35 Ill. Adm. Code 217.482
Allowance Allocations to Opt-In Budget Units
Section 217
Section 217.482 Allowance
Allocations to Opt-In Budget Units
a) Allowance allocations:
1) By the December 31 immediately before the first control period
for which the budget permit is effective, the Agency will allocate allowances
to the opt-in budget unit and submit to USEPA the allocation for the control
period in accordance with subsection (b) of this Section.
2) By no later than the December 31 after the first control
period for which the budget permit is in effect and December 31 of each year
thereafter, the Agency will allocate allowances to the opt-in budget unit and
submit to USEPA allocations for the next control period, in accordance with
subsection (b) of this Section.
b) For the first control period, and for each subsequent control
period for which the opt-in budget unit has a budget 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) The opt-in unit's baseline heat input determined pursuant to
Section 217.476(c) of this Subpart; or
B) The opt-in unit's heat input, for the control period in the
year prior to the year of the first control period for which the allocations
are being calculated, as determined in accordance with 40 CFR 96, subpart H.
2) The Agency will allocate allowances to the opt-in budget unit
in an amount equaling the heat input (in mmbtu) determined under subsection
(b)(1) of this Section multiplied by the lesser of:
A) The unit's baseline NO
x
emissions rate (in lbs/mmbtu)
determined pursuant to Section 217.476(c) of this Subpart; or
B) The lowest NO
x
emissions limitation (calculated in
lbs/mmbtu) under State or federal law that is applicable to the budget opt-in
unit for the year of the control period for which the allocations are being
calculated, regardless of the averaging period to which the emissions
limitation applies.