---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 96.24"
title: "40"
number: "96.24"
heading: "Effective date of initial NO X Budget permit."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/96.24"
---

# §96.24. Effective date of initial NO X Budget permit.


The initial NOX Budget permit covering a NOX Budget unit for which a complete NOX Budget permit application is timely submitted under [§ 96.21(b)](/cfr/40/96.21.md?p=b) shall become effective by the later of:

- (a) May 1, 2003;
- (b) May 1 of the year in which the NOX Budget unit commences operation, if the unit commences operation on or before May 1 of that year;
- (c) The date on which the NOX Budget unit commences operation, if the unit commences operation during a control period; or
- (d) May 1 of the year following the year in which the NOX Budget unit commences operation, if the unit commences operation on or after October 1 of the year.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401, 7403, 7410, 7601, and 7651, et seq.

### Source

Source: 63 FR 57514, Oct. 27, 1998, unless otherwise noted.