small refinery
Defined in 2 places of the United States Code.
As used in this subsection, the term “small refinery” shall mean a refinery or portion of a refinery—
(A) which, as of November 15, 1990, has bona fide crude oil throughput of less than 18,250,000 barrels per year, as reported to the Department of Energy, and
(B) which, as of November 15, 1990, is owned or controlled by a refiner with a total combined bona fide crude oil throughput of less than 50,187,500 barrels per year, as reported to the Department of Energy.
Source
- 1994–present42 U.S.C. § 7651IThe Public Health and Welfare · Election for additional sources · under this section
The term “small refinery” means a refinery for which the average aggregate daily crude oil throughput for a calendar year (as determined by dividing the aggregate throughput for the calendar year by the number of days in the calendar year) does not exceed 75,000 barrels.
Source
- 2005–present42 U.S.C. § 7545The Public Health and Welfare · Regulation of fuels · in this section