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• By our reading of the regulations, the only reporting required of the oxygenate blender who elects to comply with the oxygen standard on a per gallon basis is a yearly report due the last day of February of each year (beginning in 1996) that states the total volume of RFG produced along with the certification statement. Is our interpretation correct? Are we correct in assuming that batch numbers and individual batch data are not required as part of the report?

  See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Your interpretation is correct. (10/31/94) This question and answer was originally posted at

  • Last published: May 21, 2025

• 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 owner of…

  • Last published: October 16, 2025

• 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 account for this shipment under recordkeeping and averaging requirements (assuming the refinery is averaging), based on the scenario outlined in Question 14?
  

  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 often define a "batch" of in-line blended…

  • Last published: November 6, 2025

• How should a party producing reformulated gasoline or RBOB make the designation of per gallon or average for the appropriate fuel parameters?

  See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . If filing by paper, the party should submit the Annual Compliance Designation with its first quarter batch reports. If filing electronically, the first batch report transmitted must include the designations which will apply to each subsequent batch for…

  • Last published: June 2, 2025

• Regulation Section 80.1131(b)(4) states that, in the event that the same RIN is transferred to two or more parties, "all such RINs will be deemed to be invalid, unless EPA in its sole discretion determines that some portion of these RINS is valid." What’s the process to determine if a portion of RINs are valid?

  See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . In many circumstances, EPA will be able to determine whether any of the RINs (or particular gallon-RINs within a batch-RIN) are valid from the information submitted to EPA in the RIN generation and transaction reports. Through these reports…

  • Last published: June 3, 2025

• What should I do if I am concerned about my family's exposure to lead?

  Answer : A blood lead test is the best way to find out whether you or a family member has been exposed to lead. Call your doctor or local health department to arrange for a blood lead test. You can protect your family every day by: Regularly cleaning floors, window…

  • Last published: January 21, 2026

• What are some of the health effects of lead in children?

  Answer : Lead is especially dangerous to children under six years of age. Even low levels of lead in the blood have been shown to reduce children’s IQ, ability to pay attention, and academic achievement and children who appear healthy can have dangerous levels of lead in their bodies. To…

  • Last published: January 21, 2026

• Many refiners currently make a jet fuel meeting <500 ppm requirements. If refiners make a jet fuel meeting 15 ppm requirements, there may be compatibility (safety or performance) issues for jet engine manufacturers. Have these manufacturers been consulted in this rulemaking process? If so, what is their position on use of 15 ppm jet fuel?

  See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The highway and nonroad diesel programs do not require that refiners produce 15 ppm sulfur jet fuel and do not set sulfur limits for jet fuel that is not designated as motor vehicle diesel fuel. This would be…

  • Last published: May 21, 2025

• Will refiners produce No. 1 diesel fuel at 15 ppm sulfur? What other cold weather-gelling strategies are available to the end-user?

  See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Yes, some refiners will produce No. 1 diesel fuel. There are also various other cold-flow improver additives currently on the market as well. Question and Answer was originally posted at Questions and Answers on the Clean Diesel Fuel…

  • Last published: May 28, 2025

• A tank truck common carrier picks up a load of ULSD at a Shell terminal and delivers it to a Flying J truck stop. The carrier only provides a transportation service, does that carrier have any registration or reporting duties?

  See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . No, the carrier does not have registration or reporting duties as long as taxes were assessed (in the case of highway fuel) or dye was added (in the case of NRLM) at the terminal. There are recordkeeping and…

  • Last published: July 23, 2025

• What is Lead?

  Answer : Lead is a toxic metal that was used for many years in products found in and around our homes. Lead also can be emitted into the air from motor vehicles and industrial sources, and lead can enter drinking water from plumbing materials. Lead-based paint is present in many…

  • Last published: October 28, 2025

• What information can I get about lead-based paint in a home before I buy or rent it?   

  Answer : Many houses and apartments built before 1978 have some lead-based paint. Lead from paint chips, and dust can pose serious health hazards if not taken care of properly. Homebuyers and renters of most pre-1978 private, public, federally owned housing, and housing receiving federal assistance have the right to…

  • Last published: January 21, 2026

• I thought lead-based paint had been phased out. How many homes still contain lead-based paint?

  Answer : The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) American Healthy Homes Survey II estimated that 34.6 million homes (29.4% of all housing units) in the United States contain lead-based paint that was applied before the residential use of lead-based paint was banned in 1978. "Housing units" include single-family…

  • Last published: January 21, 2026

• If a terminal imports off-spec kerosene (higher than 15 ppm), terminal operators are planning to blend the kerosene with diesel fuel so that the ultimate diesel fuel leaving the terminal gate and entering into commerce meets the 15 ppm standard. Would EPA please confirm that this process is permissible for an importer?

  See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The regulations at § 80.525(d) state that kerosene that a kerosene blender adds, or intends to add, to motor vehicle diesel fuel subject to the 15 ppm sulfur standard must meet the 15 ppm sulfur standard. Section 80.521(b)…

  • Last published: May 20, 2025

• What is EPA's intent on requiring the location of off-site records on the facility registration?

  See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . EPA needs to know where records are stored so that EPA inspectors may inspect those records. If a facility keeps some or all of its records off-site EPA needs to know the address of the primary off-site storage…

  • Last published: May 22, 2025