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Documents, Reports and Photographs for Allied Concrete Products, LLC (Formerly: Giant Resource Recovery) in Arvonia, Virginia
RCRA Corrective Action Key Allied Concrete Products, LLC (Formerly Giant Resource Recovery), Arvonia VA, Documents and Reports
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Documents, Reports and Photographs for Merck Sharpe and Dome Corporation - Stonewall Plant in Elkton, Virginia
RCRA Corrective Action Merck, Sharpe & Dome Corp (Stonewall Facility) , Elkton VA, Documents and Reports
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Documents, Reports and Photographs for Thomas and Betts Corporation in Perkasie, Pennsylvania
RCRA Corrective Action Thomas & Betts Corp., Perkasie, PA, Documents and Reports
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Documents, Reports and Photographs for Ply Gem Windows (Formerly: MW Manufacturers Incorporated) in Rocky Mount, Virginia
RCRA Corrective Action Ply Gem Windows (Formerly: MW Manufacturers Incorporated) in Rocky Mount, Virginia Documents and Reports
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What You Can Do
Tips on what you can do to reduce waste, reuse, and recycle at home, work, school, and in the community.
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National Recycling Strategy
This document summarizes the activities and accomplishments of the workgroup participants in 2019 and lays out the path forward for continued action in 2020. It also provides a foundation on which additional actions can be identified and taken.
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Sustainable Materials Management Basics
SMM is a systemic approach to using and reusing materials more productively over their entire lifecycles. It represents a change in how our society thinks about the use of natural resources and environmental protection
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How to Obtain a Copy of a Certificate of Conformity for a Heavy-duty or Nonroad Engine
This page provides an answer to a frequently asked question on how to obtain a copy of a Certificate of Conformity.
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What You Can Do to Reduce Pollution from Vehicles and Engines
Follow these tips to reduce pollution from vehicles and engines.
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Once I register my fuel for the RFS2 program under §80.1450, do I still need to register my fuel under 40 CFR Part 79?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Yes. Renewable fuels intended for use or used in motor vehicles are required to be registered under 40 CFR part 79 prior to any introduction into commerce. Manufacturers of renewable fuels and fuel additives not registered under part 79…
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Is the licensed professional engineer conducting the engineering review required to perform the site visit in person, or can they delegate the site visit to another person who maybe assisting them in the engineering review?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Pursuant to §80.1450(b)(2), all verifications must be performed by the licensed professional engineer conducting the engineering review. This requirement includes conducting the site visits. The licensed professional engineer conducting the engineering review must perform the site visits to the…
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Does EPA consider it a conflict of interest for a third-party company to assist a group of renewable fuel producers and importers of renewable fuel to help meet the requirements of the re-registration and engineering review pursuant to section 80.1450?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. EPA does not restrict a renewable fuel producer or an importer of renewable fuel from seeking a third-party company to assist them in meeting the re-registration and engineering review requirements pursuant to section 80.1450. The renewable fuel producer and…
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If my fuel is already registered with the Fuels and Fuel Additives program under 40 CFR Part 79, do I still need to register with the RFS2 program under 40 CFR Part 80?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Yes. Even if your fuel or fuel additive is already registered under 40 CFR Part 79, there are additional registration requirements for parties regulated under the RFS2 program, as specified in 40 CFR 80.1450.
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Was Jatropha analyzed for this final rule and, if so, what D-code applies?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. The GHG emissions performance of a Jatropha-based pathway was not analyzed for the final rule because sufficient information was not available. Since EPA has not yet assigned a D code for this pathway, a producer cannot generate RINs for…
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How does the "active management" requirement in the definition of renewable biomass apply to land that changes status in the future?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. In RFS2, EPA has interpreted the EISA requirement that existing agricultural land be "cleared or cultivated at any time prior to [December 19, 2007] and actively managed or fallow and nonforested" to apply to land that existed as such…
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Please clarify whether oxygenates blended into either conventional gasoline or Reformulated Blendstock for Oxygenate Blending (RBOB) downstream of the refinery need to be included in sulfur compliance calculations.
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Section 80.205(c) provides that a refiner or importer may include oxygenates added downstream from the refinery or import facility if the requirements under § 80.69(a) or § 80.101(d)(4)(ii) of the RFG/CG regulations are met. Therefore, a refiner or importer…
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A refiner produces a batch of gasoline at its refinery. It collects a sample of the gasoline and conducts certification testing. The sulfur content test result is less than the 80 ppm refinery level standard. The gasoline is then moved to another tank wit
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. The downstream standard applies to samples of gasoline subsequent to movement of the gasoline from the tank in which certification sampling is conducted, even when these subsequent samples are collected within the refinery or import facility where the gasoline…
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While there is no renewable fuel obligation under the RFS2 program for the production or importation of conventional jet fuel, RINs can be generated for renewable jet fuel. Is that right?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. As described in 80.1407, only gasoline and diesel fuels produced or imported into the U.S. are subject to the renewable fuel standards. Thus, only gasoline and diesel fuel volumes produced or imported by an obligated party factor into their…
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I am a new company. How do I register with the EPA?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Directions for registering a new company can be found here: How to Register a New Company, Facility, or User for Part 80 Fuels Program.
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Which fuels require registration?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Under Part 79, manufacturers and importers of gasoline and diesel fuels for use in a motor vehicle or additives for such gasoline or diesel fuel are required to register them with the EPA prior to sale.