New source review reform adds complexity for US refiners

Revisions to US Environmental Protection Agency's New Source Review (NSR) program make several existing elements of the program more complex and, therefore, more prone to enforcement action. Promulgated and proposed revisions to NSR reform may prove to make prevention of significant deteriorati...

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Published in:The Oil & gas journal 2004-07, Vol.102 (27), p.46-52
Main Authors: WEISS, Kenneth N, TOSI, Louis E
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Crude oil, natural gas and petroleum products
Emissions
Energy
Enforcement
Environmental protection
Environmental regulations
Exact sciences and technology
Federal regulation
Fuels
Petroleum production
Petroleum refineries
Pollution control
Provisions
Refineries
Reforms
Revisions
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Summary:Revisions to US Environmental Protection Agency's New Source Review (NSR) program make several existing elements of the program more complex and, therefore, more prone to enforcement action. Promulgated and proposed revisions to NSR reform may prove to make prevention of significant deterioration (PSD) and Nonattainment New Source Review (NNSR) applicability determinations more objective. Much of the refining industry will see no relief until 2006, at the earliest. Other than those facilities in the areas enforcing an EPA NSR program, relief is far in the future. EPA has not yet propsed some of the most important provisions for the refining industry.
ISSN:0030-1388
1944-9151