[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 123 (Thursday, June 26, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34449-34450]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16737]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5848-1]
Acid Rain Division; Acid Rain Provisions
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA today announces the allocation of allowances to small
diesel refineries for desulfurization of fuel during 1996. The
eligibility for and calculation of allowances to small diesel
refineries is in accordance with Section 410(h) of the Clean Air Act,
implemented at 40 CFR Part 73, subpart G.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy Barylski, EPA Acid Rain Division
(6204J), 401 M St., SW, Washington DC; telephone (202) 233-9074.
Information is also available through the Acid Rain Division website at
http://www.epa.gov/acidrain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA's Acid Rain Program was established by
Title IV of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (CAAA) to reduce acid
rain in the continental United States. The Acid Rain Program will
achieve a 50 percent reduction in sulfur dioxide (SO2)
emissions from utility units. The SO2 reduction program is a
flexible market-based approach to environmental management. As part of
this approach, EPA allocates ``allowances'' to affected utility units.
Each allowance is a limited authorization to emit up to one ton of
SO2. At the end of each calendar year, each unit must hold
allowances in an amount equal to or greater than its SO2
emissions for the year. Allowances may be bought, sold, or transferred
between utilities and other interested parties. Those utility units
whose annual emissions are likely to exceed their allocations may
install control technologies or switch to cleaner fuels to reduce
SO2 emissions or buy additional allowances.
Section 410(h) of the Clean Air Act provides allowances for small
diesel refineries that desulfurize diesel fuel from October 1, 1993
through December 31, 1999. Small refineries are not otherwise affected
by the Acid Rain Program and do not need the allowances to comply with
any provision of the Clean Air Act. Thus, the allowances serve as a
financial benefit to small diesel refineries desulfurizing diesel fuel.
The following table lists allowances to be allocated to eligible
refineries for desulfurization of diesel fuel during calendar year
1996.
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Refiner Refinery/location Allocation
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Big West Oil........................ Flying J, Utah........ 1389
Cenex............................... Laurel, Montana....... 1500
Crysen.............................. Woods Cross, Utah..... 820
Frontier............................ Cheyenne, Wyoming 1500
Giant............................... Ciniza, New Mexico.... 1479
Giant Ref., New Mexico 1235
Holly............................... Lea, New Mexico 1500
Navajo, New Mexico.... 1500
Montana Refining, 306
Montana.
Hunt................................ Tuscaloosa, Alabama... 1500
Kern................................ Bakersfield, 1500
California.
La Gloria........................... Tyler, Texas.......... 1500
Lion................................ El Dorato, Arkansas 1500
Paramount........................... Paramount, California. 581
Pennzoil............................ Atlas, Louisiana...... 1500
Products, Texas....... 696
Pride............................... Abilene, Texas........ 1315
Sinclair............................ Little America, 1500
Wyoming.
Sinclair, Wyoming 1500
Tulsa, Oklahoma....... 1500
U.S. Oil & Refining................. Tacoma, Washington 1082
Witco............................... Golden Bear, 112
California.
Wyoming Refining.................... Newcastle, Wyoming 563
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A total of 27,578 allowances are allocated to 17 refiners, which
produced 55,721 thousand barrels of desulfurized diesel fuel. These
allowances have a compliance year of 1997.
Requests for allowances for desulfurization during 1997 are due no
later than April 1, 1998. Allowances allocated in 1998 will have a
compliance year of 1998.
Dated: June 11, 1997.
Brian J. McLean,
Director, Acid Rain Division.
[FR Doc. 97-16737 Filed 6-25-97; 8:45 am]
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