§ 97.902 Definitions.

The terms used in this subpart shall have the meanings set forth in this section as follows:

Acid Rain Program means a multi-state SO₂ and NO_X air pollution control and emission reduction program established by the Administrator under title IV of the Clean Air Act and parts 72 through 78 of this chapter.

Administrator means the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency or the Director of the Clean Air Markets Division (or its successor determined by the Administrator) of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the Administrator's duly authorized representative under this subpart.

Allocate or allocation means, with regard to Texas SO₂ Trading Program allowances, the determination by the Administrator, State, or permitting authority, in accordance with this subpart or any SIP revision submitted by the State approved by the Administrator, of the amount of such Texas SO₂ Trading Program allowances to be initially credited, at no cost to the recipient, to a Texas SO₂ Trading Program unit.

Allowance Management System means the system by which the Administrator records allocations, transfers, and deductions of Texas SO₂ Trading Program allowances under the Texas SO₂ Trading Program. Such allowances are allocated, recorded, held, transferred, or deducted only as whole allowances.

Allowance Management System account means an account in the Allowance Management System established by the Administrator for purposes of recording the allocation, holding, transfer, or deduction of Texas SO₂ Trading Program allowances.

Allowance transfer deadline means, for a control period before 2021, midnight of March 1 immediately after such control period or, for a control period in 2021 or thereafter, midnight of June 1 immediately after such control period (or if such March 1 or June 1 is not a business day, midnight of the first business day thereafter) and is the deadline by which a Texas SO₂ Trading Program allowance transfer must be submitted for recordation in a Texas SO₂ Trading Program source's compliance account in order to be available for use in complying with the source's Texas SO₂ Trading Program emissions limitation for such control period in accordance with §§ 97.906 and 97.924.

Alternate designated representative means, for a Texas SO₂ Trading Program source and each Texas SO₂ Trading Program unit at the source, the natural person who is authorized by the owners and operators of the source and all such units at the source, in accordance with this subpart, to act on behalf of the designated representative in matters pertaining to the Texas SO₂ Trading Program. If the Texas SO₂ Trading Program source is also subject to the Acid Rain Program, CSAPR NO_X Ozone Season Group 2 Trading Program, or CSAPR NO_X Ozone Season Group 3 Trading Program, then this natural person shall be the same natural person as the alternate designated representative as defined in the respective program.

Assurance account means an Allowance Management System account, established by the Administrator under § 97.925(b)(3) for certain owners and operators of a group of one or more Texas SO₂ Trading Program sources and units, in which are held Texas SO₂ Trading Program allowances available for use for a control period in a given year in complying with the Texas SO₂ Trading Program assurance provisions in accordance with §§ 97.906 and 97.925.

Authorized account representative means, for a general account, the natural person who is authorized, in accordance with this subpart, to transfer and otherwise dispose of Texas SO₂ Trading Program allowances held in the general account and, for a Texas SO₂ Trading Program source's compliance account, the designated representative of the source.

Automated data acquisition and handling system or DAHS means the component of the continuous emission monitoring system, or other emissions monitoring system approved for use under this subpart, designed to interpret and convert individual output signals from pollutant concentration monitors, flow monitors, diluent gas monitors, and other component parts of the monitoring system to produce a continuous record of the measured parameters in the measurement units required by this subpart.

Business day means a day that does not fall on a weekend or a federal holiday.

Clean Air Act means the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401, et seq.

Coal means “coal” as defined in § 72.2 of this chapter.

Commence commercial operation means, with regard to a Texas SO₂ Trading Program unit, to have begun to produce steam, gas, or other heated medium used to generate electricity for sale or use, including test generation.