40 CFR § 96.24 - Effective date of initial NO Budget permit.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s96.24"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 96.24 - Effective date of initial NO Budget permit."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "96.24"
section_name: "Effective date of initial NO Budget permit."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "AIR PROGRAMS"
part_number: "96"
part_name: "NOX BUDGET TRADING PROGRAM AND CAIR NOX AND SO2 TRADING PROGRAMS FOR STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 7401, 7403, 7410, 7601, and 7651,"
regulatory_source: "63 FR 57514, Oct. 27, 1998, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "96"
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# 96.24 Effective date of initial NO Budget permit.

The initial NO<sub>X</sub> Budget permit covering a NO<sub>X</sub> Budget unit for which a complete NO<sub>X</sub> Budget permit application is timely submitted under § 96.21(b) shall become effective by the later of:

(a) May 1, 2003;

(b) May 1 of the year in which the NO<sub>X</sub> Budget unit commences operation, if the unit commences operation on or before May 1 of that year;

(c) The date on which the NO<sub>X</sub> Budget unit commences operation, if the unit commences operation during a control period; or

(d) May 1 of the year following the year in which the NO<sub>X</sub> Budget unit commences operation, if the unit commences operation on or after October 1 of the year.