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Should separate samples be collected for RVP analysis?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. One sample may be used for all of the RFG parameters that need to be determined, including RVP. However, because sample handling in the laboratory may affect various reformulated gasoline properties, such as RVP
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Starting with the first tender of RFG shipped later this year (1994), transferors are required to provide transferees with transfer documents detailing the type of RFG (VOC or non-VOC, oxygenate program or not, simple or complex) and various minimum or ma
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Not after March 1, 1996. Section 80.81(c)(9) provides an exemption from the RFG product transfer documentation requirements contained in § 80.77 for California gasoline manufactured or imported subsequent to March
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Terminal blending of mid-grade gasoline (using a premium and regular mix) is common practice in the industry. We interpret that terminals engaging in this practice are not considered refiners under the regulations based on the comment "that the EPA believ
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Parties who only mix different grades of certified reformulated gasoline will not be considered refiners or blenders under the reformulated gasoline regulations. Similarly, parties who mix different grades of
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If a pipeline must be classified as a refiner, how would that be handled administratively by EPA? Since pipelines don't own the product, would pipeline have to become buyers and sellers for regulatory purposes?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Refiners must be registered with EPA. The pipeline need not be an owner of the gasoline to be a refiner.(7/1/94) This question and answer was posted at Consolidated List of Reformulated Gasoline and Anti-Dumping
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How do I Obtain the Populations for Each of the MOVES Source Types?
See More Frequent Questions about MOVES and Related Models. To output vehicle populations, when setting up your RunSpec select the "Inventory" calculation type from the Scale panel and the "Population" activity option from the General Output panel of the MOVES GUI. The movesactivityoutput table in
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How are Counties Mapped to Fuel Regions in MOVES? How Can I Substitute Alternate Fuel Formulations?
See More Frequent Questions about MOVES and Related Models. The RegionCounty table in the MOVES default database maps each county to a MOVES fuel region (defined by regionCodeID). If you are conducting a County or Project Scale Run, you do not need to modify this table to use alternate fuel
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There are situations where ethanol will be present in very small quantities in RFG produced using other oxygenates. For example, ETBE often contains very small amounts of ethanol, less than 2%. As a result, will EPA apply a de minimis exception to the pro
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Section 80.78(a)(8) prohibits the mixing of VOC-controlled RFG produced using ethanol with VOC-controlled RFG produced using any other oxygenate during the period January 1 through September 15. EPA will not
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Calculating thresholds for toxic substances with concentration qualifiers
Several toxic substances are listed as regulated substances under 40 CFR §68.130 with concentration qualifiers (e.g., "conc 37% or greater"). What does this concentration mean? When determining whether a threshold amount of these substances exists in a process, should I consider the weight of the
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Today, and with the Phase I complex model, there is effectively a 1 RVP difference between the Region 1 and 2 standards. In Phase II, this difference basically drops to 0 RVP. Was this intended, and why?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. The Phase 2 Volatility Standards (55 FR 23658 (June 11, 1990)) provided the basis for the different RVP standards, depending on VOC Control Region, for reformulated gasoline under the Simple Model. The standards
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The transfer document requirements state that the name and address of the transferor and transferee be present. When other oil partners, exchangers, are picking up product, will the address of the company headquarters be sufficient since EPA will still be
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Yes, the headquarters address of the transferee would be acceptable. When jobbers pick up gasoline they are the transferees in the transaction and the regulations specifically require that an address for all
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Are agricultural facilities subject to the risk management program requirements?
Are agricultural facilities potentially subject to the risk management program requirements in 40 CFR Part 68? Yes. Although there is one specific exemption from the provisions of 40 CFR Part 68 for ammonia held by a farmer for use as an agricultural nutrient (40 CFR §68.125), there is no general
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When replacing conventional gasoline with RFG at a terminal, is it considered blending if the RFG is mixed with conventional bottoms?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. During the transition period prior to December 1, 1994, certified RFG may be put into tanks that contain conventional gasoline bottoms, as long as the tank is essentially filled with certified RFG gasoline on
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When will EPA publish a corrected version of the Complex Model? The NOx equation corrections published in the DFRM were not correct, and the published evaporative VOC equations do not yield the published baseline emissions for baseline fuel.
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Errors in the final rule for the reformulated gasoline program and the DFRM are being corrected in an upcoming technical amendment. The spreadsheet version of the Complex Model does not contain the errors that
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Where is it required in the regulations that the PTD's for RFG must designate the finished gasoline as meeting the oxygenate standard on the per-gallon or average? Would it not be sufficient to infer the average standards from the listings of min/max's on
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. The PTD requirements for RFG do not require that gasoline be designated as meeting the standards, including the oxygenate standard, per-gallon or average. Section 80.77 does require that PTD information include the
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Who accounts for blending operations that take place in leased storage facilities?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Under the regulations, a refiner is any person who owns, leases, operates, controls, or supervises a refinery. As indicated above, an oxygenate blender is any person who owns, leases, operates, controls, or
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