[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 93 (Thursday, May 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26806-26807]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12848]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6013-6]
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 1997. 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) 564-9074; or the
Acid Rain Hotline at (202) 564-9620. Electronic copies of this
rulemaking and technical support documents can be accessed through the
Acid Rain Division website at 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
1997.
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Refiner Refinery/location Allocation
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Big West Oil..................... Flying J................ 1304
Cenex............................ Laurel, Montana......... 1500
Frontier......................... Cheyenne, Wyoming....... 1500
Giant............................ Ciniza.................. 1500
Giant................... 1151
Holly............................ Lea..................... 1469
Navajo.................. 1420
Montana................. 329
Hunt............................. Tuscaloosa, Alabama..... 1402
Inland Refining.................. Woods Cross, Utah....... 757
Kern............................. Bakersfield, California. 1500
La Gloria........................ Crown Refinery, Tyler, 1500
Texas.
Lion............................. El Dorato............... 1500
Paramount........................ Paramount, California... 1282
Pennzoil......................... Atlas................... 1500
Rasville................ 487
Pride............................ Abilene, Texas.......... 1226
Sinclair......................... Little America.......... 1500
Sinclair, Wyoming....... 1500
Tulsa, Oklahoma......... 1500
U.S. Oil & Refining.............. Tacoma, Washington...... 1072
Witco............................ Golden Bear............. 66
Wyoming Refining................. Denver, Colorado........ 691
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A total of 27,656 allowances are allocated to 17 refiners, which
produced 55,111 thousand barrels of desulfurized diesel fuel. These
allowances have a compliance year of 1998.
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Requests for allowances for desulfurization during 1998 are due no
later than April 1, 1999. Allowances allocated in 1999 will have a
compliance year of 1999.
Dated: May 7, 1998.
Edward Callahan,
Acting Director, Office of Atmospheric Programs.
[FR Doc. 98-12848 Filed 5-13-98; 8:45 am]
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