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Summary and analysis of the highway diesel fuel 2003 pre-compliance reports.
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2003-10-01
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TRIS Online Accession Number:971114
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OCLC Number:747838557
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Abstract:Any refiner or importer planning to produce
or import highway diesel fuel in 2006-10, is
required to submit to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency)
pre-compliance reports. These reports are due annually from June 2003 through 2005. They
must contain estimates of the volumes of 15 parts-per-million (ppm) sulfur highway diesel fuel
and 500 ppm sulfur diesel fuel that will be produced at each refinery or imported by each
importer from June 2006 through May 2010. For those refineries planning to participate in the
credit trading program, the reports must contain a projection of how many credits will be
generated or used by each refinery. The pre-compliance reports must also contain information
outlining each refinery’s timeline for compliance with the 15 ppm sulfur standard and provide
information regarding engineering plans (e.g., de
sign and construction), the status of obtaining
any necessary permits, and capital commitments for making the necessary modifications to
produce 15 ppm sulfur highway diesel fuel.
We received pre-compliance reports and/or information for all refineries that produced
highway diesel fuel in the year 2000. In addition to the reports that we received from current
highway diesel fuel producers, we received repor
ts from six refineries that did not produce
highway diesel fuel in 2000 but indicated that
they would shift into the highway diesel fuel
market during the program's temporary compliance option (TCO) from June 2006 through May
2010.
We recognize that the highway diesel fuel 2003 pre-compliance reports reflect
preliminary information as most refineries which are currently in the planning stage are
expecting to make final decisions over the next several months. Our conclusions from these
reports are based on this preliminary information. Future reports that we release (i.e., our
summary and analysis of the pre-compliance reports for 2004 and 2005) will be based on the
pre-compliance reports that are submitted in 2004 and 2005 and will therefore reflect new or
updated information relative to the information that we received this year.
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