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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…

  • Last published: August 5, 2024

• If an EPA regional office finds that a permit may not have significant public health or environmental impacts, or may not impact an already overburdened community, can the permit still be prioritized for enhanced outreach? Will the permit receive any outreach at all?

  EPA regional offices have the discretion to use other considerations to prioritize EPA‐issued permits for enhanced outreach that do not meet either or both of those criteria. One important consideration would be whether a community has expressed concerns over a permit application or renewal. EPA regional offices may consider prioritizing…

  • Last published: July 10, 2024

• If EPA is not changing the permitting process, why did EPA issue EPA Actions and associated regional implementation plans?

  EPA is issuing EPA Actions to better meet its responsibilities under Executive Order 12898 by increasing meaningful engagement of overburdened communities in EPA’s permitting process in a way that is transparent and provides national consistency while maintaining some regional flexibility. As some commenters noted, EPA already has a legal obligation…

  • Last published: July 10, 2024

• Do EPA Actions or the Promising Practices impact any obligations the States may have under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and other non‐discrimination statutes?

  As recipients of federal financial assistance, States have affirmative obligations under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and other non‐discrimination statutes. This notice does not address or modify those obligations. For further information about the obligations under these statutes, please refer to EPA’s Guidance to Environmental Protection…

  • Last published: July 10, 2024

• What will be included in regional implementation plans?

  The regional implementation plans are expected to be consistent with the Agency‐wide guidelines finalized in EPA Actions. First, the Plans will address with more specificity the process that a regional office will use to prioritize permits for enhanced outreach. This includes outlining whether the regional office will use a screening…

  • Last published: July 10, 2024

• Regarding a batch for which the blend completion date is on the last day of the EPA reporting quarter, what if shipments, as EPA defines them, are not complete by the time reporting for that quarter is required? Is there going to be any facility to allow

  See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Sections 80.65(c) and 80.101(d)(1) require refiners to include in compliance calculations each batch of gasoline that is "produced." As a result, a batch of gasoline should be included in the averaging period when the batch is produced, rather…

  • Last published: August 2, 2024

• 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 see User's Guide for the EPA Moderated Transaction System (EMTS) .

  • Last published: August 2, 2024

• What is the process to retire a RIN? Is this a reporting function that is done with the EPA?

  See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . RINs are retired for reasons specified in the regulations and must be reported to EPA. A retired RIN may not be used for compliance purposes or traded to another party. A retired RIN is reported to EPA in…

  • Last published: August 2, 2024

• 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 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 )

  • Last published: August 2, 2024

• 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…

  • Last published: August 5, 2024

• 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…

  • Last published: August 6, 2024