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On the registration forms it seems you are forced to check only one primary activity (refiner, oxygenate blender, importer, or independent lab). Do you submit two forms if you are both a refiner and importer?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . No. The final forms have been changed to register each company once for all applicable activities. As before, each facility will be registered separately for each activity that is undertaken at the facility. Import facilities need not be…
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Regarding a batch for which the blend completion date is on the last day of the EPA reporting quarter, what if shipments, as EPA defines them, are not complete by the time reporting for that quarter is required? Is there going to be any facility to allow
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Sections 80.65(c) and 80.101(d)(1) require refiners to include in compliance calculations each batch of gasoline that is "produced." As a result, a batch of gasoline should be included in the averaging period when the batch is produced, rather…
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Stakeholder Meetings on Black Carbon from Diesel Sources in the Russian Arctic
From January 28-February 1, 2013, EPA and its partners held meetings in Murmansk and Moscow with key Russian stakeholders to gather input into the project’s emissions inventory methodologies and potential pilot project ideas.
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With regard to the record keeping requirement for test results, please clarify the document which must be kept.
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Section 80.74(a)(2)(iii) requires any regulated party who samples and tests reformulated gasoline or RBOB to maintain records containing the results of the tests. The headnotes of § 80.74 specifies that the record keeping period is five years from…
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For a refinery with an in-line gasoline blending exemption, can the annual in-line blending audit be conducted by the same attestation auditor as outlined under Subpart F of the RFG and Anti-dumping regulations? Must the auditor for an in-line blending op
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . An in-line blending exemption exempts a refiner from the independent sampling and testing requirements of § 80.65(f). As one of the conditions of the exemption, the refiner must carry out an independent audit program of its in-line blending…
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A refinery has streams (alkylate, butane, platformate, etc.) being blended into two tanks, 95 and 85 octane. Products from these two tanks are in-line blended at the rack to give 87, 89, and 92 octane product. Can just the 85 and 95 octane tanks be certif
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Conventional gasoline that has been included in a refiner's compliance calculations may be fungibly mixed, including multi-grade mixing, without the need for additional sampling and testing. (8/29/94) This question and answer was posted at Consolidated List of Reformulated…
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Support Document for Asbestos Information Collection for the CDR Rule Section 21 Petition
Documents supporting the Section 21 petition submitted by the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization.
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Is anti-dumping compliance the only restriction on conventional gasoline? Are there any future emissions reductions for conventional gasoline?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . All gasoline requirements currently in place, except for those applicable to reformulated gasoline, apply to conventional gasoline (e.g., volatility requirements, lead requirements, state oxygenated fuel requirements, etc.). The anti-dumping requirements are in addition to these. It is possible…
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The RIA method for aromatics and olefins doesn't result in agreement with finished gasoline, i.e., the sum of the blendstock parameters doesn't equal the finished gasoline value (>6% delta). Are alternative methods okay?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Alternative test methods may be considered, based on the individual situation as explained in an alternate test method petition. (7/1/94) This question and answer was posted at Consolidated List of Reformulated Gasoline and Anti-Dumping Questions and Answers: July…
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In RFG areas, at unattended cardlock fueling facilities, where should the three most recent PTDs be maintained? It seems to make little sense that they be stored on-site, since the driver normally does not leave any paperwork at the unattended cardlock fa
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . In the situation described, it would be acceptable for the PTDs to be maintained at the marketer's nearest office. (5/23/95) This question and answer was posted at Consolidated List of Reformulated Gasoline and Anti-Dumping Questions and Answers: July…
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The regulations state that a party must register three months prior to producing or importing gasoline or blendstocks under the RFG and anti-dumping Program (40 CFR 80.76). If a party receives its ID numbers from EPA prior to the end of the three month pe
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The party does not need to wait. The three month period was intended to give EPA adequate time to process registrations. A party may proceed with production and importation after receiving an EPA registration number. (1/30/95) This question…
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Could we become the delegated authority for submission of reports on behalf of our members?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Individual blenders could rely on your association to submit reports to EPA on their behalf. . However you should understand that if any reports are not submitted or are submitted improperly then responsibility would fall upon the individual…
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Recycling Basics and Benefits
Provides the the basics steps involved for recycling
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All I do is produce corn ethanol and sell it all to X Company, which is an ethanol marketer. Do I have to do anything, or can X Company generate the RINs for me?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Each producer of renewable fuel is responsible for generating the RINs that represent that renewable fuel. This function cannot be delegated or assigned to any other party, including a party to whom a producer sells its product. Question…
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After a batch of gasoline is certified as RFG, it is given a batch number. How far "downstream" does the batch number follow the material? If a batch is commingled in a terminal with other compatible material belonging to a variety of terminalling custome
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . There are no requirements to identify the batch number in the transfer documentation. Once the batch is commingled with other RFG, the refineries' batch numbers are no longer useful to identify the resulting fungible RFG. (10/17/94) This question…
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80.77(d) requires that transfer documentation include "the location of the gasoline at the time of the transfer." Does this mean the physical address of the transferring facility?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . 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 November 10, 1997 (pdf) (333 pp, 18.17 MB, EPA420-R-03-009, July 2003)
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Monitoring Initiative Grants under Section 106 of the Clean Water Act
Each year, EPA provides funding to states, eligible interstate agencies, and eligible tribes to support ambient water quality monitoring programs and implement a multi-year survey of the condition of nation’s waters to track changes over time.
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NPDES Stormwater Program
The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) stormwater program regulates some stormwater discharges from three potential sources: municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4s), construction activities, and industrial activities.
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Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) Reporting Requirements
The Interior Department and Further Continuing Appropriations, FY 2010 (P.L. 111-88) included a grant condition requiring recipients of CWSRF funds to report how they use the assistance they receive.