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Do the CAIR FIPs adopt the CAIR SIP model trading rules to implement the CAIR emission reduction requirements?

April 26, 2017adopt cair emission FIPS implement model reduction rules SIP trading

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Do the CAIR FIPs adopt the CAIR SIP model trading rules to implement the CAIR emission reduction requirements?

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Yes. EPA decided to adopt the CAIR SO2, NOx annual, and NOx ozone season model trading rules (modified as necessary to provide for federal rather than state implementation) as FIPs for CAIR. This creates a region-wide trading program that can include States subject to either a FIP or a SIP. By adopting as FIPs the model trading programs, EPA intends to implement the requirements of CAIR in a highly cost-effective manner and to ease the transition for sources that might initially be covered by the FIP programs and subsequently be covered by SIP programs that also adopt the model trading rules. The FIP trading programs are in 40 CFR part 97, and the SIP model trading rules are in 40 CFR part 96.