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40 CFR §73.19

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  1. (a)Eligibility. A unit is eligible for allowance allocations under this section if it meets the following requirements:
    1. (1)It is an existing unit that is a utility unit;
    2. (2)It serves a generator with nameplate capacity equal to or greater than 75 MWe;
    3. (3)Its 1985 actual SO2 emissions rate was equal to or greater than 1.2 lb/mmBtu;
    4. (4)Its 1990 actual SO2 emissions rate is at least 50 percent less than the lesser of its 1980 actual or allowable SO2 emissions rate;
    5. (5)Its actual SO2 emission rate is less than 1.2 lb/mmBtu in any one calendar year from 1996 through 1999, as reported under part 75 of this chapter;
    6. (6)It commenced commercial operation after January 1, 1970;
    7. (7)It is part of a utility system whose combined commercial and industrial kilowatt-hour sales increased more than 20 percent between calendar years 1980 and 1990; and
    8. (8)It is part of a utility system whose company-wide fossil-fuel SO2 emissions rate declined 40 percent or more from 1980 to 1988.
  2. (b)[Reserved]