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Can a company ship, sell, or offer for sale conventional gasoline to a retailer or wholesaler operating on an Indian Reservation in an ozone nonattainment area which has been opted-in by the state? Can a company sell conventional gasoline to a wholesaler who supplies a retailer or wholesaler who is operating on an Indian Reservation in an ozone nonattainment area which has been opted-in by the state?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The Clean Air Act (CAA) specifies the areas that must be subject to the reformulated gasoline (RFG) program. These "covered areas" are: (1) the nine major metropolitan areas with the worst (highest) ozone levels; and (2) any area…
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Can an ethanol or biodiesel plant keep a RIN?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . In general, producers of renewable fuel must assign all RINs that they generate to volumes of renewable fuel and transfer those RINs with the renewable fuel to another party. However, there are some exceptions. First, producers of cellulosic…
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Can a company which is both a refiner and importer transfer oxygen and benzene credits from its import operations to its refineries?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Yes, through a transfer of credits meeting all conditions of § 80.67(h). (7/1/94) This question and answer was posted at
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Can bulk terminals located in covered areas receive conventional gasoline that is intended to be distributed to non-RFG areas?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Distributors, including bulk plants, located in covered areas may receive and distribute conventional gasoline to non-RFG areas, assuming all of the requirements of the regulations are met, including segregation of conventional gasoline from RFG, and the product transfer…
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Can anyone own RINs and participate in the RIN market?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . There is no restriction on who may own RINs. Anyone can own RINs, including private citizens. However, parties who own or intend to own RINs must register with us under 80.1150(c) and recordkeeping, reporting and attest engagement requirements…
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The California enforcement exemption provided in the RFG regulations can be lost as a result of the assessment of civil, criminal or administrative penalty for violation of the federal RFG or anti-dumping provisions or for violation of CARB's Phase II RFG regulation. The effective party may petition EPA for relief for good cause. Good cause may include a showing that the violation was not a substantial violation of the federal or California RFG standards. However, under a literal interpretation of this provision, a California refiner could lose the enforcement exemption over a trivial manner. Can EPA apply narrower criteria, including establishment of willful wrongdoing criteria and the documentation or repeated offenses over a specific period of time before revocation of the exemption can occur? Additionally, clarification is needed on exemption implications of a settlement between a California refiner and CARB on California Phase II RFG enforcement matters. Can a violation of CARB Phase II RFG regulation not resulting in non-compliance with federal RFG be considered insufficient grounds for losing the exemption?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Each violation of CARB's RFG standard will be examined for its federal implications on a case-by-case basis. (8/29/94) This question and answer was posted at
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A blender was producing gasoline in leased tankage in 1990. The blender subsequently purchases the tanks and moves them to a different physical location. Do the baseline properties and volumes associated with the leased tanks "move" to the new blending location?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . To the extent that blending operations remain the same, yes, the baseline associated with that operation should be used at the new location. (7/1/94) This question and answer was posted at
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A blender/importer unloads 200,000 barrels of imported blendstock into a tank at a registered terminal and blends the imported blendstock into reformulated gasoline. After the finished gasoline is certified as RFG, 150,000 barrels of the product is shipped out, and the next shipment of imported blendstock arrives. Can the imported blendstock be unloaded onto the remaining 50,000 barrels of certified RFG and reblended? (This seems to be defined as a prohibited activity if the subsequent blend is "dirtier," even though it meets RFG specifications.)
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The shipped batch of RFG should be reported as 150,000 barrels of RFG. The 50,000 barrels which are left are not considered to be part of the RFG batch for reporting purposes, because only the shipped volume is…
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To blend gasoline from various components, must we be registered as a refiner?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Yes. Registration is required for any refiner, importer, and oxygenate blender that produces any reformulated gasoline, and any refiner and importer of conventional gasoline. (§§ 80.76(a) and 80.103.) Section 80.65(d)(3) requires each batch of reformulated or conventional gasoline…
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Assuming that PTD's are required for exchange transactions and the data could be electronically stored in a manner ensuring the security and integrity of the data, would it be sufficient to provide transferees with access to electronic PTD's if the PTD's contain the same data as the original except for the absence of the drivers signature? Would it be sufficient to make the PTD's available through an electronic interface or would the transferor be required to electronically transmit?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The regulations require that the transferor must provide to the transferee documentation that includes all the PTD information, not just make it accessible to the transferee. As a result, the PTD requirements would not be satisfied if the…
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The Current: Spring 2022
The WaterSense Current is a quarterly update dedicated to news and events related to WaterSense.
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Are truck drivers required to test the last three deliveries to a station if they are from different suppliers?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Section 80.69(e)(2) requires certain sampling and testing by oxygenate blenders who splash blend and provides that quality assurance testing must be conducted either prior to when the delivery truck driver puts gasoline into the underground tank at the…
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Will non-obligated parties in possession of RINs create a RIN shortage?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The in-use production volumes of renewable fuel are expected to exceed the requirements of the RFS program by a substantial margin. As a result, we expect there to be a surplus of RINs for at least the first…
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How are WaterSense Specifications Developed?
This page describes the factors WaterSense considers in making the decision to develop a specification for a product category, the process, and data needs that help the program make decisions.
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Who is the transferee in a custody transfer where the owner of the receiving tank/truck/barge is different than the operator (scheduler) of the tank/truck/barge, who may also be different from the company that provides the employees of the site? Can a company assume that when multiple parties can be the transferee, that one can take on the role of being the designated responsible party?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Regarding transfers of custody, PTDs are intended to be given to the person physically taking custody of the product. Where multiple parties are involved in a physical transfer of the product, and the transferor does not know the…
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Fact Sheet: 'No Anchor' Area in Eagle Harbor
EPA fact sheet describing the 'no anchor' anchor in Eagle Harbor within the Wyckoff-Eagle Harbor Superfund site in Bainbridge Island, Washington.
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Fact sheet: EPA's eelgrass transplant study
Summary of EPA's eelgrass transplant study at the Wyckoff/Eagle Harbor Superfund site.
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Fact Sheet: Construction Update on Wellfield Replacement Project
Summary of upcoming construction activities related to the Wyckoff-Eagle Harbor Superfund site that will impact the Bainbridge Island community.
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Who is the EPA contact person for questions about the procedure for measuring total aromatics with a GC-MS?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Contact Carl Scarbro (313) 668-4209 or Bruce Kolowich (313) 668-4582. (7/1/94) This question and answer was posted at
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