Learn the Issues
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What defines a batch for refineries utilizing in-line blending?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Section 80.2 of the regulations defines a "batch" as "a quantity of reformulated gasoline which is homogeneous with regard to those properties which are specified for reformulated gasoline certification." For refiners who are exempt from the independent sampling and…
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EPA Air Monitoring Results Near Moss Landing Vistra Battery Fire Not Exceeding Health Standards
Emergency Response
EPA News Release: EPA Air Monitoring Results Near Moss Landing Vistra Battery Fire Not Exceeding Health Standards
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EPA Completes Air Monitoring Near Moss Landing Vistra Battery Fire
Emergency Response -- Monitoring by the state and Vistra will continue to watch for any risks to public health
EPA News Release: EPA Completes Air Monitoring Near Moss Landing Vistra Battery Fire
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Resources, Waste and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Making smart choices about what we buy, how we use it, and how we dispose of it can make a big difference in the amount of waste we produce and the greenhouse gas emissions associated with our consumption.
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Fact Sheets on Twelve Endangered Species
These species-based fact sheets offer a summary of information about certain listed species, including their description, ecology, and conservation concerns, as required by a lawsuit settlement.
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U.S. State of Alabama Coal Combustion Residuals Permit Program
information about Alabama's application submitted for EPA approval for Alabama to permit coal ash units
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Basic Information about Land Revitalization
EPA created the Land Revitalization Initiative to promote cross-program coordination on land reuse and revitalization projects to ensure that contaminated property is appropriately put back into productive use.
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Delaware State Cleanup Websites
This page has a list of Delaware state agencies involved in cleanup
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Reporting requirements for oil discharges
What are the reporting requirements for discharges of oil? If a discharge of oil reaches waters of the United States, it is reportable to the National Response Center under 40 CFR Part 110, which was established under the authority of the Clean Water Act. Discharges of oil must be reported…
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SPCC compliance dates for farms
What are the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) compliance dates for farms? On November 22, 2011, EPA amended the date by which certain farms must prepare, or amend, and implement their SPCC Plans to May 10, 2013 to comply with SPCC rule amendments promulgated since July 2002 ( 76…
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Secondary containment for each container under SPCC
Pursuant to 40 CFR §112.7(c), facilities subject to the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) must provide containment or diversionary structures or equipment to prevent discharges as described in §112.1(b). Additionally, facilities must construct all bulk storage container installations (except mobile refuelers) to provide a secondary means of containment for…
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EPCRA 312 Back Reporting for Previous Years
Facilities subject to EPCRA section 312 (40 CFR part 370) must submit an inventory form annually to the state emergency response commission (SERC), local emergency planning committee (LEPC), and local fire department. Do facilities have to report for previous years if they were subject to hazardous chemical inventory reporting but…
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EPCRA 311 / 312 Applicability to Brine / Salt Solutions
Are facilities required to prepare or have available a material safety data sheet/safety data sheet (MSDS/SDS) for brine/salt solutions under the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) ( 29 CFR 1910.1200)? Yes, facilities are required to prepare or have available an MSDS/SDS for brine/salt solutions under…
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Bay Road Holdings LLC (formerly Romic Environmental Technologies Corporation)
EPA's hazardous waste cleanup activities at the Bay Road Holdings, LLC (formally Romic Environmental Technologies Corporation or Romic) in East Palo Alto, CA.
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Research Projects
Trash Free Waters Research Projects
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Unlike the PTD requirements for RFG and RBOB contained in § 80.77, the PTD requirements for conventional gasoline contained in § 80.106 do not indicate that PTD's are not required when gasoline is sold or dispensed for use in motor vehicles at a retail outlet or wholesale purchaser-consumer facility. Does this mean that retail stations that provide conventional gasoline must provide PTD's to their customers?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. PTD's are not required when conventional gasoline is sold or dispensed for use in motor vehicles at a retail outlet or wholesale purchaser-consumer facility. EPA intends to amend the regulations to reflect this. (10/17/94) This question and answer was…
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U.S. Customs regulations allow duty free entry for certain products produced in the United States that are exported from one U.S. port and imported at another U.S. port. These products are classified under U.S. Customs regulations as American Goods Returning to the U.S. This approach has been used, for example, in the case of certain gasoline and distillate products that are produced at U.S. refineries located on the Gulf coast and transported by ship to terminals located in Canada, and where the
product then is transported by truck to markets in the United States. What standards and requirements apply to imported gasoline in the case of gasoline that is classified by the U.S. Customs Service as American Goods Returning to the U.S.?See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. 40 CFR §§ 80.65 and 80.101 require importers of RFG or conventional gasoline to meet applicable standards, and to meet other requirements including sampling, testing, record keeping, and reporting. EPA considers gasoline to be imported for purposes of the…
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Under what environmental conditions must RFG samples be shipped and stored?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. The sample container specifications outlined in 40 CFR part 80, Appendix D, limit the materials and closure systems for sample containers, such that RFG properties will be maintained under normal conditions encountered during shipping (by air or ground), and…
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Under § 80.81(b)(2), California refiners are exempt from the independent analysis requirements set forth in § 80.65(f). Does this exemption allow California refiners to use a computer-controlled in-line blending operation without first obtaining an exemption from EPA?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Yes. Refiners of California gasoline may use computer-controlled in-line blending to produce RFG without obtaining an exemption under § 80.65(f)(4). However, RFG that does not meet the definition of "California gasoline" in § 80.81(a)(2) is subject to the independent…
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Under the RFG regulations, RBOB cannot be mixed with RFG. However, normal tank blending of oxygenates will require the presence of residual "heels" of RFG from prior batches of RBOB and oxygenate blending, or routinely large portions of the preceding batch impossible to completely move into a pipeline shipment prior to receipt of more RBOB. Will EPA confirm that this mixing is not the subject of the prohibition against mixing RFG and RBOB provided no material is transferred from the blending tank between the time of new RBOB receipt (with oxygenate type and amount matching previous RBOB batches) and addition of the specified type and amount of oxygenate? Testing of finished RFG for required oxygen content and volume would be conducted in accordance with the regulations.
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. EPA would not treat the prohibition against mixing RFG and RBOB as having been violated in the situation you describe as long as the volume and oxygen content of the residual RFG from the prior batch have been accounted…