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Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help

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E15 and Fuels & Fuel Additives (FFARs)

  • If I certify a nonroad flexible-fuel engine under 40 CFR Part 1054, are owners and operators prohibited from using gasoline-ethanol blended fuels containing greater than 10 volume percent ethanol under 80.1504(a)(1) in my nonroad flexible-fuel engine?


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Diesel Sulfur Program

  • My company currently sells distillate blendstocks. Can we continue to sell blendstocks given the new regulations?

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


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Gasoline Sulfur Program

  • Why are credits and allotments expressed in ppm-gallons and not in ppm-barrels, since barrels or thousand barrels are the commercial units used by refiners?

  • Section 80.46(a) was amended by the rule to require the use of ASTM D-3246 to determine the sulfur content of butane. Many refiners and butane suppliers do not currently use that method. Requiring a new method prior to the 2004 effective date of the gasol

  • 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


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Other

  • 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.

  • It is our understanding that, if a portion of the gasoline produced by a refinery located within the GPA is sold outside of the United States, that gasoline is not subject to the sulfur standards and it only has to meet the standards of the country to whi

  • Is corn oil extracted from distiller?s grains and solubles (DGS) eligible for RINs under RFS2?


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Reformulated Gasoline & Anti-Dumping

  • How can a distributor meet the defense elements in the case of gasoline that is obtained from another distributor's terminal through an exchange agreement?

  • What options for meeting the importer requirements are available to an importer who imports gasoline into the United States by truck? How does such an importer meet the every-batch sampling and testing requirements, since every truck (or truck compartment

  • Where are the product transfer documents requirements found in the RFG regulations and what do they require?


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Registration

  • If an importer is unsure of what terminals might be involved in importing gasoline (RFG or conventional), may importers register more terminals than might be used?

  • Will common carriers be required to register their transport trucks as oxygenate blending facilities?

  • In a situation where an importer leases tankage from another company, e.g., from a for-hire terminal, who must register such import facility, the company that owns the terminal, the importer that leases the tankage, or both?

  • If an importer registers in a PADD, may the importer use a starting point other than zero, within the range of valid batch numbers, for generating the sequential batch numbers at each of its import facilities?


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Reporting

  • I haven't seen a reference to the EPA CDX system. Is the CDX system already established or can we submit reports in our choice of electronic formats?

  • What is the process to retire a RIN? Is this a reporting function that is done with the EPA?

  • When you make the annual designation as an importer does it apply to all of your imported gasoline, or can you designate average or per gallon compliance parameters for each import facility?


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Registration & Reporting under 40 CFR 79

  • We are a marketer of ethanol products. Sometimes personnel at ethanol plants make mistakes as to the number of gallons being loaded or produced. How do we "recall" erroneous RINs if the number of gallons we receive exceeds the number of RINs?

  • Am I required to register biodiesel? How would I do that?

  • How do I register renewable diesel?

  • I am no longer producing a particular fuel or fuel additive. How do I deactivate the registration?

  • I recently began producing a new fuel/fuel additive that was not previously reported. How soon do I need to report it?

  • How do I notify EPA if I have changed some of the components of my fuel and/or fuel additive?

  • Where can I find the public list of registered fuels and fuel additives?


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Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS1)

  • Does regulation Section 80.1128(a)(4) allow a marketer to change the K code from 1 to 2 and then not transfer the RIN with the renewable fuel as long as he sells the RINs to anyone by the end of the quarter?

  • When is a RIN generated for ethanol that is imported into the U.S.?

  • No Equivalence Value was provided for ETBE. What value do I use for generating RINs for ETBE?


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Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2)

  • How do I find a listing of all obligated parties pertaining to the new RFS2 Program?

  • Will current canola based biodiesel production fall under the grandfathering provisions of the RFS2 regulations?

  • For a transfer in ownership of a volume of renewable fuel, may a party include the applicable product transfer document (PTD) language required at §80.1453(a)(12) on an accompanying PTD for RINs assigned to that renewable fuel as described in §80.1453(a

  • Where can I find more information on biofuel subsidies?


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Last updated on September 6, 2024
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