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My firm is removing and replacing a furnace. The surface area of the old furnace exceeds six square feet. Does the RRP Rule apply to this activity?
The RRP Rule applies to modifications of an existing structure, or portions thereof, that result in the disturbance of painted surfaces. Fixtures such as furnaces, radiators and heating elements, as opposed to personal property, are part of existing structures for RRP purposes. In this case, if the surface coating of…
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My firm replaces garage doors. We unbolt the door from its hardware and remove it without penetrating, scraping, or removing paint. Is this work subject to the RRP Rule?
Answer: If unbolting and removing the door does not disturb a painted surface in the hinges, door, or frame, the Lead Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) Rule does not apply. For more information on what types of activities disturb paint, go to the following question: 23002-14867 . Question Number: 23002-19760…
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My firm was hired to scrape and repaint siding on a pre-1978 home. The siding is relatively new and was installed after 1978, but was nailed over top of the old lead-based exterior paint. Does the Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule apply?
Yes. The RRP Rule applies to a renovation in target housing unless it has been determined that the components affected by the renovation are free of paint or other surface coatings that contain lead equal to or in excess of 1.0 milligram per square centimeter (mg/cm2) or 0.5% by weight…
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What is a child-occupied facility?
A child-occupied facility is a building, or a portion of a building, constructed prior to 1978, visited regularly by the same child, under six years of age, on at least two different days within any week (Sunday through Saturday period), provided that each day's visit lasts at least three hours…
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When repainting rental housing, if the landlord supplies the paint and materials, and the tenant does the labor without receiving money, credit toward rent, or other compensation, does the RRP Rule apply?
No. The Lead Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) Rule only applies to renovations performed for compensation. Question Number: 23002-23856 Find a printable PDF copy of all frequent questions pertaining to lead .
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What is a studio apartment?
A studio apartment is an apartment in which the living area is not separated from the sleeping area. Question Number: 23002-22148 Find a printable PDF copy of all frequent questions pertaining to lead .
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When testing a property for the presence of lead prior to beginning a renovation using an EPA-recognized lead test kit, must I test every component affected by the renovation?
Answer: Yes. Because certified renovator training does not cover sampling protocols, certified renovators using EPA-recognized lead test kits or performing paint chip sampling to determine the applicability of the RRP Rule must test each and every component that will be affected in order to determine that the RRP Rule does…
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Do terminals need to register?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Terminals do not need to register. However, terminals that engage in activities that require registration must be registered. For example, if the terminal takes ownership of RINs, then it must be registered as a RIN owner. Question and…
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I will be making ethanol from both cellulosic feedstocks and corn in my plant. How do I know what Equivalence Value to use, and how do I assign RINs to batches?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The batches of each type of ethanol (cellulosic or corn) should be measured independently and precisely, according to the separate processes used to produce them in the plant. Once separate batch numbers are created and RINs are generated…
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Ethanol is imported on an undenatured basis. Do we assign the RINs to the denatured volume or the undenatured volume?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Denatured. See regulation Sections 80.1101(d)(3) and 80.1115(b)(2). Question and Answer was originally posted at: Questions and Answers on the Renewable Fuel Standard Program (PDF) (55 pp, 221 K, EPA420-F-07-041a, August 2007, About PDF )
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We are a producer of ethanol. If we have 10,000 gallons in inventory on September 1, 2007 and 25,000 came from our production facility A, 25,000 came from our production facility B, and the other 50,000 we own but received from various other producers, ho
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . As an ethanol producer or importer, you may assign RINs to the product you own on September 1, 2007. As far as how to handle the facility identification number fields in the RIN, you will want to consistently…
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What happens if a marketer sells a batch with one RIN to two different refiners? Can he divide the RIN? If so, how?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The basic unit of compliance in the RFS program is the gallon-RIN. However, for shorthand we allow multiple sequential gallon-RINs to be represented by a single batch-RIN through the appropriate designation of the start (SSSSSSSS) and end (EEEEEEEE)…
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Who is a renewable fuel producer? Will the EPA recognize ethanol marketing companies as producers? Can the term "producer" apply to a marketing company who represents various producing plants?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Renewable fuel producers are parties that produce renewable fuel (i.e. convert a renewable feedstock into a renewable fuel). RINs must be generated by the producer and assigned to renewable fuel by the time title to the renewable fuel…
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At our terminal, we transfer ownership of ethanol to our customers simultaneously with blending that ethanol into gasoline. Who owns the RINs?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . A RIN assigned to a volume of renewable fuel is separated by the party that owns that volume of renewable fuel at the time of blending. If a downstream customer is the owner of the volume of renewable…
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How does a marketer split RINs that go to downstream buyers (i.e. next owners like a refiner)?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Parties such as marketers that are required to transfer assigned RINs with renewable fuel are not required to align the number of gallon-RINs transferred with the number of gallons transferred for every transaction. Rather, the regulations require only…
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