DEC has prepared preliminary draft documents for an APDES/State Individual Permit AK0055891 – Petro Star Inc. (PSI), Valdez Refinery (Permit) to authorize storm water discharges from the refinery to Abercrombie Creek under the authority of 18 AAC 83 – APDES Program and disposal of treated contact storm water and process wastewater to the subsurface under authority of 18 AAC 72 – Wastewater Disposal. The Preliminary Draft Permit, Fact Sheet, and associated documents are available to the applicant for a 10-day review. Following the close of the 10-day applicant review period, DEC will prepare a Draft Permit and Fact Sheet for a formal 30-day public review period. Public comments will be accepted during the formal 30-day review period. You can access the documents on the DEC Wastewater Discharge Authorization Program webpage at: http://dec.alaska.gov/water/wastewater/

DEC Contact:   
Gerry Brown, P.E.
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation
Division of Water - Wastewater Discharge Authorization Program
555 Cordova Street, 3^rd Floor
Anchorage, AK 99501
(907) 269-4874
Gerry.Brown@alaska.gov

Preliminary Draft Permit Review:
Start Date:          
September 25, 2019

End Date:           
October 10, 2019 at 5:00 PM, Alaska Standard Time

Permit No.:        
AK0055891

Applicant:          
Petro Star Inc.
Attn: Mr. Al Weber,
Mile 2.5 Dayville Road,
Valdez, Alaska 99686

 Project and Location:
The refinery has been in operation since 1993 and is located on a 26-acre parcel at mile 2.5 of Dayville Road in Valdez, Alaska near Abercrombie Creek and Port Valdez. The refinery receives oil for the refinery from the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System and processes 60,000 barrels per day into jet fuel, marine diesel, heating fuel, turbine fuel and ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel. In addition to fuel production, the facility operates a 12,000 bbl/d distillate hydro treater and associated processing units. Wastewater sources at refinery are categorized as Contact Storm Water commingled with Process Wastewater (CSW/PWW), and Noncontact Storm Water (storm water) as described below:

 Disposal 001 – Contact Storm Water/Process Wastewater (CSW/PWW): The CSW/PWW Treatment system treats a combination of process water and contact storm water and disposes the effluent to an existing subsurface disposal field under the authority of 18 AAC 72 – Wastewater Disposal. The proposed Permit requires effluent and groundwater monitoring based on batch analysis initially and transitions to continuous during the term of the permit.

 Discharge 002 – Storm Water: The storm water system discharges noncontact storm water to Abercrombie Creek under the authority of 18 AAC 83 – Alaska Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (APDES) Program.

 Administrative Record:
The Preliminary Draft Permit, Fact Sheet, and associated documents are available for public review at the DEC offices located in Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Soldotna. Please contact the office of your choice to arrange for hard copies of the documents to be available for your review.

If you would like to see any additional supporting technical documents, contact the permit writer at the address shown on page 1.

The permit documents can be accessed from the DEC Wastewater Discharge Authorization Program website at http://dec.alaska.gov/water/wastewater/

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