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We are a producer of ethanol. If we have 10,000 gallons in inventory on September 1, 2007 and 25,000 came from our production facility A, 25,000 came from our production facility B, and the other 50,000 we own but received from various other producers, ho
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . As an ethanol producer or importer, you may assign RINs to the product you own on September 1, 2007. As far as how to handle the facility identification number fields in the RIN, you will want to consistently…
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What happens if a marketer sells a batch with one RIN to two different refiners? Can he divide the RIN? If so, how?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The basic unit of compliance in the RFS program is the gallon-RIN. However, for shorthand we allow multiple sequential gallon-RINs to be represented by a single batch-RIN through the appropriate designation of the start (SSSSSSSS) and end (EEEEEEEE)…
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Who is a renewable fuel producer? Will the EPA recognize ethanol marketing companies as producers? Can the term "producer" apply to a marketing company who represents various producing plants?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Renewable fuel producers are parties that produce renewable fuel (i.e. convert a renewable feedstock into a renewable fuel). RINs must be generated by the producer and assigned to renewable fuel by the time title to the renewable fuel…
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At our terminal, we transfer ownership of ethanol to our customers simultaneously with blending that ethanol into gasoline. Who owns the RINs?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . A RIN assigned to a volume of renewable fuel is separated by the party that owns that volume of renewable fuel at the time of blending. If a downstream customer is the owner of the volume of renewable…
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How does a marketer split RINs that go to downstream buyers (i.e. next owners like a refiner)?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Parties such as marketers that are required to transfer assigned RINs with renewable fuel are not required to align the number of gallon-RINs transferred with the number of gallons transferred for every transaction. Rather, the regulations require only…
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Can an ethanol or biodiesel plant keep a RIN?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . In general, producers of renewable fuel must assign all RINs that they generate to volumes of renewable fuel and transfer those RINs with the renewable fuel to another party. However, there are some exceptions. First, producers of cellulosic…
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Do third party marketers like X Company need to track RINs from the ethanol plant to the buyer?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . If X Company takes ownership of ethanol along with assigned RINs, it would be required to register with the EPA and would be subject to the recordkeeping, reporting, product transfer document and attest engagement requirements of regulation Sections…
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No Equivalence Value was provided for ETBE. What value do I use for generating RINs for ETBE?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The RFS program prohibits a party from generating RINs if the renewable feedstock used to make the renewable fuel was acquired from another party. Any RINs acquired with the renewable feedstock (e.g., ethanol) must be assigned to the…
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What mechanisms exist to suspend RFS program requirements, should renewable supply be limited due to natural disasters?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . A: EPAct contains a provision to address unforeseen circumstances that may occur which result in a shortage of renewable fuel and available RINs and we believe that the statutory provision is sufficient to address unforeseen circumstances that may…
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Since ethanol use is expected to surpass the mandated EPAct levels, is there any mechanism available to EPA to allow compliance on a national collective basis, as was done under the 2006 default rule?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . No. The Energy Policy Act included a specific default provision for 2006 that was to go into effect if the RFS program regulations were not in place. That provision was expressed in general terms, allowing EPA to structure…
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If I have a renewable fuel that was assigned a specific Equivalence Value in regulation Section 80.1115, but I don't think that Equivalence Value is right for my product, what options do I have?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Producers or importers of renewable fuel may submit a petition to the EPA requesting a different Equivalence Value from that assigned in the regulations. However, the petition must use the calculation methodology described in regulation Section 80.1115(d). In…
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To whom does the 20% limit on previous year RINs apply?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . This limit applies only to obligated parties. Under regulation Section 80.1127(a)(2), no more than 20% of the gallon-RINs used by an obligated party to meet its RVO can be previous-year RINs (having a YYYY code that is one…
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The final rule on page 23909 (Federal Register, volume 72) states that any non-obligated party that takes ownership of the renewable fuel with RINs will be required to transfer those RINs with a volume of renewable fuel. Does this refer to oxygenate blend
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . No, as long as the blender actually blends the renewable fuel into gasoline or diesel. In that case, the blender would be required to separate the assigned RINs from the blended renewable fuel, and could then transfer the…
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Will non-obligated parties in possession of RINs create a RIN shortage?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The in-use production volumes of renewable fuel are expected to exceed the requirements of the RFS program by a substantial margin. As a result, we expect there to be a surplus of RINs for at least the first…
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Will non-obligated parties that can hold title to RINs be required to balance them each quarter?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Every party that owns assigned RINs must comply with the end-of-quarter check described in regulation Section 80.1128(b)(5). This provision ensures that RINs must be transferred with renewable fuel as renewable fuel moves through the distribution system. However, this…
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