Valero reports 5-day Emission Event at McKee, TX refinery


   
Maria Eugenia Garcia
DTN Energy Editor

   HOUSTON, TX (DTN) -- Valero reported a five-day emission event with 100% 
opacity at the FCCU stack vent unit of its 200,000 bpd McKee, Texas, refinery, 
according to a filing with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

   The emission event, which started on Friday (2/6) at 11:30 a.m. and is 
scheduled to end on Tuesday (2/10) at 11:30 a.m., occurred during maintenance 
work at McKee Complex 1, the filing showed.

   "Refinery personnel will follow established procedures to carry out a 
controlled and managed response to minimize emissions," the filing stated.

   "The refinery has not received any complaints from neighbors and, based on 
its knowledge and understanding of the event, has not caused or contributed to 
a condition of air pollution."

   The refinery produces gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and asphalt.




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