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[FR Doc No: 94-16459]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Acid Rain Division
[FRL-5008-4]

 

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 from October 1, 1993 
through December 31, 1993. 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 20460; telephone (202) 233-9074.

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 allocation of allowances may either install 
pollution 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 which desulfurize diesel fuel from October 1, 1993 
through December 31, 1999. Small diesel 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 to be allocated 
to each eligible small diesel refinery for desulfurization of fuel from 
October 1, 1993 to December 31, 1993: 

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           Refiner                   Refinery/Location        Allocation
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Cenex........................  Laurel, Montana..............        682 
Ergon........................  Vicksburg, Mississippi.......         11 
Frontier.....................  Cheyenne, Wyoming............        813 
Gary Williams................  Bloomfield...................        306 
Giant........................  Ciniza.......................        300 
Holly........................  Lea..........................        275 
Holly........................  Navajo.......................        367 
Kern Oil.....................  Bakersfield, California......        432 
Lion Oil.....................  El Dorado....................        216 
Paramount....................  Paramount, California........        555 
Pennzoil.....................  Atlas........................        369 
Pennzoil.....................  Roosevelt....................         82 
Powerine.....................  Santa Fe Springs, CA.........        595 
Pride........................  Abilene, Texas...............        365 
Sinclair/Little America......  Casper.......................        349 
Sinclair.....................  Sinclair, Wyoming............        592 
Sinclair.....................  Tulsa, Oklahoma..............       1174 
U.S. Oil & Refining Co.......  Tacoma, Washington...........        269 
Wyoming Refining Company.....  Denver, Colorado.............        192 
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A total of 7944 allowances are allocated. Allowances for 
desulfurization which occurs from 1994 through 1999 will be made 
annually.
    The allowances listed above will be placed in the refiners' 
accounts in the Allowance Tracking System (ATS) this fall. Until that 
time, the refiners can trade their allowances but the trades cannot be 
recorded in the ATS. Allowances allocated to small diesel refineries in 
1994 (for 1993 desulfurization) and 1995 (for 1994 desulfurization) 
will have a compliance year of 1995, the first compliance year of the 
Acid Rain Program. The compliance year of allowances allocated 
subsequent to 1995 will be the year the allowances are allocated.

    Dated: June 19, 1994.
Paul Stolpman,
Director, Office of Atmospheric Programs.
[FR Doc. 94-16459 Filed 7-6-94; 8:45 am]
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