in permit shall be included, in a format prescribed by the department, in the CAIR permit for the source where the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit is located and in a Part 70 operating permit or FESOP.

(h) The following requirements must be satisfied in order to withdraw an opt-in unit from the CAIR NO_x trading program:

(1) Except as provided under subdivision (8), a CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit may withdraw from the CAIR NO_x ozone season trading program, but only if the department issues a notification to the CAIR designated representative of the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit of the acceptance of the withdrawal of the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit in accordance with subdivision (6).

(2) In order to withdraw a CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit from the CAIR NO_x ozone season trading program, the CAIR designated representative of the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit shall submit to the department a request to withdraw effective as of midnight of September 30 of a specified calendar year, which date must be at least four (4) years after September 30 of the year of entry into the CAIR NO_x ozone season trading program under subsection (f)(9). The request must be submitted not later than ninety (90) days before the requested effective date of withdrawal.

(3) Before a CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit covered by a request under subdivision (1) may withdraw from the CAIR NO_x ozone season trading program and the CAIR opt-in permit may be terminated under subdivision (7), the following conditions must be met:

(A) For the control period ending on the date on which the withdrawal is to be effective, the source that includes the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit must meet the requirement to hold CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances under section 4(c) of this rule and cannot have any excess emissions.

(B) After the requirement for withdrawal under clause (A) is met, the U.S. EPA will deduct from the compliance account of the source that includes the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances equal in amount to and allocated for the same or a prior control period as any CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances allocated to the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit under section 12(j) of this rule for any control period for which the withdrawal is to be effective. If there are no remaining CAIR NO_x ozone season units at the source, the U.S. EPA will close the compliance account, and the owners and operators of the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit may submit a CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance transfer for any remaining CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances to another CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance tracking system in accordance with section 10 of this rule.

(4) After the requirements for withdrawal under subdivisions (2) and (3) are met, including deduction of the full amount of CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances required, the department shall issue a notification to the CAIR designated representative of the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit of the acceptance of the withdrawal of the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit as of midnight on September 30 of the calendar year for which the withdrawal was requested.

(5) If the requirements for withdrawal under subdivisions (2) and (3) are not met, the department shall issue a notification to the CAIR designated representative of the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit that the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit's request to withdraw is denied. Such CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit shall continue to be a CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit.

(6) After the department issues a notification under subdivision (4) that the requirements for withdrawal have been met, the department shall revise the CAIR permit covering the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit to terminate the CAIR opt-in permit for such unit as of the effective date specified under subdivision (4). The unit shall continue to be a CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit until the effective date of the termination and shall comply with all requirements under the CAIR NO_x ozone season trading program concerning any control periods for which the unit is a CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit, even if such requirements arise or must be complied with after the withdrawal takes effect.

(7) If the department denies the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit's request to withdraw, the CAIR designated representative may submit another request to withdraw in accordance with subdivisions (2) and (3).

(8) Notwithstanding subdivisions (1) through (7), a CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit shall not be eligible to withdraw from the CAIR NO_x ozone season trading program if the CAIR designated representative of the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit requests, and the department issues a CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in permit providing for, allocation to the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit of CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances under subsection (j)(4).

(9) Once a CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit withdraws from the CAIR NO_x ozone season trading program and its CAIR opt-in permit is terminated under this section, the CAIR designated representative may not submit another application for a CAIR opt-in permit under subsection (e) for such CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit before the date that is four (4) years after the date on which the withdrawal became effective. Such new application for a CAIR opt-in permit shall be treated as an initial application for a CAIR opt-in permit under subsection (f).

(i) When a CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit becomes a CAIR NO_x ozone season unit under section 1 of this rule, then the CAIR designated representative shall notify in, writing, the department and the U.S. EPA of such change in the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit's regulatory status, within thirty (30) days of such change. If there is a change in the regulatory status, the department and the U.S. EPA will take the following actions concerning the CAIR NO_x opt-in source:

(1) When the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit becomes a CAIR NO_x ozone season unit under section 1 of this rule, the department shall revise the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit's CAIR opt-in permit to meet the requirements of a CAIR permit under section 7(d) and 7(e) of this rule, and remove the CAIR opt-in permit provisions, as of the date on which the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit becomes a CAIR NO_x ozone season unit under section 1 of this rule.

(2) The U.S. EPA will deduct from the compliance account of the source that includes the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit that becomes a CAIR NO_x ozone season unit under section 1 of this rule, CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances equal in amount to, and allocated for, the same or a prior control period as follows:

(A) Any CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances allocated to the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit under subsection (j)(4) for any control period after the date on which the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit becomes a CAIR NO_x ozone season unit under section 1 of this rule.

(B) If the date on which the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit becomes a CAIR NO_x ozone season unit under section 1 of this rule is not September 30, the CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances allocated to the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit under section 12(j) of this rule for the control period that includes the date on which the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit becomes a CAIR NO_x ozone season unit under section 1 of this rule, multiplied by the ratio of the number of days, in the control period, starting with the date on which the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit becomes a CAIR NO_x ozone season unit under section 1 of this rule divided by the total number of days in the control period and rounded to the nearest whole allowance as appropriate.

(3) The CAIR designated representative shall ensure that the compliance account of the source that includes the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit that becomes a CAIR NO_x ozone season unit under section 1 of this rule contains the CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances necessary for completion of the deduction under subdivision (2).

(4) For every control period after the date on which the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit becomes a CAIR NO_x ozone season unit under section 1 of this rule, the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit shall be allocated CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances under section 8(c) of this rule.

(5) Notwithstanding subdivision (4), if the date on which the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit becomes a CAIR NO_x ozone season unit under section 1 of this rule is not January 1, September 30, the following amount of CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances shall be allocated to the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit, as a CAIR NO_x ozone season unit, under section 8(c) of this rule for the control period that includes the date on which the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit becomes a CAIR NO_x ozone season unit under section 1 of this rule:

(A) the amount of CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances otherwise allocated to the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit, as a CAIR NO_x ozone season unit, under section 8(c) of this rule for the control period;

(B) multiplied by the ratio of the number of days, in the control period, starting with the date on which the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit becomes a CAIR NO_x ozone season unit under section 1 of this rule, divided by the total number of days in the control period; and

(C) rounded to the nearest whole allowance, as appropriate.

(j) The department shall allocate CAIR NO_x allowances to CAIR NO_x opt-in sources as follows:

(1) When the CAIR opt-in permit is issued under subsection (f)(7), the department shall allocate CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances to the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit, and submit to the U.S. EPA the allocation for the control period in which a CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit enters the CAIR NO_x ozone season trading program under subsection (f)(9), in accordance with subdivision (3) or (4).

(2) By not later than July 31 of the control period in which a CAIR opt-in unit enters the CAIR NO_x ozone season trading program under subsection (f)(9) and July 31 of each year thereafter, the department shall allocate CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances to the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit, and submit to the U.S. EPA the allocation for the control period that includes such submission deadline and in which the unit is a CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit, in accordance with subdivision (3) or (4).

(3) For each control period for which a CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit is to be allocated CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances, the department shall allocate in accordance with the following procedures:

(A) The heat input, in million British thermal units (MMBtu), used for calculating the CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance allocation shall be the lesser of the following:

(i) The CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit's baseline heat input determined under subsection (f)(5).

(ii) The CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit's heat input, as determined in accordance with section 11 of this rule, for the immediately prior control period, except when the allocation is being calculated for the control period in which the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit enters the CAIR NO_x ozone season trading program under subsection (f)(9).

(B) The NO_x emission rate, in million British thermal units (MMBtu), used for calculating CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance allocations shall be the lesser of the following:

(i) The CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit's baseline NO_x emissions rate, in pounds per million British thermal units (lb/MMBtu), determined under subsection (f)(6) and multiplied by seventy percent (70%).

(ii) The most stringent state or federal NO_x ozone season emissions limitation applicable to the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit at any time during the control period for which CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances are to be allocated.

(C) The department shall allocate CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances to the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit in an amount equaling the heat input under clause (A), multiplied by the NO_x ozone season emission rate under clause (B), divided by two thousand (2,000) pounds per ton, and rounded to the nearest whole allowance as appropriate.

(4) Notwithstanding subdivision (3) and if the CAIR designated representative requests, and the department issues a CAIR opt-in permit (based on a demonstration of the intent to repower stated under subsection (e)(5)) providing for, allocation to a CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit of CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances under this subdivision, subject to the conditions in subsection subsections (f)(10) and subsection (h), the department shall allocate to the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit as follows:

(A) For each control period in 2009 through 2014 for which the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit is to be allocated CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances as follows:

(i) The heat input, in million British thermal units (MMBtu), used for calculating CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance allocations shall be determined as described in subdivision (3)(A).

(ii) The NO_x emission rate, in pounds per million British thermal units (lb/MMBtu), used for calculating CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance allocations shall be the lesser of:

(AA) the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit's baseline NO_x emissions rate, in pounds per million British thermal units (lb/MMBtu), determined under subsection (f)(6); or

(BB) the most stringent state or federal NO_x emissions limitation applicable to the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit at any time during the control period in which the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit enters the CAIR NO_x ozone season trading program under subsection (f)(9).

(iii) The department shall allocate CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances to the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit in an amount equaling the heat input under clause (A)(i), multiplied by the NO_x emission rate under clause (A)(ii), divided by two thousand (2,000) pounds per ton, and rounded to the nearest whole allowance as appropriate.

(B) For each control period in 2015 and thereafter for which the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit is to be allocated CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances as follows:

(i) The heat input, in million British thermal units (MMBtu), used for calculating the CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance allocations shall be determined as described in subdivision (3)(A).

(ii) The NO_x emission rate, in pounds per million British thermal units (lb/MMBtu), used for calculating the CAIR NO_x ozone season allowance allocation shall be the lesser of:

(AA) fifteen-hundredths (0.15) pounds per million British thermal units (lb/MMBtu);

(BB) the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit's baseline NO_x emissions rate, in pounds per million British thermal units (lb/MMBtu), determined under subsection (f)(6); or

(CC) the most stringent state or federal NO_x emissions limitation applicable to the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit at any time during the control period for which CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances are to be allocated.

(iii) The department shall allocate CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances to the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit in an amount equaling the heat input under clause (B)(i), multiplied by the NO_x emission rate under clause (B)(ii), divided by two thousand (2,000) pounds per ton, and rounded to the nearest whole allowance as appropriate.

(5) The U.S. EPA will record, in the compliance account of the source that includes the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit, the CAIR NO_x ozone season allowances allocated by the department to the CAIR NO_x ozone season opt-in unit under subdivision (1).

(6) By September 1 of the control period in which a CAIR opt-in unit enters the CAIR NO_x ozone season trading program under subsection (f)(9) and September 1 of each year thereafter, the U.S. EPA will record, in the compliance account of the source that includes the CAIR NO_x ozone season ozone season opt-in unit, the CAIR NO_x ozone season ozone season allowances allocated by the department to the CAIR NO_x ozone season ozone season opt-in unit under subdivision (2).

*These documents are incorporated by reference. Copies may be obtained from the Government Printing Office, 732 North Capitol Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20401 or are available for review and copying at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Office of Air Quality, Indiana Government Center-North, Tenth Floor, 100 North Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204.

(Air Pollution Control Board; 326 IAC 24-3-12; filed Jan 26, 2007, 10:25 a.m.: 20070221-IR-326050117FRA; errata filed Jan 29, 2007, 2:43 p.m.: 20070221-IR-326050117ACA; filed May 12, 2009, 11:16 a.m.: 20090610-IR-326080005FRA)

LSA Document #08-5(F)

Proposed Rule: 20080528-IR-326080005PRA

Hearing Held: March 4, 2009

Approved by Attorney General: May 8, 2009

Approved by Governor: May 12, 2009

Filed with Publisher: May 12, 2009, 11:16 a.m.

Documents Incorporated by Reference: None Received by Publisher

Small Business Regulatory Coordinator: Christina Lowry, IDEM Compliance and Technical Assistance Program, OPPTA - MC 60-04, 100 North Senate Avenue, W041, Indianapolis, IN 46204-2251, [phone], [e-mail]

Small Business Assistance Program Ombudsman: Megan Tretter, IDEM Small Business Assistance Program Ombudsman, MC 50-01 - IGCN 1307, 100 North Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46204-2251, [phone], [e-mail]

Posted: 06/10/2009 by Legislative Services Agency

DIN: 20090610-IR-326080005FRA

Composed: Nov 01,2016 12:39:57AM EDT

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