(a) For each control period in 2019 and thereafter, the Administrator will allocate Texas SO2 Trading Program allowances from the Texas SO2 Trading Program Supplemental Allowance Pool as follows:

(1) No later than February 15, 2020 and each subsequent February 15, the Administrator will review all the quarterly SO2 emissions reports provided under §97.934(d) for each Texas SO2 Trading Program unit for the previous control period. The Administrator will identify each Texas SO2 Trading Program source for which the total amount of emissions reported for the units at the source for that control period exceeds the total amount of allowances allocated to the units at the source for that control period under §97.911.

(2) For each Texas SO2 Trading Program source identified under paragraph (a)(1) of this section, the Administrator will calculate the amount by which the total amount of reported emissions for that control period exceeds the total amount of allowances allocated for that control period under §97.911.

(3)

(i) For Coleto Creek (ORIS 6178), if the source is identified under paragraph (a)(1) of this section, the Administrator will allocate and record in the source's compliance account an amount of allowances from the Supplemental Allowance Pool equal to the lesser of the amount calculated for the source under paragraph (a)(2) of this section or the total number of allowances in the Supplemental Allowance Pool available for allocation under paragraph (b) of this section.

(ii) For any Texas SO2 Trading Program sources identified under paragraph (a)(1) of this section other than Coleto Creek (ORIS 6178), the Administrator will allocate and record allowances from the Supplemental Allowance Pool as follows:

(A) If the total for all such sources of the amounts calculated under paragraph (a)(2) of this section is less than or equal to the total number of allowances in the Supplemental Allowance Pool available for allocation under paragraph (b) of this section that remain after any allocation under paragraph (a)(3)(i) of this section, then the Administrator will allocate and record in the compliance account for each such source an amount of allowances from the Supplemental Allowance Pool equal to the amount calculated for the source under paragraph (a)(2) of this section.

(B) If the total for all such sources of the amounts calculated under paragraph (a)(2) of this section is greater than the total number of allowances in the Supplemental Allowance Pool available for allocation under paragraph (b) of this section that remain after any allocation under paragraph (a)(3)(i) of this section, then the Administrator will calculate each such source's allocation of allowances from the Supplemental Allowance Pool by dividing the amount calculated under paragraph (a)(2) of this section for the source by the sum of the amounts calculated under paragraph (a)(2) of this section for all such sources, then multiplying by the number of allowances in the Supplemental Allowance Pool available for allocation under paragraph (b) of this section that remain after any allocation under paragraph (a)(3)(i) of this section and rounding to the nearest allowance. The Administrator will then record the calculated allocations of allowances in the applicable compliance accounts.

(iii) Any unallocated allowances remaining in the Supplemental Allowance Pool after the allocations determined under paragraphs (a)(3)(i) and (ii) of this section will be maintained in the Supplemental Allowance Pool. These allowances will be available for allocation by the Administrator in subsequent control periods to the extent consistent with paragraph (b) of this section.

(4) The Administrator will notify the designated representative of each Texas SO2 Trading Program source when the allowances from the Supplemental Allowance Pool have been recorded.

(b) The total amount of allowances in the Texas SO2 Trading Program Supplemental Allowance Pool available for allocation for a control period is equal to the sum of the Texas SO2 Trading Program Supplemental Allowance Pool budget under §97.910(a)(2), any allowances from retired units pursuant to §97.911(a)(2) and from corrections pursuant to §97.911(c)(5), and any allowances maintained in the Supplemental Allowance Pool pursuant to paragraph (a)(3)(iii) of this section, but cannot exceed by more than 44,711 tons the sum of the budget provided under §97.910(a)(2) and any portion of the budget provided under §97.910(a)(1) not otherwise allocated for that control period under §97.911(a)(1). If the number of allowances in the Supplemental Allowance Pool exceeds this level then the Administrator may only allocate allowances up to this level for the control period.


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