CAIR Sulfur Dioxide Allowance

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-003948",
  "term": "CAIR Sulfur Dioxide Allowance",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Limited authorization issued by the Administrator under the Acid Rain Program, or by a permitting authority under provisions of a State implementation plan that are approved under §51.124(o)(1) or (2) or (r) of this chapter or §97.288 of this chapter,’’, by designating the last sentence of the definition as paragraph (4), and by revising in paragraph (4) the words ‘‘(Program or under the provisions of a State implementation plan that is approved under §51.124(o)(1) or (2) of this chapter’’ to read ‘‘(Program, provisions of a State implementation plan that are approved under §51.124(o)(1) or (2) or (r) of this chapter, or §97.288 of this chapter, to emit sulfur dioxide during the control period of the specified calendar year for which the authorization is allocated or of any calendar year thereafter under the CAIR SO2 Trading Program as follows: (1) For one CAIR SO2 allowance allocated for a control period in a year before 2010, one ton of sulfur dioxide, except as provided in §96.254(b); (2) For one CAIR SO2 allowance allocated for a control period in 2010 through 2014, 0.50 ton of sulfur dioxide, except as provided in §96.254(b); and (3) For one CAIR SO2 allowance allocated for a control period in 2015 or later, 0.35 ton of sulfur dioxide, except as provided in §96.254(b). An authorization to emit sulfur dioxide that is not issued under the Acid Rain Program or under the provisions of a State implementation plan that is approved under §51.124(o)(1) or (2) of this chapter shall not be a CAIR SO2 allowance.",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 96.202 (CFR 2018)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/cair-sulfur-dioxide-allowance/"
}