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Refiners and oxygenate blenders who produce averaged reformulated gasoline must report which covered areas products have been distributed to by each facility. How are these areas to be determined?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Unless a refiner or oxygenate blender has specific and detailed information indicating otherwise, it must be assumed that products have been delivered to all covered areas serviced by the distribution system(s) used. A list of covered areas as of…
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What is the final form of the batch identification number?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. A batch ID is made up of the 4 digit company ID, 5 digit facility ID, 2 digit reporting year, and the 6 digit batch number (e.g., CCCC-FFFFF-YY-BBBBBB). (7/1/94) This question and answer was posted at Consolidated List of…
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Federally Recognized Tribes in EPA's Pacific Southwest
Map and listing of Federally Recognized Tribes in EPA's Pacific Southwest (Region 9).
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What You Can Do: In Your Community
We can all work together to reduce nutrient pollution in our communities. Find out how to get involved and spread the word.
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Are Canadian facilities included in the grandfathering provision? Does the grandfathering provision extend to facilities that commenced production up to December 31, 2009?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. The grandfathering provisions apply equally to facilities inside and outside the RFS program area. Facilities that commenced construction (as defined in §80.1403(a)(4)) prior to December 19, 2007, and which satisfy the timely construction requirements of §80.1403(c)(1) and (2) are…
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Is there a "recommended" calculation tool for performing Complex Model calculations? Related question: In view of inconsistencies between the current regulations and the Complex Model spreadsheet posted by EPA, which should industry follow? If the answer is the regulation, can EPA confirm that the regulation is consistent with the actual Complex Model developed by EPA? Will EPA use the spreadsheet to determine if fuels are in compliance?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. The version of the Complex Model that is legally binding is that contained in the Federal Register. 9 The printed version of the Complex Model in the Federal Register does contain several minor errors which are under correction through…
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May a company have multiple designations?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. That is, may a company register as a refiner, an importer, a blender, and a marketer since aspects of our business cover all designations? Does each company have a designation, or can a company choose a designation. As discussed…
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Must batch numbers be assigned in both numerical and chronological order?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Batch numbers should be assigned in numerical and chronological order of production (not shipment). If a batch of gasoline must be re-blended because it is out of specification, and an independent laboratory has already sampled the batch, the resulting…
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What constitutes a batch of reformulated gasoline? What method should be used by refiners, importers and oxygenate blenders for determining the volume of a batch of reformulated gasoline? What method should be used by independent laboratories? If a refiner is to report the tank volume at the time that a sample is collected, this may result in double-counting because the tank would not be emptied before blendstocks are added to produce the next batch. For example, suppose the volume in a tank is 100,000 barrels for batch 1, which is sampled and tested. Subsequently, there are two shipments from this tank, a 50,000 barrel shipment and a 20,000 barrel shipment, leaving 30,000 barrels in the tank. The tank is then blended up to 90,000 barrels for batch 2, which is sampled and tested, with subsequent shipments of 28,000 barrels and 44,000 barrels. Should the reported volume for batch 1 be 100,000 barrels or 70,000 barrels? Should the reported volume for batch 2 be 90,000 barrels or 72,000 barrels?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Section 80.2(gg) defines a "batch of reformulated gasoline" as "a quantity of reformulated gasoline which is homogeneous with regard to those properties which are specified for reformulated gasoline certification." The reported volume for the batch should be the volume…
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Technical Support for Numeric Nutrient Water Quality Criteria Development
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Who reports expired RINs?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help Every party must report RINs owned that have expired as of the end of the fourth quarter of each year. This report is due on February 28 of the following year and will identify RINs that expired in the…
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Carter Carburetor Site in St. Louis, Missouri
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We are a producer of ethanol. If we have 10,000 gallons in inventory on September 1, 2007 and 25,000 came from our production facility A, 25,000 came from our production facility B, and the other 50,000 we own but received from various other producers, how do we assign RINs to the other 50,000?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help As an ethanol producer or importer, you may assign RINs to the product you own on September 1, 2007. As far as how to handle the facility identification number fields in the RIN, you will want to consistently document…
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Water System Partnerships Handbook Webinar Slides
Slides from the Water System Partnerships Handbook rollout webinar on November 18, 2020.
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Pollution Prevention Information Network (PPIN) Grant Summaries 2015
Summaries of awards from OPPT's PPIN grant program to promote pollution prevention through source reduction and resource conservation.
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Pollution Prevention Resource Exchange (P2RX)
Listing of regional P2Rx centers funded in part by EPA grants.
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Fiscal Year 2014 Pollution Prevention Grant Summaries
The Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics is responsible for overseeing several grant programs for tribes and states which promote pollution prevention through source reduction and resource conservation.
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