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Does EPA consider it a conflict of interest for a third-party company to assist a group of renewable fuel producers and importers of renewable fuel to help meet the requirements of the re-registration and engineering review pursuant to section 80.1450?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. EPA does not restrict a renewable fuel producer or an importer of renewable fuel from seeking a third-party company to assist them in meeting the re-registration and engineering review requirements pursuant to section 80.1450. The renewable fuel producer and…
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If my fuel is already registered with the Fuels and Fuel Additives program under 40 CFR Part 79, do I still need to register with the RFS2 program under 40 CFR Part 80?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Yes. Even if your fuel or fuel additive is already registered under 40 CFR Part 79, there are additional registration requirements for parties regulated under the RFS2 program, as specified in 40 CFR 80.1450.
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Was Jatropha analyzed for this final rule and, if so, what D-code applies?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. The GHG emissions performance of a Jatropha-based pathway was not analyzed for the final rule because sufficient information was not available. Since EPA has not yet assigned a D code for this pathway, a producer cannot generate RINs for…
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How does the "active management" requirement in the definition of renewable biomass apply to land that changes status in the future?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. In RFS2, EPA has interpreted the EISA requirement that existing agricultural land be "cleared or cultivated at any time prior to [December 19, 2007] and actively managed or fallow and nonforested" to apply to land that existed as such…
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Please clarify whether oxygenates blended into either conventional gasoline or Reformulated Blendstock for Oxygenate Blending (RBOB) downstream of the refinery need to be included in sulfur compliance calculations.
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Section 80.205(c) provides that a refiner or importer may include oxygenates added downstream from the refinery or import facility if the requirements under § 80.69(a) or § 80.101(d)(4)(ii) of the RFG/CG regulations are met. Therefore, a refiner or importer…
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A refiner produces a batch of gasoline at its refinery. It collects a sample of the gasoline and conducts certification testing. The sulfur content test result is less than the 80 ppm refinery level standard. The gasoline is then moved to another tank wit
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. The downstream standard applies to samples of gasoline subsequent to movement of the gasoline from the tank in which certification sampling is conducted, even when these subsequent samples are collected within the refinery or import facility where the gasoline…
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While there is no renewable fuel obligation under the RFS2 program for the production or importation of conventional jet fuel, RINs can be generated for renewable jet fuel. Is that right?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. As described in 80.1407, only gasoline and diesel fuels produced or imported into the U.S. are subject to the renewable fuel standards. Thus, only gasoline and diesel fuel volumes produced or imported by an obligated party factor into their…
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I am a new company. How do I register with the EPA?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Directions for registering a new company can be found here: How to Register a New Company, Facility, or User for Part 80 Fuels Program.
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Which fuels require registration?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Under Part 79, manufacturers and importers of gasoline and diesel fuels for use in a motor vehicle or additives for such gasoline or diesel fuel are required to register them with the EPA prior to sale.
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Does an ethanol producer who sells undenatured ethanol to a U.S. importer who denatures it at the port need to register with EPA under RFS?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. The RFS regulations specify that foreign producers of ethanol for use in transportation fuel, heating oil or jet fuel for import to the US who do not add denaturant to their product, must register under RFS. See 80.1450(b) and…
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When do I get an EPA assigned fuel ID/additive ID?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. You will receive your assigned ID after registering your fuel and/or fuel additive with EPA.
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Am I required to register E15?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Yes. There are unique registration requirements for E15 fuel. See here for more information: E15 Fuel Registration.
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Do you have any updates on the status of EPA’s modeling of palm oil biodiesel?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. EPA is actively continuing its FRM evaluation of biodiesel produced from palm oil. We expect to complete that analysis within approximately 6 months, as stated in the preamble to the final rule. All currently available documents including meeting records…
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How long will the grandfathering provision be effective? Once a grandfathered producer registers and completes their engineering review, will their baseline volume ever need to meet the 20% GHG reduction requirement?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. If a facility meets the requirements for exemption from the 20% GHG reduction requirement pursuant to 40 CFR 80.1403(c ) or (d), then the baseline volume of renewable fuel produced by that facility is exempt from the 20% GHG…
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How will the volume of corn ethanol produced above the grandfathering threshold be treated?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. For grandfathered facilities, only the baseline volumes are exempt from the 20 percent GHG reduction requirement Thus, RINs may be generated for baseline volumes of fuel regardless of lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions performance. Volumes of fuel produced above the…
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How does a foreign grandfathered renewable fuel production facility processing a mixture of feedstocks with different D codes or no D codes classify its production into D code categories so RINs can be generated when the product is imported into the U.S.?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. If the importer is generating the RINs, the importer must obtain all the required information for registration from the foreign producer of the renewable fuel pursuant to 80.1426(a)(2) and 80.1450. In the case of a foreign producer using multiple…
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What is the requirement for submitting the engineering review?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. The engineering review must be submitted and accepted by EPA as part of a renewable fuel producer’s initial registration 60 days prior to the generation of RINs, whichever date comes later. Every 3 calendar years from the initial date…
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Can an engineering review on a facility with multiple fuel pathways be combined into one report?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Yes. The engineering review for a renewable fuel facility that contains multiple fuel pathways may be combined into one report. However, all information that is required to be reviewed and verified by the third party engineer conducting the engineering…
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Are engineering drawings and process and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs) required to be submitted as part of the engineering report?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Engineering drawings or P&IDs are not required to be submitted in the engineering report, but EPA suggests the third party engineer provide a simple diagram to help supplement the description of the process train for each renewable fuel pathway…
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Can a gallon of ethanol generate more than 1.0 RIN in RFS2?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. The number of RINs that can be generated for each gallon of renewable fuel are determined by the Equivalence Values. See 80.1415 and 80.1426(f)(2)-(6). Equivalence Values are based on energy content in the renewable fuel in comparison to ethanol…