{"data":{"id":"us/40-cfr-73.19","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"40 CFR 73.19","heading":"Certain units with declining SO2 rates.","body":"(a) Eligibility. A unit is eligible for allowance allocations under this section if it meets the following requirements:\n(1) It is an existing unit that is a utility unit;\n(2) It serves a generator with nameplate capacity equal to or greater than 75 MWe;\n(3) Its 1985 actual SO2 emissions rate was equal to or greater than 1.2 lb/mmBtu;\n(4) Its 1990 actual SO2 emissions rate is at least 50 percent less than the lesser of its 1980 actual or allowable SO2 emissions rate;\n(5) Its actual SO2 emission rate is less than 1.2 lb/mmBtu in any one calendar year from 1996 through 1999, as reported under part 75 of this chapter;\n(6) It commenced commercial operation after January 1, 1970;\n(7) It is part of a utility system whose combined commercial and industrial kilowatt-hour sales increased more than 20 percent between calendar years 1980 and 1990; and\n(8) It is part of a utility system whose company-wide fossil-fuel SO2 emissions rate declined 40 percent or more from 1980 to 1988.\n(b) [Reserved]","path":["Title 40—Protection of Environment","CHAPTER I—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","SUBCHAPTER C—AIR PROGRAMS","PART 73—SULFUR DIOXIDE ALLOWANCE SYSTEM","Subpart B—Allowance Allocations"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-40.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:04Z","sha256":"e2fb2ce3f1e644197b45e1b6a0970d26ee39e75400eb2982c4092ff02ed029cb","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/40-cfr-73.18","next":"us/40-cfr-73.20"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}