Learn the Issues
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Compliance Workshop
This page contains materials related an EPA/Industry workshop such as agendas, presentations and other information relevant to the workshop.
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History of Fuel Economy Labeling
Fuel economy labeling, history and trends of fuel economy, testing and data, and information on how federal agencies work together on the issue of fuel economy.
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Miles Per Gallon (MPG) Math
This page contains an infographic that explains how consumers can save money on fuel by purchasing a vehicle with a higher fuel economy.
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Greenhouse Gas Rating
Description of greenhouse gas vehicle ratings.
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General Guidance on Innovative and Voluntary Air Pollution Control Strategies
State and Local Transporation Resources is an EPA/OTAQ web page for state and local air quality regulators and transportation planners that offers guidance on how to reduce air pollution from cars, diesel trucks, city and school buses.
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Revised Federal Transit Authority Procedures for a Conformity Lapse
This document contains information regarding two revisions that must be made to certain provisions in the EPA's transportation conformity regulations due to a court ruling.
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Funding for Ports and Near-Port Communities
Learn about all the funding opportunities and past projects for Ports Initiatives.
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Regional Tribal Operations Committee in Region 5
Tribal Operations Committee in Region 5.
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If a transaction must be reversed for some reason, does the reversal have to track specific RINs or will fungible RINs work? How is this reported?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The original transaction (involving the specific RINs) should be nullified and, if already reported to EPA, corrected reports should be submitted. If discovered prior to being reported to EPA, then all associated records must be corrected. If a…
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Tools for Practitioners: Communicating Risks at Underground Storage Tanks and Superfund sites
This webpage provides resources to practitioners and personnel who communicate risk about underground storage tanks and Superfund sites.
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Great Lakes Funding
EPA's Great Lakes National Program Office funds activities that advance protection and restoration of the Great Lakes ecosystem.
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EPA Policy Towards Privately-Owned Formerly Used Defense Sites
EPA is issuing this policy to the Regions in order to clarify the Agency's role at privately-owned formerly used defense sites.
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RE-Powering Critical Infrastructure
A Study to Determine Whether RE-Powering Sites Could Meet the Emergency Energy Needs at Wastewater Treatment Plants
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Pesticide Registration Guidance and Related Links
PRIA 5, enacted on December 29, 2022, specifies that not later than 180 days after enactment, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shall post on a single webpage aggregated information on pesticide regulation under FIFRA.
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Cuyahoga River AOC
Background information and beneficial use impairments for Cuyahoga River AOC.
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If a refiner ships RBOB to an oxygenate blender at another location, is the refiner responsible for tracking properties following oxygenate addition?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Refiners are required to determine the properties of each batch of RBOB they produce or import prior to the gasoline leaving the refinery. Under § 80.69(a)(4) the refiner is required to determine that the properties of the RBOB…
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If an RBOB refiner elects to engage in a quality assurance program at the blender's blending facility per the terms of a contract with the blender, must the refiner sample and test the RBOB as it is received at the blender's facility? If so, how often must sampling and testing be performed? Should sampling and testing be done at the blender's facility prior to shipment, or after the retail outlet accepts delivery?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The refiner's quality assurance sampling and testing, under § 80.69(a)(7) must be of the RFG produced at an oxygenate blending facility, and not of the RBOB. The rates for testing are specified in § 80.69(a)(7). With respect to…
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If RBOB and oxygenate are blended upstream from the truck in an oxygenate blending facility, which of these parties would be considered an oxygenate blender and have the associated regulatory requirements: A. Terminal owner (if different than operator)
B. Terminal operator (not product owner)
C. Product owner (in tankage)
D. Customer-exchange partner (ownership transfers at rack spiller)
E. Truck owner (common carrier)See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . An oxygenate blender is defined at § 80.2(mm) as "any person who owns, leases, operates, controls, or supervises an oxygenate blending facility, or who owns or controls the blendstock or gasoline used or the gasoline produced at an…
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If a party registers a facility as a refinery, oxygenate blending facility or import facility and then does not produce or import gasoline at that facility during an averaging period, must the party report to EPA?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Refiners, importers, and oxygenate blenders are required to report to EPA only during averaging periods when the party produces or imports some volume of gasoline, even if the party has previously registered with EPA. (9/26/94) This question and…
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If a plant establishes RINs at the beginning of the month and defines it as one month's production estimate (e.g. 8 million gallons), what happens if the plant produces more than 8 million gallons by the end of the month? Does the plant then start issuing a new batch number for the next 8 million gallon RIN? What if this happens in the middle of filling a rail car?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . RINs are not generated at the beginning of a month. Rather, gallon-RINs must have been generated by the time a volume of renewable fuel is transferred from the producer or importer to another party (at which point the…