40 CFR § 96.75 - Petitions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s96.75"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 96.75 - Petitions."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "96.75"
section_name: "Petitions."
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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# 96.75 Petitions.
(a) The NO<sub>X</sub> authorized account representative of a NO<sub>X</sub> Budget unit that is subject to an Acid Rain emissions limitation may submit a petition under § 75.66 of this chapter to the Administrator requesting approval to apply an alternative to any requirement of this subpart.
(1) Application of an alternative to any requirement of this subpart is in accordance with this subpart only to the extent that the petition is approved by the Administrator, in consultation with the permitting authority.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (a)(1) of this section, if the petition requests approval to apply an alternative to a requirement concerning any additional CEMS required under the common stack provisions of § 75.72 of this chapter, the petition is governed by paragraph (b) of this section.
(b) The NO<sub>X</sub> authorized account representative of a NO<sub>X</sub> Budget unit that is not subject to an Acid Rain emissions limitation may submit a petition under § 75.66 of this chapter to the permitting authority and the Administrator requesting approval to apply an alternative to any requirement of this subpart.
(1) The NO<sub>X</sub> authorized account representative of a NO<sub>X</sub> Budget unit that is subject to an Acid Rain emissions limitation may submit a petition under § 75.66 of this chapter to the permitting authority and the Administrator requesting approval to apply an alternative to a requirement concerning any additional CEMS required under the common stack provisions of § 75.72 of this chapter or a NO<sub>X</sub> concentration CEMS used under 75.71(a)(2) of this chapter.
(2) Application of an alternative to any requirement of this subpart is in accordance with this subpart only to the extent the petition under paragraph (b) of this section is approved by both the permitting authority and the Administrator.