Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL - QUALITY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › Article 12 - VOLUNTARY EMISSIONS BANK › Section R18-2-1201 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In addition to the definitions contained in Article 1 of this
				  Chapter, and A.R.S. §
									49-401.01,
				  the following definitions apply to this Article:
"Account holder" means any person or entity who has opened
				  an account in the emissions bank under
				  R18-2-1206.
"Certification authority" means the Department or the county
				  or multi-county district to which the Department has delegated authority to
				  certify emission reduction credits under A.R.S. §
									49-410(C).
"Certified credit"
				  means an emission reduction credit that has been issued under
				  R18-2-1203(C)(2),
				  R18-2-1204(B), or R18-2-1205(E)(3).
"Conditional credit"
				  means an emission reduction credit for a reduction in emissions by a plan
				  generator that the certification authority has issued under
				  R18-2-1205(D)(2)
				   but the Administrator has not yet approved
				  under
				  R18-2-1205(E)(3).
"Emissions bank" means the system created by the Department
				  to record and make publicly available information on the issuance,
				  certification, transfer, retirement, and use of emission reduction
				  credits.
"Emission reduction
				  credit" or "credit" means a a reduction in qualifying emissions expressed in
				  tons per year for which the generator has submitted an application under
				  R18-2-1203,
				  R18-2-1204, or
				  R18-2-1205 and which has not been withdrawn from the emissions bank under
				  R18-2-1208(B)(5) or
				  (C).
"Emission reduction plan" means a plan submitted under
				  R18-2-1205 for assuring that reductions in qualifying emissions by a plan
				  generator are permanent, quantifiable, surplus, enforceable, and real.
"Enforceable" means that specific measures for assessing
				  compliance with an emissions limitation, control, or other requirement are
				  established in a permit, offset-creation rule, or emission reduction plan in a
				  manner that allows compliance to be readily determined by an inspection of
				  records and reports.
"Form" means a paper document or online form provided through
				  a web portal.
"Generator" means any permitted source or other activity that
				  has made or proposes to make reductions in qualifying emissions.
"Issue," with respect to emission reduction credits, means to
				  create and provide evidence of the creation of conditional credits or certified
				  credits in the form or manner prescribed by the Department.
"Offset-creation rule" means a state, county, or multi-county
				  district rule that has been approved into the state implementation plan and
				  provides a method for allowing emission reductions from specific activities to
				  qualify as offsets. Rule 242 of the Maricopa County Air Pollution Control
				  Regulations is an example of an offset-creation rule.
"Offsets" means reductions in emissions required under
				  R18-2-404 or the equivalent rule of a county or multi-county district.
"Pending credits" means emission reduction credits for which
				  an application has been submitted under
				  R18-2-1203,
				  R18-2-1204, or
				  R18-2-1205
				  but that have not yet been issued as conditional or certified credits.
"Permanent" means that the reduction in qualifying emissions
				  are long-lasting and unchanging for the remaining life of the relevant
				  activity.
"Permitted generator" means a generator that is a stationary
				  source subject to a permit, other than a general permit, issued under A.R.S.
				  §
									49-426
				  or
				  49-480
				  and that seeks credits for reductions that are or will be made enforceable
				  through permit condition.
"Plan generator" means a generator that intends to achieve or
				  has achieved reductions in qualifying emissions in compliance with an emission
				  reduction plan under
				  R18-2-1205.
"Planning authority" means the organization responsible for
				  preparing the state implementation plan for an area under A.R.S. §
									49-404
				  or
				  49-406.
"Qualifying emissions" means emissions of any
				  conventional air pollutant, other than elemental lead, or any precursor of a
				  conventional air pollutant from any activity. Qualifying emissions does not
				  include emissions from a fleet of motor vehicles if the fleet operates outside
				  of a nonattainment area.
A.R.S. §
									49-410(H)(2).
"Quantifiable" means that the amount, rate, and
				  characteristics of a reduction in qualifying emissions can be measured through
				  reliable, replicable methods.
"Real" means that a reduction in qualifying emissions is a
				  reduction in actual emissions released to the air resulting from a physical
				  change or change in the method of operations of a generator.
"Regulatory generator" means a generator that has achieved
				  reductions in qualifying emissions in compliance with an offset-creation
				  rule.
"Surplus" means that
				  a reduction in qualifying emissions is not otherwise required by an applicable
				  requirement and not relied upon in the state implementation plan.
"Ton" includes fraction of a ton as necessary to reflect the
				  total amount of emissions reductions achieved or to be achieved by a
				  generator.