40 CFR § 97.83 - Applying for NO Budget opt-in permit.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s97.83"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 97.83 - Applying for NO Budget opt-in permit."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "97.83"
section_name: "Applying for NO Budget opt-in permit."
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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# 97.83 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 § 97.80 may submit to the Administrator and the permitting authority at any time, except as provided under § 97.86(g):
(1) A complete NO<sub>X</sub> Budget permit application under § 97.22;
(2) A monitoring plan submitted in accordance with subpart H of this part; and
(3) A complete account certificate of representation under § 97.13, if no NO<sub>X</sub> authorized account representative has been previously designated for the unit.
(b) *Duty to reapply.* Unless the NO<sub>X</sub> Budget opt-in permit is terminated or revised under § 97.86(e) or § 97.87(b)(1)(i), the NO<sub>X</sub> authorized account representative of a NO<sub>X</sub> Budget opt-in unit shall submit to the Administrator and permitting authority a complete NO<sub>X</sub> Budget permit application under § 97.22 to renew the NO<sub>X</sub> Budget opt-in permit in accordance with § 97.21(c) and, if applicable, an updated monitoring plan in accordance with subpart H of this part.