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## Compliance Each RGGI State's environmental regulatory agency u ses RGGI COATS to determine compliance with state CO Budget Trading Program regulations. As of January 1, 2009, under each RGGI State's CO Bu dget Trading Program, sources are required to possess CO allowances equal to their CO emissions over a three-year control period. A CO allowance represe nts a limited authorization to emit one ton of CO , as issued by a respective State

. The first three-year control period took effect on January 1, 2009 and extended through December 31, 2011 for the states of Connect icut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont. The deadline for CO budget sources to provide CO allowances for compliance and to certify compliance for the first control period was 11:59 PM ET on March 1, 2012. The second three-year control period took effect on January 1, 2012 and extends through December 31, 2014 for the states of Connect icut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, R hode Island, and Vermont. The deadline for CO budget sources to prov ide CO allowances for compliance and to certify compliance for the second control period is March 1, 2015. The third three-year control period will take effect on January 1, 2015 and extends through December 31, 2017 for the states of Connect icut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, R hode Island, and Vermont. Starting in the third control period each CO budgetsource must hold allowances equal to 50 percent of their emissions during each Interim Control Period (the first two calendar years of each three-year control perio d). Each CO budget source must hold allowances equal to 100 percent of their emissions for the three-year control period at the end of the control period. RGGI COATS provides public reports of compliance da ta. To learn more about the First Control Period CO budg et source compliance process, please see the documents below.
First Control Period Compliance Documents Format Updated Compliance Frequently Asked Questions PDF 2/27/12 Compliance Fact Sheet PDF 5/25/12 RGGI Compliance Checklist PDF 5/25/12 Summary of Compliance Clarifications PDF 5/25/12 Compliance Summary Report
First Control Period Compliance Webinar Materials (October 4, 2011) Format Updated
Recorded Webinar Presentation MP4 10/6/11 RGGI Compliance Webinar Presentation Slides PDF 5/25/12 Compliance Webinar Announcement PDF 10/1/11 Related Links RGGI COATS Platform RGGI CO Emissions Reporting 

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