00                    HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 22                                                                   
01 Urging the governor to take all action necessary to keep in-state oil refiners in operation                             
02 and to keep oil refining operations in the state competitive.                                                           
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04       WHEREAS the refining industry, including the Flint Hills Refinery and the Petro Star                            
05 North Pole refinery, contributes approximately $140,000,000 to the gross regional product of                            
06 the Fairbanks North Star Borough; and                                                                                   
07       WHEREAS, although much less pronounced today than in 2010, the role of the Flint                                
08 Hills and Petro Star refineries in mitigating the effects of low oil flow and extending the                             
09 productive life of the Trans Alaska Pipeline is important to the state's economy; and                                   
10       WHEREAS the absence of an in-state refining capacity would, directly and indirectly,                            
11 affect the labor market in the state; and                                                                               
12       WHEREAS the sale and closure of the Flint Hills Refinery could impose substantial                             
13 costs on government resources and would increase reliance on state and federal funding; and                             
14       WHEREAS the Department of Natural Resources should expeditiously negotiate a                                    
15 royalty-in-kind contract to help the in-state refineries in the Fairbanks North Star Borough                            
16 compete with imported products; and                                                                                     
01       WHEREAS, if the Department of Environmental Conservation expeditiously set a                                  
02 reasonable cleanup standard supported by science for the Flint Hills Refinery and                                       
03 appropriately allocated the costs of cleanup to all potentially responsible parties, it is possible                     
04 that a new buyer for the refinery could be found;                                                                       
05       BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature urges the Governor to take all                                 
06 action necessary to keep in-state oil refiners in operation and to keep refining operations in the                      
07 state competitive.