[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 92 (Friday, May 10, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21462-21463]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-11752]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5503-5]
Acid Rain Provisions
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA today announces the allocation of allowances to small
diesel
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refineries for desulfurization of fuel during 1995. 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 73 subpart G.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenon Smith, EPA Acid Rain Division
(6204J), 401 M St., SW, Washington DC; telephone (202) 233-9164.
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 the allowances allocated to eligible
small diesel refineries for desulfurization in 1995. A total of 29,411
allowances are allocated to 19 refiners. These allowances have a
compliance year of 1996.
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Refinery name or
Refiner location Allocation
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Big West Oil........................ Flying J, Utah........ 1,277
Cenex............................... Laurel, Montana....... 1,500
Crysen.............................. Woods Cross, Utah..... 806
Frontier............................ Cheyenne, Wyoming..... 1,500
Gary Williams....................... Bloomfield*........... 867
Giant............................... Bloomfield*........... 271
Ciniza, New Mexico.... 1,500
Holly............................... Lea, New Mexico....... 1,500
Navajo, New Mexico.... 1,500
Montana............... 358
Hunt................................ Tuscaloosa, Alabama... 1,500
Kern................................ Bakersfield, 1,500
California.
La Gloria........................... Tyler, Texas.......... 1,500
Lion................................ El Dorado, Arkansas... 1,500
Paramount........................... Paramount,California.. 1,500
Pennzoil............................ Atlas................. 1,500
Products.............. 512
Powerine............................ Santa Fe Springs...... 1,479
Pride............................... Abilene, Texas........ 1,316
Sinclair............................ Little America, 1,439
Wyoming.
Sinclair, Wyoming..... 1,500
Tulsa, Oklahoma....... 1,500
U.S. Oil & Refining................. Tacoma, Washington.... 932
Witco............................... Golden Bear, 101
California.
Wyoming Refining.................... New Castle, Wyoming... 553
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* Gary Williams sold the Bloomfield refinery to Giant on October 4,
1995. Gary Williams is allocated allowances for production through
October 3 and Giant is credited with production from October 4 through
December 31.
Requests for allowances for desulfurization during 1996 are due no
later than April 1, 1997. Allowances allocated in 1997 will have a
compliance year of 1997.
Dated: May 3, 1996.
Brian J. McLean,
Director, Acid Rain Division.
[FR Doc. 96-11752 Filed 5-9-96; 8:45 am]
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