Illinois Administrative Code › Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part 205 - EMISSIONS REDUCTION MARKET SYSTEM › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 205.130 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Unless otherwise specified within this Part, the definitions
				  for the terms used in this Part shall be the same as those found in Section
				  39.5 of the Act [415 ILCS
				  5/39.5 ] and in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 211.
"Account officer" means a natural person who has been
				  approved by the Agency, as specified in Section
				  205.620 of this
				  Part, and is subsequently responsible for one or more Transaction Accounts to
				  which he or she is designated.
"Allotment" means the number of allotment trading units
				  (ATUs) allotted to a source by the Agency, as established in the source's CAAPP
				  permit or FESOP.
"Allotment Trading Unit (ATU)" means a tradable unit that
				  represents 200 lbs of VOM emissions and is a limited authorization to emit 200
				  lbs of VOM emissions during the seasonal allotment period.
"Annual Emissions Report" means the report submitted to the
				  Agency annually pursuant to 35 Ill. Adm. Code 254.
"Baseline emissions" means a participating source's VOM
				  emissions for the seasonal allotment period based on historical operations as
				  determined under Subpart C of this Part. Baseline emissions shall be the basis
				  of the allotment for each participating source.
"Best Available Technology (BAT)" means an emission level
				  based on the maximum degree of reduction of VOM emitted from or which results
				  from any emission unit, which the Agency, on a case-by-case basis, taking into
				  account energy, environmental and economic impacts, determines is achievable
				  for such unit through application of production processes and available
				  methods, systems, and techniques for control of VOM, considering the features
				  and production process and control methods, systems and techniques already used
				  for the unit. BAT for an emission unit shall not be more stringent than Best
				  Available Control Technology (BACT) as would be determined contemporaneously
				  for such unit under the federal rules for Prevention of Significant
				  Deterioration of Air Quality (PSD),
				  40 CFR
				  52.21(1996). In no event
				  shall application of "best available technology" result in emissions of VOM
				  which exceed the emissions allowed by any standard established pursuant to
				  Section 111 of the Clean Air Act, if such a standard is applicable to the
				  category of emission unit.
"CAAPP" means the Clean Air Act Permit Program, pursuant to
				  Section 39.5 of the Act [415 ILCS 5/39.5].
"Chicago area" means the area composed of Cook, DuPage, Kane,
				  Lake, McHenry, and Will Counties and Aux Sable Township and Goose Lake Township
				  in Grundy County and Oswego Township in Kendall County.
"Emergency" means any situation arising from sudden and
				  reasonably unforeseeable events beyond the control of the source, such as an
				  act of God, that requires immediate corrective action to restore normal
				  operation.
"Emissions excursion" refers to the event that occurs when a
				  participating source or new participating source does not hold sufficient ATUs
				  at the end of a reconciliation period to account for its VOM emissions from the
				  preceding seasonal allotment period, in accordance with Section
				  205.150(c) or
				  (d)  of this Subpart.
"Excursion Compensation Notice" means an administrative
				  notice issued by the Agency, pursuant to Section
				  205.720
				  of this Part, that notifies the owner or operator of a participating source or
				  new participating source that the Agency has determined that the source has had
				  an emissions excursion.
"General participant" means any person, other than a
				  participating source or new participating source, that obtains a Transaction
				  Account and is allowed to buy and sell ATUs.
"New participating source" means a source not operating prior
				  to May 1, 1999, located in the Chicago area, that emits or has the potential to
				  emit 25 tons per year or more of VOM or is required to obtain a CAAPP permit
				  and has or will have seasonal emissions of at least 10 tons of VOM.
"Participating source" means a source operating prior to May
				  1, 1999, located in the Chicago area, that emits or has the potential to emit
				  25 tons per year or more of VOM or is required to obtain a CAAPP permit; and
				  has baseline emissions of at least 10 tons, as specified in Section
				  205.320(a)
				  of this Part, or seasonal emissions of at least 10 tons in any seasonal
				  allotment period beginning in 1999.
"Reconciliation period" means the period from October 1
				  through December 31 of each year during which the owner or operator of a
				  participating source or new participating source must compile actual VOM
				  emissions for the previous seasonal allotment period and may also buy or sell
				  ATUs so that sufficient ATUs are held by the source by the conclusion of the
				  reconciliation period.
"Seasonal allotment period" means the period from May 1
				  through September 30 of each year.
"Seasonal emissions" means actual VOM emissions at a source
				  that occur during a seasonal allotment period.
"Sell" means to transfer ATUs to another person through sale,
				  lease, trade or other means of transfer.
"Special participant" means any person that registers with
				  the Agency and may purchase and retire ATUs but not sell ATUs, as specified in
				  Section
				  205.610
				  of this Part.
"Throughput" means the activity of an emission unit during a
				  particular period relevant to its generation of VOM emissions, including, but
				  not limited to, the amount of material transferred for a liquid storage
				  operation, the amount of material processed through or produced by the emission
				  unit, fuel usage, or the weight or volume of coatings or inks.
"Transaction Account" means an account authorized by the
				  Agency or its designee that allows an account officer to buy or sell
				  ATUs.