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Question 14, Section VI.C., of the July 1, 1994 Question and Answer Document provides an example of the creation and addition of two different batches to form a composite mixture. All or a portion of this composite is shipped as RFG. How will the refinery
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Question 14 relates to in-line blending operations that have petitioned EPA for and received an exemption from the independent sampling and testing requirements of the RFG regulations. In such petitions, refiners
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The batch report requires reporting the volume percent for six oxygenates -methanol, MTBE, ethanol, ETBE, TAME and t-butanol. If a refiner or oxygenate blender uses MTBE or ethanol as an oxygenate, and does not include in its calculation of oxygen weight
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Trace amounts of oxygenates that may be present in MTBE or ethanol do not have to be reported. However, where a refiner reports total oxygen weight percent that includes MTBE or ethanol plus other oxygenates in
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What will constitute a valid electronic signature for electronic submission of reports to EPA?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. EPA will require that each party who wants to report electronically must sign an agreement that the use of electronic reporting methods will be considered equivalent to paper methods and that personal
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What is the definition of a responsible corporate officer (RCO) who is required to certify some of the submissions involved?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Under § 80.75(n), reports to EPA must be signed and certified as correct by the owner or a responsible corporate officer of the refiner, importer, or oxygenate blender. "Owner" means the person who is the principal
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Are there regulations that require sampling and testing by each facility, or do you just need a sampling and testing program to establish a defense?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. In general, the only parties that must sample and test are refiners and importers; under § 80.581, they must sample and test each batch of motor vehicle or NRLM fuel subject to the 15 ppm sulfur standard that is
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ASTM and ISO frequently update their test methods; must an EPA approved method be resubmitted to the EPA for approval if the modifications to the test methods (that are made by ASTM and ISO) are minor and have no significant impact on the accuracy and pre
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. All EPA approvals are specific not only to a given test method and laboratory, but also to a particular version of that test method. Thus, if ASTM or ISO released a revised version of a test method, any EPA
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ASTM updates test methods every five years. Will EPA issue a ruling that will allow the latest (most up to date) version?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. The nonroad diesel rule contains a performance-based provision specifically for diesel sulfur that allows the use of any diesel sulfur test method that meets certain criteria for accuracy and precision. Under this
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If you have a spill, does the K code change to 2 for the spilled volume?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. No, the K code is not changed as the result of a spill. (Refer to section 80.1132 of the regulation regarding retirement of RINs due to a spill.) Question and Answer was originally posted at: Questions and Answers
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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
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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
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Under what conditions might a renewable fuel produced under an approved pathway in the RFS regulations qualify for use in Navy applications?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Background: The U.S. Navy is seeking to blend biofuels with fossil-based fuels, such as F-76 fuel, which are often used in Navy marine vessels. The Navy asked EPA for guidance on whether such biofuels would be
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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
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If I produce biodiesel using waste vegetable oil, can I generate more RINs per gallon than if I use virgin soy oil? Would the use of solar panels as a heat source for our process help with our RIN number per gallon?
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 is determined by the Equivalence Values. See regulations at 80.1415(b) and 8.1426(f)(2)(i), for example. Equivalence Values are based on
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Is it required that the professional engineer conducting the engineering review must be licensed in the state in which the renewable fuel facility is located?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. The licensed professional engineer should comply with the state laws where the renewable fuel facility is located to determine whether or not their license allows them to conduct business in that state.
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In filing company and facility registrations, if a parent corporation has several subsidiary corporations it desires to register and report to EPA under one company ID number, would it be permissible to register all of the facilities operated by the subsi
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. In this situation the parent corporation should register for a company ID # and facilities operated by the subsidiary corporations should be registered as separate facilities but under the parent corporation's
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