40 CFR § 96.53 - Recordation of NO allowance allocations.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s96.53"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 96.53 - Recordation of NO allowance allocations."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "96.53"
section_name: "Recordation of NO allowance allocations."
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: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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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# 96.53 Recordation of NO allowance allocations.

(a) The Administrator will record the NO<sub>X</sub> allowances for 2003 in the NO<sub>X</sub> Budget units' compliance accounts and the allocation set-asides, as allocated under subpart E of this part. The Administrator will also record the NO<sub>X</sub> allowances allocated under § 96.88(a)(1) for each NO<sub>X</sub> Budget opt-in source in its compliance account.

(b) Each year, after the Administrator has made all deductions from a NO<sub>X</sub> Budget unit's compliance account and the overdraft account pursuant to § 96.54, the Administrator will record NO<sub>X</sub> allowances, as allocated to the unit under subpart E of this part or under § 96.88(a)(2), in the compliance account for the year after the last year for which allowances were previously allocated to the compliance account. Each year, the Administrator will also record NO<sub>X</sub> allowances, as allocated under subpart E of this part, in the allocation set-aside for the year after the last year for which allowances were previously allocated to an allocation set-aside.

(c) *Serial numbers for allocated NO*<sub>X</sub> *allowances.* When allocating NO<sub>X</sub> allowances to and recording them in an account, the Administrator will assign each NO<sub>X</sub> allowance a unique identification number that will include digits identifying the year for which the NO<sub>X</sub> allowance is allocated.