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Lynn, Tricia [/0=EXCHANGELABS/OU=EXCHANGE ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=D8747BA49CDE485EA4AC58DBF09C3DCD-TRICIA SLUSSER] 3/13 /2 0 1 8 5:17:43 PM
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RE: Philadelphia Energy Solutions
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On background:
On March 12, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) filed a Consent Decree and Environmental Settlement Agreement (Settlement) with PES Holdings, LLC and its Debtor Affiliates (collectively the Debtors) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of D elaw are.T he Debtors filed for bankruptcy on January 21, 2018. One of the Debtors is Philadelphia Energy Solutions Marketing and Refining LLC (PESRM), which owns and operates Girard Point and Point Breeze refineries in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is subject to requirements under EPA's Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) regulations. Under the RFS regulations, refiners who produce gasoline or diesel fuel are required to either blend renewable fuels into gasoline or diesel fuel, or obtain Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs), which function as credits, to meet an annual Renewable Volume Obligation (RVO). DOJ and EPA filed this Consent Decree and Settlement because the Debtors' bankruptcy plan did not require PESRM to retire any RINs to meet its 2017 RVOs and its 2018 RVOs incurred during the bankruptcy proceeding.
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Tricia
Tricia Lynn Office of Public Affairs U.S. EPA Office: 202.564.2615
From: Jon Hurdle j_ _________ .Ex^.6___________j Date: March 13, 2018 at 9:56:37 AM EDT To: Enesta Jones <Jones.Enesta@epamail .epa.gov>, "Daguillard, Robert" <Daguillard.Robert@epa.gov> Subject: Philadelphia Energy Solutions
Can you confirm that EPA reached agreement with Philadelphia Energy Solutions to reduce its obligations to pay biofuel credits (RINs), as reported by Reuters yesterday? If this report is accurate, please send me the details of the agreement.
If the agreement with PES is now effective, is EPA negotiating similar agreements with other merchant refiners such as PBF Energy's Delaware City Refinery, which also claims a heavy burden from RINs?
111The Debtors are PES Holdings, LLC, N orth Yard Financing, LLC, N orth Yard GP, LLC, N orth Yard Logistics, L.P., PES A d m inistrative Services, LLC, PES Logistics GP, LLC, PES Logistics Partners, L.P., PESRM Holdings, LLC, and Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refining and M arketing LLC.
Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA
Tier 13
ED 002061 00004969-00001
thank you Jon Hurdle WHYY/Statelmpact PA
Ex. 6
Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA
Tier 13
ED 002061 00004969-00002