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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…
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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 maximum quality statements (oxygen, benzene and RVP for simple model RFG; oxygen, benzene, VOC and NOx for complex model RFG). In California, the Los Angeles and San Diego areas are covered areas for both the RFG and wintertime oxygenated programs. The oxygenated fuels program in California requires 1.8 to 2.2 weight % oxygen for control areas during the winter control periods, as opposed to 2.7% elsewhere. Since RFG sold in California will satisfy the oxygenated program requirements without additional oxygenate, will transfer documents be required to differentiate between RFG and OPRG?
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 1, 1996, that meets the requirements of the…
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In areas where an oxy fuels program is in effect, how do these requirements coincide with RFG requirements? In areas where there is an overlap, are any regulatory changes necessary by the state?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . In areas that are covered by both a state's winter oxy fuels and the federal RFG programs, the fuel must comply with both program requirements. Therefore, the more stringent 2.7 wt% minimum requirement of the winter oxy fuels…
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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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Does EPA make any distinction in terms of timeliness between PTD's which memorialize a transfer of title as opposed to those which memorialize a transfer of custody? For example, exchange statements detailing liftings by an exchange partner ordinarily are prepared only after the close of each month's business. Would such statements meet the PTD requirements if they contain all required PTD information?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Section 80.77 does not distinguish between transfers of custody and transfers of title. Nevertheless, EPA believes the two situations may be different in terms of the timing necessary for PTD information. In the case of transfers of custody…
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A refinery has two product tanks in series; a 10,000 gallon tank in which blendstocks are combined to produce gasoline (a blend tank), followed by a 50,000 gallon tank which feeds directly to the rack. Customers pull product from the rack. There are no blend streams going into the 50,000 gallon tank. Can we just certify the 10,000 gallon tank for all the properties for a specific volume (batch), without actually sampling any product from the larger tank?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The refiner should certify the properties of each batch produced in the 10,000 gallon blend tank based on a sample of gasoline collected after all the blending components have been added and mixed. The volume of each batch…
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If terminals utilize the services of outside laboratories for periodic sampling and testing, how can the terminal limit exposure to liability in the event non-complying product from the tested tank(s) leaves the terminal during the three or four days before test results are available?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . A terminal-distributor's release of RFG that does not meet applicable standards would constitute a violation of § 80.78(a)(1) for which the distributor would be liable, and it would not be a defense if the violation was caused by…
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What is the definition of oxygenated fuels program control area and oxygenated fuels program control period?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . As per section 80.2 of the regulations, an oxygenated fuels program control area means a geographic area in which only oxygenated gasoline may be sold or dispensed during the control period. An oxygenated fuels program control period means…
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Does EPA have curves showing the effects of different oxygenate levels on the resulting T50/T90?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The Agency has developed no such curves. However, since the Complex Model requires the use of E200 and E300 instead of T50 and T90, the effects of different oxygenate levels on E200 and E300 can be back-calculated from…
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During a transition period, refiners will produce VOC-controlled RFG that is blended with non VOC-controlled RFG downstream of the refinery in order to blend down RVP prior to the beginning of the VOC season. How will the resultant mixture be classified and identified on the PTD issued for instance by a terminal?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The resulting gasoline should be listed as non VOC-controlled RFG on the PTD's, unless the resulting blend meets the requirements to be designated as VOC-controlled gasoline. (7/1/94) This question and answer was posted at
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Is EPA documentation necessary to settle inventory over/short accounts where the volume of gasoline involved is de minimis? If so, what are the parties documenting?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . PTD information is only required when there is a transfer of title or custody of any gasoline (with the exception of gasoline sold or dispensed at a retail outlet or wholesale purchaser-consumer for use in motor vehicles). As…
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Will the Complex Model for NOx emissions take additive effects into account?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . No. However, the Complex Model can be augmented through the vehicle testing procedure outlined in the final rule to include the emission effects of an additive. (7/1/94) This question and answer was posted at
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A refiner elects to meet a RFG specification via the "averaging" method. Two-thirds of the way through the averaging period, his tracking of cumulative qualities shows he is just meeting the standard. For the remaining last third of the averaging period the gasoline stays within the maximum or minimum RFG limits but exceeds the averaging standard. As a result the average for the averaging period is off-spec. Ignoring the purchase of credits for oxygen or benzene standards, is the refiner liable for a daily penalty over the entire averaging period, or only the number of days in the last third of the averaging period?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Section 80.80(c) provides that the refiner would be liable for a daily penalty over the entire averaging period. Refiners, for each refinery, and importers, must elect to comply with each standard on a per-gallon or average basis at…
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Clarify that the proper version of the Complex Model that is to be used with an augmentation is the version that was in effect at the time the augmentation was approved. The preamble and regulations are inconsistent on this issue, and confusion arises in the term "the fuels," which is meant to apply to fuels that are produced before the augmentation is approved.
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The proper version of the Complex Model that is to be used with an augmentation is the version that was in effect at the time the augmentation was approved. (7/1/94) This question and answer was posted at
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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 the PTD? This requirement is not found in § 80.77.
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 minimum and maximum downstream standards with…
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