Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 45-28-3 - Applicability3.1. This rule applies to all persons who voluntarily choose to participate in an emission reduction credit trading program.3.2. The use of emission reduction credits under this rule applies only to volatile organic compounds as a class of compounds, oxides of nitrogen as an ozone precursor, and all criteria pollutants, except ozone.3.3. Emission reduction credits generated by a stationary source may be used by another stationary source in accordance with this rule and in conformance with the federal clean air act. Emission reduction credits may be generated by area and mobile sources only to the extent that such credits are generated in accordance with this rule and employ baseline determinations and quantification protocols approved by the director and the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Emission reduction credits may be used only to comply with conformity with respect to compliance requirements for mobile sources under the federal clean air act and shall be used for conformity only as approved by the director and the United States Environmental Protection Agency.3.4. Nothing in this rule shall be construed to prohibit offsetting and netting to the extent authorized under 45CSR13, 45CSR14, 45CSR19, sections 165 and 173 of the federal clean air act, or 40 C.F.R. parts 51 and 52.