40 CFR § 96.83 - Applying for NO Budget opt-in permit.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s96.83"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 96.83 - Applying for NO Budget opt-in permit."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "96.83"
section_name: "Applying for NO Budget opt-in 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: "2026-03-24"
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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# 96.83 Applying for NO Budget opt-in permit.

(a) *Applying for initial NO*<sub>X</sub> Budget opt-in permit. In order to apply for an initial NO<sub>X</sub> Budget opt-in permit, the NO<sub>X</sub> authorized account representative of a unit qualified under § 96.80 may submit to the permitting authority at any time, except as provided under § 96.86(g):

(1) A complete NO<sub>X</sub> Budget permit application under § 96.22;

(2) A monitoring plan submitted in accordance with subpart H of this part; and

(3) A complete account certificate of representation under § 96.13, if no NO<sub>X</sub> authorized account representative has been previously designated for the unit.

(b) *Duty to reapply.* The NO<sub>X</sub> authorized account representative of a NO<sub>X</sub> Budget opt-in source shall submit a complete NO<sub>X</sub> Budget permit application under § 96.22 to renew the NO<sub>X</sub> Budget opt-in permit in accordance with § 96.21(c) and, if applicable, an updated monitoring plan in accordance with subpart H of this part.