Mass Emissions Cap and Trade Program

The Mass Emissions Cap and Trade program was adopted under 30 TAC Chapter 101, Subchapter H, Division 3 on December 6, 2000 by the TCEQ. This program shall be mandatory for stationary facilities in the Houston/Galveston nonattainment area located at sites with a collective design capacity of 10 tons per year or more and subject to the NOx State Implementation Plan rules under 30 TAC Chapter 117. Exit the TCEQ Facilities subject to this program are required to certify their levels of activity with the TNRCC Emissions Banking and Trading Program by June 30, 2001 for use in determining their annual NOx allowances. The Mass Emissions Cap and Trade program began on January 1, 2002 with a final reduction to the emissions cap occurring in 2007.

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