BEFORE
    THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION
    CONTROL BOARD
    N Ox
    ENDMENTS TO 35 I
    217
    R06-22
    CE OF
    TO: Mr.
    John "I'. Therriault
    Timothy
    J. Fox, Esc1.
    nt Clerk of the Board
    on Control Board
    Illinois Pollution Control Board
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    CE that I have today filed
    with the Office of the Clerk of
    Board a ENTRY OF APPEARANCE
    OF ALEC M.
    . RIOS, MO
    tfully submitted,
    IS ENVIRONMENTAL
    TORY GROU
    Dated: August
    3,
    2001
    By: /s/ Katherine 17. Hodge
    One of Its Attorneys
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    35 ILL.
    )
    (Rulemaking
    - Air)
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    of
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    Group.
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    I
    THE MATTE
    NOx TRAD
    AMENDMENTS
    TO 35 ILL.
    7
    NOW
    COT
    Rios,
    of
    R06-22
    (Rulemaking
    -
    IVER, and hereby enters
    her appearance in this matter
    on behalf of the Illinois
    onmental
    Regulatory Croup.
    Respectfully submitted,
    (217) 523-4900
    UTION
    CON
    By:
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    BEFORE
    NOx TRADING PROGRAM:
    ENTS TO 35 ILL.
    . CODE PART 217
    LLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    TION
    FOR EMERGENCY RULE
    D
    hereby requests the Illinois Pollut
    111. Admin. Code Part 217,
    Subpart
    OMES the ILLINOIS
    EN
    '), by and through
    its attorneys, Alec M. Davi
    ATORY
    GROUP
    DWYER &
    Control Board ("Board") amend
    35
    to adopt emergency regulations
    as provided i
    -45 of the Illinois
    ates as follows:
    In Illinois, the Gene
    tion and
    ation Plan
    Budget Trading Program for Non-Electric Generating
    Units ("Non-EGUs"
    Section 9.9 of the Act, 415
    ILLS 519.9, and the Trading Program is implemented in
    35
    ogram for Specified
    2.
    The
    current version of Subpart
    wires NOx SIP
    Call
    hold allowances from the United
    States
    Environmental
    Protection Agency ("USEPA")
    INT
    ort
    tion
    o f the Illinois Environmental Pro
    Board's
    11. Admin. Code
    §
    102.6 12,
    -45,
    on Act ("Act"),
    415 ILCS 5/27(c).
    get Trading Program. See 35 Ill. Admire. Code
    §
    217.456(d).

    ly, Section 217.456i(d)
    of Subpart U currently
    states the
    following
    with regard to
    lowance requirements:
    1)
    As of
    November 30 of each year
    the allowance transfer
    deadline, the
    account representative
    of each source subject
    to the requirements
    of this Subpart must
    hold allowances
    available for com171i.anee deductions
    under 40
    CFR. 96 54
    for each
    budget unit at the source
    subject to tlýis Subpart
    in
    the budget
    lmit's compliance accounts,
    or the source's
    overdraft account.
    The number of allowances
    held in these
    accounts shall not be less
    than the total NO, emissions
    for
    the control period (rounded
    to the nearest whole ton), as
    2)
    bject to
    coons for all
    al NO,
    emissions (rounc
    o f the allowance trans
    Compliance wi
    budget units at the
    source s
    malfunction,
    and shut down
    accordance with
    subsection (c) of this
    Section, plus any number
    of allowances necessary
    to
    account for actual utilization
    (e.g., for testing, start-up,
    and 40
    udget un
    among
    allowance accounts in accordance
    with this Subpart
    3)
    Each ton of NO, emitted by a source
    with one or more
    excess of the
    1 period shall constitute a separate
    violation of
    f or
    e ach budget
    unit at the source subject to this Subpart for
    4)
    1n order to comply with the requirements
    of subsection
    (d)(1) of this Section, an allowance may
    not be utilized for
    a control period
    in a year prior to the year for
    which the
    allowance was
    allocated.
    5)
    An allowance
    allocated by the Agency or
    USEPA under the
    7 is a limited authorization
    to emit one
    control
    period in
    ing Program,
    2

    issued or permit applicat
    xemption
    under 40 CFR 96.5 and no
    construed
    to limit the authority of
    authorization.
    the United
    provi
    or limit this
    An allowance allocated by the Agency
    or USEPA and
    Trading Program or pursuant to this Subpart
    does
    constitute
    a property right.
    i by USEPA under 40
    CFR 96, subpart F
    Code
    located is deemed to amend
    automatically
    a part of any budget permit of the budget
    unit.
    tomatic
    amendment o
    by operation of law and will not require
    any further review,
    to or from the source's general
    or overdraft account where
    allowance
    to or from a budget unit'
    or Cr, every allocation, transfer, or deduction of an
    .456(d).
    Illinois industry,
    Section
    217
    allowances for the 2
    217.456(d). In addition, most facilities subject to Subpart U also have NC)x SI
    in their Clean Air Act Permit Program
    ("C
    s
    e
    current version of Subpart U and CAAPP permit requirements remain
    enforceable by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
    ("Illinois
    USEPA, and
    citizen
    groups.
    would no longer i
    to Rule
    ("LAIR") rule
    I allowances after the 2008 ozone season; however,
    1
    Ilinois industry did not know until late in
    3

    December 2008, what the United
    States Court of Appeals for the District
    of Columbia
    would do with the vacatur of the
    LAIR rule. If the LAIR rule
    was
    vacated, the USEPA would have continued
    with
    rogram
    for non-EGUs ceased to exist
    vacated, and therefore,
    remains in place in its final
    form,
    Accordingly, rulemakings continued to move
    forward for the federal
    LAIR
    program for Electric
    Generating Units ("EGUs").
    6.
    after the 2008 ozone season, I-Ioweve
    nois EPA has failed to take any
    action to
    establish a new
    regulatory mechanism for issuing NC)x
    SIP Call allowances to sources
    Subpart U for the 2009 ozone season.
    r
    Illino
    purch;ýýc
    C
    I
    rent version
    of Subpart U, they may
    purchases
    would be deemed in compliance with a requirement
    to hold
    allowances as requ
    SIP Call allowances.
    I
    understands,
    attempted
    to purchase NQx S
    allowances for
    the 2009 ozone season, there may not be enough N(9x
    S all
    allowances on the market to buy without receiving an
    allocation for 2009 from the
    i
    8.
    Should facilities purchase CA
    with their current Subpart
    to comply
    ilities will be unable to
    demonstrate compliance since LAIR compliance accounts
    i

    allowances could be
    distributed do not exist for
    ces
    understanding
    that the USEPA will not establish LAIR compliance
    accounts for
    NOx SI
    budget units until a rule is in place
    at the state level that provides for t
    allocation of CA
    ois
    Non-EGLTs.
    hase of LAIR NOx allowances
    presents an unreasonable hardshi
    for NOx SIP
    Call budget units since sources subject to Subpart
    U
    have
    not planned for
    such
    a
    large
    expen
    Illinois EPA to their
    ve relied on the
    allocation of allowances by the
    bout the imposition of a fee for the allowances. Now,
    because of the Illinois EPA's failure to adopt a rule to bring NOx
    SIP Call budget units
    Ozone Season Trading
    have to
    purchase LAIR allowances, which, as discussed, may not
    be sufficient to
    demon stra
    l 0.
    e comp
    with the current Su
    In addition, those
    anies that are publicly held
    ility on
    Securities and Exchange
    such companies would be required to identify
    "known
    trends or any known demands, commitments, events or uncertainties that
    will
    result in or that are reasonably likely to result in the registrant's
    liquidity
    7 C.F.R. ý 229.303
    1
    regulations to implement a
    failure of Illinois EPA to ado
    nt
    the applicable fedcr
    9.9 requ
    ies. It is
    our
    m 303}.
    Agency propose and the
    5/9.9.
    The
    ions for the NOx trading program
    that meet and
    ion 9.9 of the Act and renders the
    is a violation of the
    is NOx trading
    program

    noncompliant and inoperable.
    Since the
    Trading Program and there is no state mechanism currently available that provides for
    the
    suance of LAIR also
    lities and prompt the
    USEPA
    to establis
    facilities.
    12.
    ace the current
    version of
    Subpa
    Act, IERG respectfully requests the Board, pursuant to its authority to adopt an
    to rep
    order to require that the Illinois
    does not administer the NOx Budget
    compliance
    accounts for such
    Therefore, in an effort to develop a quick yet thorough solution to this
    intain compliance with the statutory
    mandate
    set forth in Section 9.9 of the
    s Exhibit
    sources subject to Subpart U, an emergency ru
    tly
    r evised
    icability requirements, as found in the current Subpart U.
    'FU
    E S PROCE
    13.
    Action on
    IERG's AIt
    ion for
    with t
    ibute allowances to impacted
    on,
    IERG filed a Motion for Expedited
    I ("Motion for Expedited Action") with the Board.
    ction requests that
    the Board take expedited action on
    IERG's alternative proposal to
    EPA's proposal
    a
    the purpose and effect of the alternative proposal,
    sed amendments.
    IERG hereby
    Motion for Expedited Action for consideration by the Board as part of t
    Electronic Filing - Received, Clerk's Office, August 3, 2009

    formation
    in the Motion for Expedited Action is relevant
    to this Motion for
    Emergency
    14.
    On Septet
    Code Part 225 to imp
    ober 16, 2007, the USEPA approved the Illinois SIP revision to
    season trading programs
    under LAIR, applicable only to EGUs. 31 Ill. Reg.
    12864
    7 , 2 0 07).
    1 5.
    LAIR for EGUs. In doing so, the USEPA stated:
    Illinois' LAIR submittal does not
    fully address the replacement of the
    NOx SIP Call. Illinois' LAIR NOx ozone season trading program
    addresses the emissions froth EGUs and do [sic] not address emissi
    from non-EGUs
    that are covered by the NOx SIP Call trading program,
    16.
    u
    05, that
    some action would need to be taken with regard to Non-EGUs. 70 Fed. Reg. 25162
    (May 12, 2005).
    ion Plans of Illinois: Clean Air Interstate Rule, 72 Fed. Reg.
    2007, Illinois adopted amendments to
    35 Ill. Admin.
    sulfur dioxide ("SOT'), NOx annual, an
    EPA took action to esta
    for the USEPA to take action in
    regard to LAIR. See Status Report, In the Matter of NOx T
    e Part 217, R06-22
    (Il1.Pol.Control.Bd. Oct. 30,
    king here
    ol.Control.B
    reference
    (disc
    ted as R06-22) and Status Report, R06-22
    r. 9, 2009); see also Motion for Expedited Action,
    incorporated by
    linois EPA's status reports filed with the Board in this matter.)

    17. The
    USEPA has spoken as to the
    issue of what would be required to
    from Non-EGUs under
    the LAIR rule.
    ed by the
    NOx SIP Call do not wish to use
    EPA's CAIR
    ozone season NOx trading program
    to achieve reductions from
    non-EGU
    boilers and turbines required by the NOx
    SIP Call, they would be requ
    a
    SIP Revision deleting the requirements
    related to non-EGU
    participation in
    the NOx SIP Call Budget Trading Program
    and replacing
    them with new requirements
    that achieve the same level of reducti
    70 Fed. Reg. at 25290.
    18.
    of the NOx SI
    trading program.
    has further in
    how a state can meet the requirements
    on-EGUs
    through participation in the
    CAIR ozone season
    g Program into the
    ig in
    udget and applicability requirements
    t Trading Program; and (2) to
    1 of the emissions reductions required under the
    CAIR from
    :one season NOx tradi
    19.
    In the Status Report filed with Hearing O
    and indicated
    replacing Subpart U was Spring 2009. Status Report,
    R06-22
    rol.Bd. Mar. 9, 2009
    Rule, Illinoi
    has
    taken no ac
    i n
    of this Motion for
    to replace Subpart U and establish a new
    Ox allowances for
    the 2009 ozone season to sources
    to Subpart
    U.
    Further,
    to date, the llinois EPA has not submitted a SIP Revision
    Electronic Filing - Received, Clerk's Office, August 3, 2009

    deleting the requirements related to the NOx SIP Ca
    ading Program for Non-
    EGUs and replacing them with
    new requirements achieving the same level of reduction.
    2 0.
    a tory mechanism for issuing
    allowances, each ton
    of NOx. emitted during the control
    2009, cons
    See 415 I.LCS 5/42(a) (any
    $50,000
    violation of the
    Act, as set forth in Section 217.465(d)(3).
    d $10,000 for each
    day such violation continues). However, as
    stated above,
    even if sources purchase
    such
    nts do not exist for Illinois'
    Call allowances, and even if holding CAIR NOx allowances
    meets the requirements of
    Subpart U, at this time, CAI
    o the failure
    of the
    would be deemed
    in compliance with the requi
    is EPA to take ac
    Ozone Season Trading Program.
    21.
    establish a NOx trading pro
    September
    30, 2009.
    22.
    lating the Act is subject to civil pena
    allowances. it is uncertai
    the development
    of an emergency rule to
    2009 ozone season, whic
    od ending on November 30,
    s, as described in Exhibit 1, proposed
    by
    ted by the USEPA
    to satisfy the NOx SIP Call requirements by
    bringing NOx SIP Call budget
    un
    the same Non-EGU budget,
    Ozone Season
    Trading Program
    or exceptions (as explained in the
    Motion for
    ction,,
    incorporated by reference in paragraph
    13 above) and appii
    requirements that are in the existing Subpart
    U.
    Electronic Filing - Received, Clerk's Office, August 3, 2009

    23. Section 102.612 of the Board's regulations provides:
    Section
    5-45 of'the 1A.PA [415 ILLS 27
    When the Board finds that a situation exists which reasonably
    constitutes a threat to the public interest, safety, or welfare, the
    Board may adapt regulations
    pursuant
    to and in accordance with
    b)
    When
    the
    Board
    finds that
    a
    severe
    public
    health emergency exists,
    the Board may, in relation to any proposed regulation, order that
    such regulation shall take effect without delay [415 ILLS 5/27(c)].
    The Board will proceed with any required hearings while the
    regulation continues in effect.
    102.612.
    24.
    (a) "Emergency"
    APA provides, in pertinent part:
    situation that any agency
    finds reasonably consti
    is interest, safety, or
    welfare.
    nds that an emergency exists that requires adoption of
    s
    thin, i,; required by Section
    5-40 [S ILCS 10015-40]
    its r(x:;ons for that finding, the agency may adopt an
    y rulemaking with the Secretary of State under Section
    '5-701.
    The notice shall me]
    nois Register. . . . Subject to
    cy
    rule becomes
    -65 [5 ILCS 10015-65] or
    statement
    of the specific reasons
    filing a notice of
    's finding and a
    filed with the rule.
    The agency shall take reasonable and appropriate
    measures
    to
    snake
    emergency rules known to the persons
    who may be affected by them.
    (c) An emergency rule may be effective for a period of
    not longer
    than
    days, but the agency's authority to adopt
    an identical rule under Section 5-
    40 [5 ILCS 10015-40] is not precluded.
    00/5-45.
    10

    25.
    27(c) of the Act provides, in pertinent
    When the Board finds that a situation exists which reasonably constitutes a
    threat to
    the public interest, safety or welfare, the Board may adopt
    regulations pursuant to and in accordance with
    Section 5-45 of the
    Administrative Procedure Act [5 ILLS 10015-4S].
    /27(c).
    26. An
    "emergency"
    is presen
    Zployment of the emergency
    procedures under Section 5-40 of the IAPA, when "there exists a situation
    bly
    constitutes a threat to the public interest,
    safety or welfare." Citizens
    v. Pollution Control Board et al., 152111. App. 3d 105,
    504 N.E.2d 166, 169 (1st Fist.
    1987)
    (
    27.
    fter "CBE") (Emphasis in
    original.)
    (holding
    (h) were nvalid
    because
    no
    emergency
    doptmg an
    emergency rule establishing regulations
    108.
    Board lacked authority because
    defined by section. 5,02` of the I
    d -
    a t
    res." Id. at 109. The Board argued that the emergency
    would
    reduce
    the
    "numbers of appeals to the Board" regarding waste strea
    would ease the "transition
    period when final rules [were] adopted," and gave effect to
    Section 39(h!
    executing."
    Id
    ment [could] be made that section 39(h) [was] not self-
    .02 of the IAPA
    was renumbered to Section 5-45 in 1991. See Public Act 87-823

    28.
    d
    that "the need to adopt emergency rules in order to
    alleviate an administrative need, which, by
    itself,
    does
    not threaten the
    welfare,
    does not constitute an `emergency."' Id. The Court, however, stated in regards
    to the delay in
    the
    the emergency rulemaking
    the delay has resu
    29. Unlike
    in
    CBE,
    the subject of this rulernaking is not solely administrative.
    lema
    t he pu
    the use of section 5.02 proper." Id. at 110. Thus, CBE establishes that an emergency
    aking
    is inappropriate to alleviate administrative needs only, but may be ap
    instance where failure to promulgate
    a rule would th
    a ll bud
    B less. Failure on the part of
    the Illinois EPA to give full effect to Section 9.9
    of the Act defies
    the public interest, specifically those
    get
    t comply with Subpart
    U or face potential liability for not doing so.
    This is
    more than a mere
    admini
    deficiency on the part of
    the Agency, as facilities that
    own or operate NC3x SIP Call budget
    un
    ate of Illinois will face substantive
    cts which constitute a threat to the public interest.
    _ Jt'nlt;llts r ema
    in -
    I
    elfare is
    SIP Call
    or face potential liability for not doing
    so. By failing to establish a
    g program for
    Non-EGUs, Section 9.9 of the Act is rendered
    not only inoperable,
    Court explained.: "In this case section 39(h)
    was enacted in 1.981 and was to become effective
    later on January 1., 1987. Nevertheless, work on
    implementation. rules as to section 39(h)
    begin until June of 1986 and
    rules were not issued until October of 1986." Id.. at
    11.0.
    1 2
    "We do not hold that in all instances of delay
    of section 5.02 cannot be utilized. Rather, only
    when

    where, according to the
    Board, it was clarifying Section
    39(h) of the Act and preventing
    confusion
    and ap
    NOx trading
    e by adopting
    emergency rules, here,
    the Illinois EPA
    ere
    to Section 9.9 of the Act, which mandates
    the implementation of a
    rogram.
    30. In the past, the Board has
    issued emergency rules based
    on the threat of
    economic hardship
    and potential liability to affected facilities,
    which were determined
    to
    to the public interest
    warranting immediate action. In
    In the
    of: Emergency
    Rule Amending the Stage 11 Gasoline
    .586(4),
    the Board found that uncertainty
    as to
    the USEPA's position regarding
    the promulgation of court-mandated onboard
    vapor
    to meet
    a compliance deadline to install
    Stage
    11
    vapor
    recovery
    equipment, which outlays would be unnecessar
    onboard vapor recovery rules.
    Gasnlinc
    ntrol.Bd. Mav 20. 1993). In adorrti
    he Board
    aking by the Board
    Ill. Adm.
    Code 2
    . The record in this case demonstrates that facilities
    in
    o-East area that should
    recovery requirements by May 1, 1
    hardship if forced to comply at this time. The court mandate for
    USEPA
    ate onboard controls, which potentially may
    ro-East facilities to comply with
    Stage 11 requirements, creates
    ble uncertainty until the USEPA provides
    guidance. Moreover, the
    the
    Litter
    of: Emergg-icy
    Rule Amend
    13

    *8. (Emphasis added.).
    31
    P
    B oard granted an
    lower RVP gasoline and alleviated the
    hardships
    le to address inconsistency between federal and state
    ee dates for supp
    to re
    ibutors, and bulk gaso
    ping froth
    compliance
    dates. In the Matter of. Emergency Rule Ame
    Pressure R equirement
    . Code 219.585(a), the
    .2 psi Reid Vapor
    ast Area, 35 111. Adm. Code 219.585(x).
    R95-10 at
    *3-5 (Ill.
    Pol.Control.Bd. Feb. 23, 1995).
    32.
    id potential for liab
    interest. Owners
    and
    operators
    ings
    described above, economic
    ustrial facilities is a threat to the
    all budget units subject to the current
    ardship should th
    comply with the requirement that sources
    hold NOx SIP Call allowances on
    to purchase NOx S
    is EP
    omic
    lowance distribution
    from the
    lllinoi
    quently, did not plan
    for such a large expenditure for the purchase
    allowances poses
    a threat to the financial
    purchase
    LAIR
    allowances
    . Further, as referenced, even if the sources choose to
    e
    09. In the past, sources have not had
    o comply
    with
    Subpart
    U, th
    14

    which to demonstrate compliance because sources do not have CAIR
    compliance accounts
    33.
    The
    threat to the public
    interest is
    also rec
    November 30, 2009 as required by Subpart U. At that time, sources not
    allowances will be in violation of not only Subpart
    USEPA, the Illi
    its to be d
    eject to Subpart U will face if they do not hold allowances on
    to hold the allowances.
    so their CAAPP permits.
    parties may all seek enforcement against facilities for
    gulations and CAAPP permits. In addition, the SEC requires potential
    34. Analogous to the issues in the R93-12
    rulemaking, in
    -EGUs subject to Subpart U will be forced to purchase C
    for the 2009
    ozone
    season, or leave themselves exposed to legal
    fail
    to purchase and
    hold
    such
    allowances. This hardship faced by the industry
    uit i
    conflicting
    v. EPA
    litigation, as well as the Illinois EPA's subsequent failure to act to establish the necessar
    one season and
    beyond. Such hardship could not have been avoided
    by Illinois industr
    35. Accordingly, there
    is a sound basis for adopting the emergency rule,
    to the public
    interest
    that
    warrants
    in order to alleviate the threat until a permanent rule can be adopted.
    15

    36.
    lained above and in the
    s known since December 2008
    ion for Expedited Action, the
    Illinois
    NOx reductions
    would remain in
    the LAIR
    obligations for meeting i
    for Illino
    inal deadlines and timeframes associate
    . However, the Illinois
    has failed to take action to develop a rule to comply
    with the deral NOx SIP Call
    r eme
    o zone season.
    37.
    bution of allowances for the
    2009
    Board regulations clearly provide that
    the failure of
    ubject to Subpart IJ to hold allowances
    for each ton of NOx emitted is a
    . Thus,
    there is an urgent need for
    dopted in time to allow distz
    rgency rule to esta
    2009 ozone season.
    38.
    To date,
    the Illino
    .9 of
    the
    ndustries without any
    change to the
    nothing to address the
    NOx SIP Call
    's failure to act, IERG
    -gency
    rule, as detailed in Exhibit 1,
    in order to
    address the hardship,
    1
    by owners/o
    allowat
    Non-EGUs should they not hold
    the req
    on
    November 30, 2009.
    39.
    It is IE
    the ozone season
    (September 30, 200
    2009 NOx allowances
    to th
    rule be adopted for the 2009 control
    perio
    faced
    end of
    onsider allocating the
    tive that an emergency
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    40.
    The Illinois EPA's failure
    to replace Subpart
    U and establish a new
    regulatory
    mechanism for issuing
    NOx allowances for the 2009
    ozone season to
    ndustries
    s
    operate the
    facil
    ct to Subpart U are required
    by exis
    o Subpart U has placed
    the State's owners/operators
    of affected Non-
    1
    osed them to liability.
    Since the USEPA ceased to
    federal
    NOx SIP Call trading program
    after the 2005 ozone season,
    an
    allowances to cover
    rice
    ssions for the 2009 ozone season,
    it is imperative that
    an
    emergency
    rule be adopted in order
    to provide a mechanism by which
    the Illinois EPA
    ces for the 2009 control
    WHEREFORE,
    for the above and foregoing
    reasons, the
    requests the Illinois
    n Exhibit 1, to this
    Dated:
    August 3, 2009
    By:
    /s/ Katherine D. Hodge
    One of Its Attorneys
    D. Hodge
    General Counsel
    N. LaDonna Driver
    YE
    T . Rios
    P ost Office Box 5776
    (217) 522-5512
    Springfield, Illinois 62705
    (217)
    523-4900
    C ERG:00t/RDockets/Fil/R6-22/Motion
    for Emergency Rule 8.03.09
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    Section 217.104
    Incorporations by Reference
    The following
    materials are
    The
    phenol disulfonic acid procedures,
    as published in 40 CF
    Method 7 (2000),
    any
    later
    amendments or editions,
    b)
    40 CFR 96, subparts B, D,
    G, and H (1-992009);
    0, Appendix A,
    40 CFR
    96.1 through 96.3, 96.5 through 96.7,
    96.50 through 96.54, 96.55 (a)
    &
    (b), 96.56 and 96.57
    (-1.992009),
    d)
    40
    CFR 60, 72, 75 & 76 (20096);
    e)
    Alternative
    Control Techniques Document---- NO,
    Emissions from Cement
    Manufacturing,
    EPA-453/R-94-004, U. S. Environmental
    Protection Agency-
    Office of Air Quality Planning
    and Standards, Research Triangle
    Park, N.C.
    27711,
    March 1994;
    int
    and Area Sources, U.S.
    y-Office of Air Quality Planning
    and Standards,
    c orated
    by reference. These incorporations
    do not include
    uring, AP-42 Compilati
    40 CFR
    0,
    k )
    ar
    7 , 7A, 7C, 7D, 7E, 19, and 20 (2000);
    Carbon Monoxide, and
    Oxy
    rocating Engines, Combustion Turbines,
    Boilers, and Process I-leaters
    ortable Analyzers (2000);
    bustion Turbines, 40 CFR 60,
    of Air Pollutant Emission
    Factors:
    c , i r;cý1`i 'l'ra
    - 42, Volume 1.
    sLlb parts
    2

    (Source: Amended at -1-414:-Re- -14 4, effective

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    ONE SEASON
    TRADING PROGRAM FOR
    on 217.450
    Purpose
    to
    control the seasonal
    emissions of nitr
    Definitions
    The following definitions apply for
    the purposes of this Subpart.
    Unless otherwise defined
    in
    this
    Section
    or a different meaning
    for a term is clear
    from its context the terms
    used in this
    Subpart have the meanings specified
    in 35 111. Adm. Code
    201 and 211.,
    K
    -_-
    U.dggt p ernut"
    rhea
    }twins fede
    the
    Illinois Pollution Control
    Board. [415
    ILLS 5/3.1301
    nce with
    40
    CFR 96,
    or
    more of the following
    pro
    ,
    .
    CAIR NO X Ozone Season
    "LAIR NOx Ozone Season
    Trading
    Budget" means the
    total LAIR NOx Ozone Season
    allowances issued
    to the A ency by
    the United States
    Environmental Protection
    A ency
    for allocation
    to LAIR
    NOx Ozone Season sources.
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    1
    combustion turbine,
    le-system
    with a maximum
    design heat irnDut greater than
    250
    accordance with Sections
    217.456 and 40 CFR 96.354 as incorporated by
    reference in
    Section 217.104.
    "NOx Trading Program" means
    a mutt
    40 CFR. 51.121,
    as a means of mitigating
    oxides
    to fulfill the requirements of the NOx SIP Call.
    Section 217.454
    Applicability
    P
    art 96
    and
    pursuant
    port of ozone and nitrogen
    in
    -lpnendix h of this Part irrespective
    of any subsequent
    electrical output capacity shall be
    determined by multi
    its at the source are initiall
    Ozone Season
    allowances
    available for use for a
    contro
    I R
    NOx
    Ozone Season emissions limitations
    in
    ;rogen oxides air pollution control
    and
    ship unit designation,
    or name of the unit; or
    t
    ou ut capacity
    of the unit Fifty percent
    of a un
    488
    MWe/mm
    unit
    is subject to the provisions of
    this
    Subpart:
    or
    Is part of any source,
    as that
    Section 211.6130
    listed in Appendix E of
    this Part.
    Those units
    that
    meet the above criteria
    and are subject to the LAIR
    NO,,
    Ozone
    Season
    Trading
    Program emissions
    limitations contained in this Subpart are
    budget
    units.
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    c)
    Low-emitter status
    Notwithstanding subsection
    (a)
    of
    this Section the owner
    or
    operator
    of a budget
    unit subject to the requirements
    of subsection
    (a) of this
    Section may
    elect low-emitter status by obtai
    enforceable
    conditions that meet the
    requirements
    with the effective date of such permi
    requirements of Section
    217.470.
    d) The owner
    or operator of any budget unit
    not listed in Appendix E of this
    Part but
    to this Subpart shall not
    receive an allocation of NO,, allowances
    from the
    erail
    o n 217.4700.
    Starting
    CAIR NOx Ozone Season
    Trading, Budget, except for any allowance
    from the
    pursuant to a
    permanent
    trans
    217.464(b) of this Subpart.
    ordance with Section
    217.466 of this Subpart.
    ust acquire NO,ý
    allowances in an
    amount not less than the NOX
    ions from such budget
    unit during the control period
    (rounded to the nearest
    whole ton) in accordance
    with the CAIR NOx
    Ozone Season Trading Program
    or
    e)
    This Subpart
    does
    not apply to the
    following boilers used to combust
    a
    c ontrol CO emissions from
    the
    fluidized catalytic cracking
    unit FCCU),
    the refined
    located at Lemont Illinois
    Boilers
    be
    subiect
    only
    to the
    b oiler
    6017-1 at the rc
    in Channahon/Joliet, Illinois,
    the waste
    iei;y
    located
    in Robinson,
    Heaters/Boilers CCU
    CCU No. 2 at the
    refinery located in Roxana,
    :asoii
    Source
    96.306);
    40 CFR 96 subpart BBBB
    CAIR Designated Representative
    for CAIR
    b)
    __Permit
    requirements.
    source
    must apply for a permit
    issued b the
    Agenc
    The designated representative
    of each source
    with one or more budget
    ceab
    , and
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    Trading Program "CAIR ermit" that complies with the requirements
    of
    Section
    217.458 (Permit Requirements,)
    ch CAIR Nox Ozone Season source and each
    budget unit at the source must operate
    the
    budget unit
    in
    compliance
    wi
    its
    CAIR permit.
    modified to include a CAIR permit.
    c
    )
    Monitoring
    requirements:
    1 )
    For budget units subject to the requirements of this Subpart, and which
    commence operation on and after January 1,
    2000, the owner or
    operator
    o f each CAIR NO,, Ozone Season source
    and
    each
    budget
    Program shall be deemed in comp
    permitting requirements until the source's
    CAAPP permit is
    pliance of each CAIR NOx Ozone
    Season source subject to the
    r ements
    of
    subsection
    (
    c)(1) o r subsection (c)(3)(A) o f this Sect
    t
    he
    control period NO- emissions limitation under
    subsection
    d`}
    of
    this Section s
    and reported in
    accordance with 40 C
    A) The owner or operator of eac
    it's permit. The
    4
    ith the requirements of 40 CFR 96, subpart
    by an
    for the budget unit approved b
    ator of USEPA pursuant to the
    of 40 CFR 75, subpart
    E. Such alternative monitoring
    e dures must be contained as federally
    enforceable
    conditi
    le as ap
    s
    of this
    SubDart, the
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    the CAIR NO, Ozone Season emissions limitation pursuant
    subsection (d) of this Section will be determined by
    the emissions
    orded
    and reported
    in accordance
    with
    the
    itoringprocedure for the budget unit approved by the Agency
    d)
    Emission
    requirements'.
    rator of USEPA pursuant to the provisions 0140
    d eadline midnight of November 30. 2009,, and
    30 of each subsequent year
    if November 30 is a
    0
    compliance account. If November 30 is not a
    ance transfer
    deadline
    means by midnight of the
    after. The number of allowances held may not I
    onstrated if as
    _of
    the
    e the sum of the allowances available for
    for
    all budget units at the source subject to this
    than the total NOX emissions (rounded to the
    units at
    control period starting on the
    later of
    6.370(b)(1), (b)(2) or
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    Season allowance
    is
    ated.
    e Season allowance is a limited authorization to emit
    in accordance with the CAIR NO
    _Ozone
    Season Trading
    ovision of the CAIR NO,, Ozone Season Tradi
    pursuant
    to
    limit the au
    this authorization.
    7)
    A
    CAIR
    NO,,Ozone Season allowance does not constitute a property
    right,
    allowance to or from a CAIR NO,, Ozone Season so
    ance account is deemed to amend automatically, and
    CAIR hermit of the CAIR
    NO.
    Ozone
    Season
    sourc
    automatic amendment of the CAIR
    ,permit
    will be deemed an operation of
    law and will not require any
    fe)(DW_throud
    ()(1_)D) of this e
    from the date the
    document
    The certificate of representation
    for the
    CAIR
    budget unit
    at the source, all documents that demonstrate the truth
    of the statements in the certificate of representation, movided that
    the certificate and documents must be
    retained on site at the
    source
    monitorins information,
    17.456(c)..
    ports, compliance certifications, and other
    1 records made or reauired
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    Subpart U.
    g Program
    or documents
    necessary to
    ith the requirements of the CAIR NO
    ding Program or with the requirements of this
    D ) Copies of
    all
    documents
    used
    to coMlete a CAIR permit
    application and any other submission or documents used to
    OX Ozone Season
    a ding Program.
    source must submit to the Agency and USEPA
    ding Proeram,
    including those
    pursuant
    to 40
    3 )
    l e report as referenced
    in 40 CRR Section 96.374, within
    arts and compliance certifications required ursuant to the CAI
    the 2009 contro
    Liability:
    ing the end of the 2009 control period.
    a bud vet unit may excuse an
    the source.
    he owner
    and operator of the budget
    unit. Except with regard to the requirements
    applicable to budget
    units with a common stack under
    40 CF
    HHHH the owner and operator and
    the account represen
    it shall not be liable for am
    violation by any other budget unit of
    n ot an owner or operator
    or the CAIR designated
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    representative and that
    is
    located at
    a
    source of which they
    are
    not
    an
    owner or operator or the
    CAIR designated representative.
    n tative of a budget unit that has excess
    control period
    must
    surrender the allowances as
    reauircd
    for deduction pursuant to 40 CFR 96.354(dlU
    of a budget unit that has excess NQ,, emissions in
    w ith
    any
    other
    remedy imposed
    96.35
    40d
    f2.
    n penally, or assessment or comply
    t to the Act and 40 CFR
    i
    O
    e xemption pursuant to 40 CFR 96.305 will be construed as exempting or
    excluding the owner and operator and, to the extent applicable, the CAIR
    Section 217.457
    Appeal Procedures
    of each
    CAIR NOx Ozone Season source wit
    r equired
    to submit:
    a
    complete
    CAIR permit applicat
    of this Section.
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    ation
    c omplete and segre ag, ble portion of the source s entire pennit
    to subsection (a)(1) of this Section.
    omplete certificate of representation for a CAIR designated
    r epresentative pursuant to 40 CFR 96, subpart BBBB, for the CAIR
    N
    Ozone Season source and
    the
    budget
    unit at the
    source.
    4)
    For all budget units that commenced operation before October 1, 2008, the
    o wner or operator of the unit must submit a CAIR perrnit appplica
    , 2008, the
    for construc
    ions 29 and
    and the
    requirements of
    this
    Section on or before November
    1,, 2009.
    its and
    ections 39 and 39.5
    of the
    1
    ource by the Energy Information
    luded, if applicable-,
    n tification of
    each budget un
    ntain federally enforceable conditions addressing all
    I
    Season Trading Program recui
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    C)
    The compliance requirements applicable
    to each
    budget
    unit as set
    forth in
    Section 217.456;__ and
    3)
    nt to the requirements of this Section, it will be
    incorporated into
    's
    existing federally enforceable permit.
    n Section 217.104,
    art 211,
    Section
    217.103, Section
    ordation of USEPA under
    40
    CFR 96, subparts FFFF and GGGG,
    as
    e ction 217.104,
    every
    allocation, transfer, or
    ject to this Subpart opting
    t
    NOx Ozone Season
    NO, Trading Bu
    pursuant to the requirements for opt-in
    bud
    217.474 of this Subpart.
    The Agency
    io
    ct to this
    is
    liiance
    ctions 217.472 and
    for allocations
    in subsection (a) o
    D)
    ation of why each
    budget
    unit is sub
    o f Section
    217.454 of this Subpart.
    An application for a LAIR permit will be treated as a modification
    of the
    CAIR
    NO,,
    Ozone Season source's existing
    federally enforceable permit,
    if such a permit
    has
    been
    issued for that source and will be subject to the
    same procedural
    requirements. When the Agency issues a CAIR permit
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    tpursuant to the
    requirements for low-emitters in
    Sections 217.454(c)
    and 217.470 of
    this Subpart.
    S ection 217.461
    Timing
    or f,
    Ozone
    Season Allocations
    On or before September 1
    2009 the Agency will submit
    to USEPA the CAIR
    b )
    (90)
    days of the effective date of
    this rule, the
    llowanee allocations
    in accordance with Sections 217.462
    64 for the 2009 control
    period.
    erg iods.
    of
    allowances under
    to
    issue allowances for multiple control
    periods in order to eventuall
    distribute allowances beyond
    the 2009 control period,
    it is necessary for the
    will submit
    on allowance allocations in
    accordance
    17.464,
    for the 2010 2011 2012
    and 2013 control
    (BOARD NOTE: Because the Agency
    did not have a mechanism
    in place to
    17.462
    and 217.464 for the
    control perio
    ine for submission
    pursuant
    to this Section.
    For example, on
    0 , the
    Agency will submit to USEPA
    the allocation for
    the 2014
    4 for the
    gency will
    allocate allowances
    7.466.
    The Agency will report
    icable control period
    e xample, on July 31,
    2010,
    from
    the NUSA for the 2010 control
    Section 217.462
    Methodology for CalcLilatin
    Ozone Season
    Allocations
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    wances in
    the
    CAIR NO, Ozone Season
    Trading Budget apportioned
    to budget units under Section 217.460 of
    this Subpart subject to adjustment
    as provided in this Subpart.
    These allocations will be issued
    vided in subsections
    (a) ands b) of this Section,
    as follows:
    a)
    The Agency will allocate
    to each budget unit that is
    listed in Appendix E of this
    Part the
    number of allowances listed in Column
    5 of Appendix E of this Part
    for
    that budget unit for each seasonal
    period of the program except as provided
    in
    Section 217.464(b) of
    this Subpart The Agency will report
    these allocations to
    USEPA each year by July
    31 for the control period four
    years after the applicable
    deadline.
    (BOARD
    NOTE: The Agency
    has issued allowances to the owners/operators
    of
    subject budget units
    for the 2007 and 2008 ozone control
    Agency did
    not issue allowances to budget
    units
    io
    allowances
    remain in the NUSA after any
    allocation, the
    inning allowance
    pro-rata to the owner or
    operator of
    the
    budget
    units listed in
    A endix E of this Part to
    the extent a whole
    allowance ma be allocated to an
    such owner or o erator.
    The A enc will
    make such allocation by August
    15 of each
    year. If there are insufficient
    such owner
    or operator of a
    E of this Part.
    such
    allowances
    shell be retained by
    the UaA shall be
    allowances
    to
    the
    owner
    or operator
    of existing budget
    .units
    listed
    in
    ix E of
    this Part on a pro-rata
    basis such accumulated
    whole
    o cate
    ro-rata
    to such owner or
    operators.
    n 217.464
    Ozone
    Season
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    this Part identifies the sources with existing budget units subject to
    this Subpart and the number of
    NOX
    allowance allocations that each such budget
    eligible to receive each control period, subject to adjustment in accordance
    ection 217.460 of this Subpart and for transfers made in accordance
    with
    e ction b) of this Section. Each CAIR NOx Ozone Season source's allocation
    will
    be adjusted proportionally
    based on the adjusted CAIR
    T rading Budget as provided by Section
    217.460 of
    this Subpart.
    b) The owner or operator of budget units subject to this Subpart may permanen
    transfer all or part of their allocation of allowances pursuant to Column 5 of
    Appendix E of this part subject to adjustment in accordance with this Subpart,
    to
    another budget unit subject to this Subpart, or to a budget unit subject to Subpart
    E of Part 225. Such
    transfer will be effective by submitting a written request to
    that is signed by the CAIR designated representative
    for
    the
    et
    unit and
    containing
    the account number for the recipjeý
    budget unit. The owner or operator of budget units subject to his Subpart may
    not permanently transfer all or part of the NUSA indicated as the difference
    between Column 4 and Column 5 of Anpendix
    E
    of
    this
    Part.
    provisions o f thi
    .466
    New Unit Set-Aside
    nd
    each control
    period thereafter, the Agency will allocate CAIR
    NUSA to "new" budget units that commenced
    or agy preceding control
    period pursuant to Section 217.464,
    ,gýRrocedures:
    0
    lowances equal to 3% of each source's initial
    total
    CAIR NOX
    Ozone
    Season Trading Budget allocation as reflected
    in Column 5 of Appendix E
    of this Part which is 139 allowances
    for
    each control period.
    The allocation
    for
    the NUSA from each source shall
    be based on 3% of the source's initial
    d
    iustment
    to any such source's current
    0 control yeriod
    and each
    contro
    d do
    i11 establish a separate NUSA
    for each control period. Each
    another source or
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    allowance for every ton of NO, emitted during
    .45
    c ) The CAIR designated representative of a "new" bud et un
    Agency a request, in a format specified by the Agency to be allocated CAIR NOx
    Ozone Season allowances from the NUSA, startin2 with the first control period
    d )
    o ntrol
    period
    in which the new unit commences commercial operation
    e third control period after the control period in which the unit
    d after a new unit has o ep
    rated durinz one control period,
    and no
    o f the control
    period
    for which allowances from the NUSA
    are
    c ommenced commercial operation. The NUSA allowance allocation request may
    cate allowances from the NUSA to a new budget u
    ocedures:
    2 000
    s ubject
    to
    this
    Subpart that have
    seasonal
    3
    control
    periods
    prior to the allocation
    of the budget unit's 2 highest seasonal heat inputs
    from the control periods I to 3 years prior
    to the allocation
    Where A =
    allowances of NO-/control period.
    3)
    The
    projected heat
    input shall be determined as set forth below, divided by
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    For "new
    budget
    units subject to this Sub
    D)
    For
    "new" budget units subject to
    this
    Subpart that have not
    e )
    d for at least 77
    ar, the budget unit's maximum design
    o ntrol period as designated in the construction permit.
    i
    ll
    review each NUSA allowance allocation request pursuant to
    c
    0
    ion request only if the request meets, or is adjusted b
    necessary
    to meet
    the
    requirements of
    this Section.
    If the Agen does not receive payment by June 1 S 0f
    the
    applicable veer,
    the
    ntative
    that
    iod, the Agency
    will notify
    each CAIR
    from the NUSA
    purchase for the "new" budget unit pursuant to the requirements of this
    it
    he appl
    t;)
    The price of allowances
    from the
    NO, Ozone Season Trading Program allowances were traded in the interstate
    _to
    of allocated allowances, subject to Agency administrative
    costs
    le
    of
    allowances will be distributed
    Season Trading
    Program
    __for
    the preceding control period.
    9 .9 of the Act.
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    the control period commencing three
    control periods after the control period
    in
    which the unit commenced commercial
    operation, pursuant to this Sect
    completion of the procedures
    in this Section 217.466 for a control
    n allowances remain in the
    ocate those allowances pursuant
    to the provisions of Section
    217.462(b).
    Section 217.470
    Low-Emitter
    Requirements
    in Section 217.454(c), a budget unit
    electing low-emitter status shall be subject only
    to the requirements of Section
    217.454(c) and
    the following requirements:
    a)
    Far each control
    eýriod the owner or operator
    elects low-emi
    federally enforceable permit conditions
    must:
    or less,
    4)
    relv on these
    monitoring pr
    by using the monitoring
    provisions of 40 CFR 75,
    or if the unit does not
    A)
    NOx emission rate.
    0.7 lbs/mmbtu for combustion
    turbines burn
    control period; 1.2
    lbs/mmbtu for
    B)
    for the control period to
    25
    ral as
    s/mmbtu for boilers burning
    any fuel of
    d er subsection
    la)(4)fA)
    o f this Section by
    the unit`s maximum rated
    hourly heat input
    which is the
    higher of the manufacturer's
    maximum rated hourly
    Electronic Filing - Received, Clerk's Office, August 3, 2009

    lication require
    hourlXheat input specified by the manufacturer or the
    h ighest obsetved hourly heat input, or both, are not representative.
    The owner or operator must demonstrate that such lower value is
    representative of the unit's current capabilities because
    for the unit's
    Agency
    may approve
    sue
    l
    ower
    value
    if the owner or
    operator
    demonstrates
    that the
    ifications have been made to the
    unit that permanently
    limit
    it's cý
    5)
    Require that
    for
    S years at
    the
    source
    that includes
    the unit, records
    that the operating hours restriction, the fuel use restriction
    h e highest observed hourly heat input. The owner or
    and the other requirements of the permit related to these restrictions
    were
    6)
    Require that the owner or operator of the unit report to the A Enc. for
    unit's hours of operation (treatin
    heat input
    and fuel use by
    of the followin occurs:
    o rally enforceable conditions
    T he unit does not comply with any such restriction.
    c
    ,)
    The unit shall become subject to the reguirements of this Subpart
    e ction, the fuel use restriction or
    the
    overatiu hours
    ion (a)
    of this Section is removed from the uni
    a
    for which
    the fuel use restriction or th
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    d) The owner or operator of a unit to which the Agency has ever allocated allowances
    owner or operator of a unit electing low-emitter status may demonstrate that it
    will reduce the LAIR NOx Ozone Season budget for non-EGUs by the number of
    allowances
    dual to the amount of Nox emissions the unit is permitted to emit during
    the control period, pursuant to a federally enforceable condition in t
    pendix E of this Part may elect low-emitter status. In that case, he Agency
    ient allowances to cover the unit's NO, emissions by offsetting the
    om
    such
    unit, not to
    exceed
    its
    pe
    enforceable permit.
    e ffective
    d er this Subpart to become an opt-in bud
    ?
    et unit if it:
    this Subpart.
    ctions 217.472
    through 217.480 are
    the applicability
    criteria in Section 217.472
    to
    0
    mcdiate recedizl
    il
    or stationary internal combustion engine in the State
    c 1."
    s u
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    1)
    If an opt-in
    unit is located at the same source as
    one or more budget units,
    it shall
    have the same CAIR deshmated
    re
    mesentative
    as those budget
    2)
    If the opt-in unit
    is not located at the same source
    as one or more bud
    owner or
    operator of the opt-in unit shall
    submit a complete
    ficate
    of representation under 40 CFR 96.313.
    the qualifications of su
    Section 217.476(
    1)
    CAIR
    designated representative o
    (a) of this Section must
    except as provided under
    ubpart submit
    to the Aýency:
    ion for the uni
    rements
    under Section 217.458 of this
    Subpart; and
    ions for a change in the regulatory
    status of the unit
    to an
    opt-in budget unit pursuant
    to the provisions of Section
    217.478(b) of this Subpart.
    monstratingýthat
    the NOX emission rate
    an
    gency determines
    that the unit's monitoring
    plan is sufficient
    unde
    ion (a) of this Section.
    and after completion
    of
    subpart
    HHHH, the NO- emission
    rate and the heat
    monitored
    and reported in accordance
    with 40 CF
    ol
    period during which
    the monitoring system
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    c)
    Based on the information monitored and reported under subsection (b) of this
    Section the unit's baseline heat rate shall be calculated as the unit's total heat
    i nput
    (in mmbtu) for
    the control period,
    and the
    unit's Basel
    s hall be calculated as the unit's total NO
    divided by the unit's baseline heat. rate.
    h)
    to the Agency a request to withdraw from the CAIR NO,, Ozone Season Trading
    Prograrn,
    the CAIR
    designated
    representative
    of an opt-in budget un
    clcsimnated represent
    Requesting withdrawal:
    To withdraw from the LAIR
    NO,ý
    Ozone Season Trading
    withdrawn
    under this Section, the..
    followin
    o
    rated,
    allo
    o mpliancc certification re ort
    Opt-In Budget Units: Withdrawal from the LAIR NOX Ozone Season
    Trading Program
    t-in budget unit's compliance
    account of the
    NOX
    ed in accordance
    with 40 CFR 96.354(4) for the coat
    submit to the Agency
    cordance with 40 CFR
    to any allowances
    allocated
    to
    that unit under Section 217.480 of this
    t for the control period
    for
    budget source where the opt-in
    budget unit is located,
    allowances re
    period.
    arli
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    representative
    far the opt-
    c) An opt-in budget
    unit that withdraws
    from the CAIR NOX Ozone Season
    d esignated
    representative
    for the general
    account.
    ly with all requirements
    under the CAIR NOX Ozone
    Season
    Program concerning all years
    for which such opt-in bud
    t, even if such
    requirements arise or
    must be complied with after
    1)
    After the requirements
    for withdrawal
    under subsections (a)
    and (b) of this
    of the full amount
    of allowances
    after September 30.
    )
    If the requirements
    for withdrawal
    under s
    subsections (a)
    and (b) of this Section
    have been met a
    required
    the Agency will
    revise the CAIR permit
    indicating a specified
    effective date for the withdrawal
    that is
    after the requirements in
    I isscie a notificat
    ive of the opt
    apt
    jn unit`s
    request to
    0
    ermi
    budget unit's request to
    wi
    o the requirements
    for an opt-in
    e)
    Reapplication
    upon failure to meet
    co
    denies the opt-in budget
    unit's request to
    the opt-in bud
    unit may submit another
    request to
    withdr
    ne Season
    Trading Program and its
    on, the
    CAIR deýignate4
    representative
    may not s
    of this Subpart for the
    n
    ion 217.472(4)
    er the date on
    Section 217.478
    Opt-In
    . Change
    in Regulatory Status
    Notification
    When an opt-in
    unit becomes an opt-in
    budget unit under Section
    7
    4
    of this...--
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    Any permit application that provides for a change in the regulatory status
    of a uni
    to an opt-in budget unit pursuant
    to Section 217.472 d)(1)((B) of this Subpart and
    U SEPA
    will deduct from the compliance account for the opt-in budget
    unit under this Section allowances equal in number to
    and
    allocated
    for the
    same or a prior control period as:
    b ecomes an opt-in
    budget
    unit.
    c)
    USEPA's action:
    I)
    A)
    Any allowances allocated to the budget unit (as an ont-in unit)
    217.480 of this Subpart for any control period
    after
    the last control period during which the unit
    effective- and
    If the effective date of any CAIR permit under subsection
    (b) of
    this Section is during a control period,
    the allowances allocated to
    account of
    the
    (.) )t-in
    budget unit under subsection (b) of this Section
    for the control period multiplied bv the
    ratio
    of
    the
    eriod, startin
    subsection
    c s(:n (ative shall
    en ure that the compliance
    whenever allowances are recorded in the compliance
    account.
    allowances regardless of the control period
    for wh
    contain sufficient
    allowances USEPA
    it, is effective on the date on which such opt-in unit
    opt-in
    budget unit (as an opt-in unit under Section 217.480 of
    1
    stiibsection (c)(1), of
    this Section.
    4)
    solely for purposes of allowance allocations
    17.466 of
    this Subpart. as a unit that
    commenced operation on
    the effective date of the CAIR permit under
    period during
    which any CAIR permit under subset
    ion is effective,.
    the opt-in budget uni
    of this Section and will be allocated allowances
    in
    accordance with Section 217.462 or 217.466 of
    this Subpart.
    (2) of this Section, if the effective date
    any CAIR permit under
    subsection (b) of this Section is during a control
    period,
    the followin number of allowances
    will be allocated to the
    opt-in
    1 peri
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    .46_2 or 217.466 of
    _
    by the ratio of the number of
    effective date of the LAIR
    er
    subsection (b) of this Section, divided by the total
    number of
    control period.
    d) When the owner or operator
    of an
    opt-in
    un
    renew the CAIR permit
    for
    the opt-in budget unit
    issued pursuant to Section 217.472(d). USEPA
    will deduct
    from the opt-in
    budget unit's compliance account allowances
    equal in number to
    and
    allocated for the same or a prior control
    period as any allowances allocated to
    the opt-in
    budget unit under Section 217.480
    of this Subpart for any control
    period after the last control, period
    for which the CAIR permit
    1 ensure that the apt-in
    budget unit's compliance
    account contains the allowances necessary
    for completion of such deduction. If
    the compliance account does
    not contain sufficient allowances, USEPA
    will
    deduct the required
    number of allowances, regardless
    of the control
    period
    for
    which they
    were allocated whenever allowances
    are recorded in the compliance
    account.
    owner
    or operator of the opt-i
    ill
    ining allowances
    to a new general account for the
    oot-in unit ,,Ball become
    the representative for the
    Allowance allocations:
    contr
    to allowances
    for the
    ion
    for the control
    d ance
    with subsection (b) of this
    Section.
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    b)
    For the first control period and for each subsequent control period for which
    the
    it has a CATR permit, the opt-in budget unit will be allocated
    allowances in accordance with the following procedures:
    1)
    The heat input (in mmbtu) used
    for calculating allowance allocations will
    be the lesser of
    A )
    -in unit's baseline heat input determined pursuant
    to
    1 7.474(c)
    of this Subpart, or
    B )
    The
    opt-in
    unit's heat input for the control period in the year
    prior
    c ontrol period for which the allocations
    are
    being calculated, as determined
    in accordance with 44 CFR
    subpart HHHH.
    2)
    The Agency will allocate allowances to the opt-in
    budget unit in an
    (in mmbtu) determined under subsection
    d by the lesser of
    A) The unit's baseline NO,
    em
    s /
    .474(c)
    of this Subpart or
    ( calculated in lbs/mmm
    f the control period for which the allocations
    are
    rclle
    ,
    of the
    averaging-per
    I vlics.
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    Electrical
    Generati
    COMPANY NAME
    COMPANY UNIT
    BUDGET BUDGET
    SOURCE ID #-ý
    ý
    DESCIR71PT ALLOCATION ALLOCATI
    N AME-
    D ESIGNATION
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    LESS
    3
    FOR
    NEW UNIT
    SET ASIDE
    1
    4.2
    3
    4
    5
    14--5(0-
    14-58
    4700.6-p-
    7
    4L
    I .
    COAL-FIRED
    BOILER I
    BOILER
    7
    2-7-6
    2-67
    3022
    4-,64-61,,592
    TOTAL ALI C)CA
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    E
    OR
    OCATION
    4
    AVEN
    _
    TINE RENEWABLE
    179060ACR BOILER C
    ENERGY, INC.
    ]
    PULVERIZED
    DRY BOTTOM
    TOTAL ALLOCATION
    377
    366
    F3UNCE MILLING INC.
    183020ABT CFB BOILER
    0
    L
    CIT(JO
    PF'I ROLEUM
    197090AAI
    BOILER 43013-I
    cot. I'()IZATIONý
    -
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    39
    38
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    I
    OCATION
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    1'1 I L1ERY)
    FLINT HILLS RESOURCES 197800ABZ CB-706
    LP (JOLIET FACILITY)
    T
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    ALLOCATION
    ( 14
    1 4
    O
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    ý nsrnnýr
    1
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    1-
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    446
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    A7-I-1-2 IBOILER-N-C3
    I
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    TATE & LYLE INGREDIENTS 115015ABX COAL-FIRED
    AMERICAS INC.
    BOILER I
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    BOILER 2
    BOILER
    #25
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    476
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    (Source: Adde4-Amended at 2-5- 111. Reg.-59
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    217.Appendix E
    Large
    Non-Electrical Generati
    CO
    O
    S IGNATION
    B
    UDGET
    ALLOCATION ALLOCATI
    ON LESS
    S ET ASIDE
    4
    S
    MIDLAND COMPANY
    4
    0
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    AVENTINE RENEWABLE
    179060ACR BOILER
    C
    ENERGY,
    INC.
    PULVERIZED
    DRY
    BOTTOM
    TOTAL
    ALLOCATION
    377
    366
    BUNGS MILLING, INC.
    1183020ABT CFB BOILER
    TOTAL
    ALLOCATION
    101
    98
    C I TGO
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    COR-PORATION
    t
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    TOTAL ALLOCATION
    39
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    160
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    REFINERY
    A L ALLOCATION
    -ý__ -186_
    180
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    FLINT HILLS RESOURCES,
    LP JOLIET FACILITY
    1 97800ABZ C B-706
    __
    TOTAL ALLOCATION
    14
    14
    COMPANY,
    LLC
    ROLE
    OILER #
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    # 5
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    # 6
    T OTAL ALLOCATION
    52
    5 0 --
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    1 4,948
    4,809
    ( Source: Amended at
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    STATE
    OF
    ILLINOIS
    preparation an
    K. I-lirner,
    first duly
    sworn on oath, affirm that
    I participated in the
    Motion for Emergency
    Rule, and based upon my personal
    T SAYE°TTI
    NOT.
    fore me
    ugust, 2009.
    Ftc'.IAL
    SEAL
    MARY "OUNKC41'
    Pdotnry
    Pus6c - ýtat9
    ý)'
    II!in
    %'s
    Gcirnrrissýoýý i
    G :O01/R Dockets/Fit/R06-22/Affidavit
    for Motion for
    I im r-ýcný. ý, Rule
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