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Many states have adopted a 1.0 psi waiver for ethanol blends during the RVP control period. In areas where RFG is required, do states need to amend that regulation in any fashion in order to not be in conflict with RFG requirements?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . In areas where RFG is required, states are preempted from having RVP requirements which are different from the RFG simple model requirements unless those requirements are approved by EPA as a SIP amendment which is necessary to attain…
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Refiners or importers producing or importing RBOB must blend the proper amount of oxygen with the RBOB and test it for the regulated parameters pursuant to § 80.69(a)(2). Since they are not responsible for the oxygen content, must they test for oxygen, a
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Section 80.69(a)(2) requires an RBOB producer or importer to add the specified type and amount of oxygenate to a representative sample of the RBOB and to determine the properties and characteristics of the resulting gasoline using the methodology…
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Anti-dumping section 80.101(e) Products to which standards do not apply, indicates that "California gasoline" should be excluded from a refinery's compliance calculations. "California gasoline" is defined in 80.81 as "any gasoline that is sold, intended f
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Refiners and importers providing gasoline for use in non-RFG areas in California prior to March 1, 1996 must meet all the anti-dumping requirements. Gasoline produced or imported for use in California on or after March 1, 1996 is…
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Can a refiner or importer use gasoline sulfur test methods other than ASTM D 2622-98, especially for sulfur levels of 10 ppm and less?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The rule designates ASTM D 2622 as the benchmark test method by which compliance will be determined, and that is the test that the Agency typically will use in establishing compliance. However, the rule does permit alternative test…
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May the six digit batch number in the batch ID contain non-numeric characters (i.e., to mark the grade of the batch)?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . No.(7/1/94) This question and answer was posted at Consolidated List of Reformulated Gasoline and Anti-Dumping Questions and Answers: July 1, 1994 through November 10, 1997 (PDF) (333 pp, 18.17 MB, EPA420-R-03-009, July 2003, About PDF )
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Does in-line blending of conventional gasoline require an exemption?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Conventional gasoline does not require independent sampling and testing and, therefore, there is no need to obtain an exemption. However, the properties of both reformulated and conventional gasoline are required to be determined by the methods specified in…
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How may terminals and retail outlets transition from non-VOC-controlled RFG to VOC-controlled RFG in advance of the high ozone season each spring?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Section 80.78(a)(1)(v) requires that RFG must be VOC-controlled for the proper VOC-control Region when stored or dispensed by terminals beginning May 1 of each year, and for retail outlets and wholesale purchaser-consumers beginning June 1 of each year…
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Assume that a marketer/supplier has conventional gasoline inventory in a fungible pipeline/terminal system in a non-RFG area. Effective January 1, 1995, does this company have any responsibility for the quality of that inventory? Responsibility for produc
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Beginning January 1, 1995, all conventional gasoline must meet the PTD requirements. If the conventional gasoline was produced before January 1, 1995, the refiner may not have initiated the PTDs, but the downstream party nevertheless must include the…
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If a refiner produces RBOB and sends it down a proprietary line to his own terminal where it is blended with ethanol, is the refiner required to register as an oxygenate blender for this terminal oxygenate blending operation?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Yes.(7/1/94) This question and answer was posted at Consolidated List of Reformulated Gasoline and Anti-Dumping Questions and Answers: July 1, 1994 through November 10, 1997 (PDF) (333 pp, 18.17 MB, EPA420-R-03-009, July 2003, About PDF )
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Can a producer manufacturing only conventional gasoline purchase RFG, blend it with the conventional gasoline at the refinery, and use the combined blend volume and properties as part of the refinery's compliance calculations starting January 1, 1995?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Combining finished RFG and finished conventional gasoline is not an act of "producing or importing" under the RFG/anti-dumping regulations. Consequently, the resulting product would not be included in the refinery's compliance calculations. Under § 80.78(a)(10), however, such product…
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There is significant difference between "refiner" and "refinery". Portions of the regulations use "refiner" where "refinery" is the appropriate term. While it may be clear from the context that "refinery" is meant, text should be changed to avoid any poss
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . We agree with the comment and intend to make these clarifications in a future rulemaking. These clarifications would not affect the regulatory requirements in the current final rule.
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How often does EPA expect to audit refiners, importers, and distributors? Will such audits be conducted by EPA personnel or contract personnel?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The frequency of audits conducted at the above facilities will depend on a number of factors such as: general compliance rates, compliance history of individual facilities, EPA budget allowances, etc. Based upon the experience of past fuels enforcement…
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Assuming that PTD's are required for exchange transactions and the data could be electronically stored in a manner ensuring the security and integrity of the data, would it be sufficient to provide transferees with access to electronic PTD's if the PTD's
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The regulations require that the transferor must provide to the transferee documentation that includes all the PTD information, not just make it accessible to the transferee. As a result, the PTD requirements would not be satisfied if the…
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In the NPRM, the sulfur standards were expressed without decimal places, but the final rule provides that the standards are expressed with two decimal places (§§ 80.195, 205). Why did EPA include this change?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . EPA included the decimal places to ensure that the sulfur standards are not exceeded by rounding down actual average sulfur levels. We do not believe reporting the average sulfur level to two decimals creates any additional burden as…
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How will EDI agreements affect third parties?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . An EDI agreement will be binding only on the Agency and the cosigner of the agreement.(7/1/94) This question and answer was posted at Consolidated List of Reformulated Gasoline and Anti-Dumping Questions and Answers: July 1, 1994 through November…
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