96.41 Timing requirements for NOX allowance allocations.

(a) By September 30, 1999, the permitting authority will submit to the Administrator the NO_X allowance allocations, in accordance with §96.42, for the control periods in 2003, 2004, and 2005.

(b) By April 1, 2003 and April 1 of each year thereafter, the permitting authority will submit to the Administrator the NO_X allowance allocations, in accordance with §96.42, for the control period in the year that is three years after the year of the applicable deadline for submission under this paragraph (b). If the permitting authority fails to submit to the Administrator the NO_X allowance allocations in accordance with this paragraph (b), the Administrator will allocate, for the applicable control period, the same number of NO_X allowances as were allocated for the preceding control period.