Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2003-0074-0863
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2004-08-19T04:00Z

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Project
Name:
National
Strategy
TELEPHONE
CALL
RECORD
Outgoing
Call
Date:
2/
19/
04
Time:
2:
00PM
Company
Name:
Lea
Refining
Contact
Name:
Donald
Whaley
Phone
No.:
505­
748­
3311
Name:
Arash
Hooshangi
Eastern
Research
Group,
Inc.

GENERAL
SUBJECT
:
Identification
of
the
facility
TOPICS
DISCUSSED
AND
ACTION
TAKEN
I
called
Lea
Refining,
Lovington,
NM
to
inquire
whether
that
facility
was
actually
a
petroleum
refinery.
Lea
Refining
reports
to
TRI
(
ID:
88260LRFNNSOUTH)
but
is
not
listed
as
a
petroleum
refining
by
the
Energy
Administration
Information.
I
spoke
with
Mr.
Donald
Whaley,
technical
director,
and
he
explained
to
me
that
Lea
Refining
is
a
very
small
facility
which
is
essentially
a
part
of
Navajo
Refining
Inc.
(
TRI
ID:
88210NVJRF501EA)
and
these
two
facilities
are
about
50
miles
apart.
He
explained
to
me
that
the
Navajo
facility
performs
the
downstream
operations
and
the
Lovington
facility
performs
mostly
crude
topping
operations.
He
said
that
all
raw
materials
are
fed
to
the
Navajo
facility
and
the
Lea
Refining
facility
in
Lovington
does
not
produce
any
petroleum
products
except
for
some
asphalt
and
LPG.
For
that
reason,
the
two
facilities
are
reported
as
one
facility
to
the
Energy
Administration
Information
but
they
report
separately
to
TRI.
Mr.
Whaley
asked
about
the
National
Strategy
project
and
the
purpose
of
the
study.