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Confirm that an RFG property measured from a sample collected during an EPA inspection is in technical violation if that property exceeds an applicable standard, but that no enforcement action will be brought by EPA unless the property exceeded the standa

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As stated in the preamble to the RFG final rule, at 59 FR 7764 (February 16, 1994), EPA will not initiate an enforcement action on the basis of a test result from a gasoline sample collected at a facility downstream of the refinery or import facility, unless the test result exceeds the standard for a regulated parameter plus the enforcement tolerance for that parameter.(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)