CAIRCAMR: Designated Representative and Establishing Allowance Accounts


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CAIR/CAMRDesignated Representative and
Establishing Allowance Accounts

• EPA Region 4 Workshop
• Atlanta
• March 15 2007
• Mary Shellabarger

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Designated Representative

• Each source must have a Designated Representative
  (DR)
• This individual is responsible for all
  submissions under CAIR/CAMR/Acid Rain
• monitoring plans emissions reports
• permit applications
• allowance transfers
• compliance

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Certificate of Representation

• Identifies one DR and alternate for each source
  for all trading programs Acid Rain/CAIR/CAMR
• Identifies all units at the source and for each
  unit
• Indicates each program to which the unit is
  subject
• Identifies the owners and operators
• Requires certification statement that DR and
  alternate are responsible for all submissions
  under each program
• Currently Cert of Rep form and on-line
  alternative include only Acid Rain and CAIR CAMR
  will be included later this Spring

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Cert of Rep cont.

• Acid Rain DRs must submit new Cert of Rep in
  order to certify their representation for
  CAIR/CAMR
• CAMR sources in States without trading still need
  DR for emissions data submission
• No specific deadline for submittal DR must be
  established in order to make other submittals
  (such as permit application or monitoring plan)

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CAMD Business System

• CAMD Business System offers alternative to paper
  form for Cert of Rep
• Saves on work of filling out multiple forms
• Allows the designation of Agents to perform
  on-line functions
• All allowance account management can be done here
• https//camd.epa.gov/cbs/

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Allowance Management System

• EPAs system for tracking all allowance activity
• Maintains information on
• accounts and their representatives
• the issuance of all allowances
• the holdings of allowances in accounts
• the transfer of allowances between accounts
• the deduction of allowances for compliance
  purposes

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Allowance Accounts

• Compliance Accounts
• Accounts for affected sources
• General Accounts
• For any person or organization
• State Accounts
• Basic allocation authority
• Set asides for new units energy efficiency etc

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Compliance Accounts

• Established for each affected source via
  Certificate of Representation
• One account for Acid Rain/CAIR/CAMR programs
• Account Numbers
• 12 digits
• first six digits are ORIS/facility code and
  second six digits are FACLTY

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General Accounts

• Available for any individual or organization
• Established by submitting form
• name and contact information for account
  representative and alternate
• signature
• list of all persons with ownership interest in
  the allowances held in the account
• 12 digit account number always begins 9999

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State Accounts

• Each State has basic authority account equal to
  State budget
• States have CSP authority in CAIR NOx Annual
  Program
• From within the State trading budget States may
  choose to set aside a portion of the budget
• New unit set-asides
• Energy efficiency or clean air
• State accounts always begin with the two-letter
  State abbreviation

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Data on the Web

• Data and Maps web site
• http//cfpub.epa.gov/gdm/
• Available from CAMD home page
• All allowance information is publicly available
• Accounts
• Allocations
• Representatives
• Transfers
• Deductions for emissions