[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 83 (Monday, May 1, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26538-26539]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08795]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9542-04-OAR]


Final Allocations of Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Allowances 
From New Unit Set-Asides for 2022 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 allocations of 
allowances from the CSAPR new unit set-asides (NUSAs) for the 2022 
control periods and has posted spreadsheets containing the calculations 
on EPA's website. EPA has also completed calculations for allocations 
of the remaining 2022 NUSA allowances to existing units and has posted 
spreadsheets containing those calculations on EPA's website as well.

DATES: May 1, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions concerning this action 
should be addressed to Jason Kuhns at (202) 564-3236 or 
[email protected] or Andrew Reighart at (202) 564-0418 or 
[email protected].

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 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), 97.811(b) and 97.812 
(NOX Ozone Season Group 2), and 97.1011(b) and 97.1012 
(NOX Ozone Season Group 3). Each NUSA allowance allocation 
process involves 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 February 27, 2022 (88 FR 12356), EPA provided notice of the 
preliminary calculations of NUSA allowance allocations for the 2022 
control periods and described the process for submitting any 
objections. EPA received no objections in response to the February 27, 
2022 NODA. This NODA concerns the final NUSA allowance 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

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``CSAPR_NUSA_2022_NOx_Annual_Final_Data_New_Units,'' 
``CSAPR_NUSA_2022_NOx_OS_Final_Data_New_Units,'' 
``CSAPR_NUSA_2022_SO2_Final_Data_New_Units,'' 
``CSAPR_NUSA_2022_NOx_Annual_Final_Data_Existing_Units,'' 
``CSAPR_NUSA_2022_NOx_OS_Final_Data_Existing_Units,'' and 
``CSAPR_NUSA_2022_SO2_Final_Data_Existing_Units'', available on EPA's 
website at https://www.epa.gov/csapr/csapr-compliance-year-2022-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), 97.811(c), and 97.1011(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), 
97.811(b), and 97.1011(b).)

Rona Birnbaum,
Director, Clean Air Markets Division, Office of Atmospheric Protection, 
Office of Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 2023-08795 Filed 4-28-23; 8:45 am]
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