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Oil Refinery Permits: A Handbook for Citizen Participation in the Permitting of Oil Refineries under the New Source Review Provisions of the Clean Air Act 

Delaware City Refining Company Title V Permit

  • Feb 19, 2010 Title V Admin Permit Amendment request by Valero
  • Feb 22, 2010 Title V Application for Permit Modification
  • March 4, 2010 letter from Valero
  • March 4, 2010 Title V Significant Permit Modification 1 of 5
  • March 4, 2010 Title V Significant Permit Modification 2 of 5
  • March 4, 2010 Title V Significant Permit Modification 3 of 5
  • March 4, 2010 Title V Significant Permit Modification 4 of 5
  • March 4, 2010 Title V Significant Permit Modification 5 of 5
  • March 4, 2010, Title V cover letter from Paul Foster
  • March 4, 2010, Title V Operating Permit Part 2
  • March 4, 2013, Title V Operating Permit Part 3
  • March 31, 2010 Title V Admin Permit Amendment Cover Letter
  • May 13, 2010 letter from Premcor
  • July 22, 2010 Title V Administrative Permit Amendment
  • Feb 22, 2011 Title V request for Administrative Permit Amendment
  • April 5, 2011 Title V Significant Permit Modification 1
  • April 5, 2011 Title V Significant Permit Modification 2
  • April 5, 2011 Title V Significant Permit Modification 3
  • May 23, 2011 Title V Permit Renewal
  • Delaware City Refinery Title V Permit Renewal Application, Draft 2012
  • Delaware City Refinery Title V Permit Renewal Application, 2013
  • Delaware City Refinery Title V Permit 2013, Part 1
  • Delaware City Refinery Title V Permit 2013, Part 2
  • Delaware City Refinery Title V Permit 2013, Part 3
  • Public Workshop on Delaware City Refinery Title V Permit process on March 25, 2013
  • May 31, 2013: National Sierra Club's letter supporting Delaware community requests on refinery issues
  • June 4, 2013: Delaware Sierra Club's written comment on the Delaware City Refinery's Title V permit application
  • June 4, 2013: Environmental Integrity Project's techical comments on Delaware City Refinery's Title V Permit

Delaware City Refinery Railroad Unloading Permits

  • Aug 3, 2011 LPG Loading Slots at the LPG Railcar Loading Facility Permit APC-2012/0003
  • April 4, 2012 Crude Oil Rail Car Unloading Project Permit APC-2012/0110
  • July 11, 2012: Crude Oil Railcar Unloading Project: Permit APC-2012/0110
  • Oct 2, 2012 Crude Oil Railcar Unloading Project Permit APC-2012/0110
  • October 2, 2012: Crude Oil Railcar Unloading Project Permit APC-2013/0030

Delaware City Refining Company Marine Vapor Recovery System, 2013

  • March 2013: Vapor Combustor Amendment Project
  • Delaware City Refinery Marine Vapor Recovery System permit application 2013
  • May 8, 2013: Delaware City Refinery's Marine Vapor Recovery permit hearing, Sierra Club statement
  • May 31, 2013: Secretary's Order No. 2013-A-0020 for Marine Vapor Recovery Permit

September 2012: Delaware City Refining Company, Unit 43 Ether Cooling Tower Restart Application

  • September 2012: Ether Tower Cooling Permit Application, pages 1-20
  • September 2012: Ether Tower Cooling Permit Application, pages 21-40
  • September 2012: Ether Tower Cooling Permit Application, pages 41-59
  • October 11, 2012: Public hearing request for DCRC Unit 43 Ether Cooling Tower Restart Application
  • December 19, 2012 public hearing testimony for Delaware City Refinery's Ether Cooling Tower restart project
  • April 22, 2013 Secretary's Order for Ether Plant Cooling Tower

November 2012: Olefins Restart Project, Permit Application

  • DCRC Olefins Restart Project, Permit Application
  • December 3, 2012: Public Hearing Request, Delaware City Refinery Olefins Restart Project
  • March 7, 2013 Secretary's Order for Olefins Unit

Delaware City Refinery Catalytic Cracking, Carbon Monoxide Boiler and Wet Gas Scrubber

  • May 19, 2010 letter re Permit for Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit, Carbon Monoxide Boiler and Wet Gas Scrubber System
  • Feb 3, 2011 Permit for Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit, Carbon Monoxide Boiler and Wet Gas Scrubber System
  • April 30, 2012 Permit for Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit, Carbon Monoxide Boiler and Wet Gas Scrubber System

Air Products and Chemicals, Application for an Air Permit for the Delaware City Hydrogen Facility Project (April 2012)

  • Air Products and Chemicals, Application for an Air Permit for the Delaware Hydrogen Facility Project
  • Attachment A, Air Quality Management Application Forms
  • Attachment B, Preliminary Hydrogen Facility Plot Plan & Site Location Map
  • Attachment C, Back-up Emissions Calculations

Delaware City Refining Company Application for an Air Permit for the PBF Clean Fuels Project (April 2012)

  • Delaware City Refinery, Application for an Air Permit for the PBF Clean Fuels Project
  • Attachment A, Air Quality Management Application Forms
  • Attachment B, Refinery Plot Plan / Site Location Map / Proposed P&IDs
  • Attachment C, Backup-up Emissions Calculations
  • Attachment D, Contemporaneous Emissions
  • Attachment E, PSD Modeling
  • Attachment F, 21 July 2011 EPA Memoradum on the Revised Policy To Address Reconsideration of Interpoluttant Trading Provisions for Fine Particles (PM2.5)
  • Attachment G, EPA PM2.5 Trading Ratio Data by County from 2007 Technical Assessment

Delaware City Refinery Combined Cycle Unit (CCU) Projects

  • April 30, 2010 letter re Permit for Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit, Carbon Monoxide Boiler and Wet Gas Scrubber System
  • July 3, 2012 CCU Modification Project

Delaware City Refinery Temporary and Construction Permits

  • Sept 10, 2010 temporary boiler permit

Restart Agreement for Delaware City Refinery

  • Agreement Governing the Acquisition and Operation of the Delaware City Refinery, May 2010
  • Feb 25, 2011 letter from refinery about restart agreement
  • Delaware City Refinery Permits Summary, December 2010

Legislation and Regulations

  • Delaware Code: Chronic Violator Status
  • Delaware Code: Coastal Zone Act
  • Regulations Governing Delaware's Coastal Zone
  • Regulations: Emissions of Sulfur Compounds from Industrial Operations

Leak Detection and Repair (LDAR) Reports

  • Delaware City Refinery: Leak Detection and Repair (LDAR) Report 2011

Regulatory Documents

  • EITAC 1999: Environmental Goals and Indicators for Delaware's Coastal Zone: Recommendations of the Environmental Indicators Technical Advisory Committee
  • DNREC 2011: BTA Determination - Baseline Economic Viability of the Delaware City Refinery and Power Plant
  • DNREC 2011: NPDES Permit for Delaware City Refinery Cooling Water Intake (Pre-Notice Draft)

Delaware Regulatory Changes for Sulfur Emissions

  • State Implementation Plan Revision to address the Clean Air Act Section 110 Infrastructure Elements for the 2010 Sulfur Dioxide NAAQS
  • 1108 Sulfur Dioxide Emissions from Fuel Burning Equiptment proposed amendment 2013

Delaware City Refinery Fish Impingement and Entrainment Studies

  • Normandeau Associates 2001: Impingement and Entrainment at the Cooling Water Intake Structure of the Delaware City Refinery, April 1998 - March 2000
  • ESSA Technologies 2001: Review of Report on Impingement and Entrainment at the Cooling Water Intake Structure of the Delaware City Refinery, April 1998 - March 2000
  • EPA 2002: Delaware Estuary Watershed Case Study
  • Kahn 2008: Impacts of Impingement and Entrainment Mortality by the Delaware City Refinery on Fish Stocks and Fisheries in the Delaware River and Bay
  • DNREC 2009: Memo for Delaware City Refinery Draft Subaqueous Lands Permit and Water Quality Certification
  • DNREC 2010: Secretary's Order re: Application to Dredge Portions of the Delaware River and Cedar Creek Near Delaware City
  • DNREC 2011: BTA Determination - NPDES Permit Requirements for Cooling Water Intake and Discharges at Delaware City Refinery and Power Plant
  • DNREC 2011: BTA Determination - Baseline Economic Viability of the Delaware City Refinery and Power Plant
  • DNREC 2011: NPDES Permit for Delaware City Refinery Cooling Water Intake (Pre-Notice Draft)
  • Refinery 2012: Response to BTA Determination
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