Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-485 - PETROLEUM REFINERY GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REQUIREMENTS › Section 173-485-030 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Definitions in chapter 173-400 WAC apply to this chapter.
				Definitions specific to this chapter include:
"Baseline greenhouse gas emissions"
means
				greenhouse gas emissions, reported to the United States Environmental
				Protection Agency (EPA) to comply with   40 C.F.R. Part 98  . The baseline
				greenhouse gas emissions are for calendar year 2010 or calendar year 2011 as
				determined by the refinery. The selected year must not include more than thirty
				days of outage in the refinery's crude unit. Emissions attributable to the
				production of electricity from on-site cogeneration equipment are not included
				in the baseline emissions. Emissions attributable to the production of steam by
				the cogenera-tion equipment are included in the baseline emissions.
"Carbon dioxide equivalent"
or
"CO2e"
means the number of metric tons of
				carbon dioxide emissions with the same global warming potential as one metric
				ton of another greenhouse gas. CO2e is calculated using
				Equation A-1 of  40 C.F.R. Part 98.2  and the global warming potential values
				contained in Table A-1 of 40 C.F.R. Part 98, Subpart A.
"Credit"
means the reduction of
				CO2e emitted resulting from one or more projects
				performed at a petroleum refinery during or prior to a reporting year. A credit
				is established according to WAC
				173-485-060.
"
Energy efficiency standard
" means the EII®
				value representing the fiftieth percentile EII® of similar sized United
				States refineries, using the EPA EnergyStar® calculation methodology, which
				is based on the United States refineries participating in the EII process in
				2006.
"Energy Intensity Index®"
or
"EII"
means the Solomon Associates proprietary petroleum refinery
				energy efficiency metric that compares actual energy consumption for a
				petroleum refinery with the standard energy consumption for a petroleum
				refinery of similar size. The standard energy consumption is based on an
				analysis of refining capacity as contained in the data base maintained by
				Solomon Associates. The ratio of a facility's actual energy consumption to the
				standard energy consumption is multiplied by one hundred to arrive at the
				EII® for a refinery.
"Greenhouse gases (GHGs)"
include carbon dioxide,
				methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocar-bons, and sulfur
				hexafluoride.
"Petroleum refinery"
or
"petroleum
				refineries"
means the following facilities, regardless of future changes
				in ownership or name:
(a) BP Cherry
			 Point Refinery in Blaine, WA;
(b)
			 Phillips 66 Company Refinery in Ferndale, WA;
(c) Shell Oil Company Refinery in Anacortes,
			 WA;
(d) Tesoro Refining &
			 Marketing Company, LLC Ana-cortes Refinery in Anacortes, WA; and
(e) U.S. Oil & Refining Co. Tacoma
			 Refinery in Tacoma, WA.
"RACT"
means reasonably available control
				technology.
"Similar sized United States refineries"
means
				refineries determined to be of similar size using the petroleum refinery
				capacity categories established for EPA's Ener-gyStar program.