§97.61 EPA recordation.

(a) Within 5 business days of receiving a NO_X allowance transfer, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, the Administrator will record a NO_X allowance transfer by moving each NO_X allowance from the transferor account to the transferee account as specified by the request, provided that:

(1) The transfer is correctly submitted under �97.60; and

(2) The transferor account includes each NO_X allowance identified by serial number in the transfer.

(b) A NO_X allowance transfer that is submitted for recordation following the NO_X allowance transfer deadline and that includes any NO_X allowances allocated for a control period prior to or the same as the control period to which the NO_X allowance transfer deadline applies will not be recorded until after the Administrator completes the recordation of NO_X allowance allocations under �97.53 for the control period in the fourth year after the control period to which the NO_X allowance transfer deadline applies.

(c) Where a NO_X allowance transfer submitted for recordation fails to meet the requirements of paragraph (a) of this section, the Administrator will not record such transfer.

[65 FR 2727, Jan. 18, 2000, as amended at 69 FR 21647, Apr. 21, 2004]