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Are there any temperature requirements for the shipping of samples?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . No.(7/1/94) This question and answer was 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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How should refiners use blending records for oxygenate parameters when distillation is nonlinear?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . In this situation, it may be necessary to do further testing with the same oxygenates and similar hydrocarbon blendstocks to determine the blending effects.(7/1/94) This question and answer was posted at Consolidated List of Reformulated Gasoline and Anti-Dumping…
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Are sampling requirements based on 50% of volume or on one-half of the number of batches?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Sampling requirements are based on the number of batches, not the volume, over a minimum of six months.(7/1/94) This question and answer was posted at Consolidated List of Reformulated Gasoline and Anti-Dumping Questions and Answers: July 1, 1994…
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We are an association. Many of our members are blenders who are small and who find the attest engagement (audit) requirement difficult and expensive to comply with. We would like to engage a CPA who would be able to perform the required review of our memb
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . We believe it may be appropriate for individual blenders to pay for CPA services through their association and recognize that this may result in a cost savings to them. Section 80.125(a), which is referenced by 80.1164, says: "Any…
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Will current canola based biodiesel production fall under the grandfathering provisions of the RFS2 regulations?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Biodiesel facilities may qualify for the exemption under 80.1403(c) from the requirement that renewable fuels achieve a minimum 20% GHG reduction as compared to baseline fuels if they "commenced construction" prior to the date of enactment of EISA…
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Who is the transferee in a custody transfer where the owner of the receiving tank/truck/barge is different than the operator (scheduler) of the tank/truck/barge, who may also be different from the company that provides the employees of the site? Can a com
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Regarding transfers of custody, PTDs are intended to be given to the person physically taking custody of the product. Where multiple parties are involved in a physical transfer of the product, and the transferor does not know the…
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What is the operational tolerance for denaturant in ethanol to meet the definition of Renewable Fuel? The RFS2 definition calls for a maximum of 2% denaturant. What if the lab results come back higher or lower than 2%? For example, what if the lab results
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The definition of renewable fuel in 80.1401 specifies that the maximum amount of denaturant in ethanol that can be treated as renewable fuel is 2 volume percent. If lab results indicate that the concentration of denaturant is higher…
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The following is a two-part question: a. We are a petroleum refiner and recognize that we are an obligated party under the regulation. We are considering importing ethanol that has not been denatured. We will hold title to the un-denatured ethanol. Title
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . A. Un-denatured ethanol is not a renewable fuel. See 80.1101(d)(3). Under the described scenario, the party to whom custody is transferred and who denatures the ethanol would be producer of the renewable fuel. B. Under the described scenario…
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Where a company is both an obligated party and an importer of renewable fuel, the company will generate RINs in its importer capacity and separate the RINs from the volume of imported fuel in its capacity as an obligated party. Is this activity considered
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . No transaction report is required for internal company transfers as all RINs are owned at the corporate level. The company would submit a RIN generation report for the RINs it generated for the imported renewable fuel and a…
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When is a RIN generated for ethanol that is imported into the U.S.?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Ethanol imported for use as motor vehicle fuel would typically be downloaded from a ship into on-shore tankage and then denatured. (Ethanol shipped to the United States from other countries is not typically denatured prior to or during…
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Will a foreign refiner or blender, or an importer of RFG produced overseas, be given some kind of credit for plant emissions outside the United States?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . No. The RFG regulations do not extend to foreign refineries.(8/29/94) This question and answer was 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…
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We are importers who import ethanol without denaturant, but with the intent to use it as motor fuel. When the RIN is generated, we maintain ownership of the ethanol, but we do not have custody and we do not add the denaturant. Would we include our company
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The owner of the denaturing facility would not necessarily be a registered party under the regulations. The company and facility IDs of the importing party who owns the renewable fuel at the time a RIN is generated (based…
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Will current canola based biodiesel production fall under the grandfathering provisions of the RFS2 regulations?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Biodiesel facilities may qualify for the exemption under 80.1403(c) from the requirement that renewable fuels achieve a minimum 20% GHG reduction as compared to baseline fuels if they "commenced construction" prior to the date of enactment of EISA…
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I am an ethanol marketer and importer, and, although I am not certain, I may import gasoline before the end of the compliance year. Can I separate RINs from the ethanol that I purchase and import?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . In general, we believe that most RFS program participants will know at the beginning of the compliance year the nature of their business activities for the upcoming compliance period, and therefore will not need to worry about the…
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Which market indicators will cause EPA to change the RFS standard?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . EPA will use information from the Energy Information Agency (EIA) that projects volumes of gasoline and renewable fuel in order to calculate the standard. Please refer to section 80.1105 of the regulation. Question and Answer was originally posted…
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