INSPECTED BY:RFG SURVEY INSPECTION REASON:RANDOM INSPECTION DATE: 7/17/99 FFIF #:SW RFGS 8380 NO. OF VIOLATIONS: 1 ON JULY 17, 1999, AN RFG SURVEY INSPECTIONWAS CONDUCTED AT G ETTY STATION #70,A RETAILER IN WEST ISLIP, NEW YORK WHICH I S A COVERED AREA UNDER THE RFG PROGRAM.EPA LABORATORY ANALY SIS OF THE SURVEY SAMPLE SHOWED A VIOLATION(SW RFGS 8380 4. 16% VOC REDUCTION -- STD=13.1%). THIS CASE WAS UNUSUAL IN TH AT THE RETAIL SAMPLE CONTAINED 1.59% ETHANOL AND 9.58% MTBE WHICH ARE PROHIBITED UNDER THE RFG REGS FROM BEING MIXED DUR ING THE VOC SEASON.A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION BY EPA'S CONTRA CT INSPECTOR CONCLUDED THAT THE ETHANOL,WHICH IS USED ONLY IN THE WINTER IN NEW YORK, WAS FLUSHED FROM A TANK AT THE EN D OF THE WINTER SEASON. THE TERMINALCONTRACTED TO CLEAN TH E TANK BY REMOVING THE ETHANOL IN MID-JULY BY AN ENVIRONMEN TAL CLEANING SERVICE, BUT APPROXIMATELY 2700 GALLONS OF ON JULY 17, 1999, AN RFG SURVEY INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTE D AT GETTY STATION #70, A RETAILER IN WEST ISLIP, NEW YORK W HICH IS A COVERED AREA UNDER THE RFG PROGRAM. EPA LABORATOR Y ANALYSIS OF THE SURVEY SAMPLE SHOWED A VIOLATION (SW RFGS 8380 4.16 % VOC REDUCTION - STD = 13.1%). THIS CASE WAS UNU SUAL IN THAT THE RETAIL SAMPLE CONTAINED 1.59 % ETHANOL AND 9.58 % MTBE WHICH ARE PROHIBITED UNDER