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Is a PTD required for transferring an unassigned RIN?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . No. PTDs are not required when transferring unassigned RINs. However, PTDs are required whenever there is a transfer of ownership of a renewable fuel. Where the fuel is being transferred with assigned RINs, then the PTD must include…
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Secondary containment calculations in SPCC Plan
The SPCC regulations in 40 CFR §112.7(c) require facilities to provide appropriate containment or diversionary structures or equipment to prevent discharges as described in §112.1(b). Does a facility's SPCC Plan have to include calculations to demonstrate compliance with the §112.7(c) general secondary containment requirements? EPA does not require facilities to…
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What are the specifications for bulk storage secondary containment systems?
For purposes of the SPCC requirements, "secondary containment for bulk storage facilities must be constructed to at least provide for the capacity of the largest single tank with sufficient freeboard for precipitation. EPA believes that the proper standard of "sufficient freeboard" to contain precipitation is that amount necessary to contain…
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What are the amended requirements for oil-filled operational equipment?
Instead of providing secondary containment for qualified oil-filled operational equipment, an owner or operator may prepare an oil spill contingency plan and a written commitment of manpower, equipment, and materials to quickly control and remove discharged oil. He/she must also have an inspection or monitoring program for the equipment to…
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Inspection or monitoring program requirements when using alternative secondary containment for oil-filled operational equipment
Instead of providing secondary containment for qualified oil-filled operational equipment, an owner or operator may prepare an oil spill contingency plan and a written commitment of manpower, equipment, and materials to quickly control and remove discharged oil. He/she must also have an inspection or monitoring program for the equipment to…
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Do terminals need to register?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Terminals do not need to register. However, terminals that engage in activities that require registration must be registered. For example, if the terminal takes ownership of RINs, then it must be registered as a RIN owner. Question and…
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I will be making ethanol from both cellulosic feedstocks and corn in my plant. How do I know what Equivalence Value to use, and how do I assign RINs to batches?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The batches of each type of ethanol (cellulosic or corn) should be measured independently and precisely, according to the separate processes used to produce them in the plant. Once separate batch numbers are created and RINs are generated…
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Ethanol is imported on an undenatured basis. Do we assign the RINs to the denatured volume or the undenatured volume?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Denatured. See regulation Sections 80.1101(d)(3) and 80.1115(b)(2). Question and Answer was originally posted at: Questions and Answers on the Renewable Fuel Standard Program (PDF) (55 pp, 221 K, EPA420-F-07-041a, August 2007, About PDF )
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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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