 Year the Citizens Advisory Council was Established
1990
Membership Information
Approximately 18 citizen members and four company members with attendance of 12 to 15.
Billings Refinery CAC Handbook
The CAC is a forum to share information, concerns and views, and it’s important that each member of the Council understand their role. To facilitate this understanding, a handbook for members has been developed.
View the handbook (377KB .PDF document).
Recent Accomplishments
EPA Clean Air Excellence Award
The Billings ConocoPhillips Refinery was the recipient of the 2005 EPA Clean Air Excellence Award for Education/Outreach, nominated by the CAC. Select CAC members, including two representatives from refinery leadership and the CAC facilitator, received the award in Washington, D.C.
ENERGY STAR® Recipient
The Billings refinery has earned the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2007 ENERGY STAR® for superior energy performance. In 2006, the facility became the nation’s first refinery to earn the ENERGY STAR® designation.
Gateway Business Park
From 2001, the CAC has been a facilitator of the Gateway Triangle area development around the refinery including support of a Gateway Business Plan (134KB .PDF document) that adopts a formal position on infrastructure and street repairs and sending annual letters to the mayor and city council encouraging them to move forward with area development.
View a letter sent in 2006 (92KB .PDF document).
Sustainable Development Score Card
The Billings CAC Sustainable Development Score Card displays a series of ConocoPhillips Corporate, Refining and Billings facility metrics arranged in sustainable development categories.
Neighborhood Eat & Meet
The CAC has hosted an annual Neighborhood Eat & Meet event since 2000.
Beautification
At the suggestion of the CAC and through work with the Yellowstone River and Parks Association, the refinery has begun beautification of its property. Since 1999, the effort has enhanced the environment around the refinery and engaged with a community and environmental group. The initial effort was on property along the freeway as it passes south by the refinery and Glacier Pipeline area. Additionally, a strategic plan has been created to focus on beautification efforts around other areas of the refinery including its front entrance. See the project schedule (17KB .PDF document).
Additionally, CAC members have observed and participated in mock emergency drills by volunteering as observers at hospitals, the command center and various field locations. The CAC has provided input and feedback to Billings refinery associated with the federally mandated Risk Management Process and acted as a sounding board for Yellowstone County agencies and businesses as they developed a community-wide communication plan for the general public.
Refinery Manager
Michael Wirkowski
CAC Facilitator
Ann Clancy
ConocoPhillips Representatives
J.D. Adkins, Sr. Advisor - Property Tax, Real Estate, ROW & Claims
Mike Hraban, District Director - Greater Glacier Transportation District
Reed Marton, HSE Manager - Billings Refinery
Meeting Schedule
The CAC meets the third Wednesday of every month from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Access meeting notes from previous events.
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