Sulfur dioxide emissions trading program

A significant portion of these reductions have been achieved by coal-fired utility boilers that have installed low-NO x burner technologies. As with the SO 2 emission reduction requirements, the NO x program was implemented in two phases, beginning in and The NO x program embodies many of the same principles of the SO 2 trading program, in that it also has a results-oriented approach, flexibility in the method to achieve emission reductions, and program integrity through measurement of the emissions.

However, it does not "cap" NO x emissions as the SO 2 program does , nor does it utilize an allowance trading system. An applicability determination is a formal EPA response to questions about how regulations apply to a particular situation. The references after each description highlight the key provisions applied in each response.

Each determination is based on application of 40 CFR Next, learn more about the results of the Acid Rain Program.

Skip to main content. Contact Us. Rent this article via DeepDyve. Google Scholar. ISBN 7———8. Lynch, J. Mclean, Brian J. Download references. You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar. Reprints and Permissions. Benkovic, S. Please click here to see any active alerts. Emissions trading programs work by first setting an environmental goal: a national, or sometimes regional, limit on the overall amount of pollution that sources are allowed to emit into the environment.

This environmental goal is a critical part of an emissions trading program. Affected sources, such as power plants, that are included in an emissions trading program receive allowances that authorize a certain amount of pollution. Depending on the program, sources receive allowances in different ways, such as free allocations or auctions.

Once an affected source has an allowance, the source can decide whether to use it for compliance, trade it in the allowance market, or save that allowance for compliance in the future. Emissions trading programs provide affected sources with the flexibility to choose among many options to comply with the environmental goal.