# Acid Rain Provisions > Briefs, arguments, decisions, and more. URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A94-16459 ## Record - **Collection:** Federal Register - **Document type:** Uncategorized Document - **Published:** July 7, 1994 ## Text ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Acid Rain Division [FRL-5008-4] Acid Rain Provisions AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: EPA today announces the allocation of allowances to small diesel refineries for desulfurization of fuel from October 1, 1993 through December 31, 1993. 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 part 73 subpart G. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy Barylski, EPA Acid Rain Division (6204J), 401 M St., SW., Washington DC 20460; telephone (202) 233-9074. 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 (SO2) emissions from utility units. The SO2 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 SO2. At the end of each calendar year, each unit must hold allowances in an amount equal to or greater than its SO2 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 allocation of allowances may either install pollution control technologies or switch to cleaner fuels to reduce SO2 emissions, or buy additional allowances. Section 410(h) of the Clean Air Act provides allowances for small diesel refineries which desulfurize diesel fuel from October 1, 1993 through December 31, 1999. Small diesel 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 to be allocated to each eligible small diesel refinery for desulfurization of fuel from October 1, 1993 to December 31, 1993: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Refiner Refinery/Location Allocation ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cenex........................ Laurel, Montana.............. 682 Ergon........................ Vicksburg, Mississippi....... 11 Frontier..................... Cheyenne, Wyoming............ 813 Gary Williams................ Bloomfield................... 306 Giant........................ Ciniza....................... 300 Holly........................ Lea.......................... 275 Holly........................ Navajo....................... 367 Kern Oil..................... Bakersfield, California...... 432 Lion Oil..................... El Dorado.................... 216 Paramount.................... Paramount, California........ 555 Pennzoil..................... Atlas........................ 369 Pennzoil..................... Roosevelt.................... 82 Powerine..................... Santa Fe Springs, CA......... 595 Pride........................ Abilene, Texas............... 365 Sinclair/Little America...... Casper....................... 349 Sinclair..................... Sinclair, Wyoming............ 592 Sinclair..................... Tulsa, Oklahoma.............. 1174 U.S. Oil & Refining Co....... Tacoma, Washington........... 269 Wyoming Refining Company..... Denver, Colorado............. 192 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A total of 7944 allowances are allocated. Allowances for desulfurization which occurs from 1994 through 1999 will be made annually. The allowances listed above will be placed in the refiners' accounts in the Allowance Tracking System (ATS) this fall. Until that time, the refiners can trade their allowances but the trades cannot be recorded in the ATS. Allowances allocated to small diesel refineries in 1994 (for 1993 desulfurization) and 1995 (for 1994 desulfurization) will have a compliance year of 1995, the first compliance year of the Acid Rain Program. The compliance year of allowances allocated subsequent to 1995 will be the year the allowances are allocated. Dated: June 19, 1994. Paul Stolpman, Director, Office of Atmospheric Programs. [FR Doc. 94-16459 Filed 7-6-94; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A94-16459. Public record. Not legal advice.