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Final Amendments to Delegation of Authority Provisions in the Prevention of Significant Deterioration Permitting Program
finalized amendments to the New Source Review (NSR) Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permitting program that will allow the EPA to delegate administration of the program to interested and qualified tribal agencies.
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Final Amendments to the Federal Indian Country Minor New Source Review Rule
Review of New Sources and Modifications in Indian Country - Amendments to the Federal Indian Country Minor New Source Review Rule
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EPA Community Grants - Funding
EPA Community Grants
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Success Stories
Find out how EPA Brownfields Grant recipients are transforming properties across the country to improve and protect the environment, boost the local economy and enhance communities now and for years to come.
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EPA Community Grants - Training
EPA Community Grants
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What RFG parameters should parties monitor as part of their downstream quality assurance programs?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Parties should monitor the applicable downstream standards as part of their downstream quality assurance programs under § 80.79(c). These are: under the simple model, oxygen and benzene, and RVP in the case of VOC-controlled RFG; and under the complex…
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What volume of gasoline should a sample collected by an independent lab contain?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. EPA believes that a one quart sample is adequate. (7/1/94) This question and answer was posted at
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What would the wholesaler put on his PTDs when he transfers title to another party?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Section 80.1153 describes the requirements for PTDs, which generally include the name and address of the transferor and transferee, the company registration number of each, the volume of renewable fuel being transferred, the date of the transfer, and information…
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Will EPA consider exempting Guam or the Northern Mariana Islands from the RFG/Anti-dumping regulations pursuant to § 325(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act, subject to a request from the Governor of these territories?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Section 325(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act (Act) provides that, upon petition by the Governor of Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Administrator of EPA may exempt any person or…
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Will EPA cooperate in round robin efforts to provide correlation tests for users of method ASTM D-1319-93 for total aromatics?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. EPA will participate as we are able. Since we are unable to make open commitments of this type, labs should make arrangements with local labs for routine correlation testing. (7/1/94) This question and answer was posted at
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Will EPA consider widening the limits on distillation?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. The range of data on which the Complex Model was based limits the range within which the model will exhibit appropriate accuracy. The E200 range in the database was 33 to 66 vol%; extrapolation widened this range to 30…
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Will the EPA "Spreadsheet" be revised to be considered acceptable for fuel certifications?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. No. The spreadsheet was designed to provide assistance in understanding and implementing the Complex Model equations as provided in the regulations. The EPA has no authority to endorse the spreadsheet as a legal instrument of certification. Only the Federal…
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How will EDI agreements affect third parties?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. An EDI agreement will be binding only on the Agency and the cosigner of the agreement. (7/1/94) This question and answer was posted at
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How will EPA enforce their regulations in California? Will the Agency defer to the California Air Resources Board?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Prior to the start of the California Phase II RFG program in March 1996, EPA generally will enforce the federal RFG program California in the same manner in which it will be enforced in other parts of the nation…
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How will RFG impact ASTM motor fuel specifications?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Fuel marketed in RFG areas must comply with the RFG regulations. If ASTM standards conflict with the RFG regulations, The ASTM standards will, in effect, be superseded. (7/1/94) This question and answer was posted at
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I am an ethanol marketer and importer, and, although I am not certain, I may import gasoline before the end of the compliance year. Can I separate RINs from the ethanol that I purchase and import?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. In general, we believe that most RFS program participants will know at the beginning of the compliance year the nature of their business activities for the upcoming compliance period, and therefore will not need to worry about the impact…
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How will the term "tolerances" be interpreted as a practical matter by EPA as it relates to specifications? As a clarification, please respond to the following: An importer who elects to comply on a "per-gallon" (vs. averaging) basis must meet an RVP maximum specification of 8.1 during the summer months. The EPA has established a 0.30 psi tolerance for this test. Consider the hypothetical, but likely situation whereby such an importer brings a cargo of RFG into New York Harbor which was determined by an independent inspector abroad to contain 8.1 psi at load. Upon discharge at New York Harbor by another independent inspector, the cargo was found to contain 8.3 psi. This second inspector's results are later confirmed by the EPA. Is this importer in compliance, due to the fact that the product conforms, within the established tolerances to the specifications established by EPA? Does the loadport analysis have any
bearing on this matter? In the event the importer is found to be out of compliance, would he be subject to penalties under the Act? If so, would the loadport inspection certificate be construed as a satisfactory defense against an enforcement proceeding?See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. As stated in the Preamble to the Final Rule, 59 Fed. Reg. 7764, "refiners and importers may not use the tolerance to expand the applicable standard. Further, product must meet all applicable specifications when it leaves the refinery or…
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When does the independent sampling and testing requirement begin?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. The independent sampling and testing requirements apply to each batch of RFG that is produced or imported, unless an in-line blending waiver has been obtained. As a result, the independent sampling and testing requirements begin for any refiner or…
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When certifying a batch of gasoline, which property data should be used (analyzer, lab, calculated, etc.)?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. When certifying a batch of gasoline, a sample that is representative of the entire batch must be taken and tested according to the regulatory test methods specified in § 80.46 of the regulations. For information on independent sampling and…
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When a GC-MS is used for analyzing total aromatics, a benzene number will be produced that is different from that produced by method D-3606-92. Which result should be used?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. The result from method D-3606-92 must be used. (7/1/94) This question and answer was posted at