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December 4, 1996 

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Thank you for submitting comments on the Petroleum Institute's (API) petition for 

reconsideration of the Phase II reformulated gasoline (RFG) emission reduction standards for oxides of 

nitrogen (NOx). As part of its analysis of API's petition, EPA asked the Department of Energy (DOE) to 

update its December 1994 study of the cost of the Phase II RFG (Estimating the Costs and Effects of 

Reformulated Gasolines, DOE/PO-0030). Since the 1994 study, EPA, DOE, and API have worked to 

improve the refinery model upon which DOE's cost estimates are based; over 200 improvements and 

cha ges to the model have been made. 

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EPA recently received a letter from API that expressed concern about preliminary DOE refinery cost 

modeling results . API has asked that DOE's draft report of its complete results be circulated for comment, 

and that comments on DOE's draft report be considered by EPA, prior to a decision on the API petition. 

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The draft DOE report will be a detailed technical report, and should be available for release on 

Mo day, December 16 . On Friday, December 20, EPA will hold a meeting to provide an explanation of the 

info ation contained in the draft DOE report; the meeting will offer an to ask clarifying 

that may assist in your review of the refinery cost modeling results. This meeting will take place 

from 1 :00 to 3 :00 p.m. in the first floor conference room at EPA's Judiciary Square building, 501 Third St., 

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EPA will allow 25 days from the December 20 meeting for written comments on DOE's draft report 

to submitted to the docket (i .e ., until January 14, 1997). EPA will study the submissions from all of the 

commenters, incorporate them into its response, and attempt to complete its response within 45 days, by 

February 28, 1997. EPA is concerned about extending its decision timetable beyond the end of 1996, not 

wishing to encroach on the lead time needed by refiners to comply with Phase II standards . However, API 

has assured EPA that it supports a modest extension of the decision making timetable to give API and other 

interested parties an to review the draft DOE report . 

meeting, 

If you would like to receive a copy of DOE's draft report and/or to participate in the December 23 

please notify Debbie Wood at (202) 233-9249. Thank you for your interest in the RFG program . 

Sincerely, 

Charles N. Freed 

Director 

Fuels and En -- rgy Division 

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R. Patrick Thompson, President 

New York Mercantile Exchange 

Four World Trade Center 

New York, NY 10048 

R.T . Richards, General Manager 

Environment and Product Safety Department 

Texaco Inc . 

P .O . Box 509 

Beacon, NY 12508 

Stephen F. Harper 

Director, Corporate Studies 

Amoco (Mail Code 1302) 

200 East Randolph Drive 

Chicago, IL 60601-7125 

S . 'William Becker, Executive Director 

STAPPA/ALAPCO 

444 North Capitol St., N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20001 

Steven W. Percy 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer 

BP America Inc. 

200 Public Sq. 6B 

Cleveland, OH 44114-2375 

B .M . Harney, Manager 

Policy & Issues Management 

Mobil Oil Corporation 

3225 Gallows Road 

Fairfax, VA 22037-0001 

Joseph W. Kaufman 

Director, Laws & Regulations 

Refining Division 

Phillips 66 Company 

Bartlesville, OK 74004 

William F. O'Keefe 

American Petroleum Institute 
12:20 L St., N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20005-4070 

Robert W. King, Director 

Environmental Fuels Technology 

Sun Company, Inc. 

Ten Penn Center 

1801 Market Street 

Philadelphia, PA 19103-16999 

Andrea Bear Field 

Hunton & Williams 

1900 K St., N. W. 

Washington, D.C. 20006-1500 

Robert A. Beck, Vice President 

Environmental Affairs 

Edison Electric Institute 

701 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. 

Washington, D .C . 20004-2696 

Gerald A. Esper, Director 

Vehicle Environment Department 

American Automobiles Manufacturers Association 

7430 Second Avenue, Suite 300 

Detroit, MI 48202 

Robert E. Martinez 

Secretary Of Transportation 

Commonwealth of Virginia 

P .O. Box 1475 

Richmond, VA 23218 

Becky Norton Dunlop 

Secretary of Natural Resources 

Commonwealth of Virginia 

P.O. Box 1475 

Richmond, VA 23218 

Gregory M. Scott 

Collier, Shannon, Rill & Scott 

305C K St., N .W., Suite 400 
Washington, D .C . 20007 

James W. Rue, Deputy Secretary 

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection 

P .O . Box 2063 

Harrisburg, PA 17105-2063 

William J. Beckert, Senior Vice President 

CITGO Petroleum Corporation 

Box 3758 

Tulsa, OK 74102 

Urven R. Sternfels, President 

National Petroleum Refiners Association 

18~99 L St., N. W., Suite 1000 

Washington, D .C . 20036 

Marla K. Benyshek, Senior Consultant 

Conoco Inc. 

P .O . Box 1267 

Ponca City, OK 74602-1267 

Stephen L. Gerritson, Executive Director 

Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium 

2350 East Devon Avenue, Suite 242 

Des Plaines, IL 60018 

J .L . Frank, Executive Vice President 

Marathon Oil Company 

P .O. Box 3128 

Houston, TX 77253-3128 

Doug Durante, Director 

Clean Fuels Development Coalition 

1925 North Lynn St., Suite 725 

Arlington, VA 22209 

W.T . Flis, Coordinator 

Exxon Company, U.S .A . 

P.O. Box 2180 

Houston, TX 77252-2180 
Carl J . LaFoy, Clean Fuels Manager 

Clark 

8182 Maryland Avenue 

ST . Louis, MO 63105-3721 

EdLward O . Sullivan, Commissioner 

Department of Environmental Protection 

17 State House Station 

Augusta, Maine 04333-0017 

Bruce S . Carhart, Executive Director 

Oz;one Transport Commission 

444 N. Capitol St., N.W., Suite 638 

Washington, D .C . 20001