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Is the Renewable Fuels Mandate in ethanol equivalent gallons?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The percentage standards applicable under RFS are intended to be met with ethanol-equivalent volumes of renewable fuel. As a result, a gallon of ethanol counts as one gallon of renewable fuel for purposes of compliance with the four…
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May batch numbers be used to identify petroleum products other than gasoline or gasoline blendstocks thereby causing gaps in the batch numbering sequence?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Yes. (7/1/94) This question and answer was originally posted at Consolidated List of Reformulated Gasoline and Anti-Dumping Questions and Answers: July 1, 1994 through November 10, 1997 (PDF) (333 pp, 18.17 MB, EPA420-R-03-009, July 2003, About PDF )
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When reporting compliance parameters to EPA on the batch reports we are asked to report to a greater degree of precision than the regulations indicate for the standard. An example would be that the per-gallon oxygen content standard is supposed to be 2.0
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . You would be in compliance for the example described above. In order to determine compliance EPA will round all values to the appropriate decimal place for the applicable standard. If the digit immediately to the right of the…
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How does a renewable fuel producer document that the MSW feedstock that they are using to produce cellulosic ethanol meets the definition of separated MSW as defined in Section 80.1426(f)(5)(i)(C )? How does the producer quantify the portion of the final
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The renewable fuel producer using separated MSW feedstock to produce renewable fuels such as cellulosic ethanol, cellulosic diesel, cellulosic naphtha, etc. must document that their feedstock meets the definition of separated municipal solid waste (MSW), which is "material…
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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 identification numbers assigned by EPA will…
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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…
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Does ethanol derived from cellulosic feedstock or sugar have the same Equivalence Value as ethanol derived form corn starch, i.e. 1.0?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Yes. Equivalence Values are based on energy content in the fuel, adjusted for renewable content in comparison to denatured ethanol. See 80.1415(c). Ethanol from starch, sugar, and cellulose is all chemically identical, and is all 100% renewable (none…
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What are the requirements for a foreign producer who wishes to generate RINs for the renewable fuel they produce?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Foreign producers who plan to generate RINs must register and conduct a third-party engineering review pursuant to section 80.1450. Additionally, such foreign producers must meet the requirements in section 80.1466 prior to generating any RINs for their fuel…
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Where can I find more information on biofuel subsidies?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . EPA does not issue biofuel subsidies. Please contact the IRS for more information on biofuel subsidies.
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Will an independent laboratory be issued an ID for the entire company or must it register each one of its laboratories individually?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . If an independent sampling and testing firm runs many laboratories but test results will be gathered at and reported to EPA from a single location, the firm may register once at that location. If, however, reporting will be…
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Table 1 in 80.1426 does not include a coal fired ethanol plant. If a coal fired plant can be demonstrated as "grandfathered-in," can we assume the ethanol produced will have a D code of 6?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Per 80.1403(c), all facilities (including coal-fired facilities) for which construction commenced prior to December 19, 2007 and which completed construction within 36 months without an 18 month hiatus in construction may qualify for grandfathered status regardless of the…
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According to the RFG and anti-dumping provisions, a regulated party must keep records for as long as 5 years. Can the original documents, such as bill of ladings, be transferred by a regulated party to micro fiche and allow the original records to be dest
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The regulations do not specify in what form records must be kept. A method of storage which faithfully reproduces records, like micro fiche recording, would be acceptable so long as means of referencing the information are kept on…
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What if pricing changes after the information has been reported to EMTS?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Parties will not be required to resubmit price information if it changes. The price information must be accurate rounded to the nearest cent (US Dollar) at the time the transactional information is sent to EMTS.
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If a transaction must be reversed for some reason, does the reversal have to track specific RINs or will fungible RINs work? How is this reported?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The original transaction (involving the specific RINs) should be nullified and, if already reported to EPA, corrected reports should be submitted. If discovered prior to being reported to EPA, then all associated records must be corrected. If a…
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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…
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