Status of Refinery Air Permitting Actions for Oil...

Status of Refinery Air Permitting Actions for Oil Refineries in the United States(current as of April 9, 2008)

State Refinery

Current Capacity (barrels

per calendar

day)

Action (if any)

Dates & Deadlines (Comments, hearings,

meetings, etc.)Project Description (and purpose -

e.g. , "tar sands" - if known)

Permitting Authority (the state agency, unless

otherwise noted)

Permit Writer or

Other Specific

Contact (if known)

Application / Draft or Proposed Permits / Other Documents (if

available)Project Status

Alabama

General Authority for AL: Alabama Dept. of Environmental Management 1400 Coliseum Blvd Montgomery, Alabama 36110-2059 ph:(334) 271-7899 http://www.adem.state.al.us/AirDivision/AirDivisionPP.htm.

Goodway Refining LLC (Atmore) 4,100

Gulf Atlantic Operations LLC (Mobile)

16,700 (IDLE)

Hunt Refining Co (Tuscaloosa) 34,500

Shell Chem LP (Saraland) 80,000

Alaska

Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Air Permit Program, 410 Willoughby Ave., Suite 303, P.O. Box 111800, Juneau, AK 99811-1800 http://www.dec.state.ak.us/.

BP Exploration Alaska Inc (Prudhoe Bay)

12,500

ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc (Kuparuk)

15,000

Flint Hills Resources Alaska LLC (North Pole)

210,000

Pedro Star Inc (North Pole) 17,500

Pedro Star Inc (Valdez) 48,000

Tesoro Alaska Petroleum Co (Kenai)

72,000


Arizona

Trevor Baggiore Permits Section Manager Arizona Department of Environmental Quality Phoenix Main Office1110 W. Washington St.Phoenix, AZ 85007 ph: (602) 771-2321 http://www.azdeq.gov/function/permits/index.html.

Arizona Clean Fuels Yuma, LLC ("ACFY")

150,000 (Brand New)

New Refinery (since this is a proposed new refinery, it is not on the EIA list)

Final Title V / PSD permit issued Sept. 18, 2006. Comment period closed July 6, 2006. Title V veto petition period closed Jan. 1, 2007. ACFY must begin construction by Mar. 18, 2008 or else re-apply for PSD permit. The "Yuma Sun" reported on Feb. 5, 2008 that ACFY plans to relocate project to an alternate site 2-3 miles east of permitted site. If true, ACFY must re-apply for new Title V and PSD permits. Construction to begin in second quarter of 2009.

Brand new 150,000 bpd refinery to be constructed in southwestern Arizona. See http://www.arizonacleanfuels.com/.

Trevor Baggiore, Manager ADEQ Air Quality Permits Section (602)771-2321 or toll free at (800) 234-567 [email protected].

ADEQ website on Arizona Clean Fuels Yuma: http://www.azdeq.gov/environ/air/permits/acf.html. Public Notice Page: http://www.azdeq.gov/cgi-bin/vertical.pl?t=search&kewerd=public. Final Title V / PSD Permit: http://www.azdeq.gov/environ/air/permits/download/40140/permit.pdf.

New refinery to be constructed. In permitting phase. Construction to begin mid-2009.

Arkansas

General Authority for AR: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality 5301 Northshore DriveNorth Little Rock, AR ph:(501) 682-0762 http://www.adeq.state.ar.us/air/branch_permits/default.htm.

Cross Oil Refining & Marketing Inc (Smackover)

7,200

Lion Oil Co (El Dorado) 70,000

CaliforniaRegional Air Quality Management Districts

Big West of California (Bakersfield)

66,000

Seyed Sadredin San Joaquin Valley APCD1990 E. GettysburgFresno, CA 93726 ph: (559) 230-6000 http://www.valleyair.org.

BP West Coast Products LLC (Los Angeles)

265,000

Dr. Barry Wallerstein South Coast AQMD21865 E. Copley Dr.Diamond Bar, CA 91765-4182ph:(909) 396-2000 http://www.aqmd.gov.

Public Notice Search Page: http://aqmd.gov/webappl/PublicNotices/Search.aspx.

Chevron USA Inc (El Segundo) 260,000




Chevron USA Inc (Richmond) 242,901 Expansion (Possible tar sands)

Community meeting regarding BAAQMD "air quality permit application" and Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) (under CEQA) held Feb. 13, 2008. Once the Final EIR is issued, a 30-day statute of limitations runs on court challenges. While it appears that the construction permit application has been filed with the BAAQMD, it does not appear that a draft permit has yet issued.

This project entails a hydrogen plant replacement, a new power plant replacement, a reformer replacement, and hydrogen purity improvements. This expansion would “allow the refinery to use a wider range of crude oils." See http://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/index.asp?NID=832. It is unclear whether this "wider range" includes tar sand crude.

Jack Broadbent Bay Area AQMD939 Ellis StreetSan Francisco, CA 94109-7799ph:(415) 749-5052 http://www.baaqmd.gov.

Barry Young, Manager of BAAQMD Permit Evaluation Section, at [email protected].

Public Notice: http://www.baaqmd.gov/pmt/public_notices/2008/12842/A0010_nsr_12842_pn_012408.pdf. Public Notice Page: http://www.baaqmd.gov/pmt/public_notices/index.htm. City of Richmond information, including DEIR and attachments: http://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/index.asp?NID=832

EIR under CEQA pending. Construction permit application submitted to BAAQMD. No draft permit yet issued.

Conoco Phillips Company (Arroyo Grande)

44,200

Larry Allen San Luis Obispo County APCD3433 Roberto CourtSan Luis Obispo, CA 93401-7126 ph:(805) 781-4AIR http://www.slocleanair.org.

Conoco Phillips Company (Rodeo)

76,000 Expansion Public Notice of draft PSD permit issued March 15, 2007. Comments due April 20, 2007. Comment Period has Expired.

30% increase in production capacity, including new 20,000 bpd hydrocracker (see, e.g. , ConocoPhillips 2007 Annual Report, page 18, available at http://www.conocophillips.com/NR/rdonlyres/A4A6B146-B6D8-4412-9569-0B6FB30ABDAE/0/07ARFinal.pdf).


Jack Broadbent

Public Notice: http://www.baaqmd.gov/pmt/public_notices/2007/13424/A0022_nsr_13424_pn_031507.pdf. Public Notice Page: http://www.baaqmd.gov/pmt/public_notices/index.htm. Attorney General's comments on proposed permit : http://ag.ca.gov/globalwarming/pdf/comments_ConocoPhillips_RodeoRefinery_project.pdf.

Comment period on PSD permit expired. Construction underway.

Conoco Phillips Company (Wilmington)

139,000



Eddington Oil Co Inc (Long Beach)

18,000



Eddington Oil Co Inc (Long Beach)

15,000 (IDLE)

ExxonMobile Refining & Supply Co (Torrance)

149,500




Greka Energy (Santa Maria) 9,500

Terry Dressler Santa Barbara County APCD 260 North San Antonio Road, Suite A Santa Barbara, CA 93110-1315 ph:(805) 961-8853 http://www.sbcapcd.org/.

Public Notice Page (no searchable permits): http://www.sbcapcd.org/news.htm.

Kem Oil & Refining Co (Bakersfield)

26,000


Lunday Thagard Co (South Gate) 8,500



Paramount Petroleum Corp (Paramount)

50,000



San Joaquin Refining Co Inc (Bakersfield)

15,000


Shell Oil Products US (Martinez) 155,600


Public Notice Page: http://www.baaqmd.gov/pmt/public_notices/index.htm.

Shell Oil Products US (Wilmington)

97,000



Tenby Inc (Oxnard) 2,800

Michael J. Villegas Ventura County APCD669 County Square Drive, 2nd FloorVentura, CA 93003-5417 ph:(805) 645-1440 http://www.vcapcd.org.

Public Notice Page (but no searchable permit database): http://www.vcapcd.org/PubNotice.htm.

Tesoro Refining & Marketing Co (Martinez)

166,000




Ultramar Inc (Wilmington) 80,887



Valero Refining Co California (Benicia)

144,000


Public Notice Page: http://www.baaqmd.gov/pmt/public_notices/index.htm.

Valero Refining Co California (Wilmington)

6,300



Colorado

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment 4300 Cherry Creek Drive S. Denver, CO 80246 ph: (303)691-7700 http://www.cdphe.state.co.us.

Suncor Energy (USA) Inc (Commerce City)

62,000

Suncor Energy (USA) Inc (Denver)

32,000

Delaware

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Compliance Office of Air Quality Management 156 S.State StreetDover, DE 19901ph:(302) 739-9402 http://www.dnrec.state.de.us/air/aqm_page/aqm_nets.htm.

Premcor Refining Group Inc (Delaware City)

182,000

Georgia

Heather Abrams Air Protection Branch Georgia Dept. of Natural Resources4244 International Pkwy., Suite 120Atlanta, Georgia 30354(404) 363-7020 http://www.gaepd.org/Documents/index_air.html.


Citgo Asphalt Refining Co (Savannah)

28,000

Hawaii

Department of Health Clean Air Branch 919 Ala Moana Blvd., Suite 203Honolulu, Hawaii 96814ph:(808) 586-4200 http://www.hawaii.gov/health/.

Chevron USA Inc (Honolulu) 54,000

Tesoro Hawaii Corp (Kapolei) 93,500

Illinois

Ed Bakowski Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Division of Air Pollution Control Permits Section 1021 North Grand Avenue EastSpringfield, Illinois 62702(217) 782-2113 http://www.epa.state.il.us/air/permits/index.html.

Permit Database: http://www.epa.gov/region5/air/permits/ilonline.htm. Click on "permits sorted by SIC code," scroll down and expand 29 - Petroleum and Coal Products

ConocoPhillips "Wood River" Refinery (Roxana, Illinois) (NOTE: On Jan. 3, 2007, ConocoPhillips entered into a joint venture with EnCana Corporation to create a tar sands joint enterprise. The extraction ("upstream") business is known as "FCCL Oil Sands Partnership," and the refining ("downstream") business is known as "WRB Refining LLC." See, e.g. , ConocoPhillips 2007 Annual Report at 30, available at http://www.conocophillips.com/about/company_reports/annual_report/2007_ar.htm. Thus, ConocoPhillips' Wood River Refinery (as well as its refinery in Borger, Texas) is currently owned by "WRB Refining, LLC," whose parent company is ConocoPhillips.)

306,000

Expansions: Coker and Refinery Expansion ("CORE") Project (Tar Sand) AND Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel ("ULSD") Project.

The "CORE" Project is the major expansion, and that PSD permit was issued to ConocoPhillips on July 19, 2007 - Comment period expired. The "ULSD" Project is a smaller project, and that construction permit (not triggering NSR) was issued to WRB Refining, LLC on June 11, 2007 - Comment period expired. Environmental groups (the Environmental Integrity Project, on behalf of the Sierra Club; and the Natural Resources Defense Council, on behalf of the American Bottom Conservancy) filed a petition for review of the CORE permit with the U.S. EPA's Environmental Appeals Board (EAB) on Aug. 21, 2007. That case is currently pending before the EAB.

$4 billion expansion to increase total production capacity and to devote almost all new and existing capacity to tar sand crude. Together with ConocoPhillips' refinery in Borger, Texas, the company plans to increase total capacity from 450,000 bpd to 600,000 bpd, and increase processing of tar sand oil from 60,000 bpd to 555,000 bpd (that is, almost all of the two refineries' capacity will be devoted to tar sand oil). Thus, this expansion seeks to increase total production capacity of the two refineries by one third, and increase tar sands oil processing capacity by 817%. See, e.g. , http://www.conocophillips.com/newsroom/news_releases/2006news/10-05-2006.htm, and http://www.conocophillips.com/newsroom/news_releases/2007news/01-03-2007.htm.

Jason Schnepp (217) 782-2113

CORE Permit number 06050052 (and associated documents) available at : http://yosemite.epa.gov/r5/il_permt.nsf/1aa55bd5a0796efd862566b4005a68db/8e9e557b10db3601852572a70069744b!OpenDocument. Comments submitted by Environmental Integrity Project, the Sierra Club, and the American Bottom Conservancy available at : http://www.environmentalintegrity.org/pub454.cfm. EAB Docket (regarding the CORE permit) available at : http://yosemite.epa.gov/oa/EAB_Web_Docket.nsf/f22b4b245fab46c6852570e6004df1bd/6cc1625bf2184efa852573450055804d!OpenDocument. ULSD Permit number 04050026 (and associated documents) available at : http://yosemite.epa.gov/r5/il_permt.nsf/1aa55bd5a0796efd862566b4005a68db/59a404dee2ae40ae85256e78004576c7!OpenDocument.

Permits issued. Comment periods expired. "CORE" PSD permit currently being challenged before the U.S. EPA's Environmental Appeals Board (EAB).


ExxonMobile Refining & Supply Co (Joliet)

238,600 Expansion (possible Tar Sand)

Final construction permit issued Feb. 26, 2008 - Comment period expired. 30-day deadline to appeal to the EAB, pursuant to 40 C.F.R. 124.19, was March 27, 2008. Construction must begin by Aug. 26, 2009, or else ExxonMobile must re-apply.

The "Crude / Coker Utilization Project" (CCUP) will increase throughput (although not capacity), resulting in "significant" increases of NOx, CO, PM, and PM10 (serving as a surrogate for PM2.5), for purposes of PSD review. However, IEPA found that no the project units contributing to the increases did not undergo a "physical or operational change," and so were not subject BACT or LAER. Although the purpose of the expansion remains unclear, the geographic location suggests that this is a tar sands expansion.

Jason Schnepp (217) 782-2113

Permit number 05030076 (and associated documents) available at : http://yosemite.epa.gov/r5/il_permt.nsf/7eb568d882b9dda88625666d0061de12/e121cefcef14e59185256e86006f57ad!OpenDocument

Permit issued. Comment period expired. Appeal deadline expired. Construction must begin by Aug. 26, 2009.

Marathon Petroleum Co LLC (Robinson)

192,000

Possible expansion apparently cancelled. Could still be revived.

Although Marathon had been considering an expansion of its Robinson, Illinois refinery in order to process tar sands as of July 31, 2007 (see, e.g. , http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNewsAndPR/idUSN3122370020070731), Marathon has apparently abandoned this plan. See, e.g. , http://www.reuters.com/article/sphereNews/idUSN1536152620080115?sp=true&view=sphere). However, it is worth keeping an eye on these "shelved" tar sands expansion plans, in case they are revived.

Possible tar sands expansion apparently no longer under consideration, but could be revived.

PDV Midwest Refining LLC (Lemont)

167,000

Indiana

Nisha Sizemore Chief Permit Branch Office of Air Quality Indiana Department of Environmental Management 100 N. Senate Ave.Mail Code 61-50Indianapolis, IN 46204-2251 ph:(317) 232-8499 http://www.state.in.us/idem/permits/air/index.html.

Permit Database: http://www.in.gov/ai/appfiles/idem-caats/.

BP Products North America (Inc) (Whiting)

410,000 Expansion (Tar Sands)

Public meeting and public hearing (only the "hearing" was on the record) on Mar. 14, 2008. Comment deadline on both the construction permit and the Title V permit was Mar. 21, 2008 (but since IDEM offices are closed for a state holiday on March 21, comments were accepted if postmarked or hand-delivered by Mar. 24, 2008 (expired). The "veto petition" period on the proposed Title V permit will begin 45 days after IDEM's proposed Title V permit is submitted to the U.S. EPA for review, and will run for 60 days.

$3.8 billion expansion to increase processing of Canadian tar sands from 30% of feedstock to 80-90%. The draft permits are for "significant source modification" (the "construction permit," netting out of NSR) and "significant permit modification" (Title V "operating permit").

Madhurima Moulik (317)-233-0868

"Significant Source Modification" (i.e. , construction) Permit number 089-25484-00453, and "Significant Permit Modification (i.e. , Title V) Permit number 089-25488-00453, along with some associated documents, available at http://www.in.gov/idem/permits/air/bp/index.html. Comments submitted by a coalition of environmental organizations, including the Environmental Integrity Project, available at http://www.environmentalintegrity.org/pub495.cfm.

Draft Title V and construction permit comment periods expired. Title V "veto petition" period will begin 45 days after IDEM's proposed Title V permit is submitted to the U.S. EPA for review, and will run for 60 days.

Countrymark Cooperative Inc (Mount Vernon)

23,000


Kansas

Marian Massoth Air Permitting Chief 1000 SW Jackson, Suite 310Topeka, KS 66612-1366 ph: (785) 296-0616 http://www.kdheks.gov/index.html.

Public Notice Page: http://www.kdheks.gov/bar/public_notice.html.

Coffeyville Resources LLC (Coffeyville)

112,000

The Kansas City Business Journal reported on Jan. 3, 2006, that the company planned a $92 million, 15% expansion, bringing its production to 115,000 bpd, with completion expected in late 2006. See http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2006/01/02/daily5.html.

Frontier El Dorado Refining Co (El Dorado)

107,500

Reuters reported on Feb. 26, 2008, that Frontier would begin construction on Mar. 1, 2008 on an expansion which will increase capacity to 12,000 bpd, including 25,000 bpd of "heavy crude" (probably meaning Canadian tar sands oil). See http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idUSN2632593220080226.

NCRA (McPherson) 81,200

Kentucky

John S. Lyons Division for Air Quality Dept. for Environmental ProtectionEnvironmental and Public Protection Cabinet803 Schenkel LaneFrankfort, Kentucky 40601(502) 573-3382 http://www.air.ky.gov/.

Air Permit Search Page: http://www.air.ky.gov/permitting/Title+V+Permits+Alphabetical+Listing.htm. Public Notice Page: http://www.air.ky.gov/homepage_repository/Public+Notices.htm.

Marathon Petroleum Co LLC (Catlettsburg)

222,000

Although Marathon had been considering an expansion of its Catlettsburg, Kentucky refinery in order to process tar sands, Reuters reported on July 31, 2007 that such work had been stopped due to the distance the crude would have to travel (see http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNewsAndPR/idUSN3122370020070731), and reported on Jan. 15, 2008 that Marathon had abandoned the plan as too costly. See http://www.reuters.com/article/sphereNews/idUSN1536152620080115?sp=true&view=sphere. However, it may still be worth keeping an eye on this tar sands expansion, in case it is revived.

Plans for tar sands expansion apparently cancelled. However, plans could still be revived.

Somerset Refinery Inc (Somerset) 5500 (IDLE)

Louisiana

Cheryl Sonnier Nolan Permits Division Office of Environmental ServicesP. O. Box 4313Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4313(225) 219-3181 http://www.deq.louisiana.gov/portal/tabid/64/Default.aspx.

Public Notice Page: http://www.deq.louisiana.gov/apps/pubNotice/default.asp.

Calcasieu Refining Co (Lake Charles)

78,000


Calumet Lubricants Co LP (Cotton Valley)

13,020

Calumet Lubricants Co LP (Princeton)

8,300

Calumet Shreveport LLC (Shreveport)

42,000

Chalmette Refining LLC (Chalmette)

192,760

Citgo Petroleum Corp (Lake Charles)

429,500

ConocoPhillips Company (Belle Chasse)

247,000

ConocoPhillips Company (Westlake)

239,400

Excel Paralubes (Westlake) -

ExxonMobile Refining & Supply Co (Baton Rouge)

503,000

Marathon Petroleum Co LLC (Garyville)

245,000 Expansion (Possible Tar Sands)

NSR and Title V draft permits issued Sept. 30, 2006. Comment deadline Nov. 6, 2006. Final NSR and Title V permits issued Dec. 12, 2006. Construction commenced approximately July, 2007.

This is a $3.2 billion expansion that will increase capacity by 180,000 bpd. The Christian Science Monitor reported on Nov. 23, 2005 that "[a]lthough Marathon is calling this an expansion, it is the equivalent of building an entirely new refinery ... [which] will take up 100 to 320 acres...." See http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1123/p01s03-usec.html. Reuters reported on July 31, 2007 that Marathon Executive V.P. Gary Heminger stated that "the company's 'extensive barge' network did not preclude shipping [Canadian tar sand crude] to its Garyville [refinery]." See http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNewsAndPR/idUSN3122370020070731 (emphasis added).

Sayed Quadri, LDEQ Air Permits Division Phone: (225) 219-3123

Proposed permit and related documents (scroll all the way down) available at http://www.deq.louisiana.gov/apps/pubNotice/show.asp?qPostID=3435&SearchText=marathon&startDate=1/1/2005&endDate=3/17/2008&category=. Final permits, basis for decision (BFD), response to comments (RTC), and related documents available via http://www.deq.louisiana.gov/portal/tabid/2604/Default.aspx. (You must register for the electronic document management system (EDMS), then search for "Agency Interest (AI) Number 3165" and "activity number PER20060012"). General information on the project is available from Marathon at http://www.marathongme.com/go/site/1418/, and http://www.marathon.com/News/Features/Spotlight_Series/Garyville_Refinery_Expansion/.

Final NSR and Title V permits issued Dec. 12, 2006. Construction underway. Expected to begin operation Dec., 2009.

Motiva Enterprises LLC (Convent)

235,000

Motiva Enterprises LLC (Norco) 242,200


Murphy Oil USA Inc (Meraux) 120,000 Expansion

Public hearing was held Feb. 7, 2008. Comment deadline on "proposed initial permit for coverage under a part 70 [Title V] general permit" and "environmental assessment statement" (EAS) was Feb. 11, 2008. Public hearing before the St. Bernard Parish Planning Commission regarding a Murphy zoning petition was held Mar. 25, 2008. Further deadlines? Construction permit?

Construction of five new tanks (three 300,000 barrel crude oil tanks; a diesel fuel tank, and a sour water tank). These new tanks appear to "replace" tanks which were damaged/destroyed during Hurricane Katrina in 2005, resulting in a catastrophic oil spill into the surrounding community. See, e.g. , http://www.epa.gov/katrina/testresults/murphy/index.html. These new tanks will not be located in the same locations as the "old" tanks, and there may be issues regarding expanding into a court-orded "buffer zone." See http://www.laed.uscourts.gov/MurphyOil/Orders/O_1072.pdf. See also , http://concernedcitizensaroundmurphy.blogspot.com/search/label/applying%20for%20zoning%20changes.

Marta Vasquez, LDEQ Air Permits Division, Phone: (225) 219-3130

Proposed permit and related documents (scroll all the way down) available at http://www.deq.louisiana.gov/apps/pubNotice/show.asp?qPostID=4115&SearchText=&startDate=1/1/2005&endDate=3/25/2008&category=. Application, comments, and related documents available via http://www.deq.louisiana.gov/portal/tabid/2604/Default.aspx. (You must register for the electronic document management system (EDMS), then search for "Agency Interest (AI) Number 1238" and "activity number PER20070005").

Title V and EAS comment deadline passed. Final construction permits apparently not yet issued.

Pelican Refining Company LLC (Lake Charles)

-

Placid Refining Co (Port Allen) 56,000

Shell Chem LP (Saint Rose) 55,000

Valero Refining Co Louisiana (Krotz Springs)

80,000

Valero Refining Co New Orleans LLC (Norco / St. Charles Parish)

185,003

Michigan

Greg Serrano Michigan Dept of Env Quality Air Quality Division PO Box 30260 Lansing, MI 48909-7760 ph: (517) 373-7049 http://www.michigan.gov/deq.

Public Notice for NSR Permits: http://www.deq.state.mi.us/aps/cwerp.shtml. Renewable Operating Permit Notice Page: http://www.deq.state.mi.us/aps/downloads/rop/pub_ntce/pub_ntce.shtml. Permit Search Page: http://www.deq.state.mi.us/aps/.


Marathon Petroleum Co LLC (Detroit)

100,000 Expansion (Tar Sands)

Comment period on the PSD permit closed Feb. 11, 2008. Decision pending.

This is a $1.9 Billion expansion that will both increase the refinery's capacity by 15% (to 115,000 bpd) and allow the refinery to process tar sands. The expansion includes a new coker, flare, hydrogen plant, sulfur recover unit (SRU), hydrotreater, wastewater storage tanks, boiler, cooling tower, and heater, as well as modifications to numerous existing units including the fluidized bed catalytic cracking unit (FCCU).

Mr. Terry Wright, Senior Permit Engineer, Permit Section, Air Quality Division. Phone: (517) 335-0100

Draft PSD permit, public notice, fact sheet, and related documents available at http://www.deq.state.mi.us/aps/cwerp.shtml.

Draft PSD permit issue, and comment period expired. Final PSD permit not yet issued.

Minnesota

Richard J. Sandberg Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Division of Air Quality 520 Lafayette RoadSaint Paul, Minnesota 55155ph:(651) 296-7512 http://www.pca.state.mn.us/air/index.html.

List of Air Permits Issued: http://www.pca.state.mn.us/air/permits/issued/index.html.

Flint Hills Resources LLP (Saint Paul)

279,300

Flint Hills completed a $350 million project to produce ultra low-sulfur diesel fuels in 2006. In 2007, it completed a project that increases its crude oil processing capacity to about 320,000 bpd, but this capacity cannot be fully utilized until several other projects are completed, among them a crude oil pipeline.

Richard Sandberg

Marathon Petroleum Co LLC (Saint Paul Park)

70,000 (Possible expansion - Tar Sands)

It remains unclear whether Marathon is considering an expansion of its St. Paul Park, Minnesota refinery in order to process tar sands. Reuters reported on July 31, 2007 that Marathon was considering tar sands expansion at its refineries in Detroit, MI; Robinson, IL; and St. Paul Park, MN (see http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNewsAndPR/idUSN3122370020070731). On Jan. 15, 2008, Reuters reported that Marathon had chosen to expand the Detroit refinery, and thus "not to pursue other projects, such as two [tar sands] projects ... in Robinson, Illinois, and Catlettsburg, Kentucky...." See http://www.reuters.com/article/sphereNews/idUSN1536152620080115?sp=true&view=sphere (emphasis added). Thus, while it appears that Marathon has decided not to expand its St. Paul Park refinery, the matter is not entirely clear.

Possible tar sands expansion under consideration - no permit applications yet submitted

Mississippi

Jan Boyd Environmental Permits Division Office of Pollution Control Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality P.O. Box 10385Jackson, Mississippi 39289-0385ph:(601) 961-5242 http://www.deq.state.ms.us/MDEQ.nsf/page/Main_Home?OpenDocument.

Draft Permit Public Notice Page: http://opc.deq.state.ms.us/publicnotice.aspx. All Mississippi Dept. of Env. Quality (MDEQ) permits searchable at: http://opc.deq.state.ms.us/report_epd_tasks.aspx.


Chevron USA Inc (Pascagoula) 330,000 Expansion

Rumored new 200,000 bpd crude distillation unit : PSD application submitted in March, 2007, but Chevron apparently shelved the plan in March, 2008. Continuous Catalyst Regeneration (CCR) Project: Final PSD Permit Modification issued Mar. 12, 2008. Comment periods expired. Construction must begin by Sept. 12, 2009, or else Chevron must re-apply. Effluent Treatment System (ETS) Project: Final Construction Permit issued Jan. 8, 2008. Comment periods expired. Construction must begin by July 8, 2009, or else Chevron must re-apply.

Rumored crude distillation unit: Reuters reported on Mar. 13, 2007 that Chevron had applied for permits to construct a new 200,000 bpd crude distillation unit. (See http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNewsAndPR/idUSN1344352320070313). But Reuters reported on Mar. 11, 2008, that Chevron had abandoned the the plan. (See http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersComService_3_MOLT/idUSN1156172820080311). Continuous Catalyst Regeneration (CCR) Project: $500 million CCR unit expected to increase gasoline production by 600,000 gallons per day. Unclear whether construction has yet begun (Chevron's 2007 Annual Report, p. 50, suggests that construction began in 2007, but the permit wasn't issued until March of 2008 - see http://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/irol/13/130102/reports/CVX_ARsupp07.pdf). Effluent Treatment System (ETS) Project: New facility to treat a maximum of 15.4 million gallons per day of wastewater from the refinery. Unclear whether contruction has begun.

Rick Sumrall, Office of Pollution Control (OPC) Compliance Manager, (601) 961-5791; Les Herrington, OPC Compliance Staff, (601) 961-5010; Toby Cook, OPC Permit Manager (601) 961-5067; Carla Brown, OPC Permit Writer (601) 961-5235

For MDEQ permitting history on Chevron's Pascagoula refinery, see http://opc.deq.state.ms.us/ai_info.aspx?ai=2299. Rumored new 200,000 bpd crude distillation unit : Reuters (Mar. 13, 2007) available at http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNewsAndPR/idUSN1344352320070313. Reuters (Mar. 11, 2008), available at http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersComService_3_MOLT/idUSN1156172820080311. Continuous Catalyst Regeneration (CCR) Project: Final permit available under "recently issued permits" at http://opc.deq.state.ms.us/ai_info.aspx?ai=2299. Effluent Treatment System (ETS) Project: Final permit available under "recently issued permits" at http://opc.deq.state.ms.us/ai_info.aspx?ai=2299.

New distillation unit : plan apparently abandoned / shelved. CCR Project: Final PSD permit modifation issued. Unclear whether construction has yet begun. ETS Project: Final construction permit issued. Unclear whether construction has begun.

Ergon Refining Inc (Vicksburg) 23,000

Hunt Southland Refining Co (Sandersville)

11,000

Montana

Don Vidrine Montana Department of Environmental Quality Permitting and Compliance Division Air and Waste Management BureauP.O. Box 200901Helena, Montana 59620-0901ph:(406) 444-3490 http://www.deq.state.mt.us/pcd/index.asp.

Public Notice Page with Links to Permits: http://www.deq.state.mt.us/AirQuality/ARM_Permits/AirQuality.asp.

Cenex Harvest States Coop (Laurel)

55,000


ConocoPhillips Company (Billings)

58,000 Expansion (Possible Tar Sands)

Comment deadline on current Title V permit was April 9, 2008. However, this permit is simply a renewal of the existing Title V permit, and does not appear to incorporate the possible expansion. Further, In Montana, in addition to the 60 days following the EPA's 45-day review period to petition for veto, people can appeal the final permit to the Montana Board of Environmental Review within 30 days of the State's "decision on the permit" (which decision generally coincides with the end of the EPA's 45-day review period. So, assuming the proposed permit was issued April 9, 2008, then the end of EPA's 45-day review would be May 24, 2008; deadline for state administrative appeal would be on or about June 23, 2008; and deadline to file "veto petition" with U.S. EPA would be on or about July 23, 2008.

"Tulsa World" reported on Dec. 6, 2007 that ConocoPhillipsncrease met with the Montana Dept. of Environ. Quality (MDEQ) on Dec. 5, 2007 regarding a possible expansion to increase capacity to 71,000 pbd, and that ConocoPhillips intended to submit applications for the expansion by the end of Feb., 2008. See http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?subjectID=49&articleID=071206_5_E1_spanc28067. Although the purpose of the expansion remains unclear, the geographic location suggests that this is a tar sands expansion.

Regarding the possible expansion, contact Jim Hughes, MDEQ (see http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?subjectID=49&articleID=071206_5_E1_spanc28067). Regarding the current draft Title V permit, contact Christine Weaver, MDEQ ([email protected]).

Current Draft Title V permit : http://www.deq.state.mt.us/AirQuality/ARM_Permits/OP2619-02_DFT.pdf. Technical Review Document (TRD) for current draft Title V permit : http://www.deq.state.mt.us/AirQuality/ARM_Permits/TRD2619-02_DFT.pdf.

1) Current Title V renewal. Veto Petition deadline on or about July 23, 2008. 2) Company considering future expansion. No applications yet available.

ExxonMobile refining & Supply Co (Billings)

60,000

Title V Permit Renewals (NOTE: Separate renewals for the "Refinery" and the contiguous "Terminal")

In Montana, in addition to the 60 days following the EPA's 45-day review period to petition for veto, people can appeal the final permit to the Montana Board of Environmental Review within 30 days of the State's "decision on the permit" (which decision generally coincides with the end of the EPA's 45-day review period. Refinery: Draft permit was issued Aug. 3, 2007. Comment deadline was Sept. 4, 2007. Proposed pemit was issued Sept. 12, 2007. End of EPA's 45-day review period was Oct. 29, 2007. "Date of Decision" was Nov. 2, 2007. Deadline to file state administrative appeal was Dec. 3, 2007. Deadline to file EPA Petition to Veto was Dec. 28, 2007. Terminal : Draft permit was issued Jan. 7, 2008. Comment deadline was Feb. 6, 2008. Proposed permit was issued Feb. 11, 2008. End of EPA's 45-day review period was Mar. 27, 2008. Deadline to file state administrative appeal (assuming "date of decision" is Mar. 27, 2008) is April 26, 2008. Deadline to file EPA Petition to Veto is May 26, 2008.

The Title V pemit for the "refinery" (# OP1564-02) includes all changes since the issueance of Permit # OP1564-01 on July 20, 2004. The Title V permit for the "terminal" (# OP2967-00) is a NEW Title V permit. Although both the "refinery" and "terminal" permits (and their TRDs) state that the "refinery" and "terminal" are a "single source" for NSR purposes, the "refinery's" Tilte V permit says that "[a]t the request of the company, the bulk terminal will be permitted separately under the Tilte V operating permit program ." (See OP1564-02, page 1 (emphasis added)). Although the "terminal" was issued a “synthetic minor” permit on May 3, 1998, “[f]ollowing further evaluation … the Department determined ... [that] [a]s a support facility to a major source, ExxonMobil is required to obtain a Title V Operating Permit [for the terminal].” OP2967-00, TRD page 3. Thus, it remains unclear why the "terminal" is being permitted "separately" from the "refinery" under CAA Title V . The geographic location of this refinery suggests that it may deal with tar sand

Regarding the "refinery," contact Christine Weaver at [email protected]. Regarding the "terminal ," contact Trista Glazier at [email protected].

Refinery Title V Permit (final) : http://www.deq.state.mt.us/AirQuality/ARM_Permits/OP1564-02_DEC.pdf. Refinery "technical review document" (TRD): http://www.deq.state.mt.us/AirQuality/ARM_Permits/TRD1564-02_DEC.pdf. Terminal Title V Permit (proposed): http://www.deq.state.mt.us/AirQuality/ARM_Permits/OP2967-00_PROP.pdf. Terminal "technical review document" (TRD): http://www.deq.state.mt.us/AirQuality/ARM_Permits/TRD2967-00_PROP.pdf.

Refinery: Final Title V issued, and deadlines passed. Terminal : Proposed Title V issued (deadline to file state administrative appeal (assuming "date of decision" is Mar. 27, 2008) is April 26, 2008. Deadline to file EPA Petition to Veto is May 26, 2008.).

Montana Refining Co (Great Falls)

9,500

Nevada

Michael Elges Nevada Division of Environmental Protection Bureau of Air Pollution 333 W. Nye Lane, Room 138Carson City, Nevada 89706-0851ph:775-687-9350 http://ndep.nv.gov/bapc/index.htm.


Foreland Refining Corp (Eagle Springs)

2,000

New Jersey

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Air Quality Permitting Program Bureau of Preconstruction PermitsP.O. Box 027 Trenton, NJ 08625-0027ph:(609) 633-2829 http://www.state.nj.us/dep/aqpp/.

Public Notice Page: http://www.state.nj.us/dep/aqpp/publicnotices.htm.

Chevron USA Inc (Perth Amboy) 80,000

Citgo Asphalt Refining Co (Paulsboro)

32,000 (IDLE)

ConocoPhillips Company "Bayway Refinery" (Linden)

238,000 Expansion Title V significant modification comment deadline is April 20, 2008.

New concrete & asphalt crushing machine, powered by a diesel engine, which will increase potential to emit (PTE) of NOx from 3,560 tons per year (tpy) to 3,661 tpy.

Max Friedman e-mail: [email protected]. Phone: (609) 633-8230

Public Notice available at http://www.state.nj.us/dep/aqpp/publicnotices.htm. Statement of Basis available at http://www.state.nj.us/dep/aqpp/downloads/publicnotpost/cpsb.pdf. Draft permit, application and other documents available only at NJDEP offices, by appointment, by calling Max Friedman at (609) 633-8230.

Draft Title V permit significant modification issued. Public Comment Period Running.

Hess Corporation (Port Reading) -

Sunoco Inc (Westville) 145,000

Valero Refining Co New Jersey (Paulsboro)

160,000

New Mexico

Ted Schooley Permitting Section Air Quality BureauNew Mexico Environment Department2048 Galisteo StreetSanta Fe, New Mexico 87505ph:(505) 827-1494 http://www.nmenv.state.nm.us/aqb/permit/index.html.

Giant Industries Inc (Bloomfield) 16,800

Giant Refining Co (Gallup) 20,800

Navajo Refining Co (Artesia) 84,000

North Dakota

Terry O'Clair Division of Air Quality, North Dakota Department of Health600 E. Boulevard Ave.Bismarck, N.D. 58505-0200ph:(701) 328-5188 http://www.health.state.nd.us/aq/.

Public Notices: http://www.health.state.nd.us/AQ/PublicNotices.aspx.

Tesoro West Coast (Mandan) 58,000


Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara ("MHA") Nation Refinery

15,000 - 30,000 (Brand New)

New Refinery (Possible Tar Sands) (since this is a proposed new refinery, it is not on the EIA list)

Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and Draft National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit issued June 29, 2006 (71 Fed. Reg. 37092). Comment deadline on both permits was Aug. 29, 2006. No air permit is apparently being required for this refinery .

Brand new refinery with a production capacity of 15,000 to 30,000 bpd, and a footprint of 190 acres. Refinery would process "synthetic crude oil from Canada." See http://www.epa.gov/region8/compliance/nepa/refinerydeis.html. This probably means tar sand oil. See also , the Federal Register notice at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2006/June/Day-29/i5818.htm. There may be an issue in that the DEIS may have contemplated only a 15,000 bpd refinery, while the MHA Nation may be planning a 30,000 bpd refinery.

Unclear, especially since a federal air permit is apparently not being required.

For U.S. EPA and U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) contacts, scroll all the way to the bottom at http://www.epa.gov/region8/compliance/nepa/refinerydeis.html.

DEIS and Draft NPDES permit available at http://www.epa.gov/region8/compliance/nepa/refinerydeis.html. Environmental Integrity Project comments available at http://www.environmentalintegrity.org/pub389.cfm.

DEIS and Draft NPDES permit issued. Comment deadline passed. Final EIS and/or NPDES permit not yet issued. No air permit currently being required.

Northwest Refining Inc.50,000 bpd (Brand New)

New Refinery (Possilbe shale / tar sand) (since this is a proposed new refinery, it is not on the EIA list)

Nothing yet open for comment.

The Associated Press reported on Oct. 18, 2007 that the State of North Dakota had awarded a grant to Northwest Refining Inc. to produce a "feasibility study" regarding building a new refinery in Northwestern North Dakota. ENGlobal Corp., a Houston engineering company, will conduct the study. Financing has not yet been secured for actually building the refinery. See http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2007/10/18/news/state/141105.txt. The geographic location of this possible refinery suggests that it will process oil from the Bakken Shale Formation and/or Canadian tar sand oil.

Feasibility study underway. Financing not yet secured.

State of North DakotaUnknown capacity (Brand New)

New Refinery (Shale) (since this is a proposed new refinery, it is not on the EIA list)

Nothing yet open for comment.

Reuters reported on January 23, 2008 that North Dakota legislators were studying building a state-run refinery to process oil from the Bakken Shale Formation. See http://www.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUSN2364316120080123.

Possible new state-owned refinery being considered by State of North Dakota.

Ohio Local Air Pollution Control OfficesPublic Notice Page: http://www.epa.state.oh.us/new/actions.html.

BP Products North America Inc / Husky Energy Inc. (Toledo)

131,000

Company considering expansion (Tar Sands)

BP & Husky have entered into a 50/50 joint venture to expand the Toledo refinery's capacity to process tar sands oil from its current 60,000 bpd to 170,000 bpd (more than its current total capacity, so that the entire refinery will be devoted to tar sands) by 2015. This is estimated to be a $2.5 billion expansion. See http://www.bp.com/genericarticle.do?categoryId=4705&contentId=7039854. See also , http://www.huskyenergy.ca/news/newsrelease.asp?NewsReleaseID=179.

Karen Granata Administrator Toledo Environmental Control 348 South ErieToledo, Ohio 43604(419) 936-3015 http://www.epa.state.oh.us/dapc/permits/permits.html.

Company considering expansion. No applications yet available.


Marathon Petroleum Co LLC (Canton)

73,000

Dan Aleman Administrator Canton City Health Department Div. of Air Pollution Control 420 Market Avenue, NorthCanton, Ohio 44702-1544ph:(330) 489-3385 http://www.epa.state.oh.us/dapc/permits/permits.html.

Husky Energy, Inc. (formerly Valero, formerly Premcor) (Lima)

146,120

Company considering expansion (Tar Sands)

As of Dec. 13, 2007, Husky has earmarked $160 million to "reconfigure" its Lima refinery so that its entire production capacity would be devoted to tar sands. Husky has said that it intends to spend $2-3 billion to "reposition" the Lima refinery to process oil from Canadian tar sands. No timeline has yet been set. See http://www.huskyenergy.ca/news/newsrelease.asp?NewsReleaseID=179. See also , http://www.huskyenergy.ca/news/newsrelease.asp?NewsReleaseID=180. See also , http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/917649/.

Mark Budge APC Manager Ohio EPA NWDO Air Pollution Group 347 North Dunbridge Road Bowling Green, Ohio 43402 ph:(419) 352-8461 http://www.epa.state.oh.us/dapc/permits/permits.html.

Company considering expansion. No applications yet available.

Sunoco Inc (Toledo) 160,000

Karen Granata Administrator Toledo Environmental Control 348 South ErieToledo, Ohio 43604(419) 936-3015 http://www.epa.state.oh.us/dapc/permits/permits.html.

Oklahoma

Eddie Terrill Air Quality Division Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality P.O. Box 1677Oklahoma City, OK 73101-1677ph:(405) 702-1000 http://www.deq.state.ok.us/AQDnew/permitting/index.htm.

For "draft permits available for public comment," "final issued PSD permits," "air quality permits in active review," and "permits open to public petition [i.e., Title V veto petition to U.S. EPA]," see http://www.deq.state.ok.us/aqdnew/permitting/pubreview.htm.

ConocoPhillips Company (Ponca City)

194,000


Sinclair Oil Corp (Tulsa) 70,300 Expansion (Tar Sands)

The Oklahoma Dept. of Env. Quality (ODEQ)'s website is in some disarray and does not appear to be reliably updated. However, a search of the website, along with numerous telephone conversations with ODEQ personell, suggests the following deadlines (anyone submitting comments should independently verify): PSD Permit (# 2007-005-C (M-1)): Comment period ended Mar. 2, 2008. (But it may still be possible to submit comments at http://www.deq.state.ok.us/permitspublic/comment.aspx?key=1146). As of Mar. 26, 2008, the PSD permit was still "pending ODEQ internal review," so had not yet issued. So, the construction-commencement deadline will be 18 months from whenever the final permit is issued. Title V Permit (# 2007-005-TVR) : Issued (approx.) Feb. 21, 2008. EPA 45-day review ended approx. Feb. 11, 2008, so 60-day "Veto Petition" window ends approx. April 11, 2008.

This is an enormous tar sands expansion, known as the "Heavy Crude Processing Expansion (HCPE) project." The project entails a $1 billion expenditure to increase capacity from the refinery's current 70,300 bpd to 115,000 bpd (a 64% expansion) to handle tar sand crude. (See, e.g. , http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?articleID=070907_5_E1_hTher31465). New equipment includes: a delayed coker, a crude distillation unit, a hydrocracker, a hydrogen plant, three sulfur recovery units, a flare, and several storage tanks.

Herb Neumann (918) 293-1624 (permit writer). Herb also recommends contacting Dawson Lasseter (Chief Engineer), at (405) 702-4100.

PSD Permit No. 2007-005-C (M-1) available at http://www.deq.state.ok.us/apps/nondiv/permitspublic/storedpermits/1146.doc. Both the PSD permit and the Title V permit renewal (# 2007-005-TVR) are referenced under "Air Quality Permits in Active Review," available at http://www.deq.state.ok.us/aqdnew/permitting/PermitsInActiveReview.html.

PSD permit (comment period closed) is "pending ODEQ internal review," and final permit not yet issued. Title V permit issued approximately Feb. 21, 2008.

Sunoco Inc (Tulsa) 85,000 Expansion

PSD Permit (# 98-014-C (M-14)): Draft permit issued Mar. 7, 2008, so comment period tentatively ends April 6, 2008. However, publication of the notice may not have yet happened. (That is, the website lists a "start date" (e.g. , 3/7/08) when the draft is issued, but no "end date," because the 30-day comment period does not begin to run until the notice is published by the permittee. When that happens, the permittee notifies the ODEQ, who then re-enters the "start date" as the date of publication, and enters - for the first time - the "end date" as 30 days thereafter). Title V permit (# 98-014-TV M-15) listed under "Air Quality Permits in Active Review" as under "Administrative Review" as of Dec. 11, 2007.

Construct a diesel hydrotreating unit for the production of ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD). Known as the "Diesel Upgrade Project."

Phillip Martin, at (405) 702-4199

PSD Permit No. 98-014-C (M-14) is available at http://www.deq.state.ok.us/apps/nondiv/permitspublic/storedpermits/1174.doc. Title V permit (# 98-014-TV M-15) is referenced under "Air Quality Permits in Active Review," available at http://www.deq.state.ok.us/aqdnew/permitting/PermitsInActiveReview.html.

Draft PSD Permit is open for public comment (submit comments at http://www.deq.state.ok.us/permitspublic/comment.aspx?key=1174). Title V permit apparently "under review."


Valero Refining Co Oklahoma (Ardmore)

87,400 Title V renewal

Title V Permit (# 98-172-TV): Draft permit issued Mar. 11, 2008, so comment period tentatively ends April 5, 2008. However, publication of the notice may not have yet happened. (That is, the website lists a "start date" (e.g. , 3/11/08) when the draft is issued, but no "end date," because the 30-day comment period does not begin to run until the notice is published by the permittee. When that happens, the permittee notifies the ODEQ, who then re-enters the "start date" as the date of publication, and enters - for the first time - the "end date" as 30 days thereafter). This permit is also listed under "Air Quality Permits in Active Review" as "Pending Facility Action" as of Jan. 30, 2008.

Title V renewal.

Eric Milligan email: [email protected]. Telephone: (405) 702-4217.

Draft Title V Permit (# 98-172-TV) is available at http://www.deq.state.ok.us/apps/nondiv/permitspublic/storedpermits/1177.doc. Also referenced under "Air Quality Permits in Active Review," available at http://www.deq.state.ok.us/aqdnew/permitting/PermitsInActiveReview.html.

Draft Title V Permit is open for public comment (submit comments at http://www.deq.state.ok.us/permitspublic/comment.aspx?key=1177).

Wynnewood Refining Co (Wynnewood)

54,000

Oregon

Air Quality Division Oregon Department of Environmental Quality811 SW Sixth AvenuePortland, Oregon 97204-1390(503) 229-5696 http://www.oregon.gov/DEQ/AQ/.

Paramount Petroleum Corp (Portland)

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Pennsylvania Regional Bureaus of Air Quality

American Refining Group Inc (Bradford)

10,000

Krishnan Ramamurthy Pennsylvania Bureau of Air Quality Northwest Regional Office 230 Chestnut StreetMeadville, PA 16335-3481ph:(814) 332-6940 http://www.depweb.state.pa.us/northwestregion/site/default.asp.

ConocoPhillips Company (Trainer)

185,000

Krishnan Ramamurthy Pennsylvania Bureau of Air Quality Southeast Regional Office 2 East Main StreetNorristown, PA 19401ph:(484) 250-5920 http://www.depweb.state.pa.us/southeastro/site/default.asp.

Sunoco Inc (Marcus Hook) 178,000

Krishnan Ramamurthy Pennsylvania Bureau of Air Quality Southeast Regional Office 2 East Main StreetNorristown, PA 19401ph:(484) 250-5920 http://www.depweb.state.pa.us/southeastro/site/default.asp.


Sunoco Inc (R&M) (Philadelphia) 335,000

Thomas Huynh Philadelphia Department of Public HealthAir Management Services321 University Ave., 2nd Fl.Philadelphia, PA 19104ph:(215) 685-7584 http://www.phila.gov/health/units/ams/.

United Refining Co (Warren) 65,000

Krishnan Ramamurthy Pennsylvania Bureau of Air Quality Northwest Regional Office 230 Chestnut StreetMeadville, PA 16335-3481ph:(814) 332-6940 http://www.depweb.state.pa.us/northwestregion/site/default.asp.

South Dakota

Department of Environment & Natural Resources 523 E. Capitol Pierre, SD 57501 [email protected].

Public Notice Page: http://www.state.sd.us/denr/DES/AirQuality/aapubnot.htm.

Hyperion Refining, LLC400,000 bpd (Brand New)

New Refinery (Tar Sands) (since this is a proposed new refinery, it is not on the EIA list)

PSD permit application submitted Dec. 20, 2007. South Dakota Dept. of Environ. & Nat. Resources (SDDENR) determined application to be complete on Feb. 20, 2008. Comments currently being accepted on the application. Hyperion expects to begin construction in 2009, and operation in 2014.

Hyperion is in the planning stage for a new 400,000 bpd oil refinery (to process tar sands) and an associated "integrated gasification combined cycle" (IGCC) power plant. This project is sometimes called the "Gorilla Project," due to its size. Union County, SD is the primary site being considered.

Kyrik Rombough, Natural Resources Engineering Director, Air Quality Program, (605) 773-5708

PSD permit application and associated documents: http://www.state.sd.us/denr/hyperion.htm#denr%20status. PSD permit application: http://www.state.sd.us/DENR/Hyperion/Air/20071220HyperionApplication.pdf.

PSD application submitted (comments currently accepted)

Tennessee

Robert Rogers Pollution Control Section Shelby County Health Dept.814 Jefferson Avenue, Suite 437Memphis, Tennessee 38105ph:(901) 544-7775 http://www.shelbycountytn.gov/FirstPortal/dotShowDoc/Government/CountyServices/HealthServices/EnvironmentalHealth/air_pollutionindex.htm.

Premcor Refining Group Inc (Memphis)

180,000

Texas

Richard A. Hyde Texas Commission on Environmental QualityOffice of Permitting, Remediation and Registration Air Permits Division P.O. Box 13087Austin, TX 78711-3087ph:(512) 239-1250 http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/nav/permits/air_permits.html.

TCEQ Office of Public Assistance, at 1-800-687-4040.

Public Notice Search Page: http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/comm_exec/cc/pub_notice.html. Search for pending NSR and Title V permit actions: http://www5.tceq.state.tx.us/airperm/index.cfm. Search TCEQ Chief Clerk's database: http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/comm_exec/cc/cc_db.html.


Age Refining Inc (San Antonio) 13,000

Alon USA Energy Inc (Big Spring)

67,000

BP Products North America Inc (Texas City)

205,000 (operating) AND 212,000 (idle) (It appears that the "idle" capacity is due to the continuing effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita).

Citgo Refining & Chemical Inc (Corpus Christi)

156,000 Title V Significant Revision

Comment deadline was June 8, 2006. EPA "veto petition" deadline was April 3, 2007. EIP and others submitted a Veto Petition to U.S. EPA on March 30, 2007. EPA has not responded to the Veto Petition.

Significant Revision of Title V permit to operate the Citgo Corpus Christi "West Plant" refinery.

"Petition to Veto" submitted to U.S. EPA by EIP, et al ., available at http://www.environmentalintegrity.org/pub434.cfm.

Veto Petition submitted. U.S. EPA has yet to respond.

ConocoPhillips Company (Sweeny)

247,000

Deer Park Refining LTD Partnership (Deer Park)

333,700

Delek Refining LTD (Tyler) 58,000

ExxonMobile Refining & Supply Co (Baytown)

562,500

ExxonMobile Refining & Supply Co (Beaumont)

348,500 Renewal of Air Quality Permit

Comment deadline was March 15, 2008.Permit # 7760 Renewal application submitted Feb. 4, 2008. Notice was published on Feb. 29, 2008. 15-day comment period expired on Mar. 15, 2008.

Notice of Receipt of Application and Intent to Obtain Air Permit Renewal available at http://www4.tceq.state.tx.us/cid/CCD/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.PublicNoticeDescResults&CHK_ITEM_ID=488382812008052.

Air Quality Permit renewal - comment deadline passed.

Flint Hills Resources LP (Corpus Christi)

288,126 PSD Permit Amendment

Comment deadline was July 1, 2007. TCEQ issued a response to comments on Jan. 16, 2008. On Feb. 15, 2008, EIP, on behalf of Citizens for Environmental Justice, et al., submitted a Request for Reconsideration and request for hearing. TCEQ has yet to schedule a meeting to consider the Request for Reconsideration and/or hearing.

PSD Permit Amendment.

Request for Reconsideration, filed by EIP on behalf of Citizens for Environmental Justice, et al ., available at http://www.environmentalintegrity.org/pub487.cfm.

Draft PSD permit and RTC issued. TCEQ has yet to schedule a meeting to consider a "Request for Reconsideration."

Houston Refining LP (formerly Lyondell Citgo)(Houston)

270,200

Marathon Petroleum Co LLC (Texas City)

72,000


Motiva Enterprises LLC (Port Arthur)

285,000 Expansions

Deadline to submit comments, request a public meeting, and/or request a hearing on the "tank farm expansion" (construction permit # 7238) will be 30 days after newspaper publication of the notice, which notice was issued Feb. 27, 2008. Date of newspaper publication unknown. Deadline for comments on 325,000 bpd expansion passed, and company broke ground on the expansion on Dec. 10, 2007, after the company reached a settlement agreement with Community In-Power and Development Association, Inc. ("CIDA") and Hilton Kelley on or about Nov. 9, 2006, and TCEQ issued a final construction permit on or about Nov. 15, 2006. See, e.g. , http://www.motivaexpansionproject.com/.

The expansion of the tank farm would add emissions of hydrogen sulfide. The major expansion would more than double the size the refinery, increasing capacity from 285,000 bpd to 600,000 bpd, making it the largest refinery in the U.S.

Notice of Receipt of Application and Intent to Obtain Air Permit No. 7238 available at http://www4.tceq.state.tx.us/cid/CCD/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.PublicNoticeDescResults&CHK_ITEM_ID=603517252008059.

Tank farm expansion construction permit application submitted, and comment period may be running. Construction underway for major expansion to add 325,000 bpd capacity.

Pasadena Refining Systems Inc (Pasadena)

100,000

Premcor Refining Group Inc (Port Arthur)

260,000

Expansion AND Title V permit renewal AND Title V Initial Issuance

Coker Expansion Project: Deadline to submit comments, request a public meeting, and/or request a hearing on construction permit # 6825A will be 30 days after newspaper publication of the notice, which notice was issued Feb. 27, 2008. Date of newspaper publication unknown. Title V Permit Renewal: Deadline to submit comments and/or request a hearing on Draft Permit # O2227 was March 9, 2008. Deadline to submit "Veto Petition" to U.S. EPA will be 60 days after the EPA's 45-day review period, so (assuming that TCEQ sent the proposed permit to EPA on March 9, 2008) the "veto petition" deadline would be June 22, 2008. Title V Initial Issuance: Comment deadline on Draft Permit # O1498 was Sept. 5, 2006. EPA "veto petition" deadline was Feb. 20, 2007. EIP and others submitted a Veto Petition to U.S. EPA on Feb. 16, 2007. EPA has not responded to the Veto Petition.

Coker expansion project (construction permit) AND Title V operating permit renewal for marine loading. AND Title V operating permit initial issuance for operation of the Port Arthur Refinery.

Notice of Receipt of Application and Intent to Obtain Air Permit No. 6825A available at http://www4.tceq.state.tx.us/cid/CCD/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.PublicNoticeDescResults&CHK_ITEM_ID=760409512008060. Notice of Draft Operating Permit # O2227, available at http://www4.tceq.state.tx.us/cid/CCD/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.PublicNoticeDescResults&CHK_ITEM_ID=337485852008031. Petition to Veto Proposed Operating Permit # O1498 submitted to U.S. EPA by EIP, et al ., available at http://www.environmentalintegrity.org/pub432.cfm.

Coker expansion construction permit application submitted, and comment period may be running. Draft Title V permit issued (comment deadline passed), and "veto petition" deadline on or about June 22, 2008. Proposed Title V permit issued (comment deadline and veto petition deadlines passed), and EPA has yet to respond to filed Petition to Veto.

South Hampton Resources Inc (Silsbee)

-

Total Petrochemicals Inc (Port Arthur)

95,500 Expansion

Deadline to submit comments, request a public meeting, and/or request a hearing on construction permit # 9193A will be 30 days after newspaper publication of the notice, which notice was issued Feb. 20, 2008. Date of newspaper publication unknown.

Modification and continued operation of the Gas Oil Hydrodesulfurization Unit and the Motor Gasoline Blending Unit at the refinery.

Notice of Receipt of Application and Intent to Obtain Air Permit Amendment and Renewal (Permit No. 9193A) available at http://www4.tceq.state.tx.us/cid/CCD/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.PublicNoticeDescResults&CHK_ITEM_ID=872398972008052.

Construction permit application submitted, and comment period may be running.


Trigeant LTD (Corpus Christi) - Title V Permit Renewal and Revision.

Deadline to submit comments and/or request a hearing on Draft Permit # O2089 will be 30 days after newspaper notification of the Notice of Draft Federal Operating Permit, which notice was issued March 28, 2008. Date of publication unknown. Deadline to submit "Veto Petition" to U.S. EPA will be 60 days after the EPA's 45-day review period, so (assuming a date of publication of the Notice of Draft permit of Mar. 28, 2008, and assuming that TCEQ sends the proposed permit to EPA 30 days after the date of notice publication), the "veto petition" deadline would be Aug. 10, 2008.

"Renewal and revision" of Title V permit to operate the refinery. The EIA lists both the "operating" and "idle" capacity of this refinery, as of Jan. 1, 2007, as "zero."

Notice of Draft Federal Operating Permit # O2089, available at http://www4.tceq.state.tx.us/cid/CCD/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.PublicNoticeDescResults&CHK_ITEM_ID=383595652008087.

Draft Title V permit issued March 28, 2008. Date of notice publication unknown. Comment deadline on or about April 28, 2008. "Veto petition" deadline on or about Aug. 10, 2008.

Valero Energy Corp (Sunray) 171,000

Valero Energy Corp (Three Rivers)

93,000

Valero Refining Co Texas (Corpus Christi)

142,000

Valero Refining Co Texas (Houston)

83,000 Title V Permit Initial Issuance.

Deadline to submit comments and/or request a hearing on Draft Permit # O2089 was April 4, 2008. Deadline to submit "Veto Petition" to U.S. EPA will be 60 days after the EPA's 45-day review period, so (assuming that TCEQ sent the proposed permit to EPA on April 4, 2008), the "veto petition" deadline would be July 18, 2008.

"Initial issuance" of Title V permit to operate the ULSD area at the refinery.

Notice of Draft Federal Operating Permit # O2951, available at http://www4.tceq.state.tx.us/cid/CCD/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.PublicNoticeDescResults&CHK_ITEM_ID=308463572008038.

Draft Title V permit comment deadline was April 4, 2008. "Veto petition" deadline on or about July 18, 2008.

Valero Refining Co Texas (Texas City)

218,500

Western Refining Company LP (El Paso)

122,000


WRB Refining LLC (formerly ConocoPhillips) (Borger) (NOTE: On Jan. 3, 2007, ConocoPhillips entered into a joint venture with EnCana Corporation to create a tar sands joint enterprise. The extraction ("upstream") business is known as "FCCL Oil Sands Partnership," and the refining ("downstream") business is known as "WRB Refining LLC." See, e.g. , ConocoPhillips 2007 Annual Report at 30, available at http://www.conocophillips.com/about/company_reports/annual_report/2007_ar.htm. Thus, ConocoPhillips' Borger Refinery (as well as it's "Wood River Refinery" in Roxana, Illinois) is currently owned by "WRB Refining, LLC," whose parent company is ConocoPhillips.)

146,000

Expansion (Tar Sands) AND CWA Consent Decree

Expansion: Numerous / unclear. Search the TCEQ websites, noted above, for "RN Number" RN102495884. (This is sometimes also called the "Regulated Entity Number," "Registry Number," and/or "Reference Number"). CWA Consent Decree: Consent Decree filed April 7, 2008. 30-day comment period will begin to run when the Consent Decree is published in the Federal Register. As of April 8, 2008, the Consent Decree has not yet been published in the Federal Register.

Expansion: will increase total production capacity and to devote almost all new and existing capacity to tar sand crude. Together with ConocoPhillips' refinery in "Wood River Refinery" in Roxana, Illinois, the company plans to increase total capacity from 450,000 bpd to 600,000 bpd, and increase processing of tar sand oil from 60,000 bpd to 555,000 bpd (that is, almost all of the two refineries' capacity will be devoted to tar sand oil). Thus, this expansion seeks to increase total production capacity of the two refineries by one third, and increase tar sands oil processing capacity by 817%. See, e.g. , http://www.conocophillips.com/newsroom/news_releases/2006news/10-05-2006.htm, and http://www.conocophillips.com/newsroom/news_releases/2007news/01-03-2007.htm. CWA Consent Decree: $1.2 million civil penalty for over 2,000 CWA violations between 1999 and 2006. ConocoPhillips must also monitor surrounding waters for selenium, and complete a $600,000 SEP.

Expansion: Unknown. Consent Decree: Yerusha Beaver, Assist. Regional Counsel, U.S. EPA, Region 6, phone: 214-665-6797

Expansion: Unknown. Consent Decree: Available at http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees/Conoco_Phillips/Conoco_Phillips.html. See also , http://www.epa.gov/region6/6xa/conocophillips_jump.htm.

Expansion: Unknown. Consent Decree: Filed in U.S. Dist. Ct. for the Nothern Dist. of Texas, Amarillo Div. (Civil Action No. 2-08CV-077-J) on April 7, 2008. 30-day comment period will run from publication in the Federal Register.

Utah

Cheryl Heying Division of Air Quality Department of Environmental Quality150 North 1950 West, 2nd FloorP.O. Box 144810Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4810ph:(801) 536-4000 http://www.airquality.utah.gov.

Public Notice for NSR Permits: http://www.airquality.utah.gov/Permits/Report_NSR_Public_Comment.htm.

Big West Oil Co (North Salt Lake)

29,400

Chevron USA Inc (Salt Lake City)

45,000

Holly Corp Refining & Marketing (Woods Cross)

24,700

Silver Eagle Refining (Woods Cross)

10,250

Tesoro West Coast (Salt Lake City)

58,000

VirginiaVirginia Dept. of Environ. Quality (VDEQ) Regional Offices

Pubic Notice Page: http://www.deq.state.va.us/air/permitting/permits.htm.

Giant Yorktown Refining (Yorktown)

59,375

Frank Daniel Virginia Department of Environmental Quality Tidewater Regional Office 5636 Southern BlvdVirginia Beach, VA 23462ph:(757) 518-2000 http://www.deq.state.va.us/regions/tidewater.html.


Washington

Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council 925 Plum Street SE Building 4PO Box 43172Olympia, WA 98504-3172ph:(360) 956-2121 http://www.efsec.wa.gov/.

BP West Coast Products LLC (Ferndale/Cherry Point)

225,000

ConocoPhillips Company (Ferndale)

96,000

Shell Oil Products US (Anacortes)

145,000

Tesoro West Coast (Anacortes) 120,000

US Oil & Refining Co (Tacoma) 37,850

West Virginia

John A. Benedict West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Division of Air Quality Permitting Section601 57th Street, SECharleston, WV 25304Ph:304 926 0475 http://www.wvdep.org/item.cfm?ssid=8.

Ergon West Virginia Inc (Newell/Congo)

20,000

Wisconsin

Jeffrey Hanson Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Permits Section P.O. Box 7921Madison, WI 53707ph:(608) 266-0113 http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/aw/air/permits.

Permit Listing : http://dnr.wi.gov/air/permitzip/APM_toc.htm.

Murphy Oil USA Inc (Superior) 34,300 Expansion (Tar Sands)

None (no application yet submitted)

Murphy is considering a $6 billion expansion of its refinery in Superior, Wisconsin to process tar sands. This expansion would result in a 670% increase in capacity -- from 35,000 bpd to 235,000 bpd -- and would involve filling approximately 400 acres of wetland (possibly the largest wetland fill in U.S. history). See, e.g. , http://www.cleanwisconsin.org/campaigns/MurphyOilExpansion/LakeSuperior_1207.html.

Dave Siebert. Email: [email protected]. Phone: (608) 264-6048.

Expansion apparently under consideration. No permit applications yet submitted. See, e.g. , http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=661999&format=print.


Wyoming

David A. Finley Air Quality Division Department of Environmental Quality122 West 25th St, Herschler BuildingCheyenne 82002Ph:307-777-7937 http://deq.state.wy.us/aqd/.

Frontier Refining Inc (Cheyenne) 47,000

Little America Refining Co (Evansville/Casper)

24,500

Silver Eagle Refining (Evanston) 3,000

Sinclair Oil Corp (Sinclair) 66,000

Wyoming Refining Co (Newcastle)

14,000

Puerto Rico

Air Programs Branch Division of Environmental Planning and ProtectionU.S. EPA Region 2290 Broadway - 25th FloorNew York, NY 10007-1866ph:(212) 637-4085 http://www.epa.gov/region02/air/.

Shell Chem Yabucoa Inc (Yabucoa)

77,900

Virgin Islands

Air Programs Branch Division of Environmental Planning and ProtectionU.S. EPA Region 2290 Broadway - 25th FloorNew York, NY 10007-1866ph:(212) 637-4085 http://www.epa.gov/region02/air/.

Hovensa LLC (Kingshill/St.Croix)

500,000

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