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Acid Rain Program: Notice of Annual Adjustment Factors for Excess Emission Penalty 


[Federal Register: October 7, 1997 (Volume 62, Number 194)]
[Notices]
[Page 52334]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr07oc97-56]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5906-5]


Acid Rain Program: Notice of Annual Adjustment Factors for Excess
Emission Penalty

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of annual adjustment factors for excess emissions
penalty.

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SUMMARY: Under the Acid Rain Program, affected units must hold enough
allowances to cover their sulfur dioxide emissions and meet an emission
limit for nitrogen oxides. Under 40 CFR 77.6, units that do not meet
these requirements must pay a penalty without demand to the
Administrator based on the number of excess tons emitted times $2000 as
adjusted by an annual adjustment factor that must be published in the
Federal Register.
    The annual adjustment factor for adjusting the penalty for excess
emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides under 40 CFR part 77
for compliance year 1997 is 1.2624. This value is derived from the
Consumer Price Index for 1990 and 1997, as defined in 40 CFR part 72,
and corresponds to a penalty of $2525 per excess ton of sulfur dioxide
or nitrogen oxides emitted.
    The annual adjustment factor for adjusting the penalty for excess
emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides under 40 CFR part 77
for compliance year 1998 is 1.2905. This value is derived from the
Consumer Price Index for 1990 and 1998, as defined in 40 CFR part 72,
and corresponds to a penalty of $2581 per excess ton of sulfur dioxide
or nitrogen oxides emitted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donna Deneen, Acid Rain Division
(6204J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street SW,
Washington, DC 20460 at (202) 233-9089.

    Dated: September 29, 1997.
Brian J. McLean,
Director, Acid Rain Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs, Office of
Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 97-26531 Filed 10-6-97; 8:45 am]
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