Progress Report

Program Compliance

Program Compliance Tables

Last updated: 12/2019

Related Figures

Acid Rain Program SO₂ Program Allowance Reconciliation Summary, 2018
Cross-State Air Pollution Rule SO₂ Group 1 Program Allowance Reconciliation Summary, 2018
Cross-State Air Pollution Rule SO₂ Group 2 Program Allowance Reconciliation Summary, 2018
Cross-State Air Pollution Rule NOₓ Annual Program Allowance Reconciliation Summary, 2018
Cross-State Air Pollution Rule NOₓ Ozone Season Program Group 1 Allowance Reconciliation Summary, 2018
Cross-State Air Pollution Rule NOₓ Ozone Season Program Group 2 Allowance Reconciliation Summary, 2018

Highlights

ARP SO₂ Program

  • The reported 2018 SO₂ emissions by the ARP sources totaled 1,245,696 tons.
  • Over 53 million SO₂ allowances were available for compliance (9 million vintage 2018 and nearly 44 million banked from prior years).
  • EPA deducted about 1.2 million allowances for the ARP compliance. After reconciliation, over 52 million ARP SO₂ allowances were banked and carried forward to the 2019 ARP compliance year.
  • All ARP SO₂ facilities were in compliance in 2018 (holding sufficient allowances to cover their SO₂ emissions).

CSAPR SO₂ Group 1 Program

  • The reported 2018 SO₂ emissions by the CSAPR Group 1 sources totaled 652,789 tons.
  • Over 4.9 million SO₂ Group 1 allowances were available for compliance.
  • EPA deducted almost 653,000 allowances for the CSAPR SO₂ Group 1 compliance. After reconciliation, almost 4.3 million CSAPR SO₂ Group 1 allowances were banked and carried forward to the 2019 compliance year.
  • All CSAPR SO₂ Group 1 facilities were in compliance in 2018 (holding sufficient allowances to cover their SO₂ emissions).

CSAPR SO₂ Group 2 Program

  • The reported 2018 SO₂ emissions by the CSAPR Group 2 sources totaled 113,752 tons.
  • Over 2 million SO₂ Group 2 allowances were available for compliance.
  • EPA deducted almost 114,000 allowances for the CSAPR SO₂ Group 2 compliance. After reconciliation, over 1.9 million CSAPR SO₂ Group 2 allowances were banked and carried forward to the 2019 compliance year.
  • All CSAPR SO₂ Group 2 facilities were in compliance in 2018 (holding sufficient allowances to cover their SO₂ emissions).

CSAPR NOₓ Annual Program

  • The reported 2018 annual NOₓ emissions by the CSAPR sources totaled 589,935 tons.
  • Over 2.3 million NOₓ Annual allowances were available for compliance.
  • EPA deducted almost 590,000 allowances for the CSAPR NOₓ Annual compliance. After reconciliation over 1.7 million CSAPR NOₓ Annual allowances were banked and carried forward to the 2019 compliance year.
  • All CSAPR NOₓ Annual facilities were in compliance in 2018 (holding sufficient allowances to cover their NOₓ emissions).

CSAPR NOₓ Ozone Season Group 1 Program

  • The reported 2018 ozone season NOₓ emissions by the CSAPR sources totaled 7,077 tons.
  • Over 59,000 NOₓ Ozone Season Group 1 allowances were available for compliance.
  • EPA deducted over 7,000 allowances for the CSAPR NOₓ Ozone Season Group 1 compliance. After reconciliation, over 52,000 CSAPR NOₓ Ozone Season Group 1 allowances were banked.
  • All CSAPR NOₓ Ozone Season Group 1 facilities were in compliance (holding sufficient allowances to cover their NOₓ emissions).

CSAPR NOₓ Ozone Season Group 2 Program

  • The reported 2018 ozone season NOₓ emissions by the CSAPR sources totaled 289,900 tons.
  • Almost 426,000 NOₓ Ozone Season Group 2 allowances were available for compliance.
  • EPA deducted almost 290,000 allowances for the CSAPR NOₓ Ozone Season Group 2 compliance. After reconciliation, over 136,000 CSAPR NOₓ Ozone Season Group 2 allowances were banked.
  • All CSAPR NOₓ Ozone Season Group 2 facilities were in compliance (holding sufficient allowances to cover their NOₓ emissions).

Background Information

The year 2018 was the fourth year of compliance for the CSAPR SO₂ (Group 1 and Group 2), NOₓ Annual and NOₓ Ozone Season Group 1 programs, while it was the second year of compliance for the CSAPR NOₓ Ozone Season Group 2 program. Each program has its own distinct set of allowances, which cannot be used for compliance with the other programs (e.g., CSAPR SO₂ Group 1 allowances cannot be used to comply with the CSAPR SO₂ Group 2 Program).

The compliance summary emissions number cited in “Highlights” may differ slightly from the sums of emissions used for reconciliation purposes shown in the “Allowance Reconciliation Summary” figures because of variation in rounding conventions, changes due to resubmissions by sources, and compliance issues at certain units. Therefore, the allowance totals deducted for actual emissions in those figures differ slightly from the number of emissions shown elsewhere in this report.

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