EPA v. NAVAJO REFINING COMPANY (HF SINCLAIR)-NM REFINERIES-CAA CONSENT DECREE-2002

Case summary

The consent decree resolves certain violations associated with: New Source Review (NSR) standards requiring facilities to apply best available technology (BACT) or lowest achievable emission reductions (LAER) when grandfathered units are expanded in a way that increases emissions; New source performance standards and other pollution control practices applicable to certain units, including the flaring of sulfur gases during process upsets; Leak detection and repair (LDAR) requirements governing fugitive emissions from process components including valves, pumps, flanges; Benzene emissions from wastewater treatment plants under the benzene waste National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP); and, State-issued permits applicable to SO2 emissions from the Artesia fluidized catalytic cracking unit (FCCU). The agreement includes $200,000 in community-based supplemental environmental projects, as well as other environmentally beneficial projects estimated to cost more than $1.2 million. The agreement requires significant capital expenditures to install and operate technologies to control NOx and SO2 emissions at the FCCUs, which break crude oil down into major categories of refined product, and state-of-the-art burners at heaters and boilers, which fuel the refining process. The Companies also will invest in controls and operating practices to minimize excess flaring.

Defendants (1)

• NAVAJO REFINING COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (6)

• HF SINCLAIR NAVAJO REFINING LLC (ARTESIA)

  501 EAST MAIN STREET, ARTESIA, NM, 88210

  Registry ID: 110000472630

• NAVAJO REFINING CO

  5 MI SE ON NM18, LOVINGTON, NM, 88260

  Registry ID: 110000600886

• NAVAJO REFINING COMPANY

  501 E. MAIN ST., ARTESIA, NM, 88210

  Registry ID: 110000472630

• HF SINCLAIR NAVAJO REFINING LLC (ARTESIA)

  501 EAST MAIN STREET, ARTESIA, NM, 88210

  Registry ID: 110000472630

• HF SINCLAIR NAVAJO REFINING LLC (LOVINGTON)

  5 MI SE OF LOVINGTON, LOVINGTON, NM, 88260

  Registry ID: 110000600886

• NAVAJO REFINING COMPANY

  501 E. MAIN ST., ARTESIA, NM, 88210

  Registry ID: 110000472630

Statutes cited

• CAA 111 — New Source Performance Standards
• CAA 112 — Hazardous Air Pollutants
• CAA 165 — Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD)

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• NAVAJO REFINING COMPANY (HF SINCLAIR)-NM REFINERIES-CAA CONSENT DECREE-2002entered 2002-03-05

  Primary law: CAA

  Federal penalty: $160,000 · State/local: $510,000 · SEP: $1,445,000

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 2001-12-20Final Order Lodged
• 2001-12-20Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 2001-12-20Complaint Filed With Court
• 2002-03-05Final Order Entered
• 2002-03-11Enforcement Action Data Entered