Section 101.354 - Allowance Deductions(a) The executive director shall deduct allowances in tenths of a ton from a site's compliance account in an amount equal to the nitrogen oxides (NOX) emissions from each affected facility during the previous control period. The amount of NOX emissions must be quantified using the monitoring and testing protocols established in §§ 117.335, 117.340, 117.1235, 117.1240, and 117.2035 of this title (relating to Initial Demonstration of Compliance; Continuous Demonstration of Compliance; and Monitoring and Testing Requirements).(b) If the monitoring and testing data required under subsection (a) of this section is missing or unavailable, the NOX emissions from an affected facility may be quantified for that period of time using the following methods in the following order: continuous monitoring data; periodic monitoring data; testing data; manufacturer's data, and EPA Compilation of Air Pollution Emission Factors (AP-42), September 2000. (1) When quantifying NOX emissions under this subsection, the owner or operator of the affected facility shall submit the justification for not using the methods in subsection (a) of this section and the justification for the method used.(2) If NOX emissions are quantified under this subsection due to non-compliance with the monitoring and testing required under subsection (a) of this section, the executive director shall deduct allowances from a site's compliance account in an amount equal to the NOX emissions quantified under this subsection plus an additional 10%.(c) If the protocol used to show compliance with this section differs from the protocol used by the executive director to establish the allocation of allowances under § 101.353 of this title (relating to Allocation of Allowances), the executive director may recalculate the number of allowances allocated per year for consistency between the methods.(d) When deducting allowances from a site's compliance account for a control period, the executive director will deduct the allowances beginning with the most recently allocated allowances before deducting vintage allowances.(e) The executive director shall deduct allowances from a site's compliance account in an amount equal to the NOX emissions increases from a facility not subject to an emission specification under § 117.310 or § 117.2010 of this title (relating to Emission Specifications for Attainment Demonstration; and Emission Specifications) that result from changes made after December 31, 2000, to a facility subject to this division and § 117.310(e)(3) or § 117.2010(f) of this title. The owner or operator shall submit detailed documentation on these increases in NOX emissions with the annual compliance report.(f) An allowance allocated based on allowable emissions in accordance with variable (B)(i) in the figure in § 101.353(a) of this title may only be used by the facility for which it was allocated and may not be used by any other facility.(g) The amount of allowances deducted from a site's compliance account under subsection (a) of this section will be reduced by the amount of allowances deducted in accordance with § 101.352(e)(2)(A) of this title (relating to General Provisions).(h) If the NOX emissions from the affected facilities during a control period exceed the amount of allowances in the site's compliance account on March 1 following that control period, the executive director will reduce allowances for the next control period by an amount equal to the emissions exceeding the allowances in the site's compliance account plus an additional 10%. (1) If the site's compliance account does not hold sufficient allowances to accommodate this reduction, the executive director shall issue a Notice of Deficiency requiring the owner or operator to obtain sufficient allowances within 30 days of the notice.(2) These actions do not preclude additional enforcement action by the executive director.30 Tex. Admin. Code § 101.354
The provisions of this §101.354 adopted to be effective January 18, 2001, 26 TexReg 282; amended to be effective October 18, 2001, 26 TexReg 8073; amended to be effective January 17, 2003, 28 TexReg 83; amended to be effective August 16, 2007, 32 TexReg 4985; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 25, June 19, 2015, TexReg 3891, eff. 6/25/2015