40 CFR § 97.14 - Objections concerning NO authorized account representative.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s97.14"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 97.14 - Objections concerning NO authorized account representative."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "97.14"
section_name: "Objections concerning NO authorized account representative."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "AIR PROGRAMS"
part_number: "97"
part_name: "FEDERAL NOX BUDGET TRADING PROGRAM, CAIR NOX AND SO2 TRADING PROGRAMS, CSAPR NOX AND SO2 TRADING PROGRAMS, AND TEXAS SO2 TRADING PROGRAM"
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, 7426, 7491, 7601, and 7651,"
regulatory_source: "65 FR 2727, Jan. 18, 2000, unless otherwise noted. 71 FR 25396, 25422, and 25443, Apr. 28, 2006"
cfr_part: "97"
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# 97.14 Objections concerning NO authorized account representative.
(a) Once a complete account certificate of representation under § 97.13 has been submitted and received, the permitting authority and the Administrator will rely on the account certificate of representation unless and until a superseding complete account certificate of representation under § 97.13 is received by the Administrator.
(b) Except as provided in § 97.12 (a) or (b), no objection or other communication submitted to the permitting authority or the Administrator concerning the authorization, or any representation, action, inaction, or submission of the NO<sub>X</sub> authorized account representative shall affect any representation, action, inaction, or submission of the NO<sub>X</sub> authorized account representative or the finality of any decision or order by the permitting authority or the Administrator under the NO<sub>X</sub> Budget Trading Program.
(c) Neither the permitting authority nor the Administrator will adjudicate any private legal dispute concerning the authorization or any representation, action, inaction, or submission of any NO<sub>X</sub> authorized account representative, including private legal disputes concerning the proceeds of NO<sub>X</sub> allowance transfers.