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Section 386.055. Availability of Emissions Reduction Credits Generally

TX Health & Safety Code § 386.055 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 386.055. AVAILABILITY OF EMISSIONS REDUCTION CREDITS GENERALLY. (a) A project funded under a program established under this chapter may not be used for credit under any state or federal emissions reduction credit averaging, banking, or trading program.

(b) An emissions reduction generated by a program established under this chapter:

(1) may not be used as a marketable emissions reduction credit or, except as provided by Section 386.056, to offset any emissions reduction obligation; and

(2) may be used to demonstrate conformity with the state implementation plan.

(c) A project involving a new emissions reduction measure that would otherwise generate marketable credits under state or federal emissions reduction credit averaging, banking, or trading programs is not eligible for funding under a program established under this chapter unless:

(1) the project includes the transfer of the reductions that would otherwise be marketable credits to the state implementation plan or the owner or operator as provided by Section 386.056; and

(2) the reductions are permanently retired.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 967, Sec. 1(b), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

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