Section 225.295  Treatment of Mercury Allowances

Any mercury allowances allocated to the Agency by the USEPA must be treated as follows:

a)         No such allowances may be allocated to any owner or operator of an EGU or other sources of mercury emissions into the atmosphere or discharges into the waters of the State.

b)         The Agency must hold all allowances allocated by the USEPA to the State.  At the end of each calendar year, the Agency must instruct the USEPA to retire permanently all such allowances.