Learn the Issues
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If an oxygenate blender must transfer RINs with a volume of renewable fuel, who are they transferring to, if they are the final/end-user?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . If any oxygenate blender blends renewable fuel into gasoline or diesel, he is no longer required to transfer RINs and renewable fuel together. Question and Answer was originally posted at: Questions and Answers on the Renewable Fuel Standard…
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If EPA requests that an independent lab supply a portion of a sample to the EPA lab, what volume of gasoline should be sent to EPA?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . When EPA requests a sample from an independent lab, the independent lab should send EPA the entire one quart sample if the lab has not analyzed the sample. If the sample is one the independent lab has analyzed…
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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 compliance calculations?
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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If a downstream blender alters an RBOB by addition of other hydrocarbons, how is the baseline selected and how is the fuel regulated and reported?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Section 80.78(a)(7) prohibits any person from combining RBOB with any other gasoline, blendstock, or oxygenate except for oxygenate of the type and amount (or within the range of amounts) specified by the refiner or importer at the time…
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Operational Updates
Daily updates related to the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment.
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We assume that a terminal operator who stores gasoline for a terminalling customer is responsible for receiving transfer documentation on RFG and conventional gas moved into the terminal for the customer. The terminal then records and stores copies of the transfer documents, produces a new transfer document at the time of the transfer out of the terminal, and passes this document back to the customer after the move out.
The transfer documents for RFG require only minimum/maximum standards for benzene, oxygen, RVP, etc., rather than actual measurement of these specifications. Since the regulations require refiners and importers to report actual measurement of specs, we are assuming that a terminal does not have to report to the EPA the information on the transfer documents. Is this a correct assumption?See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Yes. (9/12/94) This question and answer was originally posted at
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Underground Injection Control in EPA Region 3 (DE, DC, MD, PA, VA, and WV)
Region specific UIC contact information is provided.
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Newsletter: East Palestine Train Derailment Response, 5-23-2024
Newsletter May 23 2024 for East Palestine Train Derailment Response
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City Park Soil Sampling Results
March 2023 soil sampling results for City Park in East Palestine, OH, provided by Norfolk Southern Railroad
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Data Validation Reports
Air monitoring data related to the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment.
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Clean Water Resources for Tribes in Region 10
EPA resources for managing water-related environmental issues on tribal lands in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.
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Newsletter: East Palestine Train Derailment Response, 11-15-2023
Newsletter May 16 for East Palestien Train Derailment Response
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Newsletter: East Palestine Train Derailment Response, 6-27-2023
Newsletter May 16 for East Palestien Train Derailment Response
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PRIA Overview and History
pria fees
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Paying PRIA Application Fees
pria fees
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21-Day Content Screen
Under PRIA, EPA has 21 days after it receives the pesticide application and the fee to conduct an initial screen of the application’s contents for completeness and for the applicant to make necessary corrections. This page provides the checklists we use.
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El Administrador Regional de la EPA, Martucci, concluye su viaje de una semana a Puerto Rico para destacar la inversión en Brownfields y la restauración ambiental
EPA News Release: El Administrador Regional de la EPA, Martucci, concluye su viaje de una semana a Puerto Rico para destacar la inversión en Brownfields y la restauración ambiental
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A tank of ethanol has become contaminated and must be disposed of. How would we treat this situation for RIN reporting under the RFS program?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The RFS regulation envisions various scenarios under which RINs might be retired. The reporting section in the regulation names a few examples: retirement in satisfaction of enforcement action, spill, and use in a boiler or heater. We recognize…
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Data Requirements Checklists for PRIA Fee Categories
Data requirements checklists for PRIA fee categories
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§ 80.101(i)(1) says that conventional gasoline cannot leave a refinery until testing is completed for all parameters used in the compliance calculation. (e)(2) of the same section says that for purposes of meeting (e)(1) a refiner may composite samples and treat that as one batch provided that the composite is not for materials produced or imported over more than one month. May material leave the refinery before analysis is run on the composite? Just a comment, is it really necessary to hold up a batch for at least three hours while an FIA is run for olefins especially since the results of an individual batch are irrelevant for conventional gasoline. Is it EPA's intention to preclude in-line blending of conventional gasoline by this requirement?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The regulations have been revised at § 80.101(i)(1) to allow conventional gasoline to leave a refinery or importer facility prior to the completion of sample testing. Note that there are additional constraints related to composite samples at §…
