NOx Ozone Season Group 3 Trading Program under the Revised Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) Update
2021 and 2022 Important Dates
On March 15, 2021, EPA finalized the Revised Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Update for the 2008 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards. Starting in the 2021 ozone season, the rule will require additional emissions reductions of nitrogen oxides (NOX) from power plants in 12 states under the NOX Ozone Season Group 3 Trading Program. This list highlights key initial implementation dates for this program.
General
June 1, 2022
March 15, 2021
Compliance / allowance transfer deadline (applies to all CSAPR programs)
Revised CSAPR Update Signed
April 30, 2021
Publication of final rule in Federal Register
May 17, 2021
Publication of Notice of Data Availability (NODA) with unit-level allocations (from both state emission budgets and supplemental allowances) in Federal Register
June 29, 2021
Effective Date
Group 2 Allowance Recall (see Recall of 2021-2024 Group 2 Allowances for Group 3 Sources (pdf) )
July 14, 2021
EPA deadline to execute first-round recalls of 2021-2024 Group 2 allowances
September 15, 2021
EPA deadline to execute second round recalls of 2021-2024 Group 2 allowances
November 15, 2021
EPA deadline to execute any further recalls of 2021-2024 Group 2 allowances
Group 3 Allowance Recordation
July 29, 2021
EPA deadline to record existing unit Group 3 allocations from 2021 state emission budgets and 2021 supplemental allowances for sources that have fully complied with recall
July 29, 2021
EPA deadline to record existing unit Group 3 allocations from 2022 state emission budgets for sources that have fully complied with recall in states that do not submit notice of intent to submit state allocations for 2022
Group 3 Bank Creation (see Allowance Bank Conversion Fact Sheet (pdf) )
August 13, 2021
EPA deadline to execute initial bank creation 2017-2020 Group 2 conversions
State-determined Allocations
June 29, 2021
State deadline for notice of intent to submit state-determined 2022 existing unit Group 3 allocations
September 1, 2021
State deadline to submit state-determined 2022 existing unit Group 3 allocations
September 15, 2021
EPA deadline to record FIP 2022 existing unit Group 3 allocations for states that do not submit allocations
March 1, 2022
EPA deadline to record state-determined 2022 existing unit Group 3 allocations for states that submit allocations
Safety Valve (see The Safety Valve: An Opportunity to Convert Additional Banked Allowances (pdf) )
March 1, 2022
EPA deadline to execute safety valve 2017-2020 Group 2 conversions
New Unit Set-Aside (NUSA)
March 1, 2022
EPA deadline to publish preliminary 2021 NUSA NODA
May 1, 2022
EPA deadline to publish final 2021 NUSA NODA and record allocations