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Criminal Press Releases - 2023
This is a list of press releases announcing results of EPA criminal cases adjudicated in U.S. courts for 2022.
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Who is the oxygenate blender in a situation where a petroleum marketer who holds title to the gasoline engages a common carrier tank truck company to transport the gasoline, and, upon the completion of loading the truck, but before leaving the marketer's
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . In both scenarios, since the marketer owns the gasoline and the carrier owns the oxygenate blending facility (i.e., the truck in which blending takes place) and executes the blending operation, both parties fit the definition of an oxygenate…
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Who is the transferor and who is the transferee in the case of an exchange transaction? The sequence of physical custody is from terminal to truck to retail outlet, but the sequence of legal custody is from the terminal to exchange partner to marketer to
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Any party who is receiving title or custody of the delivery would be considered a transferee, any party who relinquishes title or custody would be considered a transferor and any party who both receives and relinquishes title or…
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Criminal Press Releases - 2024
This is a list of press releases announcing results of EPA criminal cases adjudicated in U.S. courts for 2022.
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Who is required to register for the Reformulated Gasoline and Anti-dumping Program?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Refiners and importers of conventional gasoline, reformulated gasoline or RBOB and oxygenate blenders producing reformulated gasoline by blending RBOB with oxygenates must register with EPA prior to producing or importing such products. Independent laboratories must register prior to…
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Who is a renewable fuel producer? Will the EPA recognize ethanol marketing companies as producers? Can the term "producer" apply to a marketing company who represents various producing plants?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Renewable fuel producers are parties that produce renewable fuel (i.e. convert a renewable feedstock into a renewable fuel). RINs must be generated by the producer and assigned to renewable fuel by the time title to the renewable fuel…
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Criminal Press Releases - 2025
This is a list of press releases announcing results of EPA criminal cases adjudicated in U.S. courts for 2022.
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Region 7 - Public Notices
Public Notice Directory for EPA Region 7. Includes Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska.
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Daycare and Classroom Outreach Materials
National Head Start Association Lead Poisoning Prevention Resources
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Brownfield Revitalization Reinventing Community Connections with Agriculture and Food
This page contains two PDF graphics demonstrating the flow of collaboration in the context of urban agriculture.
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The Western Brownfields Wire (WBWire)
The page contains quarterly Brownfields newsletter which focused on Brownfields reclamation efforts underway across the western United States.
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When replacing conventional gasoline with RFG at a terminal, is it considered blending if the RFG is mixed with conventional bottoms?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . During the transition period prior to December 1, 1994, certified RFG may be put into tanks that contain conventional gasoline bottoms, as long as the tank is essentially filled with certified RFG gasoline on December 1, 1994, and…
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When preparing samples for oxygen analysis according to section 80.46(g), isn't there a risk of losing volatile components when allowing samples to come to room temperature?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The fractional loss during "limited" sample handling is not measurable for these properties. (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 November 10, 1997…
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When a party lifts gasoline at a terminal, there is usually both a transfer of custody (to the carrier) and a transfer of title (to the person taking title). If all required PTD information is given to the carrier through a bill of lading, is it also nece
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The transferor must provide PTD information to both the transferee of custody and the transferee of title. As a result, the required PTD information must be provided to both the carrier (the transferee of custody) and the person…
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When presenting the gasoline pool data (EPA Table 6), is it ok to present just summer, winter, and annual average data, rather than monthly data?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Yes, it is acceptable to present seasonal gasoline pool data. The format of this table will depend on the data available. (7/1/94) This question and answer was posted at Consolidated List of Reformulated Gasoline and Anti-Dumping Questions and…
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When a portion of a batch is shipped to a customer while the batch is still being blended, assuming an approved in-line blending system, does the batch ID number for the shipping documents pertain to the portion shipped or to the whole batch?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The batch identification number is assigned to the total batch volume as is represented by the composite sample. Section 80.77 does not require refiners to include the batch identification number or total batch volume on the product transfer…
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When performing simple and complex model calculations, what number of decimal places need to be entered for each of the gasoline properties?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Fuel parameters should be rounded to the following decimal places: RVP 2 decimal places Olefins 1 decimal place Benzene 2 decimal places E200 1 decimal place Sulfer 0 decimal places E300 1 decimal place Aromatics 1 decimal place…
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When no oxygenates are added to gasoline, must an oxygenate analysis be performed?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Under the anti-dumping requirements, the refiner and importer is required to determine the properties of each batch of gasoline required for determining compliance with the applicable standards. Under the simple model, an analysis for oxygenates would clearly be…
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When measuring total aromatics using a GC-MS, can either method A or method B be used, or must both be used?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Either method A or method B may be used. (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 November 10, 1997 (pdf) (333 pp, 18.17…
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What is the responsibility of the independent lab in determining whether a tank of RFG meets the definition of "batch," i.e., is homogeneous with regard to the RFG properties?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The independent sampling and testing provisions require the independent lab to collect a separate sample from each batch of RFG. "Batch of reformulated gasoline" is defined at § 80.2(gg) as "a quantity of reformulated gasoline which is homogeneous…