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What is the affect of a "clean" attestation and/or regulatory audit on subsequent compliance violations identified?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . An attestation engagement report for the refinery or importer that indicates no discrepancies has no bearing on a violation by the refiner or importer that may be determined by EPA. With regard to the CPA or CIA who…
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We believe that computer controlled sequential blending of oxygenates at the rack is at least as accurate as computer controlled in line blending. Is sequential blending of oxygenates at the rack considered sufficiently equivalent to computer in line blen
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . For purposes of § 80.69, computer controlled sequential blending is considered to be a form of computer controlled in line blending, and qualifies for the sampling and testing rates applicable to computer controlled oxygenate blending under §§ 80.69(a)(7)(i)(B)(2)…
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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
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Yes. (9/12/94) This question and answer was originally 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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Agriculture
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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
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Yes. (9/12/94) 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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A refinery places two batches of gasoline that have been sampled and certified as reformulated gasoline with the same designation into a tank. Must the refinery assign a new batch ID to the mixture or can it be identified with the two previously assigned
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . No new ID is necessary. Batches of reformulated gasoline may be fungibly mixed, subject to the segregation provisions of § 80.78. (7/1/94) This question and answer was posted at Consolidated List of Reformulated Gasoline and Anti-Dumping Questions and…
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Section 80.101(i) provides a composite sampling and testing option to determine conventional gasoline properties. One provision to this option is that composite samples will need to be prepared as described in § 80.91(d)(4)(iii). Part B of this procedure
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The best process would be to avoid the butane adjustment by blending the fuels in such a way that butane loss is avoided. Practically, this means having all fuel samples at or below 32 degrees Fahrenheit before their…
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With respect to section 80.65(a), would there be any violation by the terminal located in an RFG covered area selling only conventional gasoline to stations in attainment areas?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . No. However, the terminal should take extra precautions to ensure that no conventional gasoline is distributed to a RFG area. See the discussion in the Prohibitions and Liabilities Section. (7/1/94) This question and answer was posted at Consolidated…
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The regulations require a refiner or importer to determine and report properties for each batch of reformulated and conventional gasoline it produces or imports. The wording would indicate that a refiner would report the volume produced into a tank. A bet
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The method described above is appropriate for determining the volume and properties of a batch of conventional gasoline as required by the anti-dumping regulations provided the sample analyses and volume determination are supported by appropriate documentation. (7/1/94) This…
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The regulations require that an importer be registered 90 days before imports are received. Does this mean the company or the facility?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Both. If an importer chooses to register individual import facilities it must register them 90 days prior to shipping into them. However, an importer is only required to register its activities in each PADD (still 90 days in…
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The regulations require that if "refiners, importers, and oxygenate blenders" supplying a covered area do not complete a survey for that area, then the covered area would be deemed to have failed. Would the subsequent ratchet also apply to "suppliers" to
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Although, from a practical standpoint in the marketplace, there are "suppliers" in the sense it is used in the question, enforcement of average standards are refiner, blender, and importer-based. Therefore, as is mentioned in Survey Question 2 (above)…
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The regulations dictate specific equipment and methodologies for reformulated gasoline analysis. We recommend that the EPA only specify the precision or level of accuracy it requires and let the chemist or laboratory decide which method and type of equipm
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Although this may be possible at some time in the future, at the present time, tolerance issues dictate that we specify equipment and method. (7/1/94) This question and answer was posted at Consolidated List of Reformulated Gasoline and…
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Regulation Section 80.1126(d)(1), which says "must," seems in conflict with Section 80.1126(d)(2) which says "may". Is the correct reading that any volume of renewable fuel that leaves a producer's gate on or after 9/1/07 MUST have RINs assigned?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Renewable fuel producers and importers may generate RINs for renewable fuel they own on September 1, 2007 that was produced or imported earlier, and must generate RINs for renewable fuel produced or imported on or after September 1…
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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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American Iron and Steel Requirement - Waiver Requests Received by EPA
AIS waiver requests received by EPA