[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 92 (Friday, May 10, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21462-21463]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-11752]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5503-5]


Acid Rain Provisions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA today announces the allocation of allowances to small 
diesel

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refineries for desulfurization of fuel during 1995. 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 73 subpart G.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenon Smith, EPA Acid Rain Division 
(6204J), 401 M St., SW, Washington DC; telephone (202) 233-9164.

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 (SO<INF>2) emissions 
from utility units. The SO<INF>2 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 SO<INF>2. 
At the end of each calendar year, each unit must hold allowances in an 
amount equal to or greater than its SO<INF>2 emissions for the year. 
Allowances may be bought, sold, or transferred between utilities and 
other interested parties. Those utility units whose annual emissions 
are likely to exceed their allocations may install control technologies 
or switch to cleaner fuels to reduce SO<INF>2 emissions or buy 
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 1995. A total of 29,411 
allowances are allocated to 19 refiners. These allowances have a 
compliance year of 1996.

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                                         Refinery name or               
               Refiner                       location         Allocation
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Big West Oil........................  Flying J, Utah........      1,277 
Cenex...............................  Laurel, Montana.......      1,500 
Crysen..............................  Woods Cross, Utah.....        806 
Frontier............................  Cheyenne, Wyoming.....      1,500 
Gary Williams.......................  Bloomfield*...........        867 
Giant...............................  Bloomfield*...........        271 
                                      Ciniza, New Mexico....      1,500 
Holly...............................  Lea, New Mexico.......      1,500 
                                      Navajo, New Mexico....      1,500 
                                      Montana...............        358 
Hunt................................  Tuscaloosa, Alabama...      1,500 
Kern................................  Bakersfield,                1,500 
                                       California.                      
La Gloria...........................  Tyler, Texas..........      1,500 
Lion................................  El Dorado, Arkansas...      1,500 
Paramount...........................  Paramount,California..      1,500 
Pennzoil............................  Atlas.................      1,500 
                                      Products..............        512 
Powerine............................  Santa Fe Springs......      1,479 
Pride...............................  Abilene, Texas........      1,316 
Sinclair............................  Little America,             1,439 
                                       Wyoming.                         
                                      Sinclair, Wyoming.....      1,500 
                                      Tulsa, Oklahoma.......      1,500 
U.S. Oil & Refining.................  Tacoma, Washington....        932 
Witco...............................  Golden Bear,                  101 
                                       California.                      
Wyoming Refining....................  New Castle, Wyoming...        553 
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* Gary Williams sold the Bloomfield refinery to Giant on October 4,     
  1995. Gary Williams is allocated allowances for production through    
  October 3 and Giant is credited with production from October 4 through
  December 31.                                                          

    Requests for allowances for desulfurization during 1996 are due no 
later than April 1, 1997. Allowances allocated in 1997 will have a 
compliance year of 1997.

    Dated: May 3, 1996.
Brian J. McLean,
Director, Acid Rain Division.
[FR Doc. 96-11752 Filed 5-9-96; 8:45 am]
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