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Flint Hills Resources

Flint Hills Resources, LLC and its subsidiaries place integrity and operating in full compliance as its highest priorities. In the past decade, the companies have reduced emissions, introduced cleaner-burning fuels ahead of federal mandates and set site-specific safety achievements, among others. As a result, this performance has earned the companies accolades from numerous local, state and federal agencies and organizations.

Stewardship efforts at the Corpus Christi, Texas, complex include maintaining the Wildlife Learning Preserve, seen here. The preserve has been named a Corporate Lands for Learning site by the Wildlife Habitat Council.

Achievements include:

Since 1997, Flint Hills Resources has reduced its average refinery per-barrel criteria air emissions by 71 percent.
A water recycling program at the Minnesota refinery allows it to recover and re-use plant wastewater. The refinery earned the Waste Water Operator Award from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for its water use program.
Since 2001, Flint Hills Resources facilities have earned 58 safety awards from the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association, including the Distinguished Safety Award.
In 2008, refinery employees reached safety milestones for hours worked without an incident or injury resulting in time away from work: Alaska, 1.5 million hours; Minnesota, 4.3 million hours; and Texas, eight years.
The companies have 10 STAR sites in state or federal safety agency Voluntary Protection Programs: Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio, Waco, Corpus Christi West and East plants, Longview and Port Arthur, Texas; Rosemount, Minn. and Peru, Ill. Four of the company’s Texas fuel terminals were the first in their industry to achieve this designation.
The Minnesota refinery has been MNSTAR certified by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry since 2005.
Flint Hills Resources' terminal operations in five states earned the Platinum Safety Award from the International Liquid Terminals Association. The terminals group completed 2008 and 2007 with no OSHA recordable or lost-time incidents.
Wildlife management programs at the Joliet, Ill., Rosemount, Minn., and Corpus Christi, Texas, sites have received Wildlife Habitat Council certification. Both the Joliet and Corpus Christi sites have also received Corporate Lands for Learning™ certification from WHC.

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Koch Pipeline Company, L.P.

The Texas Pipeline system originates in Corpus Christi, at the Flint Hills Resources west refinery. The Koch Pipeline team that operates this system, and other KPL lines in Texas, has earned VPP STAR status from the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration.

Koch Pipeline Company operates a system of crude oil, natural gas liquids and refined products pipelines in a number of states. In some of those locations, all neighbors see is a cleared area and markers along the pipeline's path. Where facilities like pump stations and terminals are located, Koch Pipeline Company may be a more visible part of the community. But in each community the company touches, and with each pipeline system it operates, Koch Pipeline strives for excellence - in regulatory compliance, environmental stewardship and safety.

In 2009, KPL’s workforce achieved a safety record of 6 million work-hours without a lost-time incident.
The company's commitment to safety has been recognized with numerous awards from government agencies and industry organizations, including:

Named one of America’s Safest Companies by EHS Today magazine in 2008
Earned American Petroleum Institute’s highest honor, the Occupational Safety Award
Received the Occupational Industry Leader Award, Award of Honor, Occupational Excellence Achievement and Certificate of Merit awards from the National Safety Council
Southern Operations Group earned STAR status in the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Voluntary Protection Programs, and has earned the Star of Excellence award for VPP participants
Northern Operations Group earned Minnesota's Governor's Safety Award from the Minnesota Safety Council; Outstanding Safety Excellence award; Iowa-Illinois Safety Council; and a Certificate of Safety Excellence (two consecutive years) and an Outstanding Achievement Certificate from the Wisconsin Safety Council
Earned the Occupational Safety Performance Award (Large Operator), Certificate of Recognition – Zero LTIs, Certificate of Recognition – Zero OSHA recordables, American Petroleum Institute
Southern Operations Group received the Safety Excellence Award – Owner and Safety Excellence Award – Contractor (both awards earned for two consecutive years), South Texas Industrial Industry

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