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| Learn about Flint Hills Resources' pollution prevention efforts and how you too can make a difference. |
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| On report pages, click here to see how much of the selected pollutant is reaching the environment. |
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Overall emissions are the total of emissions
into the air, water and waste (which is shipped
offsite for disposal).
The chart titled "Historical Emissions - Total Releases" shows the total amount of emissions released annually by
FHR's Pine Bend refinery. From 1997 to 2004, regulated and measured refinery emissions have decreased.
These charts show the total refinery emissions reported to regulatory agencies.
As discussed on the Emissions Reduction Initiative
page, the 50% reduction commitment is based on a subset of this total.
The pie chart shows the distribution between emissions to the air, water, and waste.
The chart titled "Historical Emissions - Pounds per Barrel" tracks FHR's overall efficiency - the amount of
emissions released per barrel of crude oil processed. This measurement removes the effects of changes in production,
and decreasing numbers are another indicator of improving environmental performance.
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Flint Hills Resources met its goal to reduce refinery emissions by 50 percent in 5 years. This goal was reached because of the tremendous effort by all Flint Hills employees to successfully complete numerous projects over the five year period, and makes the refinery one of the cleanest in the country.
Emissions were reduced from 18,000 tons per year to below 9,000 tons. Examples of projects that were completed to meet the goal include:
- Installation of low NOx burners on heaters
- Significant reduction in planned and unplanned flaring events
- Emission controls installed on the Fluidized Catalytic Cracking (FCC) Unit
- Beneficial re-use of waste generated at the refinery instead of sending that waste to a landfill
- Upgrades made to the wastewater treatment plant
- Discontinuation of the burning of fuel oil at the refinery
- Shutting down the sulfuric acid plan
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Based on our review of FHR data, we concur that FHR met their 50% reduction goal. We are pleased that higher toxicity compounds such as lead and benzene were significantly reduced. We hope FHR continues to reduce refinery emissions, in particular with a focus on emission reductions of dioxins, carbon dioxide and mercury. |
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