[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 155 (Tuesday, August 11, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48521-48522]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-17538]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-10013-49-OAR]


Allocations of Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Allowances From New 
Unit Set-Asides for 2020 Control Periods

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of data availability.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing notice 
of the availability of data on emission allowance allocations to 
certain units under the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) trading 
programs. EPA has completed final calculations for the first round of 
allocations of allowances from the CSAPR new unit set-asides (NUSAs) 
for the 2020 control periods and has posted spreadsheets containing the 
calculations on EPA's website.

DATES: August 11, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions concerning this action 
should be addressed to Jason Kuhns at (202) 564-3236 or 
kuhns.jason@epa.gov or Andrew Reighart at (202) 564-0418 or 
reighart.andrew@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under each CSAPR trading program where EPA 
is responsible for determining emission allowance allocations, a 
portion of each state's emissions budget for the program for each 
control period is reserved in a NUSA (and in an additional Indian 
country NUSA in the

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case of states with Indian country within their borders) for allocation 
to certain units that would not otherwise receive allowance 
allocations. The procedures for identifying the eligible units for each 
control period and for allocating allowances from the NUSAs and Indian 
country NUSAs to these units are set forth in the CSAPR trading program 
regulations at 40 CFR 97.411(b) and 97.412 (NOX Annual), 
97.511(b) and 97.512 (NOX Ozone Season Group 1), 97.611(b) 
and 97.612 (SO2 Group 1), 97.711(b) and 97.712 
(SO2 Group 2), and 97.811(b) and 97.812 (NOX 
Ozone Season Group 2). Each NUSA allowance allocation process involves 
up to two rounds of allocations to eligible units, termed ``new'' 
units, followed by the allocation to ``existing'' units of any 
allowances not allocated to new units.
    In a notice of data availability (NODA) published in the Federal 
Register on May 18, 2020 (85 FR 29711), EPA provided notice of 
preliminary calculations for the first-round 2020 NUSA allowance 
allocations and described the process for submitting any objections. 
EPA received no objections in response to the May 18, 2020 NODA. This 
NODA concerns EPA's final calculations for the first round of 2020 NUSA 
allocations, which are unchanged from the preliminary calculations.
    The detailed unit-by-unit data and final allowance allocation 
calculations are set forth in Excel spreadsheets titled 
``CSAPR_NUSA_2020_NOX_Annual_1st_Round_Final_Data'', 
``CSAPR_NUSA_2020_NOX_OS_1st_Round_Final_Data'', and 
``CSAPR_NUSA_2020_SO2_1st_Round_Final_Data'', available on 
EPA's website at https://www.epa.gov/csapr/csapr-compliance-year-2020-nusa-nodas.
    EPA notes that an allocation or lack of allocation of allowances to 
a given unit does not constitute a determination that CSAPR does or 
does not apply to the unit. EPA also notes that, under 40 CFR 
97.411(c), 97.511(c), 97.611(c), 97.711(c), and 97.811(c), allocations 
are subject to potential correction if a unit to which allowances have 
been allocated for a given control period is not actually an affected 
unit as of the start of that control period.

(Authority: 40 CFR 97.411(b), 97.511(b), 97.611(b), 97.711(b), and 
97.811(b))

Reid P. Harvey,
Director, Clean Air Markets Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs, 
Office of Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 2020-17538 Filed 8-10-20; 8:45 am]
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