Notice of Final Agency Action To Issue a Prevention of Significant Deterioration Non-Applicability Determination for Tesoro Refining and Marketing for Further Integration of Its Carson and Wilmington Facilities

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This notice announces that the EPA issued a final agency action for a Clean Air Act Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) Non-Applicability Determination to Tesoro Refining & Marketing Company LLC (Tesoro) for further integration of its Carson and Wilmington facilities in California's South Coast Air Basin. Tesoro has termed its construction project the Los Angeles Refinery Integration and Compliance (LARIC) Project. Tesoro intends to shut down certain units, modify other units and construct new units to facilitate physically connecting the two refineries to improve efficiency and comply with EPA's Tier 3 Gasoline regulations. In its Non-Applicability Determination, the EPA determined that the LARIC Project is a not a major PSD modification.