EXXON MOBILE OIL CORPORATION

(Low Sulfur MO-GAS

Equipment)

Property Identification Number

10-22-100-006-0010

TO:

Dorothy Gunn, Clerk

Illinois Pollution Control Board

State of Illinois Center

100 W.

Randolph Street, Suite 11-500

Chicago, Illinois 60601

Steve Santarelli

Illinois Department ofRevenue

101

West Jefferson

P.O.

Box

19033

Springfield, Illinois 62794

Stacey K. Ford

Exxon Mobile Oil Corp.

1-55

& Arsenal Road East

Channahon, Illinois 60410

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that I have toçI~y

filed with the Office ofthe Pollution Control

Board

the

APPEARANCE

AND

RECOMMENDATION

of

the

Illinois

Environmental

Protection Agency, a copy ofwhich is herewith served upon you.

ILLiNOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

1021

North Grand Avenue East

P.O. Box

19276

Spring field, IL 62794-9276

Telephone: 217/782-5544

Facsimile:

217/782-9807

TDD:

217/782-9143

BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

CLERK’S

OFFiCr~

JUN

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4

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STATE

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Control Board

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(Tax Certification)

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NOTICE

Date:

June 20, 2002

Robb H. Layman

Special Assistant Attorney General

ARDC #6205498

THIS FILING IS SUBMITTED

ON RECYCLED PAPER

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RECEIVED

CLERK~SOFFrCE

JUN

2

4

2002

BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARDSTATE OF ILLINOiS

EXXONMOBILE OIL CORPORATION

)

Pollution

Control

Board

(Low Sulfur MO-GAS

Equipment)

)

)

PCB ~&j

Property IdentificationNumber

)

(Tax Certification)

10-22-100-006-0010

)

)

)

APPEARANCE

I hereby file my Appearance

in this proceeding on

behalf of the Illinois

Environmental

Protection Agency.

—

Robb

H. Layman

Special Assistant Attorney General

ARDC #6205498

DATED:

June 20, 2002

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

1021 North Grand Avenue East

P.O. Box 19276

Springfield, Illinois

62794-9276

Telephone: 217/782-5544

Facsimile:

217/782-9807

THIS FILiNG IS SUBMITTED

TDD:

217/782-9143

ON RECYCLED PAPER

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RECE~VEt

CLE~’5 OFFICE

JUN

2

4

2002

STATE OF ILLINOIS

~~!l~tIQnControl Board

BEFORE

THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

EXXON MOBILE OIL CORPORATION

)

(Low Sulfur MO-GAS Equipment)

)

Property Identification Number

)

(Tax Certification~y~’

10-22-100-006-0010

)

)

RECOMMENDATION

Now Comes

the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (“Illinois EPA”), through

its

attorneys,

and pursuant to Section 125.204 of the Illinois Pollution Control Board’s (“Board”)

regulations files the following Recommendation regarding the tax certification of air pollution

control facilities pursuant to 35 Iii.

Adm.

Code

125.204.

1)

On April 4,

2002,

the Illinois EPA received a request from Exxon-Mobile Oil

Corporation for an Illinois

EPA recommendation regarding the tax certification of air

pollution control facilities pursuant to

35

Ill. Adm.

Code

125.204,

and noted the

request as log number TC-02-04-04.

(Exhibit A)

2)

The applicant’s address is:

Stacey K.

Ford

Exxon Mobile Oil Corporation

1-55

& Arsenal Road East

Channahon, Illinois 60410

3)

The air pollution control facilities

in this request are located at

1-55

&

Arsenal Road

East, Channahon, Section 22,

Range

9,

Channahon Township

and consist of the

following:

Low Sulfur MO-GAS

Equipment whose primary purpose is to remove sulfur

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compounds

in the production of gasoline and to

meet the US EPA Tier 2

Motor

Vehicle Emission Standards

and Gasoline Sulfur

Control Requirements,

reducing S02 Emissions once the gasoline is

consumed.

This is done

by

increasing the capacity ofexisting

desulfurization units

(the Pretreater and

Hydrofmisher Units)

and by

installing a new Selective Hydrogenation Unit and

Naphtha Splitter.

Improvements must also be made to the

South Sulfur

Recovery Plant,

i.e., addition of two

additional conversion beds (one per train),

to

handle the additional sulfur.

Because the primary purpose ofthis system is to

reduce or eliminate air pollution,

it is

certified as

a pollution control facility.

4.

Section

11-10 of the Property

Tax Code,

35

ILCS 200/11-10 (2000), defines “pollution

control facilities”

as:

“any system,

method,

construction,

device or appliance

appurtenant thereto or any portion of any building or equipment, that

is designed,

constructed,

installed or operated for the primary purpose of:

(a) eliminating,

preventing,

or reducing air or water pollution

.

.

.or (b) treating, pretreating, modifying

or disposing ofany

potential solid,

liquid

or gaseous pollutant which if released without

treatment,

pretreatment modification or disposal might be harmful,

detrimental or

offensive to human, plant or animal life,

or to property.”

5.

Pollution control facilities are entitled

to preferential tax treatment,

35

ILCS

200/11-5

(2000).

6.

Based on the information in the application and the purpose of the facilities,

to prevent,

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eliminate or reduce air pollution, it is the Illinois

EPA’s engineering judgment that the

described facilities may be considered “pollution control facilities,” pursuant to

35 Ill.

Adm.

Code

125.200(a),

with the primary purpose of eliminating, preventing,

or

reducing air pollution, or as otherwise provided in 35 Ill.

Adm.

Code

125.200.

Therefore,

the facilities are eligible for tax certification from the Board.

7.

Therefore,

the Illinois

EPA recommends that the Board issue the requested tax

certification.

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

By:

_______________________

Robb H. Layma

Special Assistant

Attorney General

Of Counsel:

Charles E.

Matoesian

Assistant Counsel

June 20,

2002

1021

North Grand Ave. E.

P.O.

Box

19276

Springfield, Illinois

62794-9276

Telephone:

217/782-5544

Facsimile:

217/782-9807

TDD:

217/782-9143

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Tax

Cern/i

cationfor Pollution

ControlFacilities

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This

Agency

is

auihonzed

ic’

rcqucs~

information

under Illinois Revised Statues.

Chapter.

120. Section

502a.5.

Disclosure of

th~

information

is voluntar~. Ho~e~er.

f~jii~.

~,

comply

could

prevent

your

application

irorn

~

in denial of’.our

APPLICATION

FORCERTIFICATION

(PROPERTY

TAX

TREATMENT)

POLLUTION

CONTROL FACILITY

AIR~

WATER

0

ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION AGENCY

P. 0.

Box 19276, Springfield, IL

627949276

FOR AGENCY USE

APR 04

2002

File

No.

Date Received

Certification

No.

Date

Sec.A

Company Name

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J),~J~t,

ExxcrVobil Oil Corporation

Person Authorized to

Receive Certification

Person to Contact for Additional Details

Robert

F.

Co~giU

Sta~y

K.

Ford

Street Address

Street Address

P.O.

Box

53

1-55

&

Arsenal

Road

East

Municipality, State &

Zip

Code

Municipality, State & Zip Code

Houstm,

Texas

77001-m53

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Telephone Number

Telephone Number

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713-656-6816

815-521—7755

Location

of Facility

Municipality

Township

Quarter Section

Township

Range

Sectkx~

22

Q~amahcn

9

34

Street Address

County

Book Number

1-55

&

Arsenal

Road

East

Will

Property Identification Number

Parcel Number

1O-22-U11--CX)6-XnQ

Section

22

of

Diamahon T~shjn

Sec.

B

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Nature of Operations

Conducted at the Above Location

The

JoUst ~fir~y

is

a

cznventi3-Ia.

ftiels rsfiriery.

It

receives oil

by pipelir~

arid

processes

it

.rito

gasoli.rie

arid

di.stillate fijels.

.

Waler Pollution Control Construction Permit No.

t~pp1inab1e

Date

Issued

NPDES PERMIT No.

IL

00(2861

(init(~1

ly

issued 2/8/73)

Date

Issued

Expiration

Date

6/8/98

5/31/~

Air Pollution Control Construction Permit No.

011330070

Date

Issued

li/13/O1

Air Pollution Control Operating Permit No.

Date

Issued

Sec. C

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Describe

Unit Process

See

AttadiitsiL

Materials Used

in

Process

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Describe Pollution Abatement

Control

Facility

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532-0222

APC

15!

(Rev. 8/00)

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Sec. E

(1)

Nature of Contaminants or Pollutants

Material Retained,

Captured or

Recovered

Contaminant or Pollutant

Su1ft~

~.

DESCRIPTION

See Attathrent

DISPOSAL

OR

USE

Converted to

eleTerital

sulfur

(2) Point(s) of Waste Water Discharge

P~tPpplicable

Plans

and Specifications Attached

Yes

No

X

.i~L

Are contaminants (or residues) collected by the

control facility?

Yes

X

No

(4)

Date

installation completed

N/A

status of installation

on date of application ~recOnSttU

ction

(5)

a.

FAIR CASH VALUE IF CONSIDERED REAL PROPERTY:

$

220,000000

b.

NET SALVAGE VALUE IF CONSIDERED REAL PROPERTY:

$

0

c.

PRODUCTIVE GROSS ANNUAL INCOME

OF CONTROL FACILITY:

$

0

d.

‘PRODUCTIVE

NET ANNUAL INCOME

OF CONTROL FACILITY:

$

a

e.

PERCENTAGE CONTROL FACILITY

BEARS

TO WHOLE

FACILITY VALUE:

Sec. F

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The following inforrria

n is submitted in accordance with the Illinois

Property

Tax Code, as amended, and to the

best of my

knowIeft~)~ts

~pd’e.

I$ct.

The

ities claimed herein are ~pollution

control

faciIities~as defined in Section

11-10 of the

lIlinoiIPh~ep(yT

d~

.7

Robert F.

Cowgili

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Property Tax P~dvisor

Signature

Title

Sec. G

INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPILING

AND

FILING APPLICATION

General:

Separate applications must be completed foreach control facility claimed.

Do

not mix

types (water

and air).

Where both air and

water operations are related,

file

two applications.

If attachments are needed, record them consecotively

on an index

sheet.

Sec.

A

Sec.

B

Sec.

C

Sec.

0

Information refers

to

appticant as listed in

the

tax records

and the person to be

contacted for lurther

details or for inspection of

facilities.

Define

facility

location by

street address or

legal

description. A plat map location Is required for facilities located

outside of

municipal

boundaries.

The

property identification number is required.

Self-explanatory.

Submit

copies

ofall

pennits Issued by local pollution control agencies.

(e.g. MSD

Construction Permit)

Refers

to

manufacturing processes

or

materials on which pollution control facilityis used.

Narrative description

of

the pollution control facility, indicatingthat its primary purpose

is

to eliminate,

prevent or

reduce pollution.

State the type

of control facility.

State permit number, date, and agency Issuing permit.

A narrative description

and

a process

flow diagram describing the oollvtion controlfacility.

Include a listing

of

each majorpiece

of

equipmentincluded in the claimed

fair cash value for real property.

Include

an average

analysis

ofthe

influent and effluent ofthe

control facility

stating

the

collection efficiency.

Sec. E

List

air contaminants, or

water pollution substances released as

effluents to the

manufacturing

processes.

List also the

final

g

~

~

disposal

ofany

contaminants removed from the manufacturing processes.

Item (1)- Refer’s to pollutants

and

contammants

removed from the process

bythe

pollution control facility.

Item

(2)-

Refers to water pollution but

can

applytowater-carried

wastes

from sir pollution control facilities.

Submit drawings,

which clearly show (a) Point(s)

ofdischarge

to

receiving stream, and (b) Sewers and process piping to and from

the

control

facility.

Item

(3)—If

the collected

contaminants are

disposed

of

other than as wastes, state the disposition

of

the

materials, and the value

in dollars reclaimed by

sale or reuse

of

the collecled

substances.

State the cast ofreclamation

and related expense.

Item (4)—State

the

date which

the

pollution control

facility

was first placed in service

and

operated.

Ifnot, explain.

Item (5)—

This information

is

essential

to the

certification

and assessment actions.

This

accounting data mustbe completedto

activate project

review prior

to certification

by

this Agency.

Sec. F

Self-explanatory.

Signaturemust be a

corporate authorized signature.

Submit

to:

Attention:

Attention:

Illinois EPA

Thomas

McSwiggin

Donald E. Sutton

P.O. Box 19276

Permit Section

Permit

Section

Springfield,

IL

62794-9276

Division ofWater Pollution Control

Division of

Air Pollution Control

Tax

Certificationfor Pollution

Control

Facilities

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EXXONMOBIL

OIL

CORPORATION

APPLICATION

FOR CERTIFICATION (PROPERTY

TAX

TREATMENT)

POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITY

ATTACHMENT

Sec. C

Describe

Unit

Process

The process will enable the Joliet refinery to produce gasoline which will comply with

federal regulation “Tier 2 Motor Vehicle Emissions

Standards and Gasoline Sulfur

Control

Requirements” by hydrotreating and

desulfurizing the gasoline.

The project

consists of adding

a new Selective Hydrogenation

Unit and a Naphtha Splitter to

treat and split FCC and Coker Naphtha.

One stream from the Naphtha Splitter will

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go directly to storage.

Other draws from the Naphtha Splitter will go to the expanded

HDF Unit and/or SGP before going to storage/blending.

The remaining stream(s) will

go to the PreTreater and then CCR prior to going to storage/blending.

Materials

Used

In Process

The FCC Naphtha and the Coker Naphtha will be hydrotreated to reduce the sulfur of

the gasoline blend.

Additionally, the Continuous Catalytic Reformer (OCR)

must be

expanded to ensure that sufficient hydrogen is available to the HDF and PreTreater

Units for the required treatments, and to provide sufficient blend material for octane

uplift necessary to offset the octane loss

in the additional

material processed

in the

HDF Unit.

Sec. D

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Describe Pollution Abatement Control

Facility

The Low Sulfur Mo-Gas (LSM) project will enable the refinery to produce low sulfur

gasoline as required by federal regulation

“Tier 2 Motor Vehicle Emissions Standards

and Gasoline Sulfur Control Requirements”. This will be done by increasing the

capacity of existing

desulfurization units (the Pretreater and Hydrofinisher Units) and

by installing a new Selective Hydrogenation Unit (SHU) and

Naphtha Splitter.

Improvements mustalso be made to the South Sulfur Recovery Plant,

i.e., addition

of

two

additional conversion beds (one per train), to handle the additional

sulfur.

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(1) Nature of Contaminants or Pollutants

DESCRIPTION

Absorbed as H2S

in the Amine Unit for processing

in the sulfur plants.

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Tax

Certification forPollution

Control Facilities

Attachment to Page

1

ExxonMobil Oil Corporation

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PROOF OF SERVICE

I,

the

undersigned,

certify

that

I

have

served

the

attached

Appearance

and

Recommendation

upon

the

person

to

whom

it

is

directed,

by

placing

them

in

an

envelope

addressed to:

TO:

Dorothy Gunn, Clerk

Illinois Pollution Control Board

State ofIllinois Center

100 W. Randolph Street, Suite 11-500

Chicago, Illinois 60601

Steve Santarelli

Illinois Department ofRevenue

101

West Jefferson

P.O.

Box

19033

Springfield, Illinois 62794

Stacey K. Ford

Exxon Mobile Oil Corp.

1-55

& Arsenal Road East

Channahon, Illinois 60410

and mailing it by First Class Mail from Springfield, Illinois on June 20, 2002, with sufficient

postage affixed.

Robb H. Layman

Special Assistant Attorney General

ARDC

#6205498

THIS FILING IS SUBMITTED

ON

RECYCLED PAPER

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