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.)
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 reported. Therefore, imported blendstocks can be unloaded onto these 50,000 barrels and reblended to produce another batch of RFG. (7/1/94)
This question and answer was posted at List of Reformulated Gasoline and Anti-Dumping Questions and Answers: July 1, 1994 through November 10, 1997 (pdf)