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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…
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Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units
Learn about the Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units or PEHSUs, a network of pediatricians, nurses, health educators and other health professionals with expertise in children’s health issues related to environmental exposures.
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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)…
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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…
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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…
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2025 EnviroFlash Announcements about EPA Fuel Programs
2025 EnviroFlash announcements from the EPA Fuel Programs.
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The transfer document requirements state that the name and address of the transferor and transferee be present. When other oil partners, exchangers, are picking up product, will the address of the company headquarters be sufficient since EPA will still be able to trace the path of title and custody to the fuel. In addition, when jobbers pick up product we will have multiple account numbers for one main jobbership. These individual accounts do not contain the address of the jobbership. Is it sufficient that we provide the business name of the jobbership on the transfer document? If the address is later required we could provide it from our internal computer record.
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Yes, the headquarters address of the transferee would be acceptable. When jobbers pick up gasoline they are the transferees in the transaction and the regulations specifically require that an address for all transferees be included on the product…
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There are situations where ethanol will be present in very small quantities in RFG produced using other oxygenates. For example, ETBE often contains very small amounts of ethanol, less than 2%. As a result, will EPA apply a de minimis exception to the prohibition against mixing VOC-controlled RFG produced using ethanol with VOC-controlled RFG produced using any other oxygenate because of minimal oxygenate content?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Section 80.78(a)(8) prohibits the mixing of VOC-controlled RFG produced using ethanol with VOC-controlled RFG produced using any other oxygenate during the period January 1 through September 15. EPA will not consider this prohibition violated, however, in the case…
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Is there any problem with supplying RFG designated as VOC-controlled for VOC Control Region 1 to an area requiring VOC Control Region 2 gasoline?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . RFG designated as VOC-controlled for VOC Control Region 1 may be supplied to an area requiring RFG designated as VOC-controlled for VOC Control Region 2. The converse is not true, however. (7/1/94) This question and answer was posted…
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For those with graphical data on E200/E300, will EPA allow use of either the equation or graphical for both baseline and compliance?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Graphical approaches to calculating E200 and E300 for all fuels (i.e. both baseline and compliance fuels) can be used when curve-fitting or linear interpolation are not feasible. The conversion equations provided in the regulations can only be used…
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Is there a deadline for the submittal of a petition requesting an exemption from the independent sampling and testing requirements? #17
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . There are no time frames for or limitations in the regulations or the statute for submitting or reviewing in-line blending petitions. However, since EPA will need adequate time to review and resolve any outstanding issues before acting on…
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There are two typing errors in the analyte list in method A. 1-ethyl-2methylbenzene and 2-ethyl-1,3-dimethylbenzene each appear twice in the list, each with a different retention time. What analytes have been mislabeled?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Corrections have been made to the table in section 80.46 and published in the technical amendments. The number of compounds has been increased from 32 to 34 and several of the specifications have been changed. (7/1/94) This question…
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Is there a required format for the wording of the certification for RFG? If not, is there a recommended or suggested format for certification in the PTD's, for downstream parties?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . No, to both questions. Section 80.106(a)(1)(vii) does specify certain language for conventional gasoline. (7/1/94) This question and answer was posted at
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Northwest Indiana Urban Waters Partnership Work Plan
Northwest Indiana partnership location's goals and work plan for all projects related to the Urban Waters partnership is included in this document. It was last updated March 2, 2015.
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Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP)
Site provides information on EPA's GHG reported data starting with RY 2010 to the present. The site also provides information on regulatory requirements, applicability, how to register a facility and report data, and how to access the GHG data.
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Chesapeake Bay Foundation Petition
Information related to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation Petition.
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Collaborative Approaches to Reducing Excess Nutrients
Information related to Market-based Approaches to Reducing Excess Nutrients
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Wyoming and R8 Tribal Drinking Water Systems Newsletter
Contains information of interest to public drinking water systems in EPA Region 8.
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Drinking Water System Operations in Wyoming and on Tribal Lands in EPA Region 8
This website is designed for the use of owners, operators, and administrative staff who work at public water supply systems in Wyoming and on Tribal lands within the jurisdiction of Region 8.
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Boston Raises Wastewater Facility to Avoid Inundation
Case Study: Boston Raises Deer Island Wastewater Facility to Adapt to Higher Sea Levels