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Emissions Offsets

DateTitleEPA OfficeAuthor
01/01/2001Improving air quality_economic incentives(pdf) (11.4 MB)Office of Air and RadiationEPA  
09/01/1980Emission Reduction Banking Manual (pdf) (3.2 MB)Office of Planning and Management 
12/22/2000 Order Responding to Borden Chemicals, Inc. in Geismar, LA (pdf) (178.25 KB) AdministratorBrowner, Carol
03/17/1977 Response to Action Memorandum - Policy for New Sources in Non-Attainment Areas, Hampton Roads Oil Refinery (pdf) (11.35 KB) OARTuerk, Edward
07/08/1996 RACT and Emission Reduction Credits Issues (pdf) (15.27 KB) OAQPSSeitz, John
05/16/1977 Emissions Offset Policy - City of Philadelphia (pdf) (29.32 KB) SSCDReich, Edward
04/14/1980 Federal Enforceability of Offsets in SIP Programs (pdf) (15.4 KB) OARHawkins, David
05/22/1986 Use of Banked ERC's as Both External Offsets and Reasonable Further Progress Reductions (pdf) (11.58 KB) CPDDTyler, Darryl
02/28/1992 Response to Request for EPA's Interpretation of Several Provisions of the Clean Air Act (pdf) (41.69 KB) OARRosenberg, William
07/21/1993 Use of Shutdown Credits for Offsets (pdf) (33.96 KB) OAQPSSeitz, John
06/14/1994 Offsets Required Prior to Permit Issuance (pdf) (33.92 KB) OAQPSSeitz, John
08/26/1994 Response to Request for Guidance on Use of Pre-1990 ERC's and Adjusting for RACT at Time of Use (pdf) (26.27 KB) OAQPSSeitz, John
05/01/2018 Technical Guidance for Demonstration of Inter-Precursor Trading (IPT) for Ozone in the Nonattainment New Source Review Program (pdf) (10.21 MB) OAQPSAir Quality Assessment Division
10/04/1978 Interpretation of Section 52.21(i)(5) of the PSD Regulations (pdf) (16.18 KB) SSCDReich, Edward
03/26/1987 Request For Guidance in Drafting a SIP Deficiency Notice For Michigan's Nonattainment New Source Review Program (pdf) (18.22 KB) CPDDTyler, Darryl
12/04/1986Federal Register Part III, Emissions Trading Policy Statement; General Principles for Creation, Banking and Use of Emission Reduction Credits (pdf) (2.76 MB)OARFederal Register
07/21/2011Revised PM2.5 Inter pollutant Transport Trading Provisions (pdf) (385 KB)OARMcCarthy, Gina
02/08/2019 First Quality Tissue's Interprecursor Trade (pdf) (649.46 KB) Region 3Fernandez, Cristina
02/17/1983 Emissions Trading Policy -- Technical Clarifications (pdf) (26.61 KB) OAQPSMeyers, Sheldon
09/12/1995 Response to Specific Questions on Interstate Trading and New Source Review (NSR) Under the Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) Emissions Budget Concept (pdf) (20.49 KB) OAQPSSeitz, John
05/03/2001 Indiana's NOx SIP Rules (pdf) (36.24 KB) OAQPSSeitz, John
11/03/1977 Offset Credit; G. M. Plant, Shreveport, LA (pdf) (20.88 KB) SSCDReich, Edward
02/24/1981 Source Applicability Under the Interpretative Ruling (pdf) (16.9 KB) SSCDReich, Edward
04/04/2007 Availability of Emission Offset Credits from Cinergy's Noblesville Station (pdf) (280.79 KB) Region 5Rothblatt, Stephen
12/16/1994 Emission Offset Requirements and The Replacement of Ozone Depleting Compounds with VOCs (pdf) (15.02 KB) OAQPSSeitz, John
05/06/1983 Applicability Determination for Delco Products in Dayton, Ohio (pdf) (41.71 KB) SSCDReich, Edward
03/28/1978 Jewell Coal And Coke Company - Applicability Of Condition 2 Of The Interpretative Ruling (pdf) (26.87 KB) SSCDReich, Edward
09/01/2011 NSR Interpollutant Offset Ratio (pdf) (570.97 KB) Region 5Newton, Cheryl
09/15/1977 Interpretation of Offset Policy (pdf) (14.44 KB) SSCDReich, Edward
06/17/1977 Response to Letter Requesting Clarification on Determination that the "Emission Offset" Ruling (41 FR 55525) Does Not Apply to FEA's Choctaw Salt Dome Project (pdf) (13.11 KB) OAQPSBarber, Walter
02/14/2006 Creditibility of Shutdown Offsets at Sonoco Flexible Packaging (pdf) (55.83 KB) Region 5Rothblatt, Stephen
03/10/1980 Emission Offset Requirements in Secondary Standard Total Suspended Particulate Plans (pdf) (12.03 KB) OARHawkins, David
05/06/1977 Response to Request for Determination as to whether EPA's "Emission Offset" Policy (41 FR 55525) Applies to FEA's Strategic Petroleum Reserve Program (pdf) (14.28 KB) OAQPSBarber, Walter
10/08/1981 PSD Equivalency of Proposed Model Rule for California (pdf) (14.15 KB) OAQPSBarber, Walter
05/24/1994 Response to Letter on the Use of Sulfur Dioxide Allowances Allocated Under the Acid Rain Program (pdf) (17.81 KB) Region 5Rothblatt, Stephen
02/27/1979 Policy Decisions With Regard To The Applicability Of The Clean Air Act Requirements To The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (pdf) (17.04 KB) OARHawkins, David
09/18/1978 Response to Question on whether the Combustion of Municipal Sewage Sludge would Qualify as "Municipal Solid Waste" under the Exemption Provided in Section IV.B. of the Draft Changes to EPA''s Emission Offset Interpretive Ruling (pdf) (11.15 KB) OAQPSBerry, D. Kent
03/14/1997 New Source Offset Against Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program (pdf) (13.36 KB) OELegro, Stanley
06/01/1992 New York's SIP for NSR (pdf) (13.29 KB) Region 2Simon, Conrad
07/28/1978 When is a Source Required to Undergo Review For Both Offsets and PSD (pdf) (28.63 KB) OEDurning, Marvin
12/12/1995 EPA''s Revised Policy with Respect to the New Source Review (NSR) Offset Provisions in Attainment, Marginal and Moderate Ozone Nonattainment Areas in the Ozone Transport Region (OTR) (pdf) (15.58 KB) Region 2Simon, Conrad
04/02/1979 Enforceability Requirements under Condition 2 of the Emission Offset Policy (pdf) (13.73 KB) SSCDReich, Edward
  Offsets in Nonclassifiable Areas (pdf) (15.99 KB) OAQPSLillis, Ed and Helms, G. Tom
10/11/1985 Acceptability of Emission Offsets (pdf) (16.64 KB) OAQPSBauman, Robert
03/16/1979 Position Regarding Concurrent Review Under PSD and the Offset Policy (pdf) (15.88 KB) SSCDReich, Edward
01/31/1989 Response to Question Regarding the Use of the Growth Allowance Contained in Part D SIPs Under the CAA for Areas Included in the Post 1987 SIP Call (pdf) (13.71 KB) Region 4Miller, Bruce
05/18/1998 Clarification of Statement of a Memorandum Entitled "Crediting of MACT Emission Reductions for NSR Netting and Offsets" (pdf) (12.02 KB) OAQPSSeitz, John
03/14/2000 Mobile Emission Reduction Credits (pdf) (64.07 KB) Region 9Howekamp, David
12/30/1977 Offset Requirements for U.S. Steel's Fairfield Modernization (pdf) (18.4 KB) OEWilson, Richard
04/13/1977 Emission Offset Policy (pdf) (9.24 KB) SSCDRasnic, John
03/17/1989 Letter Regarding the Offset Exemption for Resource Recovery Facilities in Part 231of the New York SIP (pdf) (13.22 KB) Region 2Simon, Conrad
04/11/1978 Offset Policy - Marathon Oil Company, Garyville, Louisiana (pdf) (22.89 KB) SSCDReich, Edward
07/15/1977 Interpretative Ruling: Allowable Emissions Baseline (pdf) (17.45 KB) OAQPSBarber, Walter
04/08/1977 Response to Question Concerning whether the Requirements for Preconstruction Review of New or Modified Air Pollution Sources Apply to the Relocation of an Existing Asphalt Concrete Plant when such Relocation does not Result in any Increase in Emissions (pdf) (20.58 KB) OAQPSBarber, Walter
11/12/1997 Crediting of MACT Emission Reductions for NSR Netting and Offsets (pdf) (23.66 KB) OAQPSSeitz, John
12/28/1988 Emission Offset Exemptions for RRF's (pdf) (18.61 KB) OAQPSEmison, Gerald
02/27/1979 Emission Offset Policy - Determination of Replacement Facility (pdf) (15.16 KB) SSCDReich, Edward
10/26/1983 Closures and Curtailments For Offsets (pdf) (19.57 KB) Region 9Howekamp, David
06/13/1978 Impact of Secondary Emissions in NSRs (pdf) (10.98 KB) OARHawkins, David
08/26/1981 Letter Addressing EPA's Requirements for Nonattainment Areas (pdf) (13.87 KB) SSCDReich, Edward
06/19/1986 Issuance of Permit to Operate Several Air Pollution Sources Operated by AM General Corporation (pdf) (23.57 KB) Region 5Kee, David
11/29/1978 National Asphalt Pavement Association Questions and Answers on PSD (pdf) (25.93 KB) CPDDTyler, Darryl

Related Topics: Nonattainment New Source Review (NNSR) Applicability  | Lowest Achievable Emission Reduction (LAER)

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