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Hyperion Doesn't Meet Deadline: Says It May Apply For New Air Permit

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By: Channel 9 Eyewitness News

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) _ A Texas company says it's considering filing a new application for a state air permit that would allow it to begin constructing a proposed $10 billion oil refinery rather than ask for an extension.

The company had until Friday to start building the refinery that would process 400,000 barrels of Canadian tar sands crude each day.

Hyperion Refining president Preston Phillips says South Dakota officials expressed ``a clear preference'' for the company to apply for a new permit.

Phillips says the company won't be starting over but building on the existing baseline data, engineering and other work.

Hyperion had thousands of acres of options in Union County secured for the refinery, but the company failed to extend them in September.

The original permit was challenged by environmental and local groups.

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