Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 09 - MARYLAND CO[2] BUDGET TRADING PROGRAM › Chapter 26.09.02 - Applicability, Determining Compliance, and Allowance Distribution › Section 26.09.02.05 - Compliance Certification and Early Reductions

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. Compliance Certification Report.
(1) Applicability and Deadline. For each
				  control period in which a CO2 budget source is subject
				  to the CO2 budget emissions limitation, the
				  CO2 authorized account representative of the source
				  shall submit a compliance certification report by the March 1 following the
				  relevant control period.
(2)
				  Contents of Report. The CO2 authorized account
				  representative shall include in the compliance certification report the
				  following:
(a) Identification of the source
				  and each CO2 budget unit at the source;
(b) At the CO2
				  authorized account representative's option, the serial numbers of the
				  CO2 allowances that are to be deducted from the source's
				  compliance account for the control period, including the serial numbers of any
				  CO2 offset allowances that are to be deducted subject to
				  applicable limitations; and
(c) The
				  compliance certification required by §A(3) of this regulation.
(3) Compliance Certification. In
				  the compliance certification report, the CO2 authorized
				  account representative shall certify whether the source and each
				  CO2 budget unit at the source for which the compliance
				  certification is submitted was operated during the control period in compliance
				  with the requirements of this subtitle, including:
(a) Whether each CO2
				  budget unit at the source was operated in compliance with the
				  CO2 budget emissions limitation;
(b) Whether the monitoring plan applicable to
				  each unit at the source:
(i) Has been
				  maintained to reflect the actual operation and monitoring of the unit;
				  and
(ii) Contains all information
				  necessary to track CO2 emissions from the
				  unit;
(c) Whether all
				  CO2 emissions from each unit at the source were
				  monitored or accounted for through the missing data procedures and reported in
				  the quarterly monitoring reports, including:
(i) Whether all conditional data was reported
				  in the quarterly reports; or
(ii)
				  If conditional data were reported, whether the status of all conditional data
				  has been resolved and all necessary quarterly report resubmissions have been
				  made;
(d) Whether the
				  basis for certification or for using an excepted monitoring method or approved
				  alternative monitoring method has changed; and
(e) If a change is required to be reported,
				  include:
(i) The nature and reasons for the
				  change;
(ii) When the change
				  occurred; and
(iii) How the unit's
				  compliance status was determined after the change, including the method used to
				  determine emissions when a change mandated the need for monitor
				  recertification.
(4) Format of report. The
				  CO2 authorized account representative shall submit the
				  compliance certification report in the following manner:
(a) Electronically to the
				  CO2 allowance tracking system; and
(b) Directly to the Department in a hard
				  copy.