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The regulations require that an importer be registered 90 days before imports are received. Does this mean the company or the facility?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Both. If an importer chooses to register individual import facilities it must register them 90 days prior to shipping into them. However, an importer is only required to register its activities in each PADD (still 90 days in…
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The regulations state that, "other than when gasoline is sold or dispensed for use in motor vehicles at a retail outlet or wholesale purchaser-consumer facility," transfer documents must be exchanged with the requisite information. In many areas of the co
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . As you describe them, these cardlock facilities would be considered retail outlets for purposes of the product transfer document requirements.(10/31/94) This question and answer was posted at Consolidated List of Reformulated Gasoline and Anti-Dumping Questions and Answers: July…
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What is the final form of the batch identification number?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . A batch ID is made up of the 4 digit company ID, 5 digit facility ID, 2 digit reporting year, and the 6 digit batch number (e.g., CCCC-FFFFF-YY-BBBBBB).(7/1/94) This question and answer was originally posted at Consolidated List…
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If an obligated party (a refiner) imports non-denatured ethanol and denatures it, is the refiner considered a renewable fuel producer and is the refiner obligated to establish RIN numbers and file quarterly reports for the ethanol it denatures?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The party would be identified as a renewable fuel importer rather than a renewable fuel producer, and would need to establish RIN numbers and file reports required of an importer. The party in this example would also be…
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Should batch reports for blended gasoline be submitted by the facility at which gasoline is blended or the facility from which the blended gasoline is shipped?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The facility where blending occurs.(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, July 2003…
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In its discussion of Enforcement Test Tolerances, EPA states that if test results "show the product to be above the standard, then the product is in violation regardless of whether or not it is within the tolerance." Since this is, technically, a violatio
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Parties are expected to take corrective action when samples collected at locations downstream of the refinery or import facility exceed an applicable standard for a parameter plus the enforcement tolerance for that parameter. For example, if a distributor…
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How long will it take me to complete the forms?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The hours provided below are based on the average hours estimated from a selection of fuel and fuel additive manufacturers: Additive Manufacturer Annual Report ~1 hour Fuel Manufacturer Annual Report ~3 hours Fuel Manufacturer Quarterly Report ~3 hours
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My company currently sells distillate blendstocks. Can we continue to sell blendstocks given the new regulations?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Yes, you may continue to sell blendstocks. In addition, it would also be in your best interest, for defense purposes, to identify any product that you ship. Question and Answer was originally posted at Questions and Answers on…
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When reporting compliance parameters to EPA on the batch reports we are asked to report to a greater degree of precision than the regulations indicate for the standard. An example would be that the per-gallon oxygen content standard is supposed to be 2.0
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . You would be in compliance for the example described above. In order to determine compliance EPA will round all values to the appropriate decimal place for the applicable standard. If the digit immediately to the right of the…
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Is the Confidentiality Order still in effect?
Yes. The Order states that all settlement discussions and documents “shall be kept confidential both during and after the negotiations and not disclosed to third persons.” (Order at 1-2).
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What does the Confidentiality Order cover?
The Confidentiality Order applies to: All settlement discussions among and between the parties and any third parties. . .in settlement negotiations conducted pursuant to the Streamside Tailings Consent Decree settlement framework, as well as all documents prepared for settlement purposes or exchanged by the participants in such negotiations, shall be…
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Who is covered by the Confidentiality Order?
Atlantic Richfield Company, Butte-Silver Bow County, the United States, the State of Montana, (including the Department of Environmental Quality and the Natural Resource Damage Program), and any third parties who join them in settlement negotiations.
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Why are the potentially responsible parties at the site allowed to help design the cleanup plan?
EPA has a longstanding policy to pursue "enforcement first" throughout the Superfund cleanup process. Existing EPA guidance emphasizes that a major component of the "enforcement first" policy is that potentially responsible parties should conduct remedial actions whenever possible. Under the existing Consent Decree, the potentially responsible parties (PRPs) are required…
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If we send a report via EDI prior to the reporting deadline
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . If we send a report via EDI prior to the reporting deadline or the reporting deadline passes, and then (i.e. after the deadline has passed, but still within the five days EPA has allowed for its functional acknowledgement)…
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Can you identify absolute minimum data requirements and margin for auditor judgments to minimize petitions for deficient data?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . No. The amount of data that is sufficient to develop a baseline will depend on the individual case. The baseline auditor does have some flexibility in using their judgment to determine what is appropriate, but the rationale and…
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