Effective - 28 Aug 2002
643.220. Missouri emissions banking and trading program established by commission — promulgation of rules. — 1. The commission shall promulgate rules establishing a "Missouri Air Emissions Banking and Trading Program" to achieve and maintain the National Ambient Air Quality Standards established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the federal Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401, et seq., as amended. In promulgating such rules, the commission may consider, but not be limited to, inclusion of provisions concerning the definition and transfer of air emissions reduction credits or allowances between mobile sources, area sources and stationary sources, the role of offsets in emissions trading, interstate and regional emissions trading and the mechanisms necessary to facilitate emissions trading and banking, including consideration of the authority of other contiguous states.
2. The program shall:
(1) Not include any provisions prohibited by federal law;
(2) Be applicable to criteria pollutants and their precursors as defined by the federal Clean Air Act, as amended;
(3) Not allow banked or traded emissions credits to be used to meet federal Clean Air Act requirements for hazardous air pollutant standards pursuant to Section 112 of the federal Clean Air Act;
(4) Allow the banking and trading of criteria pollutants that are also hazardous air pollutants, as defined in Section 112 of the federal Clean Air Act, to the extent that verifiable emissions reductions achieved are in excess of those required to meet hazardous air pollutant emissions standards promulgated pursuant to Section 112 of the federal Clean Air Act;
(5) Authorize the direct trading of air emission reduction credits or allowances between nongovernmental parties, subject to the approval of the department;
(6) Allow net air emission reductions from federally approved permit conditions to be transferred to other sources for use as offsets required by the federal Clean Air Act in nonattainment areas to allow construction of new emission sources; and
(7) Not allow banking of air emission reductions unless they are in excess of reductions required by state or federal regulations or implementation plans.
3. The department shall verify, certify or otherwise approve the amount of an air emissions reduction credit before such credit is banked. Banked credits may be used, traded, sold or otherwise expended within the same nonattainment area, maintenance area or air quality modeling domain in which the air emissions reduction occurred, provided that there will be no resulting adverse impact of air quality.
4. To be creditable for deposit in the Missouri air emissions bank, a reduction in air emissions shall be permanent, quantifiable and federally approved.
5. To be tradeable between air emission sources, air emission reduction credits shall be based on air emission reductions that occur after August 28, 2001, or shall be credits that exist in the current air emissions bank.
6. In nonattainment areas, the bank of criteria pollutants and their precursors shall be reduced by three percent annually for as long as the area is classified as a nonattainment area.
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(L. 2001 H.B. 453 merged with S.B. 374, A.L. 2002 S.B. 984 & 985 merged with S.B. 1163)
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XL - Additional Executive Departments
Chapter 643 - Air Conservation
Section 643.010 - Short title.
Section 643.020 - Definitions.
Section 643.030 - Intent of law — commission to control air pollution.
Section 643.040 - Air conservation commission created — members, terms, expenses, meetings.
Section 643.050 - Powers and duties of commission — rules, procedure.
Section 643.060 - Powers and duties of director.
Section 643.070 - Commission to adopt rules, notice — public hearing.
Section 643.073 - Procedure for submission of applications, fee.
Section 643.076 - Sections not to apply to locomotives, exception.
Section 643.077 - Operating and construction permits, transferability.
Section 643.130 - Judicial review.
Section 643.170 - Existing penalties not to be impaired — no actionable rights created, exceptions.
Section 643.175 - Small business ombudsman, duties — appointment.
Section 643.210 - Rules, promulgation.
Section 643.240 - Friable material subject to regulation — air sample analysis, how conducted.
Section 643.251 - Certification authorized for persons completing asbestos and earthquake training.
Section 643.255 - Cities, counties, state agencies, requirements.
Section 643.263 - Testing for asbestos, schools — report, contents of — reports of departments.
Section 643.300 - Citation of law — mandate of Congress.
Section 643.312 - Reformulated gasoline program.
Section 643.325 - Certificate and sticker, commission to establish, display of, requirements.
Section 643.337 - Oversight of vehicle emissions inspection program — report — rulemaking authority.
Section 643.353 - Annual report on effectiveness of emissions inspection program, requirements.
Section 643.355 - Illegal acts, penalties.
Section 643.600 - Compact entered into.
Section 643.620 - Commissioners, per diem allowed.
Section 643.650 - Sulfur dioxide, ambient air quality monitoring or modeling network.