R307-250-2. Definitions

The following additional definitions apply to R307-250:

"Account Certificate of Representation" or "Certificate" means the completed and signed submission required to designate an Account Representative for a WEB source or an Account Representative for a general account. "Account Representative" means the individual who is authorized through an Account Certificate of Representation to represent owners and operators of the WEB source with regard to matters under the WEB Trading Program or, for a general account, who is authorized through an Account Certificate of Representation to represent the persons having an ownership interest in allowances in the general account with regard to matters concerning the general account.

"Actual Emissions" means total annual sulfur dioxide emissions determined in accordance with R307-250-9 or determined in accordance with the Sulfur Dioxide Milestone Inventory requirements of R307-150 for sources that are not subject to R307-250-9.

"Allocate" means to assign allowances to a WEB source in accordance with SIP Section XX.E.3.a through c.

"Allowance" means the limited authorization under the WEB Trading Program to emit one ton of sulfur dioxide during a specified control period or any control period thereafter subject to the terms and conditions for use of unused allowances as established by R307-250.

"Allowance Limitation" means the tonnage of sulfur dioxide emissions authorized by the allowances available for compliance deduction for a WEB source under R307-250-12 on the allowance transfer deadline for each control period.

"Allowance Transfer Deadline" means the deadline established in R307-250-10(2) when allowance transfers must be submitted for recording in a WEB source's compliance account in order to demonstrate compliance for that control period.

"Compliance Account" means an account established in the WEB EATS under R307-250-8(1) for the purpose of recording allowances that a WEB source might hold to demonstrate compliance with its allowance limitation.

"Compliance Certification" means a submission to the director by the Account Representative as required under R307-250-12(2) to report a WEB source's compliance or noncompliance with R307-250.

"Control Period" means the period beginning January 1 of each year and ending on December 31 of the same year, inclusive.

"Existing Source" means a stationary source that commenced operation before the Program Trigger Date.

"General Account" means an account established in the WEB EATS under R307-250-8 for the purpose of recording allowances held by a person that are not to be used to show compliance with an allowance limitation.

"Milestone" means the maximum level of stationary source regional sulfur dioxide emissions for each year from 2003 to 2018, established according to the procedures in SIP Section XX.E.1.

"New WEB Source" means a WEB source that commenced operation on or after the program trigger date.

"New Source Set-aside" means a pool of allowances that are available for allocation to new sources in accordance with the provisions of SIP Section XX.E.3.c.

"Program trigger date" means the date that the director determines that the WEB Trading Program has been triggered in accordance with the provisions of SIP Section XX.E.1.c.

"Program trigger years" means the years shown in SIP Section XX.E.1.a, Table 3, column 3 for the applicable milestone if the WEB Trading Program is triggered as described in SIP Section XX.E.1.

"Retired source" means a WEB source that has received a retired source exemption as provided in R307-250-4(4).

"Serial number" means, when referring to allowances, the unique identification number assigned to each allowance by the Tracking Systems Administrator, in accordance with R307-250-7(2).

"SIP Section XX.E" means Section XX, Part E of the State Implementation Plan, titled "Sulfur Dioxide Milestones and Backstop Trading Program." SIP Section XX, Regional Haze, is incorporated by reference under R307-110-28.

"Special Reserve Compliance Account" means an account established in the WEB EATS under R307-250-8(1) for the purpose of recording allowances that a WEB source might hold to demonstrate compliance with its allowance limitation for emission units that are monitored for sulfur dioxide in accordance with R307-250-9(1)(b).

"Sulfur Dioxide emitting unit" means any equipment that is located at a WEB source and that emits sulfur dioxide.

"Submit" means sent to the director or the Tracking system Administrator under the signature of the Account Representative. For purposes of determining when something is submitted, an official U.S. Postal Service postmark, or equivalent electronic time stamp, shall establish the date of submittal.

"Ton" means 2000 pounds and any fraction of a ton equaling 1000 pounds or more shall be treated as one ton and any fraction of a ton equaling less than 1000 pounds shall be treated as zero tons.

"Tracking System Administrator" or "TSA" means the person designated by the director as the administrator of the WEB EATS.

"WEB Source" means a stationary source that meets the applicability requirements of R307-250-4.

"WEB Trading Program" means R307-250, the Western Backstop Trading Program, triggered as a backstop in accordance with the provisions in SIP Section XX.E, if necessary, to ensure that regional sulfur dioxide emissions are reduced.

"WEB Emissions and Allowance Tracking System (WEB EATS)" means the central database where sulfur dioxide emissions for WEB sources as recorded and reported in accordance with R307-250 are tracked to determine compliance with allowance limitations, and the system where allowances under the WEB Trading Program are recorded, held, transferred and deducted.

"WEB EATS account" means an account in the WEB EATS established for purposes of recording, holding, transferring, and deducting allowances.