In situ/operando infrared (IR) spectroscopy, kinetics, and density functional theory (DFT) calculations were combined to propose a comprehensive mechanistic model of the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of the NO/NO 2 mixture by NH 3 , the so-called fast SCR, over Cu-CHA zeolites. Steady-state kinetics for standard and fast SCR over H-CHA and Cu-CHA show that the promotional effect of NO 2 on SCR is less significant for Cu-CHA than H-CHA, suggesting that the Brønsted acid site (BAS;in fast SCR chemistry. In situ IR experiments show that NO 2 disproportionates on Cu-CHA to NO + on the cation-exchange site (NO + O Z − ) of CHA and NO 3 − on Cu II sites. Operando IR studies under transient or temperature-programmed surface reaction conditions indicate that the NO + O Z − intermediate is reduced by NH 3 to yield N 2 below 200 °C, while NO 3 − on the Cu II site is rather stable under NH 3 and is reduced by NO to afford NO + O Z − . BASs, rather than Cu sites, promote the side reactions via ammonium nitrate (NH 4 NO 3 ). The dual-site (Cu II and BAS sites) catalytic mechanism of fast SCR was verified by DFT calculations. First, two NO 2 molecules are converted to a nitrous acid (HONO) intermediate and NO 3 − on the Cu II site, which is then reduced by NO to afford HONO and regenerate the Cu II site. HONO reacts with the BAS to afford NO + O Z − , which reacts with NH 3 to produce N 2 and H 2 O, via nitrosamide (NH 2 NO), along with the regeneration of the BAS.