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On the registration forms it seems you are forced to check only one primary activity (refiner, oxygenate blender, importer, or independent lab). Do you submit two forms if you are both a refiner and importer?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . No. The final forms have been changed to register each company once for all applicable activities. As before, each facility will be registered separately for each activity that is undertaken at the facility. Import facilities need not be…
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Under "Business Activities" on the Company Details CDX web page, what does "Small Blender" mean?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The small blender business activity is in relation to §80.1440: "What are the provisions for blenders who handle and blend less than 125,000 gallons of renewable fuel per year?" The small blender business activity entry is for those…
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How will engineering reports be treated in terms of public access and CBI? Will there be web access for submitted reports?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . EPA will process any public requests for engineering reports on a case-by-case basis and there will be no general web access to the engineering reports. Engineering reports, or portions thereof, for which the submitter asserts a confidential business…
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80.1450 refers to a Fuel Supply Plan. Is this referring to the fuel used for process energy? If not, what is it referring to? If yes, by "source" do you mean the name of the supplier? The regulations ask for the locations from which the process energy fue
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The Fuel Supply Plan referred to in 80.1450(b)(3) refers to fuel used at a renewable fuel production facility to generate process energy. "Source" means the name of the supplier of that fuel. Since 80.1450(b)(1)(iv) asks for the locations…
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May a company have multiple designations?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . That is, may a company register as a refiner, an importer, a blender, and a marketer since aspects of our business cover all designations? Does each company have a designation, or can a company choose a designation. As…
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Are evacuations and sheltering-in-place considered for Program 1 eligibility?
A facility performed a worst-case release scenario and determined that there are no public receptors within the endpoints. There are several residences located just outside the endpoint. In reviewing the five year accident history, there were several releases of a regulated substance, in which the residences were notified by the…
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If a party registers a facility as a refinery, oxygenate blending facility or import facility and then does not produce or import gasoline at that facility during an averaging period, must the party report to EPA?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Refiners, importers, and oxygenate blenders are required to report to EPA only during averaging periods when the party produces or imports some volume of gasoline, even if the party has previously registered with EPA.(9/26/94) This question and answer…
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Does a company that produces RFG have to register all oxygenate blending facilities or just those that produce RFG? All import locations or just those that import RFG?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Registration is required only for oxygenate blending facilities at which RFG is produced, and not for oxygenate blending facilities where oxygenate is blended with conventional gasoline only. If an oxygenate blender decides to blend RBOB with oxygenates to…
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Program 3 applicability and NAICS code determination
A covered process that is ineligible for Program 1 will be subject to Program 3 requirements if the process is in one of ten specified North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) codes, or is subject to the OSHA Process Safety Management (PSM) standard (40 CFR Part 68.10(d)). When determining Program…
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Can a newly-constructed process that has no accident history qualify for Program 1 status?
The eligibility criteria for Program 1 status under 40 CFR Part 68 include a requirement that the process must not have had an accidental release resulting in serious offsite consequences for the past five years (40 CFR §68.10(b)(1)). Can a newly-constructed process that has no accident history qualify for Program…
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Are processes subject to delegated state OSHA programs classified as program level 3?
If my state administers the OSHA program under a delegation from the federal OSHA, does that mean that my processes that are subject to OSHA PSM under the state rules are in Program 3? Yes, as long as the process does not qualify for Program 1. Any process subject to…
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Are all covered processes subject to identical risk management program requirements?
The risk management program regulations in 40 CFR Part 68 are applicable to owners or operators of stationary sources at which more than a threshold quantity of a regulated substance is present in a process (40 CFR Section 68.10(a)). Are all covered processes subject to identical risk management program requirements…
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Certifying RMP process at higher program level
If a process qualifies as Program Level 1, can a facility designate it as a Program Level 2 or 3 in their Risk Management Plan? No. The owner or operator of a stationary source with a process eligible for Program 1 must certify their Program 1 designation in their Risk…
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The regulations state that a party must register three months prior to producing or importing gasoline or blendstocks under the RFG and anti-dumping Program (40 CFR 80.76). If a party receives its ID numbers from EPA prior to the end of the three month pe
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The party does not need to wait. The three month period was intended to give EPA adequate time to process registrations. A party may proceed with production and importation after receiving an EPA registration number.(1/30/95) This question and…
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Does a plant have to have their EPA-issued company ID number before they register for CDX?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Yes, this ID will be necessary to complete the CDX registration process. You may look up your company ID number at http://epa.gov/otaq/regs/fuels/rfs-list.xls (in Excel spreadsheet format). Question and Answer was originally posted at: Questions and Answers on the…
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