Used lubricating oil re-refining demonstration plant data acquisition: Lakewood Oil Service. Governmental permitting process report

Technical Report · Tue Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:5527613

Lakewood Oil Service has historically processed used oil for burner fuel. Three years ago Lakewood decided to build a re-refinery to process five million gallons of used oil to a quality lubricant base stock. This report is the first in a series of three topical reports and a final summary report. This report documents the environmental permitting process encountered by Lakewood in Southern California. Subsequent topical reports will cover construction and startup, and the economic and technical aspects of steady-state plant operation. After reviewing the environmental permitting process, some recommendations to help expedite the environmental permitting process for future applicants are suggested: (1) determine if the state has an office or agency to help with permitting generally; (2) request application information as early as possible; (3) request application package not just forms; (4) ask agencies how long it takes to evaluate an application and if pre-application meetings with technical staff are available; (5) review application forms for required information that a. is on hand, b. must be obtained through an outside source, c. is required on other applications, d. may need clarification; (6) review application forms for required prerequisite approvals; (7) be sure application forms are as complete as possible before submittal. A recommended order for environmental permit application submittal for an oil re-refinery in California, based on the above recommendations, is shown as Flow Chart X.

• Research Organization: National Inst. for Petroleum and Energy Research, Bartlesville, OK (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC19-81BC10658
• OSTI ID: 5527613
• Report Number(s): DOE/BC/10658-6; ON: DE84001156
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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