Air Pollution Control Regulation No. 46, 'CO2 Budget Trading Program'


250-RICR-120-05-46 ACTIVE RULE

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46.1Purpose and Authority

46.2Application

46.3Severability

46.4Incorporated Materials

46.5Definitions

a.Table 1

CO2 CCR Trigger Price

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

2027

2028

2029

2030

$10.25

$10.51

$10.77

$13.00

$13.91

$14.88

$15.92

$17.03

$18.22

$19.50

$20.87

$22.33

$23.89

32."CO2 emissions containment reserve allowance” or “CO2 ECR allowance" means a CO2 allowance that is withheld from sale at an auction by the Department or its agent for the purpose of additional emission reduction in the event of lower than anticipated emission reduction costs.

33."CO2 emissions containment reserve trigger price” or “ECR trigger price" means the price below which CO2 allowances will be withheld from sale by the Department or its agent at an auction. The ECR trigger price in calendar year 2021 shall be $6.00. Each calendar year thereafter, the ECR trigger price shall be 1.07 multiplied by the ECR trigger price from the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest whole cent, as shown in § 46.5(A)(33)(a) of this Part (Table 2).

a.Table 2

CO2 ECR Trigger Price

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

2027

2028

2029

2030

$ 6.00

$ 6.42

$ 6.87

$ 7.35

$ 7.86

$ 8.41

$ 9.00

$ 9.63

$10.30

$11.02

34.“CO2 offset allowance” means a CO2 allowance that is awarded to the sponsor of a CO2 emissions offset project, and is subject to the relevant compliance deduction limitations of § 46.12.5(A)(1)(c) of this Part.

35.“Combined cycle system” means a system comprised of one or more combustion turbines, heat recovery steam generators, and steam turbines configured to improve overall efficiency of electricity generation or steam production.

36.“Combustion turbine” means an enclosed fossil or other fuel-fired device that is comprised of a compressor (if applicable), a combustor, and a turbine, and in which the flue gas resulting from the combustion of fuel in the combustor passes through the turbine, rotating the turbine.

37.“Commence commercial operation” means, with regard to a unit that serves a generator, to have begun to produce steam, gas, or other heated medium used to generate electricity for sale or use, including test generation. For a unit that is a CO2 budget unit on the date the unit commences commercial operation, such date shall remain the unit's date of commencement of commercial operation even if the unit is subsequently modified, reconstructed, or repowered. For a unit that is not a CO2 budget unit on the date the unit commences commercial operation, the date the unit becomes a CO2 budget unit shall be the unit's date of commencement of commercial operation.

38.“Commence operation” means to have begun any mechanical, chemical, or electronic process, including, start-up of a unit's combustion chamber. For a unit that is a CO2 budget unit on the date of commencement of operation, such date shall remain the unit's date of commencement of operation even if the unit is subsequently modified, reconstructed, or repowered. For a unit that is not a CO2 budget unit on the date of commencement of operation, the date the unit becomes a CO2 budget unit shall be the unit's date of commencement of operation.

39.“Compliance account” means a CO2 Allowance Tracking System account, established by the Department or its agent, for a CO2 budget source under § 46.12 of this Part, in which the CO2 allowances for the source are held and available for use by the source for a control period and each interim control period for the purpose of meeting the CO2 requirements of § 46.7(A) of this Part.

40.“Continuous emissions monitoring system” or "CEMS” means the equipment required under § 46.12 of this Part to sample, analyze, measure, and provide, by means of readings recorded at least once every fifteen (15) minutes (using an automated DAHS) and a permanent record of stack gas volumetric flow rate, stack gas moisture content, and oxygen or carbon dioxide concentration (as applicable), in a manner consistent with §§ 46.13 and 46.14 of this Part and with 40 C.F.R. § 75 incorporated in § 46.4(A) of this Part.

41.“Control period” means a three-calendar-year period. The first control period is from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2011, inclusive. Each subsequent, sequential three-calendar-year period is a separate control period. The first two (2) calendar years of each control period are each defined as an interim control period, beginning on January 1, 2015.

42."Cross state air pollution rule NOx annual trading program" or "CSAPR NOx annual trading program" means a multi-state NOx air pollution control and emission reduction program established in accordance with 40 C.F.R. § 97, subpart AAAAA and 40 C.F.R. § 52.38(a), including such a program that is revised in a SIP revision approved by the Administrator under 40 C.F.R. § 52.38(a)(3) or (4) or that is established in a SIP revision approved by the Administrator under 40 C.F.R. § 52.38(a)(5), as a means of mitigating interstate transport of fine particulates and NOx.

43."Cross state air pollution rule NOx ozone season trading program" or "CSAPR NOx ozone season trading program" means a multi-state NOx air pollution control and emission reduction program established in accordance with 40 C.F.R. § 97, subpart BBBBB and 40 C.F.R. § 52.38(b), including such a program that is revised in a SIP revision approved by the Administrator under 40 C.F.R. § 52.38(b)(3) or (4) or that is established in a SIP revision approved by the Administrator under 40 C.F.R. § 52.38(b)(5), as a means of mitigating interstate transport of ozone and NOx.

44."Cross state air pollution rule SO2 Group 1 Trading Program" or "CSAPR SO2 group 1 trading program" means a multi-state SO2 air pollution control and emission reduction program established in accordance with 40 C.F.R. § 97, subpart CCCCC and 40 C.F.R. § 52.39(a), (b), (d) through (f), (j), and (k), including such a program that is revised in a SIP revision approved by the Administrator under 40 C.F.R. § 52.39(d) or (e) or that is established in a SIP revision approved by the Administrator under 40 C.F.R. § 52.39(f),as a means of mitigating interstate transport of fine particulates and SO2.

45."Cross state air pollution rule SO2 group 2 trading program" or "CSAPR SO2 group 2 trading program" means a multi-state SO2 air pollution control and emission reduction program established in accordance with 40 C.F.R. § 97, subpart DDDDD and 40 C.F.R. § 52.39(a), (c), and (g) through (k), including such a program that is revised in a SIP revision approved by the Administrator under 40 C.F.R. § 52.39(g) or (h) or that is established in a SIP revision approved by the Administrator under 40 C.F.R. § 52.39(i), as a means of mitigating interstate transport of fine particulates and SO2.

46.“Eligible biomass” means sustainably harvested, woody, and herbaceous fuel sources that are available on a renewable or recurring basis (excluding old-growth timber), including dedicated energy crops and trees, agricultural food and feed crop residues, aquatic plants, unadulterated wood and wood residues, animal wastes, other clean organic wastes not mixed with other solid wastes, and biogas derived from such fuel sources. Liquid biofuels do not qualify as eligible biomass. Sustainably harvested will be determined by the Department.

47.“Excess emissions” means any tonnage of CO2 emitted by a CO2 budget source during a control period that exceeds the CO2 budget emissions limitation for the source.

48.“Excess interim emissions” means any tonnage of CO2 emitted by a CO2 budget source during an interim control period multiplied by 0.50 that exceeds the CO2 budget emissions limitation for the source.

49.“First control period adjustment for banked allowances” means an adjustment applied to the Rhode Island CO2 Budget Trading Program base budget for allocation years 2014 through 2020 to address the surplus allocation year 2009, 2010, and 2011 allowances held in general and compliance accounts, including compliance accounts established pursuant to the CO2 Budget Trading Program, but not including accounts opened by participating states.

50.“Fossil fuel-fired” means:

a.With regard to a unit that commenced operation prior to January 1, 2005, the combustion of fossil fuel, alone or in combination with any other fuel, where the fossil fuel combusted comprises, or is projected to comprise, more than 50 percent (50%) of the annual heat input on a Btu basis during any year.

b.With regard to a unit that commenced or commences operation on or after January 1, 2005, the combustion of fossil fuel, alone or in combination with any other fuel, where the fossil fuel combusted comprises, or is projected to comprise, more than 5 percent (5%) of the annual heat input on a Btu basis during any year.

51.“General account” means a CO2 Allowance Tracking System account, established under § 46.12 of this Part, that is not a compliance account.

52.“Gross generation” means the electrical output in MWe at the terminals of the generator.

53.“Interim control period” means a one-calendar-year time period, during each of the first and second calendar years of each three-year control period. The first interim control period starts on January 1, 2015, and ends on December 31, 2015, inclusive. The second interim control period starts on January 1, 2016, and ends on December 31, 2016, inclusive. Each successive three-year control period will have two (2) interim control periods, comprised of each of the first two (2) calendar years of that control period.

54.“Life-of-the-unit firm power contractual arrangement” means a unit participation power sales agreement under which a utility or industrial customer reserves, or is entitled to receive, a specified amount or percentage of nameplate capacity and associated energy from any specified unit and pays its proportional amount of such unit’s total costs, pursuant to a contract:

a.For the life of the unit; or

b.For a cumulative term of no less than thirty (30) years, including contracts that permit an election for early termination; or

c.For a period equal to or greater than twenty-five (25) years or seventy percent (70%) of the economic useful life of the unit determined as of the time the unit is built, with option rights to purchase or release some portion of the nameplate capacity and associated energy generated by the unit at the end of the period.

55.“Maximum potential hourly heat input” means an hourly heat input used for reporting purposes when a unit lacks certified monitors to report heat input. If the unit intends to use of 40 C.F.R. § 75, Appendix D, to report heat input, this value should be calculated, in accordance with 40 C.F.R. § 75 incorporated in § 46.4(A) of this Part, using the maximum fuel flow rate and the maximum gross calorific value. If the unit intends to use a flow monitor and a diluent gas monitor, this value should be reported, in accordance with 40 C.F.R. § 75 incorporated in § 46.4(A) of this Part, using the maximum potential flowrate and either the maximum carbon dioxide concentration (in percent CO2) or the minimum oxygen concentration (in percent O2).

56.“Minimum reserve price” means the minimum reserve price in calendar year 2014 shall be $2.00. Each calendar year thereafter, the minimum reserve price shall be 1.025 multiplied by the minimum reserve price from the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest whole cent.

57.“Monitoring system” means any monitoring system that meets the requirements of § 46.13 of this Part, including a continuous emissions monitoring system, an excepted monitoring system, or an alternative monitoring system.

58.“Megawatt” or “MW” means a unit of power equal to 1000 kilowatts or 1,000,000 watts.

59.“MMBtu” means one million British thermal units.

60.“MWe” means megawatt electrical.

61.“Megawatt-hour” or “MWh” means the amount of power (in megawatts) used or produced in an hour.

62.“Nameplate capacity” means the maximum electrical output (in MWe) that an electric generating unit can sustain over a specified period of time when not restricted by seasonal or other deratings as measured in accordance with the United States Department of Energy standards.

63."Net-electric output" means the amount of gross generation the generator(s) produce (including, but not limited to, output from steam turbine(s), combustion turbine(s), and gas expander(s)), as measured at the generator terminals, less the electricity used to operate the plant (i.e., auxiliary loads); such uses include fuel handling equipment, pumps, fans, pollution control equipment, other electricity needs, and transformer losses as measured at the transmission side of the step up transformer (e.g., the point of sale).

64.“Offset project” means all the equipment, materials, items, or actions directly related to the reduction of CO2 equivalent emissions or the sequestration of carbon.

65.“Operator” means any person who operates, controls, or supervises a CO2 budget unit or a CO2 budget source and shall include, but not be limited to, any holding company, utility system, or plant manager of such a unit or source.

66.“Owner” means any of the following persons:

a.Any holder of any portion of the legal or equitable title in a CO2 budget unit; or

b.Any holder of a leasehold interest in a CO2 budget unit, other than a passive lessor, or a person who has an equitable interest through such lessor, whose rental payments are not based, either directly or indirectly, upon the revenues or income from the CO2 budget unit; or

c.Any purchaser of power from a CO2 budget unit under a life-of-the-unit contractual arrangement in which the purchaser controls the dispatch of the unit; or

d.With respect to any general account, any person who has an ownership interest with respect to the CO2 allowances held in the general account and who is subject to the binding agreement for the CO2 authorized account representative to represent that person's ownership interest with respect to the CO2 allowances.

67.“Participating state” means a state that has established a corresponding regulation as part of the CO2 Budget Trading Program.

68.“Permanently retired” means a CO2 allowance or CO2 offset allowance that has been placed in a retirement account controlled by the jurisdiction that generated the CO2 allowance or CO2 offset allowance, or has been placed in an allowance retirement account controlled by the Department, or is otherwise determined by the Department to have been rendered unusable.

69.“Receive” or “receipt of” means, when referring to the Department or its agent, to come into possession of a document, information, or correspondence (whether sent in writing or by authorized electronic transmission), as indicated in an official correspondence log, or by a notation made on the document, information, or correspondence, by the Department or its agent in the regular course of business.

70.“Recordation,” “record” or “recorded” means, with regard to CO2 allowances, the movement of CO2 allowances or CO2 offset allowances by the Department or its agent from one CO2 Allowance Tracking System account to another for purposes of allocation, transfer or deduction.

71.“Renewable energy” means electricity generated from biomass, wind, solar thermal, photovoltaic, geothermal, hydroelectric facilities certified by the Low Impact Hydroelectric Institute, wave and tidal action and fuel cells powered by renewable fuels.

72.“Renewable portfolio standard” means a statutory or regulatory requirement that a load-serving entity provide a certain portion of the electricity it supplies to its customers from renewable energy sources, or any other statutory or regulatory requirement that a certain portion of electricity supplied to the electricity grid be generated from renewable energy sources.

73.“Reserve price” means the minimum acceptable price for each CO2 allowance in a specific auction. The reserve price at an auction is either the minimum reserve price or the CCR trigger price, as specified in § 46.5 of this Part.

74.“Rhode Island auction/sale account” means an account administered by the Department or its agent for purposes of auctioning or selling CO2 allowances.

75.“Rhode Island CO2 budget trading program adjusted budget” means § 46.8.3 of this Part the annual amount of CO2 tons available in Rhode Island for allocation in a given allocation year, in accordance with the CO2 Budget Trading Program. CO2 CCR allowances offered for sale at an auction are separate from and additional to CO2 allowances allocated from the Rhode Island CO2 Budget Trading Program adjusted budget.

76.“Rhode Island CO2 budget trading program base budget” means the Rhode Island CO2 Budget Trading Program base budget specified in § 46.8.1 of this Part. CO2 offset allowances allocated to project sponsors and CO2 CCR allowances offered for sale at an auction are separate from and additional to CO2 allowances allocated from the Rhode Island CO2 Budget Trading Program Base Budget.

77.“Second control period adjustment for banked allowances” means an adjustment applied to the Rhode Island CO2 Budget Trading Program base budget for allocation years 2015 through 2020 to address the allocation year 2012 and 2013 allowances held in general and compliance accounts, including compliance accounts established pursuant to the CO2 Budget Trading Program, but not including accounts opened by participating states, that are in addition to the aggregate quantity of 2012 and 2013 emissions from all CO2 budget sources in all of the participating states.

78.“Serial number” means, when referring to CO2 allowances, the unique identification number assigned to each CO2 allowance by the Department or its agent, under § 46.12.4(C) of this Part.

79.“Short ton” means a measure of weight equal to two thousand (2,000) pounds or 0.9072 metric tons.

80.“Source” means any governmental, institutional, commercial, or industrial structure, installation, plant, building, or facility that emits or has the potential to emit any air pollutant under 42 U.S.C. § 7401, (CAA § 502(c)), a “source,” including a “source” with multiple units, shall be considered a single “facility.”

81.“State” means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa and includes the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

82.“Submit” or “serve” means to send or transmit a document, information, or correspondence to the person specified in accordance with the applicable regulation:

a.In person;

b.By United States Postal Service;

c.By other means of dispatch or transmission and delivery

d.Compliance with any “submission,” “service,” or “mailing” deadline shall be determined by the date of dispatch, transmission, or mailing and not the date of receipt.

83.“Third adjustment for banked allowances” means an adjustment applied to the Rhode Island CO2 Budget Trading Program base budget for allocation years 2021 through 2025 to address allowances held in general and compliance accounts, including compliance accounts established pursuant to the CO2 Budget Trading Program, but not including accounts opened by participating states, that are in addition to the aggregate quantity of emissions from all CO2 budget sources in all of the participating states at the end of the fourth control period in 2020 and as reflected in the CO2 Allowance Tracking System on March 15, 2021.

84.“Ton” or “tonnage” means any short ton. For the purpose of determining compliance with the CO2 requirements of § 46.7(A) of this Part, total tons for a control period and each interim control period shall be calculated as the sum of all recorded hourly emissions (or the tonnage equivalent of the recorded hourly emissions rates) in accordance with §§ 46.13 and 46.14 of this Part, with any remaining fraction of a ton equal to or greater than 0.50 ton deemed to equal one ton and any fraction of a ton less than 0.50 ton deemed to equal zero (0) tons.

85.“Undistributed CO2 allowances” means CO2 allowances originally allocated to a set aside account as pursuant to § 46.8.3(K) of this Part, that were not distributed.

86.“Unit” means a fossil fuel-fired stationary boiler, combustion turbine, or combined cycle system.

87.“Unit operating day” means a calendar day in which a unit combusts any fuel.

88.“Unsold CO2 allowances” means CO2 allowances that have been made available for sale in an auction conducted by the Department or its agent, but not sold.

89.“Voluntary renewable energy purchase” means a purchase of electricity from renewable energy generation or renewable energy attribute credits by a retail electricity customer on a voluntary basis. Renewable energy includes electricity generated from biomass, wind, solar thermal, photovoltaic, geothermal, hydroelectric facilities certified by the Low Impact Hydropower Institute, wave and tidal action, and fuel cells powered by renewable fuels. The renewable energy generation or renewable energy attribute credits related to such purchases may not be used by the generator or purchaser to meet any regulatory mandate, such as a renewable portfolio standard.

90.“Voluntary renewable energy market set-aside account” means an account established by the Department to hold CO2 allowances that are allocated pursuant to § 46.8.3(K) of this Part.

46.6Applicability

46.7General Requirements

46.8CO2 Allowance Allocations

(1)Table 3

CCR allowances from 2021 forward

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

2027

2028

2029

2030 and each year thereafter

187,770

182,083

176,393

170,701

165,013

159,321

153,632

147,941

142,252

136,562

D.Emissions Containment Reserve (ECR) Withholding.

1.The Department or its agent shall convert and transfer any CO2 allowances that have been withheld from any auction(s) into the Rhode Island ECR account. The ECR withholding is for the purpose of additional emissions reduction in the event of lower than anticipated emissions reduction costs. The Department shall withhold CO2 ECR allowances in the following manner.

a.If the condition in § 47.11(A) of this Subchapter (CO2 Budget Trading Program Allowance Distribution) is met at an auction, then the maximum number of CO2 ECR allowances that will be withheld from that auction will be equal to the quantity shown in § 46.8.3(D)(1)(a)((1)) of this Part (Table 4) minus the total quantity of CO2 ECR allowances that have been withheld from any prior auction(s) in that calendar year. Any CO2 ECR allowances withheld from an auction will be transferred into the Rhode Island ECR account.

(1)Table 4

ECR Allowances from 2021 forward

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

2027

2028

2029

2030 and each year thereafter

187,768

182,078

176,388

170,699

165,009

159,319

153,629

147,939

142,249

136,559

E.First control period adjustment for banked allowances.

1.By January 15, 2014, the Department shall establish the first control period adjustment for banked allowances quantity for allocation years 2014 through 2020 as shown in § 46.8.3(E)(1)(a) of this Part (Table 5).

a.Table 5

First control period adjustment for banked allowances

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

132,122

132,122

132,122

132,122

132,122

132,122

132,122

F.Second control period adjustment for banked allowances.

1.On March 17, 2014, the Department shall establish the second control period adjustment for banked allowances quantity the allocation years 2015 through 2020 as shown in § 46.8.3(F)(1)(a) of this Part (Table 6).

a.Table 6

Second control period adjustment for banked allowances

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

220,273

220,273

220,273

220,273

220,273

220,273

G.Third adjustment for banked allowances.

1.On March 15, 2021, the Department shall determine the third adjustment for banked allowances quantity for allocation years 2021 through 2025 through the application of the following formula:

TABA = ((TA – TAE)/5 X RS%

Where:

TABA = third adjustment for banked allowances quantity in tons. TA (third adjustment) = total quantity of allowances of vintage years prior to 2021 held in general and compliance accounts, including compliance accounts established pursuant to the CO2 Budget Trading Program, but not including accounts opened by participating states, as reflected in the CO2 Allowance Tracking System on March 15, 2021.

TAE (third adjustment emissions) = total quantity of 2018, 2019 and 2020 emissions from all CO2 budget sources in all participating states, reported pursuant to CO2 Budget Trading Program as reflected in the CO2 Allowance Tracking System on March 15, 2021.

RS% = Relevant RGGI state’s 2021 budget divided by the 2021 regional budget.

H.CO2 Budget Trading Program adjusted budgets for 2018 through 2020.

1.On April 15, 2014, the Department established the Rhode Island CO2 Budget Trading Program adjusted budgets for the 2018 through 2020 allocation years in § 46.8.3(H)(1)(a) of this Part (Table 7):

a.Table 7

CO2 Budget Trading Adjusted budgets:

2018

2019

2020

1,160,450

1,652,960

1,602,826

I.CO2 Budget Trading Program adjusted budgets for 2021 through 2025.

1.On or before April 15, 2021, the Department shall establish the Rhode Island CO2 Budget Trading Program adjusted budgets for the 2021 through 2025 allocation years by the following formula:

AB = BB – TABA

Where:

AB = Rhode Island CO2 Budget Trading Program adjusted budget

BB = Rhode Island CO2 Budget Trading Program base budget

TABA = third adjustment for banked allowances quantity in tons.

J.After making the determinations in § 46.8.3(G) of this Part, the Department or its agent will publish the CO2 trading program adjusted budgets for the 2021 through 2025 allocation years.

K.Voluntary renewable energy market set-aside allocation.

1.The Department shall open and manage a general account for the voluntary renewable energy market set-aside for each allocation year.

2.The Department shall allocate one percent (1%) of the number of allowances of the annual base budget to the voluntary renewable energy market set-aside account.

3.The Department shall permanently retire CO2 allowances from the voluntary renewable energy market set-aside account for a given allocation year. The number of allowances to be retired shall be made based on the following:

a.Any person may submit data to the Department or the Department may gather data documenting purchases of voluntary renewable energy that meet the requirements of § 46.8.3(K)(3)(a) of this Part by no later than the March 1 immediately following the allocation year for which it is being made and must include information to assure that the voluntary renewable energy purchase demonstrates accreditable CO2 emissions reductions. Such data must be from reputable sources, which may include retail electricity providers, organizations that certify renewable energy products, and other parties as determined by the Department. To be considered, data must be verifiable and document the following for voluntary renewable energy purchases:

(1)Documentation of voluntary renewable energy or renewable energy attribute credit purchases by retail customers, by customer class, in the State during the allocation year immediately preceding the application date.

(2)Documentation that the renewable energy or renewable energy attributes related to voluntary renewable energy or renewable energy attribute credit sales was procured by the retail provider.

(3)Time period when the retail purchase(s) was made.

(4)State where the electricity was generated or the renewable energy attribute credit was created, including documentation of facility name, unique generator identification number, and fuel type.

(5)Time period when the electricity was generated or the renewable energy attribute credit was created.

b.By October 31 following the March 1 application deadline established in § 46.8.3(K)(3)(a) of this Part, the Department will determine the actual MWh of voluntary renewable energy market purchases that occurred during the allocation year. The department will retire CO2 allowances from the voluntary renewable set-aside account in the amount up to the number of CO2 tons represented by actual voluntary renewable energy market purchases, based on actual MWh purchases demonstrated by each applicant as follows:

CO2 tons = MP x EF

Where: CO2 tons = (rounded down to the nearest whole ton) the number of allowances to be retired from the set-aside account.

MP = MWh of voluntary renewable energy purchases in the State during the allocation year.

EF = CO2 emissions factor for the control area where the electricity represented by the sale was generated.

In no event shall the department retire more than 1% of the base budget for the allocation year.

4.After retiring the CO2 allowances from the voluntary renewable energy market set-aside account, the Department may transfer any remaining CO2 allowances from the set-aside account to the Rhode Island Auction/Sale Account.

46.9CO2 Authorized Account Representative for CO2 Budget Sources

46.10Permits

46.11CO2 Allowance Transfers

46.12CO2 Allowance Tracking System

46.13Monitoring

46.14Recordkeeping and Reporting

46.15Compliance Certification

46.16Reserved

46.17CO2 Emissions Offset Projects

46.18Duty to Comply


Title 250 Department of Environmental Management
Chapter 120 Air Resources
Subchapter 05 Air Pollution Control
Part 46 Air Pollution Control Regulation No. 46, 'CO2 Budget Trading Program'
Type of Filing Periodic Refile
Regulation Status Active
Effective 01/04/2022

Regulation Authority:

R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-17.1-2(19)
R.I. Gen. Laws Chapters 23-23
R.I. Gen. Laws Chapters 23-82
R.I. Gen. Laws Chapters 42-35

Purpose and Reason:

This rule is being refiled by the agency pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-35-4.1. No changes were made to the text of this rule.