BP Cherry Point Refinery

We issued BP's final National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit February 14, 2012. Final documents include:

We held a public meeting, followed by a public hearing, on June 2, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. at the Ferndale Senior Center. For information shared at the meeting, please read the presentation.

Location & History

The refinery, located approximately seven miles south of Blaine and eight miles northwest of Ferndale, Washington, was constructed in 1971. The main source of crude oil historically comes from tankers delivering oil from Alaska's North Slope, however crude oils from other sources are also processed. The refinery separates crude oil into various components for further processing and blending to make a variety of petroleum products.

The facility has one process water outfall (001) and six industrial stormwater outfalls (002, 003, 004, 005, 006, and 007). Outfall 001 discharges an average of 4.3 million gallons a day of treated process water to the Strait of Georgia. All stormwater outfalls, except Outfall 006, discharge treated stormwater to Terrell Creek, which flows into Lummi Bay. Outfall 006 discharges stormwater to the Strait of Georgia during periods of heavy rainfall when there is a risk of overflowing the dock's on-shore sump.

Capacities:

The refinery processed an average of 209,000 barrels of crude oil a day between October 2008 and October 2010.

Major Products:

Gasoline
Diesel oil
Jet fuel
Liquid petroleum gas
Residual fuel oil
Calcined coke

Facility Site Number: 13

Mailing address:

4519 Grandview Road
Post Office Box 8100
Blaine, WA 98230

Industrial Section Permits

Air Operating permit: Northwest Clean Air Agency has jurisdiction.
Website, phone number: (360) 428-1617, (800) 622-4627

RCRA Permit: WAD 069 548 154
(contact Kathy Vermillion to view this document

Ecology Contact:

Liem Nguyen

Facility 24hr Contact Number:

(360) 371-1500