FROM: Jeff Coburn and Kristin Sroka 

TO: Brenda Shine, Refining and Chemicals Group, SPPD 

DATE: April 6, 2012 

SUBJECT: Compilation of Non-confidential Component 1 Responses to the 2011 Petroleum 

Refinery Information Collection Request 

Purpose

The objective of this memorandum is to provide background and additional information 

about the database of compiled Component 1 responses to the 2011 Petroleum Refinery 

Information Collection Request. 

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 1 includes detailed process and control system information for a variety of 

emission sources commonly present at a petroleum refinery. A printable copy of the 

Component 1 questionnaire can be found at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/petref/petrefpg.html. An 

electronic Reporting Tool was developed using Microsoft® Access, and facilities were instructed 

to submit their Component 1 information using this tool. Some of the process information 

requested in Component 1 may include proprietary or business sensitive information, which the 

facility could claim as Confidential Business Information (CBI). When facilities wished to make 

a claim of CBI on portions of their Component 1 response, they were instructed to submit a 

complete database that with responses to all the questions (including the CBI) to EPA’s CBI 

Document Control Officer. In addition they were instructed to submit a scrubbed copy of the 

Component 1 database with the CBI responses removed. This memorandum documents the 

development of an aggregated, non-CBI Component 1 database. 
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Compilation of non-CBI Component 1 Responses

The EPA mailed letters requesting responses to the ICR to 152 facilities based on the 

listing of facilities in the Petroleum Refining Capacity report (EIA, 2010). Three facilities did 

not complete the ICR, as they indicated that they are not petroleum refineries. Two facilities 

noted that they are operated as contiguous operations (and under common ownership or control) 

with another petroleum refinery on the list. Therefore, only one of the two Facility ID numbers 

assigned to those facilities was used to submit the combined ICR response. Two other refineries 

requested an additional Facility ID number because they operate two non-contiguous refineries 

(with integrated operations so they are listed only once in EIA 2010). Consequently, the EPA 

received Component 1 responses from 149 refinery “facilities.” 

Of these 149 refineries, only 33 respondents did not make any CBI claims in their 

Component 1 submittals. As the vast majority of complete submittals were claimed CBI, the 

EPA concentrated on developing a compiled and quality assured version of the complete (CBI) 

data set. The 33 non-CBI Component 1 responses were compiled into the database first; then the 

file was transferred to the secure CBI room for compilation of the responses that contained CBI. 

Data submittals were reviewed to ensure that the correct Facility ID had been properly entered. 

Any corrections or edits requested by respondents were made to the complete (CBI) data set. In 

addition, the structure of the compiled database differed slightly from the Reporting Tool in that 

it provided fields for notes in multiple database tables (the Reporting Tool included a “Notes” 

field at the facility level only). Therefore, part of the review process was to distribute the notes 

from the Reporting Tool Notes field to the proper location in the compiled database. 

In addition, not all respondents used the database tool, but instead submitted data in 

Microsoft® Excel spreadsheets. The EPA asked most of these respondents to resubmit their data 

in the originally-requested Reporting Tool format (exceptions were made for some small 

refineries), and all but a few of those did so. For the five Microsoft® Excel responses that 

remained, the spreadsheets had to be reviewed to ensure that, for example, process unit IDs were 

properly and consistently entered between sheets so that the data could be transferred into the 

compiled database. For the three Microsoft® Excel responses that contained CBI, no effort was 

made to develop a non-CBI version. As such, the compiled, non-CBI database contains entries 

for 146 facilities. Table 1 provides a crosswalk from the original mailing list to the Component 1 

submittal, indicating which submittals are not in the non-CBI version of the Component 1 

database. 

It is important to note that for the non-CBI database, all reasonable efforts were made to 

ensure that the database contained no CBI. In several cases, information provided in the “Notes” 

field of the responses contained information that the respondent had marked as CBI elsewhere in 

the Reporting Tool. In other cases, the respondent provided a list of CBI claims in the cover 

letter, but the data had not been correctly removed from the Reporting Tool. Any CBI found as 

part of this review was redacted from both the compiled Component 1 database and the original 

Reporting Tool response. It is also important to note that the table “cbi_tracking” in the 

compiled database does not include a complete list of everything that was claimed as CBI by 

respondents. The Reporting Tool automatically added entries to this table when the 

corresponding box was checked on one of the data entry forms, but entries were not 
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automatically added for other fields that respondents wished to claim as CBI. Some respondents 

familiar with Microsoft® Access were able to add entries directly to this table, but most simply 

deleted the additional information they considered CBI and then provided a statement that the 

information was considered CBI in the “Notes” field or a separate cover letter. 

Finally, as noted above, the non-CBI responses were reviewed and compiled prior to the 

addition of any non-CBI. For the creation of the full non-CBI database, it is important to note 

that the partially compiled database containing the 33 non-CBI facilities was used as the starting 

point. For those respondents that claimed some of their data as CBI, the non-CBI responses were 

imported into the compiled database exactly as submitted (with the exception of changing the 

Facility ID as needed and the removal of any inadvertent CBI as described above). In other 

words, the “Notes” field was not broken out into multiple tables for the 113 facilities that 

claimed some of their data as CBI. Similarly, any facility-requested changes for the 113 

facilities that claimed some of their data as CBI are not reflected in the compiled non-CBI 

database. However, these corrections are documented in email correspondence presented with 

the original individual responses. 
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Table 1. List of Petroleum Refinery ICR respondents 

ICR ID Facility Name1 City State Notes 

AK5A0040 BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. Prudhoe Bay AK 

AK5A0050 ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc. Kuparuk AK 

AK5A0060 Petro Star Inc. North Pole AK 

AK5A0070 Petro Star Inc. Valdez AK 

AK5A0080 Tesoro Alaska Refinery Kenai AK 

AK5A0090 Flint Hills Resources Alaska LLC North Pole AK 

AL3C0030 Shell Chemical LP Saraland AL 

AL3D0010 Goodway Refining LLC Atmore AL 

AL3D0020 Hunt Refining Company Tuscaloosa AL 

AR3D0100 Cross Oil Refining & Marketing, Inc. Smackover AR 

AR3D0110 Lion Oil Co. El Dorado AR 

CA5A0120 BP West Coast Products, LLC Carson CA 

CA5A0130 Chevron USA Inc. El Segundo CA 

CA5A0140 Chevron USA Inc. Richmond CA 

CA5A0150 Alon USA Bakersfield CA 

CA5A0160 Shell Martinez Refinery Martinez CA 

CA5A0170 Tesoro Los Angeles Refinery Wilmington CA 

CA5A0180 Alon USA Long Beach Refinery Long Beach CA 

CA5A0190 ExxonMobil Torrance Refinery Torrance CA 

CA5A0200 Greka Energy Santa Maria Refining Santa Maria CA 

CA5A0210 Valero Wilmington Asphalt Plant Wilmington CA 

CA5A0220 Kern Oil & Refining Co. Bakersfield CA 

CA5A0230 Alon USA Paramount Refinery Paramount CA 

CA5A0240 San Joaquin Refining Co., Inc. Bakersfield CA 

CA5A0250 Tenby Inc. Oxnard CA Did not respond because the facility 

is not a refinery 

CA5A0260 ConocoPhillips Los Angeles Refinery 

- Carson Plant 

Carson CA 

CA5A0270 ConocoPhillips Los Angeles Refinery Wilmington CA 

CA5A0280 ConocoPhillips San Francisco 

Refinery 

Rodeo CA 

CA5A0290 ConocoPhillips - Santa Maria Arroyo Grande CA 

CA5A0300 Tesoro Golden Eagle Refinery Martinez CA 

CA5A0310 Valero Wilmington Refinery Wilmington CA 

CA5A0320 Valero Benicia Refinery Benicia CA 

CA5A0330 Lunday-Thagard Co. South Gate CA 

CO4A0340 Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) Inc. 

Commerce City Refinery 

Commerce City CO Provided Excel spreadsheets that 

contained CBI; response not included 

in non-CBI Component 1 database 

CO4A0350 Suncor Energy USA - Denver Commerce City CO Facility ID not used; responses 

submitted as part of CO4A0340 
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ICR ID Facility Name1 City State Notes 

DE1A0360 PBF Energy Co. LLC Delaware City DE 

GA1A0370 Nustar Asphalt Refining LLC Savannah GA 

HI5A0380 Chevron Products Co Hawaii 

Refinery 

Kapolei HI 

HI5A0390 Tesoro Hawaii Refinery Kapolei HI 

IL2A0400 CITGO Lemont Refinery Lemont IL 

IL2A0410 ExxonMobil Oil Corporation - Joliet 

Refinery 

Joliet IL 

IL2A0420 Marathon Petroleum Co. - Illinois 

Refining Division 

Robinson IL 

IL2A0430 WRB Refining LLC - Wood River 

Refinery 

Roxana IL 

IN2A0440 BP Products North America, Inc. Whiting IN 

IN2A0450 CountryMark Cooperative, LLP Mount Vernon IN 

KS2C0460 Coffeyville Resources Refining & 

Marketing 

Coffeyville KS 

KS2C0470 National Cooperative Refinery 

Association 

McPherson KS 

KS2C0480 Frontier El Dorado Refining Co. El Dorado KS 

KY2A0490 Marathon Petroleum Co. - 

Catlettsburg Refinery 

Catlettsburg KY 

KY2A0500 Somerset Refinery, Inc. Somerset KY 

LA3C0510 Pelican Refining Co LLC Lake Charles LA 

LA3C0520 Calcasieu Refining Company Lake Charles LA 

LA3C0560 CITGO Petroleum Corporation - 

LCMC 

Lake Charles LA 

LA3C0570 ConocoPhillips Lake Charles Refinery Westlake LA 

LA3C0580 Excel Paralubes Westlake LA Facility ID not used; responses 

submitted as part of LA3C0570 

LA3C0590 ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Refinery Baton Rouge LA 

LA3C0600 Chalmette Refining LLC Chalmette LA 

LA3C0610 Marathon Petroleum Co. - Garyville 

Refinery 

Garyville LA 

LA3C0620 Motiva Enterprises Convent Refinery Convent LA 

LA3C0630 Motiva Enterprises Norco Refinery Norco LA 

LA3C0640 Murphy Oil USA INC Meraux Refinery Meraux LA 

LA3C0650 Valero St. Charles Refinery Norco LA 

LA3C0670 Placid Refining Company Port Allen LA 

LA3C0680 Shell Chemical LP St Rose Facility Saint Rose LA 

LA3C0690 ConocoPhillips Company - Alliance 

Refinery 

Belle Chasse LA 

LA3C0700 Alon USA Krotz Springs Refinery Krotz Springs LA 

LA3D0530 Calumet Lubricants Co LP Cotton Valley LA 
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ICR ID Facility Name1 City State Notes 

LA3D0540 Calumet Lubricants Co LP Princeton LA 

LA3D0660 Calumet Shreveport Lubricants & 

Waxes, LLC 

Shreveport LA 

MI2A0710 Marathon Petroleum Co. - Detriot 

Refinery 

Detroit MI 

MN2B0720 Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend 

Refinery 

Rosemount MN 

MN2B0730 Northern Tier Energy/Marathon 

Petroleum Co. 

St. Paul Park MN 

MS3C0740 Chevron Pascagoula Refinery Pascagoula MS 

MS3D0750 Ergon Refining Inc Vicksburg MS 

MS3D0760 Hunt Southland Refining Co. - 

Sandersville Refinery 

Heidelberg MS 

MT4A0770 CHS, Inc. Laurel MT 

MT4A0780 ConocoPhillips Co. Billings Refinery Billings MT 

MT4A0790 ExxonMobil Billings Refinery Billings MT 

MT4A0800 Montana Refining Company, Inc. Great Falls MT 

ND2B0900 Tesoro Mandan Refinery Mandan ND 

NJ1A0820 Hess Corporation - Port Reading 

Refinery 

Port Reading NJ 

NJ1A0830 Chevron Products Co Perth Amboy NJ 

NJ1A0840 Nustar Asphalt Refining LLC Paulsboro NJ 

NJ1A0850 Conoco Phillips Bayway Refinery Linden NJ 

NJ1A0860 Valero Energy Corp./PBF Energy 

Company, LLC 

Paulsboro NJ 

NM3E0880 Western Refining Gallup Refinery Jamestown NM 

NM3E0890 Holly Corp. Navajo Refinery Artesia NM 

NM3E0891 Navajo Refining Co. (Holly Corp.) Lovington NM Did not originally receive a CAA 

Section 114 letter; requested 

additional Facility ID to report as two 

separate facilities 

NV5A0810 Foreland Refining Corp Eagle 

Springs Refinery 

Ely NV 

OH2A0910 BP-Husky Refining Company Oregon OH 

OH2A0920 Marathon Petroleum Co. - Canton 

Refinery 

Canton OH 

OH2A0930 Lima Refining Company Lima OH 

OH2A0940 Sunoco, Inc./Toledo Refining 

Company, LLC 

Oregon OH 

OK2C0950 ConocoPhillips - Ponca City Refinery Ponca City OK 

OK2C0960 Wynnewood Refining Company Wynnewood OK 

OK2C0970 Holly Refining & Marketing Tulsa LLC 

(East) 

Tulsa OK 
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ICR ID Facility Name1 City State Notes 

OK2C0980 Holly Refining & Marketing Tulsa LLC 

(West) 

Tulsa OK 

OK2C0990 Valero Ardmore Refinery Ardmore OK 

OK2C1000 Ventura Refining & Transmission, 

LLC 

Thomas OK 

PA1A1020 Sunoco Inc (R&M) - Marcus Hook 

Refinery 

Marcus Hook PA 

PA1A1030 Sunoco Inc. Philadelphia Refinery Philadelphia PA 

PA1A1040 ConocoPhillips Co - Trainer Refinery Trainer PA 

PA1B1010 American Refining Group, Inc. Bradford PA 

PA1B1050 United Refining Co Warren PA 

TN2A1060 Valero Memphis Refinery Memphis TN 

TX3A1070 AGE Refining, Inc. San Antonio TX 

TX3A1080 Alon USA Big Spring Refinery Big Spring TX 

TX3A1120 Western Refining El Paso Refinery El Paso TX 

TX3A1190 Delek Refining Ltd Tyler TX 

TX3A1230 WRB Refining LLC - Borger Refinery Borger TX 

TX3A1290 Valero Three Rivers Refinery Three Rivers TX 

TX3A1300 Valero McKee Refinery Sunray TX 

TX3B1090 Total Petrochemicals USA, Inc. Port 

Arthur Refinery 

Port Arthur TX 

TX3B1100 Belvieu Environmental Fuels Mont Belvieu TX Did not respond because the facility 

is not a refinery 

TX3B1110 BP Products North America, Inc. Texas City TX 

TX3B1130 CITGO Corpus Christi Refinery (East) Corpus Christi TX 

TX3B1131 CITGO Corpus Christi Refinery 

(West) 

Corpus Christi TX Did not originally receive a CAA 

Section 114 letter; requested 

additional Facility ID to report as two 

separate facilities 

TX3B1140 Valero Corpus Christi Refinery East Corpus Christi TX 

TX3B1150 Pasadena Refining System Inc. Pasadena TX 

TX3B1160 ExxonMobil Refining & Supply 

Baytown Refinery 

Baytown TX 

TX3B1170 ExxonMobil Oil Beaumont Refinery Beaumont TX 

TX3B1180 Flint Hills Resources Corpus Christi 

Refining Complex (West) 

Corpus Christi TX 

TX3B1181 Flint Hills Resources Corpus Christi 

Refining Complex (East) 

Corpus Christi TX Did not originally receive a CAA 

Section 114 letter; requested 

additional Facility ID to report as two 

separate facilities 

TX3B1200 Houston Refining LP, A 

LyondellBasell Company 

Houston TX 

TX3B1210 Marathon Petroleum Co LLC Texas City TX 
 

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ICR ID Facility Name1 City State Notes 

TX3B1220 Motiva Enterprises Port Arthur 

Refinery 

Port Arthur TX 

TX3B1240 ConocoPhillips Sweeny Refinery Old Ocean TX 

TX3B1250 Valero Port Arthur Refinery Port Arthur TX 

TX3B1260 Deer Park Refining Limited 

Partnership 

Deer Park TX 

TX3B1270 Trigeant - BTB Refining Corpus Christi TX 

TX3B1280 South Hampton Resources Silsbee TX Did not respond because the facility 

is not a refinery 

TX3B1310 Valero Corpus Christi Refinery West Corpus Christi TX 

TX3B1320 Valero Houston Refinery Houston TX 

TX3B1330 Valero Texas City Refinery Texas City TX 

UT4A1340 Tesoro Salt Lake City Refinery Salt Lake City UT 

UT4A1350 Chevron Products Co. Salt Lake 

Refinery 

Salt Lake City UT 

UT4A1360 Silver Eagle Refining-Woods Cross 

Inc. 

Woods Cross UT 

UT4A1370 Big West Oil, LLC North Salt Lake UT 

UT4A1380 Holly Refining & Marketing Company 

- Woods Cross Refinery 

Woods Cross UT 

VA1A1390 Western Refining Yorktown Refinery Grafton VA 

VI6A1530 HOVENSA LLC St. Croix VI 

WA5A1400 BP West Coast Products LLC Blaine WA 

WA5A1410 Shell Oil Products US - Puget Sound 

Refinery 

Anacortes WA 

WA5A1420 Tesoro Anacortes Refinery Anacortes WA 

WA5A1430 ConocoPhillips Ferndale Refinery Ferndale WA 

WA5A1440 U.S. Oil & Refining Co. Tacoma WA 

WI2B1460 Murphy Oil USA, Inc. Superior 

Refinery 

Superior WI 

WV1B1450 Ergon West Virginia Inc Newell WV 

WY4A1470 Frontier Refining, Inc. Cheyenne WY 

WY4A1480 Sinclair Little America Refinery Casper WY Provided Excel spreadsheets that 

contained CBI; response not included 

in non-CBI Component 1 database 

WY4A1490 Garco Energy Douglas WY 

WY4A1500 Silver Eagle Refining-Evanston Evanston WY 

WY4A1510 Sinclair Wyoming Refining Company Sinclair WY Provided Excel spreadsheets that 

contained CBI; response not included 

in non-CBI Component 1 database 

WY4A1520 Wyoming Refining Co Newcastle WY