Search Frequent Questions
Filter By:
- Air Emissions Inventories Total results: 34
- Asbestos Total results: 141
- Butte Area/Silver Bow Creek Total results: 17
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) Total results: 33
- East Palestine, Ohio Train Derailment Total results: 148
- Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Total results: 301
-
Fuel Program
Total results: 693
- Registration Total results: 9
- Diesel Sulfur Program Total results: 7
- E15 comments Total results: 1
- Fuels and Fuel Additives (FFARs) Total results: 2
- Gasoline Sulfur Program Total results: 17
- Other Total results: 6
- Reformulated Gasoline and Anti-Dumping Total results: 431
- Registration and Reporting under 40 CFR 79 Total results: 19
- Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS1) Total results: 67
- Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2) Total results: 111
- Reporting Total results: 22
- Great Lakes Funding Total results: 92
- Lead Total results: 401
- MOVES Total results: 57
- Norwood Landfill Site Total results: 30
- Oil Regulations Total results: 96
- Permitting Under the Clean Air Act Total results: 19
- Radiation Total results: 1
-
Risk Management Program (RMP)
Total results: 285
- RMP*Comp Total results: 7
- Applicability/General Duty Clause Total results: 69
- Emergency Response Total results: 6
- Five-Year Accident History Total results: 16
- Offsite Consequence Analysis (OCA) Total results: 57
- Other Risk Management Programs Total results: 35
- Plan Preparation and Submission Total results: 49
- Prevention Program Total results: 30
- Program Levels Total results: 16
- Southeast Minnesota Groundwater Total results: 11
Displaying 1 - 15 of 25 results
-
Redoing calculations if RMP*Comp is updated
Will RMP*Comp be updated? If so, would I have to redo calculations I might already have made with an earlier version? No, you do not have to redo your work if you have already completed your consequence analyses. RMP*Comp is based on the EPA's Offsite Consequence Analysis Guidance (OCA Guidance)…
- Last published:
-
Different distances to toxic endpoints with different versions of RMP*Comp
I've noticed that for certain chemicals, RMP*Comp gives substantially different distances to the toxic endpoint than previous versions. Why? In the current version of RMP*Comp, we have incorporated new chemical-specific distance tables for ammonia, chlorine, and sulfur dioxide. The generic tables are still used for other chemicals (you can see…
- Last published:
-
Distance to endpoint calculations used by RMP*Comp
Does RMP*Comp perform some math or modelling in order to arrive at an endpoint distance, or is it simply interpolating from the tables in the EPA's Offsite Consequence Analysis Guidance (OCA Guidance)? RMP*Comp follows the procedures set out in the OCA Guidance . This means that for some scenarios, the…
- Last published:
-
How do I Obtain the Populations for Each of the MOVES Source Types?
See More Frequent Questions about MOVES and Related Models . To output vehicle populations, when setting up your RunSpec select the "Inventory" calculation type from the Scale panel and the "Population" activity option from the General Output panel of the MOVES GUI. The movesactivityoutput table in your MOVES output database…
- Last published:
-
How are Counties Mapped to Fuel Regions in MOVES? How Can I Substitute Alternate Fuel Formulations?
See More Frequent Questions about MOVES and Related Models . The RegionCounty table in the MOVES default database maps each county to a MOVES fuel region (defined by regionCodeID). If you are conducting a County or Project Scale Run, you do not need to modify this table to use alternate…
- Last published:
-
In a situation where an importer leases tankage from another company, e.g., from a for-hire terminal, who must register such import facility, the company that owns the terminal, the importer that leases the tankage, or both?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Under § 80.2(r), an importer is defined as "a person who imports gasoline or gasoline blending stocks or components from a foreign country into the United States...." Accordingly, it is the importer of the gasoline, and not the…
- Last published:
-
If my fuel is already registered with the Fuels and Fuel Additives program under 40 CFR Part 79, do I still need to register with the RFS2 program under 40 CFR Part 80?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Yes. Even if your fuel or fuel additive is already registered under 40 CFR Part 79, there are additional registration requirements for parties regulated under the RFS2 program, as specified in 40 CFR 80.1450.
- Last published:
-
Once I register my fuel for the RFS2 program under §80.1450, do I still need to register my fuel under 40 CFR Part 79?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Yes. Renewable fuels intended for use or used in motor vehicles are required to be registered under 40 CFR part 79 prior to any introduction into commerce. Manufacturers of renewable fuels and fuel additives not registered under part…
- Last published:
-
How does the Fuel Wizard Determine which Fuel Formulations to Modify?
See More Frequent Questions about MOVES and Related Models . The Fuel Wizard only works on fuel formulations that are in your county database (CDB) and it "edits" them to comply with the alterations you provide. If you wish to create a set of alternate fuels, you will need to…
- Last published:
-
Where Does EPA Obtain Default Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)?
See More Frequent Questions about MOVES and Related Models . MOVES gets default national vehicle miles traveled (VMT) values from the Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS) of the Federal Highway Administration, which collects VMT information from every state. Although this is a good source of consistent total VMT information, the…
- Last published:
-
How Do I Create my Own I/M Program Input Table Using the "Create Template" Option?
See More Frequent Questions about MOVES and Related Models . If you already have an I/M program in your area, you should always begin by exporting the default I/M program in MOVES, reviewing it, making any changes to the default program, and re-importing it, rather than trying to fill a…
- Last published:
-
Where Can I Find Default HPMSBaseYearVMT Values for a Specific County?
See More Frequent Questions about MOVES and Related Models . MOVES does calculate default values for VMT for each calendar year for each county. Since these values are calculated, they are not found in any table in the default database. If you wish to obtain the default estimates, you will…
- Last published:
-
Why Does the "hourvmtfraction" Table in the MOVES Default Database Include Fractions for roadTypeID 1 (off-network)?
See More Frequent Questions about MOVES and Related Models . The original concept for MOVES assumed that there would be some vehicle miles traveled (VMT) not accounted for in the other four road types. This remaining VMT would be accounted for in roadTypeID=1. As the model developed, it was decided…
- Last published:
-
Can Programs Other Than Microsoft Excel be Used to Edit Input Database Files?
See More Frequent Questions about MOVES and Related Models . Yes. In addition to MS Excel files, in the County Data Manager/Project Data Manager, MOVES can read in other file types using ASCII text and comma separated variables.
- Last published:
-
Does EPA consider it a conflict of interest for a third-party company to assist a group of renewable fuel producers and importers of renewable fuel to help meet the requirements of the re-registration and engineering review pursuant to section 80.1450?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . EPA does not restrict a renewable fuel producer or an importer of renewable fuel from seeking a third-party company to assist them in meeting the re-registration and engineering review requirements pursuant to section 80.1450. The renewable fuel producer…
- Last published: