Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 156 - CO[2] BUDGET TRADING PROGRAM › Section 096-156-6 - CO[2] Authorized Account Representative Provisions

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A.
Authorization and
				responsibilities.
(1) Except as
				provided under subsection 6(B) of this Chapter, each CO2
				budget source, including all CO2 budget units at the
				source, shall have one and only one CO2 authorized
				account representative, with regard to all matters under the
				CO2 Budget Trading Program concerning the source or any
				CO2 budget unit at the source.
(2) The CO2 authorized
				account representative of the CO2 budget source shall be
				designated in an agreement binding on the owners and operators of the source
				and all CO2 budget units at the source, and must act in
				accordance with the certificate of representation under section 6(D) of this
				Chapter.
(3) Upon receipt by the
				Department or its agent of a complete account certificate of representation
				under subsection 6(D) of this Chapter, the CO2
				authorized account representative of the source shall represent and, by his or
				her representations, actions, inactions, or submissions, legally bind each
				owner and operator of the CO2 budget source represented
				and each CO2 budget unit at the source in all matters
				pertaining to the CO2 Budget Trading Program,
				notwithstanding any agreement between the CO2 authorized
				account representative and such owners and operators. The owners and operators
				shall be bound by any decision or order issued to the
				CO2 authorized account representative by the Department
				or a court regarding the source or unit.
(4) No CO2 budget
				license shall be issued, and no CO2 Allowance Tracking
				System account shall be established for a CO2 budget
				source, until the Department or its agent has received a complete account
				certificate of representation under subsection 6(D) of this Chapter for a
				CO2 authorized account representative of the source and
				all CO2 budget units at the source. Each submission
				under the CO2 Budget Trading Programs hall be submitted,
				signed, and certified by the CO2 authorized account
				representative for each CO2 budget source on behalf of
				which the submission is made.
(5)
				Each such submission shall include the following certification statement by the
				CO2 authorized account representative:" I am authorized
				to make this submission on behalf of the owners and operators of the
				CO2 budget sources or CO2 budget
				units for which the submission is made. I certify under penalty of law that I
				have personally examined, and am familiar with, the statements and information
				submitted in this document and all its on my inquiry of those individuals with
				primary responsibility for obtaining the information, I certify that the
				statements and information are to the best of my attachments. Based Knowledge
				and belief true, accurate, and complete. I am aware that there are significant
				penalties for submitting false statements and information or omitting required
				statements and information, including the possibility of fine or imprisonment."
(6) The Department or its agent
				will accept or act on a submission made on behalf of owners or operators of a
				CO2 budget source or a CO2 budget
				unit only if the submission has been made, signed, and certified in accordance
				with subsection 6(A)(5) of this Chapter.