[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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