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• Criteria for oil production facilities to be qualified facilities

  Qualified facilities are eligible for streamlined regulatory requirements in 40 CFR §112.6, which include self-certification of SPCC Plans. What criteria do oil production facilities have to meet in order to be considered qualified facilities? Oil production facilities, like all other facilities, must meet the criteria in §112.3(g)(1) or (2) to…

  • Last published: March 7, 2024

• Why is the sentence incomplete on page 34 In the section about collaboration?

  Thank you for bringing this to our attention. It appears there was an issue converting the document to a PDF. The missing text will be reflected in a modification to the RFA which will be posted to grants.gov and the EPA's RFA website as soon as possible.

  • Last published: March 29, 2024

• All I do is produce corn ethanol and sell it all to X Company, which is an ethanol marketer. Do I have to do anything, or can X Company generate the RINs for me?

  See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Each producer of renewable fuel is responsible for generating the RINs that represent that renewable fuel. This function cannot be delegated or assigned to any other party, including a party to whom a producer sells its product. Question…

  • Last published: July 24, 2024

• If blenders either opt not to trade or are not allowed to trade, who will be responsible for tracking these RINs through the system?

  See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The blender must submit quarterly RIN transaction reports to EPA that will document all RIN transactions, including RIN purchases, RIN sales, and expired RINs. RINs that are reported purchased and thereafter are not sold will be identifiable through…

  • Last published: August 2, 2024

• Prior to the RFS rule, industry has used an equation for standardization of ethanol volumes that carries the correction factor out to 5 digits rather than 7 digits as in the formula given in the RFS rule at 80.1126(d)(7)(i). Will use of the equation curre

  See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Because the difference between the five-digit and seven-digit factors is extremely small, regulated parties may find that it makes no practical difference whether they use the shorter factor for batches of a certain size . If it makes…

  • Last published: August 2, 2024

• We are considering developing a PTD that lists ethanol and denaturant as separate items being transferred. RINs would be generated for the entire volume of denatured ethanol. If, for example, we transfer 950 gallons of ethanol and 50 gallons of denaturant

  See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The RINS should not be split between ethanol and denaturant. Section 80.1153(a) of the RFS rule refers to "the volume of renewable fuel that is being transferred" as necessary information for PTDs. Denatured ethanol is the "renewable fuel"…

  • Last published: August 2, 2024

• If a specific refinery is the producer of renewable diesel, I assume they need a facility ID number, but we can use the RINs for aggregate company compliance.

  See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Yes. The facility ID number is used to generate the RIN, but the RIN can be separated and used for compliance on a company-wide aggregate basis, subject to any applicable restrictions in the regulations such as regulation Sections…

  • Last published: August 2, 2024

• A tank of ethanol has become contaminated and must be disposed of. How would we treat this situation for RIN reporting under the RFS program?

  See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The RFS regulation envisions various scenarios under which RINs might be retired. The reporting section in the regulation names a few examples: retirement in satisfaction of enforcement action, spill, and use in a boiler or heater. We recognize…

  • Last published: August 2, 2024

• What metering system does the plant use to measure gallons? Is it a production meter, a load-out meter, etc.?

  See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . EPA regulations provide flexibility in terms of the specific mechanisms through which producers and importers measure volumes for purposes of generating RINs. However, the approach should ensure that gallons are neither systematically ignored nor systematically double-counted. Also, approaches…

  • Last published: August 2, 2024

• Who reports expired RINs?

  See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Every party must report RINs owned that have expired as of the end of the fourth quarter of each year. This report is due on February 28 of the following year and will identify RINs that expired in…

  • Last published: August 2, 2024

• If I am registered for the RFS program, do I have to receive RINs with the renewable fuel I purchase?

  See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Being registered for the RFS program does not mean that a party must receive RINs with the renewable fuel they purchase. Being registered for the RFS program means that a party is eligible under the regulations to receive…

  • Last published: August 2, 2024

• Will ethanol and biodiesel plants have to track the RIN all the way to the refiner, or just to the next owner of the renewable fuel?

  See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Refer to the response to Question 3.3. Each party that owns assigned or unassigned RINs, including an ethanol or biodiesel production plant, is required only to keep records of and report transfers of ownership of those RINs its…

  • Last published: August 2, 2024

• If a party buys a batch of ethanol, and through testing determines that the ethanol is synthetic (non-renewable), what happens to the RINs?

  See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . If a volume of renewable fuel for which RINs have been generated is found to not be a valid renewable fuel under the RFS program, then the associated RINs are likewise deemed invalid. See regulation Section 80.1131. If…

  • Last published: August 2, 2024

• 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…

  • Last published: August 2, 2024

• Can a producer aggregate multiple shipments into a single batch up to a threshold quantity as long as the batch is within one calendar month?

  See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Yes. In the context of generating RINs and specifying the BBBBB code, producers and importers have the option to define a batch as being comprised of several discreet shipments within a calendar month, so long as the total…

  • Last published: August 2, 2024