In the event that the Administrator is unable, for any reason, to promulgate allocation regulations on a timely basis, Section 434 provides a default methodology analogous to that for the new nationwide sulfur dioxide trading program for distributing the allowances, without promulgation of regulations, in advance of the year for which the allowances are necessary.
The Administrator should produce the new rules, but if they are unable a procedure exists to create them automatically.
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