[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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