Technical Memorandum 

TO: Brenda Shine, Environmental Engineer 

Refining and Chemicals Group, SPPD (E143-01) 

 

FROM: Eric Goehl, Environmental Protection Specialist 

Refining and Chemicals Group, SPPD (E143-01)

DATE: March 29, 2012

SUBJECT: Summary of Hydrogen Production Plant Emission Source Test Reports

I. Purpose 

 The objective of this document is to provide a summary of the Hydrogen Production 

Plant emission source test reports received by the EPA from the 2011 Information Collection 

Request (ICR) of the Petroleum Refinery industry. 

II. Background 

On April 1, 2011, the EPA sent an ICR to facilities in the U.S. petroleum refining 

industry. The ICR was comprehensive and designed to collect information on processing 

characteristics, crude slate characteristics, emissions inventories and source testing to bolster our 

current data and fill known data gaps. The ICR had four components: (1) a questionnaire on 

processes and controls to be completed by all petroleum refineries (Component 1); (2) an 

emissions inventory to be developed by all petroleum refineries using the emissions estimation 

protocol developed for this effort (Component 2); (3) distillation feed sampling and analysis to 

be conducted by all petroleum refineries (Component 3); and (4) emissions source testing to be 

completed in accordance with an EPA-approved protocol for specific sources at specific 

petroleum refineries (Component 4). 

Component 4 of the ICR required source testing for twelve different types of emission 

sources or units: fluid catalytic cracking units (FCCU), thermal catalytic cracking units, catalytic 

reforming units, sulfur recovery units, delayed coking units, fluid coking units, hydrocracking 

units, hydrogen plants, asphalt blowing units, fuel gas systems, cooling water systems, and 

wastewater treatment systems. This memorandum summarizes the results of the CRU sources 

tests. A similar memorandum is available for the other sources required to be tested as a result of 
this ICR. Facilities often claimed specific process information as CBI, and included that 

information in the CBI version of the emission source test report stored in the EPA’s CBI office 

in Research Triangle Park, NC. However, emissions data cannot be claimed as CBI. This 

memorandum summarizes and presents only non-CBI data. 

III. Source-specific Testing Program

Below is a list of the facilities required to perform an emission source test on their 

Hydrogen Production Plant. 

• Lion Oil Company – El Dorado, AR (AR3D0110) 

• Calumet Shreveport Lubricants and Waxes LLC – Shreveport, LA (LA3D0660) 

• BP West Coast Products Cherry Point – Blaine, WA (WA5A1400) 

• National Cooperative Refinery – McPherson, KS (KS2C0470) 

• ConocoPhillips Company – Borger, TX (TX3A1230) 

The following facility did not submit the required emission source test report. 

• Cenex Inc. – Laurel, MT (MT4A0770) – The facility does not have a hydrogen plant. 

Owners or operators of the Hydrogen Production Plant at these facilities were required 

to test for: 

• Speciated volatile organic hazardous air pollutants (HAP) 

• Speciated semi-volatile organic HAP 

• Total hydrocarbons, methane, and ethane 

• Aldehydes 

• Carbon monoxide 

• O2, CO2, moisture, and gas flow rate. 

• NOX, SO2, O2, CO2, moisture, and gas flow rate. 

The EPA required that the data collected from the emission source testing to be reported 

using the EPA Electronic Reporting Tool (ERT). The ERT is a Microsoft® Access database 

application. If the facility conducted testing using a method not currently supported by the ERT, 

the facility was required to report the results in the Refinery Testing Supplement, a Microsoft® 

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Excel spreadsheet. After completing the Refinery Testing Supplement, the refineries were also to 

submit an electronic copy of the emission test report, preferably in PDF format. 

IV. Results 

A summary of the emission results for the Hydrogen Production Plant are provided in 

attached spreadsheet. In order to better characterize the reported data from the emission test 

reports, detection level information was provided in the attached summary spreadsheet. The 

following designations were used to describe the detection levels of the reported emissions data. 

• DLL = Detection Level Limited = 1 or 2 runs below detection limit 

• BDL = Below Detection Limit = All three runs are below detection limit 

• No designation = All three runs are above detection limit 

 
Summary of Hydrogen Plant Test Report Data

Detection Level (DL) lb/hr DL lb/hr DL lb/hr % error lb/hr 

Facility used a mass 

75-07-0 Acetaldehyde 4.01E-03 8.4% 7.69E-04 50-00-0 Formaldehyde 5.60E-04 1.72E-05 1.6% 2.07E-04 74-90-8 Hydrogen cyanide123-38-6 Propanal/Propionaldehyde7647-01-0 Hydrogen Chloride7782-50-5 Chlorine7782-41-4 Hydrogen Fluoride67-64-1 Acetone BDL 4.36E-03 BDL 5.90E-03750-05-8 Acetonitrile BDL 1.40E-03 BDL 2.69E-03107-02-8 Acrolein BDL 5.42E-03 BDL 7.55E-03107-13-1 Acrylonitrile BDL 9.96E-04 BDL 2.23E-0371-43-2 Benzene BDL 5.34E-03 BDL 6.75E-03106-99-0 1,3-Butadiene BDL 4.40E-03 BDL 6.53E-0375-15-0 Carbon Disulfide BDL 7.47E-04 BDL 1.50E-03108-90-7 Chlorobenzene BDL 5.38E-0498-82-8 Cumene (Isopropylbenzene) BDL 1.49E-04 BDL 4.03E-04106-93-4 1,2-Dibromoethane BDL 1.65E-02 BDL 1.71E-02100-41-4 Ethylbenzene BDL 1.50E-04 BDL 4.10E-04

KS2C0470 - Na

Cooperative Re

McPherson, 

VOLATILE ORGANIC HAP

CAS # Compound

AR3D0110 - Lion Oil Company 

El Dorado, AR

LA3D0660 - Calumet 

Shreveport Lubricants and 

Waxes LLC Shreveport, LA 

*DL were not identified in 

submitted test report

TX3A1230 - ConocoPhillips 

Company Borger, TX

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110-54-3 Hexane BDL 4.22E-03 BDL 6.15E-03108-10-1 Methyl iso-Butyl Ketone BDL 1.49E-04 BDL 3.90E-041634-04-4 Methyl t-Butyl Ether (MTBE) BDL 1.42E-04 BDL 2.94E-0475-09-2 Methylene Chloride BDL 2.73E-02 DLL 2.08E-0298-95-3 Nitrobenzene BDL 2.16E-04 BDL 5.78E-0479-46-9 2-Nitropropane BDL 9.83E-04 1.26E-03109-66-0 Pentane BDL 6.33E-03 2.39E-02100-42-5 Styrene BDL 1.61E-04 BDL 4.33E-04127-18-4 Tetrachloroethene BDL 2.18E-02 BDL 2.69E-02108-88-3 Toluene BDL 1.05E-02 BDL 1.09E-02

Trichloroethylene BDL 8.24E-03 BDL 1.20E-02

540-84-1 2,2,4-Trimethylpentane BDL 1.23E-04 BDL 3.19E-041330-20-7 Xylene BDL 8.23E-04

o-Xylene BDL 1.53E-04m&p-Xylenes BDL 1.49E-04Total VOC as propane

83-32-9 Acenaphthene 2.30E-07 5.76E-07 BDL 4.82E-08 209-96-8 Acenaphthylene DLL 2.76E-08 5.76E-07 BDL 4.82E-08 62-53-3 Aniline BDL 1.74E-06 BDL 3.35E-06 120-12-7 Anthracene 6.65E-07 5.76E-07 BDL 4.82E-08 

SVOC
Summary of Hydrogen Plant Test Report Data

Detection Level (DL) lb/hr DL lb/hr DL lb/hr % error lb/hr 

KS2C0470 - Na

Cooperative Re

McPherson, 

CAS # Compound

AR3D0110 - Lion Oil Company 

El Dorado, AR

LA3D0660 - Calumet 

Shreveport Lubricants and 

Waxes LLC Shreveport, LA 

TX3A1230 - ConocoPhillips 

Company Borger, TX

92-87-5 Benzidine BDL 5.71E-05 BDL 1.10E-04 56-55-3 Benzo(a)Anthracene 2.81E-07 5.76E-07 BDL 4.82E-08 205-99-2 Benzo(b)Fluoranthene 4.14E-07 5.76E-07 BDL 4.82E-08 207-08-9 Benzo(k)Fluoranthene 1.08E-07 5.76E-07 BDL 4.82E-08 191-24-2 Benzo(ghi)Perylene 1.07E-07 7.00E-07 BDL 4.82E-08 50-32-8 Benzo(a)Pyrene 2.14E-07 5.76E-07 BDL 4.82E-08 192-97-2 Benzo(e)Pyrene 7.54E-07 5.76E-07 BDL 4.82E-08 92-52-4 Biphenyl BDL 2.50E-06 BDL 4.82E-08 1319-77-3 Cresols BDL 3.17E-06 BDL 6.12E-06 218-01-9 Chrysene* 1.15E-06 5.76E-07 BDL 4.82E-08 53-70-3 Dibenzo(a,h)Anthracene* 8.48E-08 5.76E-07 BDL 4.82E-08 132-64-9 Dibenzofuran BDL 1.72E-06 BDL 3.32E-06 192-65-4 Dibenzo(a,e)pyrene 3.87E-07 BDL 2.41E-07 119-90-4 3,3'-Dimethoxybenzidine BDL 2.50E-06 BDL 4.82E-08 60-11-7 Dimethylaminobenzene BDL 2.50E-06 BDL 4.82E-08 57-97-6 7,12-Dimethybenz(a)anthracene 3.96E-07 BDL 9.65E-08 119-93-7 3,3'-Dimethylbenzidine BDL 2.70E-05 BDL 5.20E-05 122-09-8 a,a-Dimethylphenethylamine BDL 2.50E-06 BDL 4.82E-08 105-67-9 2,4-Dimethylphenol BDL 1.82E-06 BDL 3.51E-06 206-44-0 Fluoranthene 2.78E-06 6.80E-07 BDL 4.82E-08 86-73-7 Fluorene 4.41E-06 5.83E-07 BDL 4.82E-08 193-39-5 Indeno(1,2,3-cd)Pyrene 1.02E-07 5.76E-07 BDL 4.82E-08 78-59-1 Isophorone BDL 2.21E-06 BDL 3.61E-06 56-49-5 3-Methylcholanthrene 3.89E-07 BDL 2.41E-07 91-57-6 2-Methylnaphthalene 1.27E-06 2.53E-06 4.35E-07 95-48-7 2-Methylphenol106-44-5/108-39-4 4-Methylphenol & 3-Methylphenol91-20-3 Naphthalene 3.70E-06 2.13E-05 1.60E-06 198-55-0 Perylene 3.58E-07 5.76E-07 BDL 4.82E-08 85-01-8 Phenanthrene 4.09E-05 1.29E-06 BDL 4.82E-08 108-95-2 Phenol BDL 1.63E-06 BDL 3.14E-06 106-50-3 1,4-Phenylenediamine BDL 2.50E-06 BDL 4.82E-08 129-00-0 Pyrene 7.64E-05 6.83E-07 BDL 4.82E-08 95-53-4 o-Toluidine BDL 2.50E-06 BDL 4.82E-08 

Total PAHs

7664-41-7 Ammonia630-08-0 Carbon Monoxide 2.72E-01 0.00E+00 7782-50-5 Chlorine67-56-1 Methanol 5.51E-02 1.28E+00 29.4% 7.21E-0174-82-8 Methane 3.57E-01 6.95E-0174-84-0 Ethane BDL 5.60E-04 4.57E-0275-69-4 Trichlorofluoromethane74-83-9 Bromomethane
Summary of Hydrogen Plant Test Report Data

Detection Level (DL) lb/hr DL lb/hr DL lb/hr % error lb/hr 

KS2C0470 - Na

Cooperative Re

McPherson, 

CAS # Compound

AR3D0110 - Lion Oil Company 

El Dorado, AR

LA3D0660 - Calumet 

Shreveport Lubricants and 

Waxes LLC Shreveport, LA 

TX3A1230 - ConocoPhillips 

Company Borger, TX

10102-43-9 Nitrogen Oxides 1.92E+00

Sulfur Dioxide 3.10E-02Condensible Inorganic (aqueous) PMCondensible Organic Particulate MatterCondensible Particulate MatterFilterable ParticulateFilterable PM2.5Total PM2.5Total PM Total Hydrocarbon 5.87E-01 

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