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BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
MARATHON ASHLAND PETROLEUM, LLC
)
Amine Unit No. 2
)
PCB 06-
(Tax Certification)
PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
)
51-34-1-21 or portion thereof
)
NOTICE
TO :
Dorothy Grain, Clerk
John S. Swearingen
Illinois Pollution Control Board
Marathon Ashland Petroleum
State of Illinois Center
Refinery Office Building
100 W. Randolph Street, Suite 11-500
Robinson, Illinois 62454
Chicago, Illinois 60601
Steve Santarelli
Illinois Department o f Revenue
101 West Jefferson
P.O. Box 19033
Springfield, Illinois 62794
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that I have today electronically filed with the Office of
the Pollution Control Board the APPEARANCE and RECOMMENDATION of the
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, a copy of which is herewith served upon the
applicant and a representative of the Illinois Department of Revenue
.
Respectfully submitted by,
/s/
Robb H. Layman
Assistant Counsel
Date: December 22, 2005
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
1021 North Grand Avenue East
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield, IL 62794-9276
Telephone: (217) 524-9137
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BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
MARATHON ASHLAND PETROLEUM, LLC
)
Amine Unit No . 2
)
PCB 06-
(Tax Certification)
PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
)
51-34-1-21 or portion thereof
)
APPEARANCE
I hereby file my Appearance in this proceeding on behalf of the Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency
.
Respectfully submitted by,
BSI
Robb H. Layman
Assistant Counsel
Date: December 22, 2005
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
1021 North Grand Avenue East
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276
Telephone: (217) 524-9137
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BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
MARATHON ASHLAND PETROLEUM, LLC
)
Amine Unit No . 2
)
PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
)
51-34-1-21 or portion thereof
)
PCB 06-
(Tax Certification)
RECOMMENDATION
NOW COMES the ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
("Illinois EPA"), through its attorneys, and pursuant to 35 III . Adm. Code 125.204 of the
ILLINOIS POLUTION CONTROL BOARD'S ("Board") procedural regulations, files
the Illinois EPA's Recommendation in the above-referenced request for tax certification
of pollution control facilities. In support thereof, the Illinois EPA states as follows
:
On December 30, 2004, the Illinois EPA received a request and supporting
information from MARATHON ASHLAND PETROLEUM, LLC, ("Marathon")
concerning the proposed tax certification of certain air emission sources and/or
equipment located at its Robinson refinery in Crawford County, Illinois . A copy of the
relevant portions of the application is attached hereto . [Exhibit A]
.
2 .
The applicant's address is as follows
:
Marathon Ashland Petroleum, LLC
Refinery Office Building
Robinson, Illinois 62454
The pollution control facilities involved in this request are located at the
aforementioned address and consist of the installation of equipment that removes acid
gases, primarily composed of hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide and
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ammonia gases, liom gas streams received from other units at the refinery . The
equipment, described as the No . 2 Amine Unit, consists of equipment that allows the
remaining gas streams to be used in the refinery's fuel gas system . As a result of this
process, hydrogen sulfide emissions and other contaminants are removed from the fuel
gas, which, in turn, is used in other existing operations at the refinery . The removal of
contaminants that would otherwise he emitted from a feed stream is in the primary nature
of pollution control and is analogous to those projects that remove sulfur contaminants in
reformulated gasoline, thereby reducing sulfur in the gasoline pool and preventing the
release of the contaminant at the point of product use .
4
.
Section 11-10 of the Property Tax Code, 35 ILCS 200/1 1-10 (2002),
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,
constricted, installed or operated for the primary purpose of' : (a)
eliminating, preventing, or reducing air or water pollution
.
. . or (b)
treating, pretreating, modifying or disposing of any potential solid, liquid,
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, as
provided by 35 ILCS 200/11-5 (2002) .
6
.
Based on information in the application and the underlying purpose of the
No. 2 Amine Unit to prevent, eliminate or reduce air pollution, it is the Illinois EPA's
engineering judgment that the described project and/or equipment may be considered as
"pollution control facilities" in accordance with the statutory definition and consistent
with the Board's regulations at 35 111 . Adm. Code 125.200. Exhibit BI .
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.
Because the No . 2 Amine Unit satisfies the aforementioned criteria, the
Illinois EPA recommends that the Board grant the applicant's requested tax certification .
Respectfully submitted by,
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
/s/
Robb H. Layman
Assistant Counsel
DATED: December 22, 2004
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
1021 North Grand Avenue East
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276
Telephone: (217) 524-9137
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on the 22"'
1
day of December, 2005, 1 electronically filed the .
following instruments entitled NOTICE, APPEARANCE and RECOMMENDATION
with
:
Dorothy Gunn, Clerk
Illinois Pollution Control Board
100 West Randolph Street
Suite 11-500
Chicago, Illinois 60601
and, further, that I did send a true and correct copy of the same foregoing instruments, by
First Class Mail with postage thereon fully paid and deposited into the possession of the
United States Postal Service, to
:
Steve Santarelli
John S. Swearingen
Illinois Department of Revenue
Marathon Ashland Petroleum
101 West Jefferson
Refinery Office Building
P.O. Box 19033
Robinson, Illinois 62454
Springfield, Illinois 62794
/s/
Robb H. Layman
Assistant Counsel
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IL 532-0222
APC 151 (Rev. 8100)
Tax Cenificafionfor Pollution Control Facilities
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APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATION
(PROPERTY TAX TREATMENT)
POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITY
This Agcncy
is authorized m request
Vas
information under
ChaprL-r .
20,
Section
infornni on is
comply could
being processed
application for certification
.
Illinois Revised Stxtucs, 1979,
50Th-i
Disclosure
of this
voluntary. However, failure to
prevent
your
application from
or mould result to denial
of
your
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ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
P. O. Box 19276, Springfield, IL 62794-9276
FOR AGENCY USE
File No
.
Date Received
Certification No .
Date
Sec A
Company Name
Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC
Person Authorized to Receive Certification
Person to Contact for Additional Details
John Swearingen
Dennis Baker
Street Address
Refinery Office Buildinq
Municipality, State & Zip Code
Street Address
539 South
Municipality,
Main Street
State & Zip Code
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Sec B
Robinson IL 62454
Telephone Number
618-644-2121
Location of Facility
Quarter Section
Township
Range
Street Address
Route 33
Property Identification Number
Nature of Operations Conducted at the Above Location
Findlay, OH 45840
Township
Telephone Number
419-421-3759
Municipality
Robinson
Robinson
Number
Book
County
Crawford
Parcel Number
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Water Pollution Control Construction Permit No
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Air Pollution Control Operating Permit No-
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November 24
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Describe Unit Process
See Attached
Materials Used in Proces
See Attached
Describe Pollution Abatement Control Facility
See Attached
DEC 3 0 2004
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Tax Cmycarion
for Pollution Control Facilities
Pager of2
8100
Ammonia
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and
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Sec. E
(1)
Nature of Contaminants or Pollutants
Hydr
Pn Sulfide . Carbon Dioxide- Sulfur Dioxide &
Material Retained,
C
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Contaminant or Pollutant
DESCRIPTIONDISPOSAL OR USE
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Are contaminants (or residues) collected by the control facility?
Yes
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No
(4)
Date installation completed
prior to
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FAIR CASH VALUE IF CONSIDERED REAL PROPERTY
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PERCENTAGE CONTROL FACILITY BEARS TO WHOLE FACILITY VALUE
:
%
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Sec F
The following information is submitted in accordance with the Illinois Property Tax Code, as amended, and to the best of my
knowledge, is true and correct . The facilities claimed herein are' pollution control facilities" as defined in Section 11-10 of the
Illinois Property Tax Code .
114 /dy
Signature
John
ingen
Title
Illinois Refining Division Manager
Sec. G
INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPILING AND FILING APPLICATION
General: Separate applications must be completed for each control facility claimed. Do not mix types (water and air). Where both air and
water operations am related, file two applications . If attachments are needed, record them consecutively on an index sheet
Sec A
Information refers to applicant as listed in the tax records and the person to be contacted for further detais or for inspection of
facilities. Define facility location by street address or legal description . A plat map location is required for faclities located
outside of municipal boundaries. The property identification number is required .
Sec B
Self-explanatory. Submit copies of all permits issued by oral pollution control agencies.
(e.g . MSD Construction Permit)
Sec C
Refers to manufacturing processes or materials on which pollution control facility is used
Sec D
Narrative descnpbon of the pollution control facility, indicating that 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
.
lion control facility. Include a listing of each major piece of equipment included In the claimed
fair cash value for real property. Include an Bveraee analysis of the influent and effluent of the control facility stating the
collection efficiency
.
m
Sec E
List a contaminants, a water pollution substances released as effluents to the manufacturing processes . List also the final
o
disposal of any contaminants removed from the manufacturing processes.
P
Item (1)-Refers to pollutants and contaminants removed from the process by the pollution control facility
.
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Item (2)- Refers to water pollution but can apply to water .aried wastes from air pollution control facilities. Submit drawings .
which dearly show (a) Point(s) of discharge to receiving stream, and (b) Sewers and process piping to and from the control
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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 colleckid substances. State the cost of reclamation and related expense
.
Item (4) - State the date which the pollution control facility was first placed In service and operated . If not, explain .
Item (5) -This Information Is essential to the certification and assessment actions. This accounting data must be completed to
activate project review prior to certification by this Agency
.
Sec. F
Self-explanatory. Signature must be a corporate authorized signature .
Submit to:
Attention :
Attention
Illinois EPA
Thomas McSviggln
Donald E. Sutton
P.O. Box 19276
Permit Section
Permit Section
Springfield, IL 62794-9276
Division of Water Pollution Control
Division of Air Pollution Control
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Section C
Describe Unit Process
:
Amine Unit #2
The Amine/Sour Gas Unit receives sour, non-condensable gas from other units in the
refinery and removes acid gas so the remaining gas can be used in the refinery fuel gas
system. Acid gas is comprised primarily of hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide, sulfur
dioxide and ammonia .
The sour gas stream enters the Sour Gas Feed Drum initially to knock out any liquids
from the stream. The gas stream then enters the #1 and #2 Absorbers where it contacts
lean MDEA. MDEA (LE-713) has the characteristics that when cool, it will absorb acid
gas from the sour gas stream and when heated, it will release the acid gas. Acid gas is
taken out of the sour gas stream in the absorbers by contact with cool MDEA . The sweet
gas (acid gas free) leaves the top of the absorbers and is sent to the refinery fuel gas
system to be consumed in furnaces refinery wide
.
The rich MDEA containing the acid gas exits the bottom of the Absorbers and enters the
Rich Flash Drum. After the rich flash drum, the MDEA is heated in 9E-18 exchanger
before entering the regenerator where the MDEA is heated further by a steam reboiler
.
Acid gas released from the Rich MDEA stream in the regenerator tower exits the top of
the vessel. The acid gas is then sent to the Sulfur Recovery Unit to be processed into
liquid sulfur. The lean MDEA (acid gas free) leaving the bottom of the regenerator is
cooled by heat exchangers before entering the lean surge drum . The cool lean MDEA is
then recycled to the absorber towers again. The MDEA stream recycles continuously
between the Absorbers and the Regenerator absorbing acid gas and then releasing it
.
Filters are used to keep impurities out of the MDEA stream
.
Section C
Materials used in process :
MAP Sour Water, Refinery
Betz Max-amine 57c
Betz Max-amine 70b
MAP Gas, Vent Sour
MAP Lean
Methyldiethanolamine
MAP Rich
Methyldiethanolamine
Calgon Activated Carbon
Saint-gobain Norpro
Denstone 2000
MAP Gas, Acid Scrubber
MAP Slop Oil, Dewatered
Huntsman JTMP Jefftreat
MP
Section D
Pollution Control Facility Description
The Amine/Sour Gas Unit receives sour, non-condensable gas from other units in the
refinery and removes acid gas so the remaining gas can be used in the refinery fuel gas
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system. Acid gas is comprised primarily of hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide, sulfur
dioxide and ammonia
.
Drawings :
Process Flow Diagram Amine Unit 9 - Rich Amine Flash Drum/Regenerator
Process Flow Diagram Anne Unit 9 - MDEA Absorbers/Treaters
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ILLINOIS
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY
1021 NORns GRAND AVENUE EAST, P.O . Box 19506, SvewGElfD, ILLINUI5 62794-9506-( 217) 782-2113
ROD R. BLAGOIEVICH, GOVERNOR
DOUGLAS P . SCOTT, DIRECTOR
Memorandum
Technical Recommendation for Tax Certification Approval
Date :
October 27, 2005
To :
Robb Layman
From :
Don Sutton
1Q':
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Subject:
Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC TC-04-30-12K
This Agency received a request on December 30, 2004 from Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC for an
Illinois EPA recommendation regarding tax certification of air pollution control facilities pursuant to 35 III
.
Adm. Code 125.204. I offer the following recommendation
.
The air pollution control facilities in this request include the following
:
#2 Amine Unit whose primary purpose is to reduce S02 emissions from the
other units in the refinery so the remaining gas can be used in the refinery fuel gas
system. Because the primary purpose of this process is to reduce or eliminate air
pollution, it is certified as a pollution control facility
.
This facility is located at 100 Marathon Avenue, Robinson
The property identification number is Part of 51-34-1-21
Based on the information included in this submittal, it is my engineering Judgement that
the proposed facility may be considered "Pollution Control Facilities" under 35 IAC
125.200(a), with the primary purpose of eliminating, preventing, or reducing air pollution,
or as otherwise provided in this section, and therefore eligible for tax certification from
the Illinois Pollution Control Board. Therefore, it is my recommendation that the Board
issue the requested tax Certification for this facility
.
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