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If an RBOB refiner elects to engage in a quality assurance program at the blender's blending facility per the terms of a contract with the blender, must the refiner sample and test the RBOB as it is received at the blender's facility? If so, how often mus

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The refiner's quality assurance sampling and testing, under § 80.69(a)(7) must be of the RFG produced at an oxygenate blending facility, and not of the RBOB. The rates for testing are specified in § 80.69(a)(7). With respect to when sampling and testing should be conducted, refer to § 80.69(e)(2)(i).(8/29/94)

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)

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If an RBOB refiner elects to engage in a quality assurance program at the blender's blending facility per the terms of a contract with the blender, must the refiner sample and test the RBOB as it is received at the blender's facility? If so, how often mus

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