40 CFR § 96.61 - EPA recordation.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s96.61"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 96.61 - EPA recordation."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "96.61"
section_name: "EPA recordation."
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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# 96.61 EPA recordation.
(a) Within 5 business days of receiving a NO<sub>X</sub> allowance transfer, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, the Administrator will record a NO<sub>X</sub> allowance transfer by moving each NO<sub>X</sub> allowance from the transferor account to the transferee account as specified by the request, provided that:
(1) The transfer is correctly submitted under § 96.60;
(2) The transferor account includes each NO<sub>X</sub> allowance identified by serial number in the transfer; and
(3) The transfer meets all other requirements of this part.
(b) A NO<sub>X</sub> allowance transfer that is submitted for recordation following the NO<sub>X</sub> allowance transfer deadline and that includes any NO<sub>X</sub> allowances allocated for a control period prior to or the same as the control period to which the NO<sub>X</sub> allowance transfer deadline applies will not be recorded until after completion of the process of recordation of NO<sub>X</sub> allowance allocations in § 96.53(b).
(c) Where a NO<sub>X</sub> allowance transfer submitted for recordation fails to meet the requirements of paragraph (a) of this section, the Administrator will not record such transfer.