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• What is a site assessment and what is the difference between a site assessment and a site investigation?

  The first step of the site assessment process is known as a preliminary assessment (PA). This assessment gathers historical and other readily available information on site conditions and surroundings to evaluate whether the site poses a potential threat to human health and the environment and/or whether further investigation is needed…

  • Last published: March 1, 2024

• Why hasn’t the Norwood Landfill Site been identified as a Superfund Site? Two nearby landfills, Folcroft and Clearview, which were established and in use at the same time as Norwood Landfill and Dump have both been designated as Superfund sites.

  EPA is still conducting its investigation of the Norwood Landfill Site to determine if it should be placed on the National Priorities List (NPL), or Superfund List. Thus far, the data collected has not demonstrated that the site warrants placement on the NPL. Both the Folcroft and Clearview Landfills went…

  • Last published: March 15, 2024

• I have not seen a reference to the EPA CDX system. Is the CDX system already established or can we submit reports in our choice of electronic formats?

  See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The Central Data Exchange (CDX) is an established portal through which electronic data are submitted. All registered parties will have to first register with CDX in order to receive a CDX registration number. More information may be found…

  • Last published: July 23, 2024

• Do I have to register to use CDX and is this a separate registration process?

  See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . You will have to register with CDX. (Registering with CDX is not the same as registering under regulation Section 80.1150.) Instructions are available via our Reporting for Fuel Programs web site. Question and Answer was originally posted at…

  • Last published: July 24, 2024

• Why did EPA wait so long to begin its investigation of the Norwood Landfill and Old Norwood Dump?

  In the months leading up to the preliminary assessment, EPA gathered information on the property to determine whether a site investigation under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) was warranted. EPA determined to proceed with an investigation and EPA began procuring contractor services to conduct the preliminary…

  • Last published: March 1, 2024

• If re-transmission is necessary due to fault on EPA?s part, why won?t EPA pay for re-transmission?

  See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . EPA will take all reasonable steps to properly maintain equipment, services, and testing necessary to effectively and reliably send and receive documents via EDI. Although EPA is unable to pay for re-transmission costs, we will exercise the highest…

  • Last published: July 23, 2024

• Could we become the delegated authority for submission of reports on behalf of our members?

  See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Individual blenders could rely on your association to submit reports to EPA on their behalf. . However you should understand that if any reports are not submitted or are submitted improperly then responsibility would fall upon the individual…

  • Last published: July 23, 2024

• Section 80.1164(a)(1)(ii) of the regulation states that the CPA conducting the attest engagement must obtain documentation of any volumes of renewable fuel used in gasoline during the reporting year; compute and report as a finding the volumes of renewabl

  See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . This provision is intended to require the CPA to include in his or her report any volume of renewable fuel actually used in gasoline produced at the refinery or imported by the importer, but is not intended to…

  • Last published: August 2, 2024

• When you make the annual designation as an importer does it apply to all of your imported gasoline, or can you designate average or per gallon compliance parameters for each import facility?

  See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Importers must use the same per gallon or average designations for all reformulated gasoline imported each year, regardless of where that reformulated gasoline is imported.(7/1/94) This question and answer was originally posted at Consolidated List of Reformulated Gasoline…

  • Last published: August 2, 2024

• With regard to the record keeping requirement for test results, please clarify the document which must be kept.

  See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Section 80.74(a)(2)(iii) requires any regulated party who samples and tests reformulated gasoline or RBOB to maintain records containing the results of the tests. The headnotes of § 80.74 specifies that the record keeping period is five years from…

  • Last published: August 2, 2024

• In what form should independent laboratories report batch test results?

  See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Independent laboratories should use the same reporting forms and EDI formats used by regulated parties for reporting on batch test results. They will not need to report designations for each batch or the results of emissions calculations.(7/1/94) This…

  • Last published: August 2, 2024

• Are there different reporting requirements for refiners, importers and oxygenate blenders?

  See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Yes. See § 80.75 of the regulations.(7/1/94) This question and answer was originally 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…

  • Last published: August 2, 2024

• I have not seen a reference to the EPA CDX system. Is the CDX system already established or can we submit reports in our choice of electronic formats?

  See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The Central Data Exchange (CDX) is an established portal through which electronic data are submitted. All registered parties will have to first register with CDX in order to receive a CDX registration number. More information may be found…

  • Last published: August 2, 2024

• Should actual measured values be used for compliance calculations even when they are below those negligible limit values used in the baseline? For example, if a sulfur content of 10 ppm is measured in a batch of finished gasoline, should 10 ppm be used fo

  See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The measured values must be reported on the batch reports and used for compliance calculations. (4/18/95) This question and answer was originally posted at Consolidated List of Reformulated Gasoline and Anti-Dumping Questions and Answers: July 1, 1994 through…

  • Last published: August 5, 2024

• What is the key question EPA tries to answer through a site investigation?
  
  

  Findings of the site investigation determine what hazardous substances may be present, whether they may be released to the environment, and any potential threat to human health. Information about the site that is collected in the preliminary assessment and site investigation phase helps EPA to evaluate the risks posed by…

  • Last published: March 4, 2024