Progress Report

Program Compliance

Program Compliance Tables

Last updated: 05/2020

Related Figures

Acid Rain Program SO₂ Program Allowance Reconciliation Summary, 20198
Cross-State Air Pollution Rule SO₂ Group 1 Program Allowance Reconciliation Summary, 2019
Cross-State Air Pollution Rule SO₂ Group 2 Program Allowance Reconciliation Summary, 2019
Cross-State Air Pollution Rule NOₓ Annual Program Allowance Reconciliation Summary, 2019
Cross-State Air Pollution Rule NOₓ Ozone Season Program Group 1 Allowance Reconciliation Summary, 2019
Cross-State Air Pollution Rule NOₓ Ozone Season Program Group 2 Allowance Reconciliation Summary, 2019

Highlights

ARP SO₂ Program

  • The reported 2019 SO₂ emissions by the ARP sources totaled 954,461 tons.
  • About 59 million SO₂ allowances were available for compliance (9 million vintage 2019 and nearly 50 million banked from prior years).
  • EPA deducted about 954 thousand allowances for the ARP compliance. After reconciliation, about 58 million ARP SO₂ allowances were banked and carried forward to the 2020 ARP compliance year.
  • All ARP SO₂ facilities were in compliance in 2019 (holding sufficient allowances to cover their SO₂ emissions).

CSAPR SO₂ Group 1 Program

  • The reported 2019 SO₂ emissions by the CSAPR Group 1 sources totaled 523,321 tons.
  • Over 5.6 million SO₂ Group 1 allowances were available for compliance.
  • EPA deducted approximately 523,000 allowances for the CSAPR SO₂ Group 1 compliance. After reconciliation, almost 5 million CSAPR SO₂ Group 1 allowances were banked and carried forward to the 2020 compliance year.
  • All CSAPR SO₂ Group 1 facilities were in compliance in 2019 (holding sufficient allowances to cover their SO₂ emissions).

CSAPR SO₂ Group 2 Program

  • The reported 2019 SO₂ emissions by the CSAPR Group 2 sources totaled 83,576 tons.
  • Over 2.5 million SO₂ Group 2 allowances were available for compliance.
  • EPA deducted almost 84,000 allowances for the CSAPR SO₂ Group 2 compliance. After reconciliation, over 2.4 million CSAPR SO₂ Group 2 allowances were banked and carried forward to the 2020 compliance year.
  • All CSAPR SO₂ Group 2 facilities were in compliance in 2019 (holding sufficient allowances to cover their SO₂ emissions).

CSAPR NOₓ Annual Program

  • The reported 2019 annual NOₓ emissions by the CSAPR sources totaled 487,410 tons.
  • About 2.8 million NOₓ Annual allowances were available for compliance.
  • EPA deducted over 487,000 allowances for the CSAPR NOₓ Annual Program compliance. After reconciliation, over 2.2 million CSAPR NOₓ Annual Program allowances were banked and carried forward to the 2019 compliance year.
  • All CSAPR NOₓ Annual Program facilities were in compliance in 2019 (holding sufficient allowances to cover their NOₓ emissions).

CSAPR NOₓ Ozone Season Group 1 Program

  • The reported 2019 ozone season NOₓ emissions by the CSAPR sources totaled 7,833 tons.
  • Over 76,000 NOₓ Ozone Season Group 1 allowances were available for compliance.
  • EPA deducted over 7,800 allowances for the CSAPR NOₓ Ozone Season Group 1 compliance. After reconciliation, almost 69,000 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 2019 ozone season NOₓ emissions by the CSAPR sources totaled 251,696 tons.
  • Over 443,000 NOₓ Ozone Season Group 2 allowances were available for compliance.
  • EPA deducted approximately 252,000 allowances for the CSAPR NOₓ Ozone Season Group 2 compliance. After reconciliation, over 191,000 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).
  • In 2019, Mississippi units covered by the CSAPR Ozone Season NOX Group 2 Program reported emissions exceeding the state’s assurance level by 473 tons, resulting in the surrender of 946 additional allowances.1

  1. See 85 Fed. Reg. 29445.

Background Information

The year 2019 was the fifth 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 third 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). Each CSAPR trading program contains “assurance provisions” to guarantee that each covered state achieves the required emissions reductions. If a state’s covered units exceed the state’s assurance level under the specific trading program, then the state must surrender two allowances for each ton of emissions exceeding the assurance level.

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.