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In general, how are the properties determined for blendstocks that fall outside the scope of the regulatory methods?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Some gasoline blendstocks have properties that cause them to fall outside the scope of the regulatory methods. If properties need to be obtained for these blendstocks, they must be determined by a different route, that being an interpolation…
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If, due to piping constraints, a refiner must put a purchased or inter-refinery transferred batch of finished gasoline through the refinery blendstock system, but does so without the batch losing integrity, must the refiner include the batch in his compli
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . No. As per § 80.65(i) of the regulations, any refiner, importer, or oxygenate blender shall exclude from all compliance calculations, the volume and properties of any RFG that is produced at another refinery or oxygenate blending facility, or…
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In certain scenarios, codes are used to represent the transferees name and address on the PTD's. For example, when a customer purchases a load of gasoline from a terminal, a common carrier picks up the gasoline at the rack if the customer does not maintai
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Since the carrier would be the transferee in such a situation, the carrier's name and address would be required to be included in the PTD information. However, EPA has previously stated that the address of the transferor and…
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If, in a splash blending situation, the terminal is not an oxygenate blender, would it handle the RBOB as an intermediate owner and transfer title of the RBOB to the exchange customer with the restriction that it only be sold to another intermediate owner
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . If a terminal does not meet the oxygenate blender definition, the answer to both questions is "yes."(7/1/94) This question and answer was posted at Consolidated List of Reformulated Gasoline and Anti-Dumping Questions and Answers: July 1, 1994 through…
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If reformulated gasoline is found at the refinery to be off specification, what procedures are appropriate for handling this gasoline?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . A case may occur where a refiner discovers RFG at a refinery that does not meet applicable standards, before that gasoline is shipped from the refinery. For example, RFG for which a parameter is being met on average…
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If foreign product is acquired by an importer through an exchange agreement instead of a sale, does it change identification of the importer for RFG reporting purposes?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . No. The person who is the importer of record for Customs purposes should be the importer for RFG purposes, and this is usually the gasoline owner, regardless of how that ownership was acquired.(7/1/94) This question and answer was…
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In areas where an oxy fuels program is in effect, how do these requirements coincide with RFG requirements? In areas where there is an overlap, are any regulatory changes necessary by the state?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . In areas that are covered by both a state's winter oxy fuels and the federal RFG programs, the fuel must comply with both program requirements. Therefore, the more stringent 2.7 wt% minimum requirement of the winter oxy fuels…
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In a case where an independent lab collects more than one sample from a batch (e.g., top/middle/lower samples), how many samples must be retained by the independent lab?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . For EPA's purposes, an independent lab must collect a single representative sample for each batch of RFG, and it is this single sample that should be analyzed and retained for transfer to EPA if necessary. If more than…
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If RFG is shipped from a refinery to a terminal through a proprietary pipeline system, may the pipeline rely on the refinery and terminal test results to satisfy the quality assurance defense element?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . In a case where EPA documents a downstream standard violation at a proprietary terminal that is served only by a proprietary pipeline that receives gasoline only from a proprietary refinery, the company that owns the refinery, pipeline and…
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Is a laboratory considered to be "independent" under the independent sampling and testing requirements and the gasoline quality survey provisions, if the company that operates the laboratory also is a refiner who produces conventional gasoline only?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The independent sampling and testing requirements of § 80.65(f)(2)(iii) and the gasoline quality survey provisions of § 80.68(c)(13)(i) each require that the sampling and testing must be carried out by a laboratory that is independent of any refiner…
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In a situation where Refinery A purchases finished conventional gasoline from Refinery B, Refinery B should include the gasoline in its compliance calculations and Refinery A should exclude it. If Refinery A blends the gasoline with its own blendstocks an
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The analysis of the product that is performed by Refinery A should be used. (4/18/95) This question and answer was posted at Consolidated List of Reformulated Gasoline and Anti-Dumping Questions and Answers: July 1, 1994 through November 10…
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Is a lab independent if any refiner has an interest in the lab?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Section 80.65(f)(2)(iii) specifies the criteria for independence for labs, and states that the laboratory must not be operated by any refiner or importer, the laboratory must be free from any interest in any refiner or importer, and the…
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If operations necessitate a transfer between two tanks which are both certified reformulated gasoline, does the receiving tank have to be retested and certified?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Assuming that the receiving tank contains certified RFG, such a transfer would be permissible without retesting and recertification.(7/1/94) This question and answer was posted at Consolidated List of Reformulated Gasoline and Anti-Dumping Questions and Answers: July 1, 1994…
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If the oxygenate program remains in effect in California after CARB fuel in 1996, would we still need to identify the type and amount of oxygenate to meet the oxygenated program transfer document requirements? or will we be exempt for these record keeping
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . With regard to RFG product transfer documentation requirements as applied to California gasoline, § 80.81(c)(9) of the regulations exempts California gasoline (as defined in § 80.81(a)(2)) produced or imported subsequent to March 1, 1996 from the product transfer…
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Is EPA making any allowances for refiners that utilize a computer-controlled in-line blending operation?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . EPA is allowing an alternative to the independent sampling and analysis requirement for certain refiners that produce RFG using computer-controlled in-line blending equipment. This option would be appropriate only in the case of relatively sophisticated in-line blending operations…
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In light of the prohibition at § 80.78(a)(8) against mixing VOC-controlled RFG produced using ethanol with any other VOC-controlled RFG during the period January 1 through September 15 each year, how can a retail station change from ethanol-based RFG (th
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . In the case of the transition at the conclusion of the high ozone season from MTBE-based RFG to ethanol-based RFG, the prohibition at § 80.78(a)(8) would not apply because by its terms this prohibition is limited only to…
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PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES AND INVERTERS
Recommendations of Specifications, Standards, and Ecolabels for servers.
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Footnotes - Recommendations of Specifications, Standards, and Ecolabels for Federal Purchasing
This page provides footnotes to the EPA recommended standards and ecolabels for federal agencies.
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Large-Capacity Cesspools
This page will help you provides general information about large-capacity cesspools, why large-capacity cesspools are banned, how to properly close them when no longer in use.
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General Information About Injection Wells
This webpage provides general background information on injection wells used to place fluids in the subsurface. It also provides information on use, different categories, and how they are regulated. Information on the protection is also provided.