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Who Must Report

Use the interactive table to identify reporting requirements under the Fuels program. Each reporting requirement provides links to reporting instructions, deadlines and IT system user roles and guides.

Regulated Parties

Biogas producer means any person who owns, leases, operates, controls, or supervises a biogas production facility.

Biointermediate producer or importer means any person who owns, leases, operates, controls, or supervises a biointermediate production or import facility.

Certified butane blender means a blending manufacturer that produces gasoline by blending certified butane into PCG and that uses the provisions of § 1090.1320(b) to meet the applicable sampling and testing requirements.

Certified pentane blender means a blending manufacturer that produces gasoline by blending certified pentane into PCG and that uses the provisions of § 1090.1320 to meet the applicable sampling and testing requirements.

Certified pentane producer means a regulated blendstock producer that certifies pentane as meeting the requirements in § 1090.255.

Diesel fuel manufacturer means a fuel manufacturer that owns, leases, operates, controls, or supervises a fuel manufacturing facility where diesel fuel is produced or imported.

Fuel additive manufacturer means any person who owns, leases, operates, controls, or supervises a facility where fuel additives are produced or imported into the United States.

Fuel manufacturer means any person who owns, leases, operates, controls, or supervises a fuel manufacturing facility. Fuel manufacturers include refiners, importers, blending manufacturers, and transmix processors.

Gasoline manufacturer means a fuel manufacturer that owns, leases, operates, controls, or supervises a fuel manufacturing facility where gasoline is produced, imported, or recertified.

Independent third-party auditor means a party meeting the requirements of § 80.1471(b) that conducts QAP audits and verifies RINs, biointermediates, or biogas.

Independent surveyor means any person who meets the independence requirements in § 1090.55 and conducts a survey under subpart O of 40 CFR part 1090.

Obligated party means any refiner that produces gasoline or diesel fuel within the covered location, or any importer that imports gasoline or diesel fuel into the covered location, during a compliance period. A party that simply blends renewable fuel into gasoline or diesel fuel, as specified in § 80.1407(c) or (e), is not an obligated party.

Oxygenate producer means any person who produces or imports oxygenate for gasoline in the United States, or any person who owns, leases, operates, controls, or supervises an oxygenate production or import facility in the United States.

RIN generator means any party allowed to generate RINs.

RNG Producer or Importer means any person who owns, leases, operates, controls, or supervises an RNG production facility or who imports RNG into the covered location and generates RINs for the RNG.

RNG RIN separator means any person registered to separate RINs for RNG.

Transmix processor means any person who owns, leases, operates, controls, or supervises a transmix processing facility. A transmix processor is a fuel manufacturer.

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Last updated on September 25, 2025
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