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Could we become the delegated authority for submission of reports on behalf of our members?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Individual blenders could rely on your association to submit reports to EPA on their behalf. . However you should understand that if any reports are not submitted or are submitted improperly then responsibility would fall upon the individual…
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Refiners and oxygenate blenders who produce averaged reformulated gasoline must report which covered areas products have been distributed to by each facility. How are these areas to be determined?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Unless a refiner or oxygenate blender has specific and detailed information indicating otherwise, it must be assumed that products have been delivered to all covered areas serviced by the distribution system(s) used. A list of covered areas as…
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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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EPA has required that volumes be reported in gallons, but much of the industry measures volume in barrels. May volume be reported in barrels?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . No. If necessary, convert the volume in barrels to gallons using the proper conversion factor (42 gals/bbl) and round the result to the nearest whole gallon. When rounding fractional values, values from 0.01 to 0.49 should be rounded…
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Section 80.1151(b)(3)(vii) requires retention of additional information related to the details of RIN generation. What does this mean?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Companies vary in their internal recordkeeping practices and not all similar records will take identical form. Therefore, in several places in the recordkeeping section (80.1151) we have required that "additional" information be retained. We certainly do not wish…
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Where can I find more information and documentation on the EPA Moderated Transaction System (EMTS)?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . For more information on the EPA Moderated Transaction System (EMTS), please visit the User's Guide for the EPA Moderated Transaction System (EMTS) .
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What is the final form of the batch identification number?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . A batch ID is made up of the 4 digit company ID, 5 digit facility ID, 2 digit reporting year, and the 6 digit batch number (e.g., CCCC-FFFFF-YY-BBBBBB).(7/1/94) This question and answer was originally posted at Consolidated List…
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We assume that a terminal operator who stores gasoline for a terminalling customer is responsible for receiving transfer documentation on RFG and conventional gas moved into the terminal for the customer. The terminal then records and stores copies of the
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Yes.(9/12/94) 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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What are the reports required for a refiner who produces RFG under the per gallon option?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . A refiner meeting the certification standards on a per gallon basis must submit quarterly reports for every batch of reformulated gasoline and RBOB produced, as specified in § 80.75(a), and the end of year statement indicated in §…
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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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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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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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Does the ratio of feedstock quantity used to volume of renewable fuel produced have any significance in the RFS program? Would it impact the qualification of a renewable fuel's pathway or the equivalence value of the fuel?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The amount of feedstock used to produce a biofuel is one of many factors that EPA takes into consideration in its assessment of the lifecycle GHG performance of a particular fuel pathway. However, once EPA establishes the lifecycle…
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