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MEMORANDUM
Subject:
Meeting
with
Western
Refining
Regarding
the
Proposed
Fuel
Requirements
for
Nonroad
Diesel
Fuel
From:
Paul
Machiele,
Fuel
Programs
Center
Director
Office
of
Transportation
and
Air
Quality
To:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA),
Air
Docket
A­
2001­
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Date:
January
15,
2004
On
January
15,
2004,
we
met
with
representatives
for
Western
Refining
in
Ann
Arbor,
Michigan
to
discuss
to
discuss
the
proposed
fuel
requirements
under
the
Environmental
Protection
Agency's
(
EPA's)
proposed
nonroad
diesel
rule,
as
well
as
various
issues
associated
with
implementation
of
the
Tier
2
gasoline
sulfur
standard.
A
list
of
issues
sent
to
EPA
in
preparation
for
the
meeting
is
attached.

The
following
industry
representatives
participated
in
the
meeting:

°
Ralph
Schmidt
­
Western
Refining
°
Jeff
Nichols
­
Stancil
&
Co.

The
following
EPA
representatives
participated
in
the
meeting:
In
Person:
°
Paul
Machiele,
Richard
Rykowski,
Tia
Sutton,
Charles
Moulis,
Jean­
Marie
Revelt,
Tad
Wysor
By
Video/
Phone:
°
Marilyn
Bennett,
Chris
McKenna,
Larry
Haslett
Attachment:
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Hello
Paul,

Ralph
asked
me
to
send
you
a
few
discussion
items
to
guide
our
meeting
on
Thursday
at
9:
00.
They
are:

1)
Discussion
of
Western's
regional
railroad
diesel
market
and
logistics.
Explore
options/
mechanisms
to
allow
some
Small
Refiner
supply
of
>
15
ppm
post
2014.

2)
Status
of
proposed
changes
to
80.550
(
g)
that
address
loss
of
small
refiner
status
due
to
capacity
above
155,000
bpcd
as
a
result
of
merger
and
resulting
timeline
for
the
new
entity
to
reach
compliance.

3)
Update
on
EPA
legal
review
of
Western's
question
regarding
proposed
partial
sale
of
crude
pipeline
system
and
its
impact
on
small
refiner
status.

4)
Discussion
(
time
permitting)
of
potential
changes
to
80.210
(
downstream
gasoline
sulfur
standards
and
PTD
language)
to
avoid
"
technical
violations".

We
look
forward
to
meeting
with
you
and
I
have
packed
my
gloves
and
scarf
for
the
trip!

Thanks
Jeff
Nichols
Stancil
&
Co.
