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Upsets at refineries, chemical plants, and other manufacturers can release carcinogens and other pollutants directly into neighborhoods that typically crowd the fencelines of such operations. EIP reports have documented how frequent upsets, along with maintenance activities, released millions of pounds of sulfur dioxide, benzene, and other contaminants in Port Arthur, Texas (Read our reports Smoking Guns and Accidents Will Happen). Under federal law, air pollution from such events can escape enforcement only if they are infrequent and cannot reasonably be prevented. EIP has amassed evidence that plants in Texas, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, and Ohio are violating these conditions, and will make this data publicly available in the near future. EIP is also working with a coalition of national and local organizations to persuade EPA to close this loophole. Most recently, EIP presented evidence to EPA on behalf of a number of groups that accidental releases at the Port Arthur plants violate the law and should be prosecuted.
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Refinery Database Update 070108
Jul 1, 2008
EIP Releases Report on U.S. Refinery Expansions to Process Dirty Oil from Canadian Tar Sands
Tar Sands - Feeding U.S. Refinery Expansions with Dirty Fuel
Jun 4, 2008
Over two thirds of currently planned expansions of U.S. oil refining capacity are intended to accommodate heavier, dirtier crude oil from Canadian "tar sands," according to data on U.S. oil refinery permitting activity under the Clean Air Act ("CAA") recently compiled and analyzed by the Environmental Integrity Project. Out of the approximately 1.6 million barrels per day ("bpd") of increased refining capacity currently in the pipeline, about 1.1 million bpd will be devoted to refining tar sand oil. In addition, more than 800,000 bpd of existing conventional crude capacity is planned to be modified to process oil from tar sands, so that the total increase in tar sands capacity is over 1.9 million bpd, while conventional crude capacity is undergoing a net decrease of over 300,000 bpd. This is equivalent to constructing more than sixteen new refineries dedicated to tar sands. Refining tar sand oil will result in higher air emissions of harmful pollutants such as sulfur dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, sulfuric acid mist, and nitrogen oxides, as well as toxic metals such as lead and nickel compounds. The consequences of tar sand oil extraction include the clear-cutting and strip-mining of huge portions of intact boreal forest ecosystem, the creation of vast un-reclaimable toxic lakes of wastewater, the consumption of enormous amounts of water and energy, and the production of three times more greenhouse gas as extracting conventional crude oil.
Database of Oil Refinery Air Permitting Actions
Updated information - including deadlines, document links, and agency contacts - regarding the permitting of all U.S. oil refineries under Title V and the New Source Review (NSR) provisions of the Clean Air Act.
Apr 25, 2008
BP Whiting Oil Refinery Air Permit Comments
EIP joins other groups in submitting comments to the draft air permits issued by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) for the BP oil refinery in Whiting, Indiana
Mar 25, 2008
Request for Reconsideration submitted to Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) regarding emissions increases at the Flint Hills Refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas.
On behalf of Citizens for Environmental Justice (CFEJ) and the Refinery Reform Campaign (RRC), EIP submitted a Request for Reconsideration to TCEQ regarding increased emissions at the Flint Hills "West Refinery" in Corpus Christi, asking TCEQ to reconsider its Responses to Comments (RTC) regarding monitoring technology (emission factors versus LIDAR), the leak detection and repair (LDAR) program, and consideration of environmental justice (EJ) issues.
Feb 15, 2008
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