[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 90 (Tuesday, May 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25335-25336]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11830]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6340-2]


Acid Rain Provisions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA today announces the allocation of allowances to small 
diesel refineries for desulfurization of fuel during 1998. 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: Kenon Smith, EPA Acid Rain Division 
(6204J), 401 M St., SW, Washington DC; telephone (202) 564-9164.

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 units whose 
annual emissions are likely to exceed their allocations may install 
control technologies or switch to cleaner fuels to reduce 
SO2 emissions or obtain 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 1998. A total of 25,617 
allowances are allocated to 16 refiners. These allowances have a 
compliance year of 1999.

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                                      Refinery name or
              Refiner                     location          Allocation
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Big West Oil......................  Flying J, Utah......           1,500
Cenex.............................  Laurel, Montana.....           1,500
Frontier..........................  Cheyenne, Wyoming...           1,500
Giant.............................  Giant...............           1,350
                                    Ciniza, New Mexico..           1,475
Golden Bear.......................  Oildale, California.             142

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Holly.............................  Lea, New Mexico.....           1,500
                                    Navajo, New Mexico..             500
                                    Montana.............             289
Hunt..............................  Tuscaloosa, Alabama.           1,386
Inland............................  Woods Cross, Utah...             564
Kern..............................  Bakersfield,                   1,500
                                     California.
La Gloria.........................  Tyler, Texas........           1,500
Lion..............................  El Dorado, Arkansas.           1,500
Pennzoil..........................  Atlas...............           1,500
                                    Rasville............             470
Pride.............................  Abilene, Texas......             238
Sinclair..........................  Little America,                1,500
                                     Wyoming.
                                    Sinclair, Wyoming...           1,500
                                    Tulsa, Oklahoma.....           1,500
U.S. Oil & Refining...............  Tacoma, Washington..           1,056
Wyoming Refining..................  New Castle, Wyoming.             647
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    Requests for allowances for desulfurization during 1999 are due no 
later than April 1, 2000. Allowances allocated in 2000 will have a 
compliance year of 2000.

    Dated: April 28, 1999.
 Brian J. McLean,
Director, Acid Rain Division.
[FR Doc. 99-11830 Filed 5-10-99; 8:45 am]
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