(a) Within 5 business days of receiving a NOX allowance transfer, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, the Administrator will record a NOX allowance transfer by moving each NOX allowance from the transferor account to the transferee account as specified by the request, provided that:

(1) The transfer is correctly submitted under §97.60; and

(2) The transferor account includes each NOX allowance identified by serial number in the transfer.

(b) A NOX allowance transfer that is submitted for recordation following the NOX allowance transfer deadline and that includes any NOX allowances allocated for a control period prior to or the same as the control period to which the NOX allowance transfer deadline applies will not be recorded until after the Administrator completes the recordation of NOX allowance allocations under §97.53 for the control period in the fourth year after the control period to which the NOX allowance transfer deadline applies.

(c) Where a NOX allowance transfer submitted for recordation fails to meet the requirements of paragraph (a) of this section, the Administrator will not record such transfer.

[65 FR 2727, Jan. 18, 2000, as amended at 69 FR 21647, Apr. 21, 2004]