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Can a refiner certify finished gasoline using method D-4294 or D-5354-94 (Antek Oxidation-UV Fluorescence Method) instead of D-2622 for sulfur? Will EPA accept other methods for measuring total aromatics content such as using mid-IR instruments?

See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. No. Again, alternate methods are not allowed for certification of the gasoline by the refiner or importer, with the exception of alternatives for oxygen/oxygenates and aromatics until January 1, 1997, but they can be used for downstream quality assurance…

Last published: April 24, 2026

Can material that does not conform with commercial specifications for gasoline still be considered gasoline for compliance with the RFG regulations? For example, could a mixture of butane and MTBE be blended with non-VOC controlled simple model RFG? The b

See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Blending components that are added to RFG must meet the standards for RFG and the party who conducts such blending must meet all requirements that apply to refiners. The regulations, however, do not require them to also conform with…

Last published: April 24, 2026

Can a refiner with more than one refinery transfer oxygen and benzene credits from one of its refineries to another of its refineries?

See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. If a refiner generates credits at one refinery, these credits could be used to offset a shortfall at another refinery through a transfer of credits meeting all conditions of § 80.67(h).(7/1/94) This question and answer was posted at Consolidated…

Last published: April 24, 2026

EPA Launches New Lead Website in Renewed Trump EPA Focus to Reduce Lead Exposures

EPA has released new online public education tools about lead poisoning prevention, creating a one-stop shop for EPA information on lead that quickly connects users to resources, tools and guidance.

Release Date: April 24, 2026

Consent Decrees: Idaho and Scarsella Brothers, Inc. Idaho Transportation Department Settlement

This is the consent decree for Idaho Transportation and Sarsella

The Home Hero LLC CAFO

This is the Home Hero LLC CAFO

EPA's Response Letter from American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers

EPA's Response Letter from AFPM

HollyFrontier Inc. Settlement Information Sheet

HollyFrontier Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates five refineries with approximately 457,000 barrels per day of crude oil processing capacity.

Consent Decree: Gasco Energy, Inc. Clean Water Settlement

This is the consent decree for the Clean Water Act Settlement Gasco Energy, Inc.

Amendments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Civil Penalty Policies to Account for Inflation (Effective December 6, 2013)

This is the guidance for Amendments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Civil Penalty Policies to Account for Inflation (Effective December 6, 2013)

Modifications to EPA Penalty Policies to Implement the Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Rule (Pursuant to the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996)

Enforcement Alert: Fugitive Emissions (LDAR)

This is the Enforcement Alert for Fugitive Emissions (LDAR)

Town of Griffith, Indiana Clean Water Act Settlement Information Sheet

This is the information sheet about Highland and the adjacent community of Griffith, Indiana, both do not own/operate a Wastewater Treatment Plant, instead both communities send their untreated wastewater to the Hammond Sanitary District’s WWTP for treatme

Sanitary District of Highland, Indiana Clean Water Act Settlement Information Sheet