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Who reports expired RINs? Will ethanol and biodiesel plants have to track the RIN all the way to the refiner, or just to the next owner of the renewable fuel? Under what conditions might a renewable fuel produced under an approved pathway in the RFS regulations qualify for use in Navy applications? Was Jatropha analyzed for this final rule and, if so, what D-code applies? If I produce biodiesel using waste vegetable oil, can I generate more RINs per gallon than if I use virgin soy oil? Would the use of solar panels as a heat source for our process help with our RIN number per gallon? Do grandfathered facilities have an additional 6 months to submit their engineering reviews to EPA? What is meant by "grandfathered" fuel? If my fuel is already registered with the Fuels and Fuel Additives program under 40 CFR Part 79, do I still need to register with the RFS2 program under 40 CFR Part 80? Is it required that the professional engineer conducting the engineering review must be licensed in the state in which the renewable fuel facility is located? Is the licensed professional engineer conducting the engineering review required to perform the site visit in person, or can they delegate the site visit to another person who maybe assisting them in the engineering review? In filing company and facility registrations, if a parent corporation has several subsidiary corporations it desires to register and report to EPA under one company ID number, would it be permissible to register all of the facilities operated by the subsi May records, regardless of whether they are paper or electronic, be stored off-site? May I generate RINs that I produced and sold for non-road use in the past so that I can reinstate those RINs under RFS2? Do I have to register to use CDX and is this a separate registration process? By our reading of the regulations, the only reporting required of the oxygenate blender who elects to comply with the oxygen standard on a per gallon basis is a yearly report due the last day of February of each year (beginning in 1996) that states the to
  • Who reports expired RINs?

    See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Every party must report RINs owned that have expired as of the end of the fourth quarter of each year. This report is due on February 28 of the following year and will identify RINs that expired in the…

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  • Will ethanol and biodiesel plants have to track the RIN all the way to the refiner, or just to the next owner of the renewable fuel?

    See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Refer to the response to Question 3.3. Each party that owns assigned or unassigned RINs, including an ethanol or biodiesel production plant, is required only to keep records of and report transfers of ownership of those RINs its receives…

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  • Under what conditions might a renewable fuel produced under an approved pathway in the RFS regulations qualify for use in Navy applications?

    See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Background: The U.S. Navy is seeking to blend biofuels with fossil-based fuels, such as F-76 fuel, which are often used in Navy marine vessels. The Navy asked EPA for guidance on whether such biofuels would be treated as renewable…

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  • Was Jatropha analyzed for this final rule and, if so, what D-code applies?

    See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. The GHG emissions performance of a Jatropha-based pathway was not analyzed for the final rule because sufficient information was not available. Since EPA has not yet assigned a D code for this pathway, a producer cannot generate RINs for…

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  • If I produce biodiesel using waste vegetable oil, can I generate more RINs per gallon than if I use virgin soy oil? Would the use of solar panels as a heat source for our process help with our RIN number per gallon?

    See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. The number of RINs that can be generated for each gallon of renewable fuel is determined by the Equivalence Values. See regulations at 80.1415(b) and 8.1426(f)(2)(i), for example. Equivalence Values are based on energy content in the renewable fuel…

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  • Do grandfathered facilities have an additional 6 months to submit their engineering reviews to EPA?

    See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Yes. In the preamble to the final RFS2 regulations at 75 Fed. Regs. 14709 (March 26, 2010), EPA stated that, in an effort to reduce demand on engineering resources in the interim between promulgation of the rule and July…

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  • What is meant by "grandfathered" fuel?

    See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Under the RFS2 regulations, renewable fuel produced from facilities that commenced construction before December 19, 2007 and which completed construction within 36 months without an 18 month hiatus in construction and thereby exempt from the minimum 20% GHG reduction…

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  • If my fuel is already registered with the Fuels and Fuel Additives program under 40 CFR Part 79, do I still need to register with the RFS2 program under 40 CFR Part 80?

    See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Yes. Even if your fuel or fuel additive is already registered under 40 CFR Part 79, there are additional registration requirements for parties regulated under the RFS2 program, as specified in 40 CFR 80.1450.

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  • Is it required that the professional engineer conducting the engineering review must be licensed in the state in which the renewable fuel facility is located?

    See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. The licensed professional engineer should comply with the state laws where the renewable fuel facility is located to determine whether or not their license allows them to conduct business in that state.

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  • Is the licensed professional engineer conducting the engineering review required to perform the site visit in person, or can they delegate the site visit to another person who maybe assisting them in the engineering review?

    See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Pursuant to §80.1450(b)(2), all verifications must be performed by the licensed professional engineer conducting the engineering review. This requirement includes conducting the site visits. The licensed professional engineer conducting the engineering review must perform the site visits to the…

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  • In filing company and facility registrations, if a parent corporation has several subsidiary corporations it desires to register and report to EPA under one company ID number, would it be permissible to register all of the facilities operated by the subsi

    See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. In this situation the parent corporation should register for a company ID # and facilities operated by the subsidiary corporations should be registered as separate facilities but under the parent corporation's company ID #.(8/29/94) This question and answer was…

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  • May records, regardless of whether they are paper or electronic, be stored off-site?

    See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Yes. Refiners, oxygenate blenders and importers must indicate where records will be kept on all facility registrations.(7/1/94) This question and answer was originally posted at Consolidated List of Reformulated Gasoline and Anti-Dumping Questions and Answers: July 1, 1994 through…

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  • May I generate RINs that I produced and sold for non-road use in the past so that I can reinstate those RINs under RFS2?

    See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Section 80.1426(c)(2) provides that RINs are assigned to a volume of renewable fuel when ownership of the RIN is transferred along with ownership of the volume of renewable fuel. A comparable provision appear in the RFS1 regulations, at §80.1126(e)(2)…

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  • Do I have to register to use CDX and is this a separate registration process?

    See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. You will have to register with CDX. (Registering with CDX is not the same as registering under regulation Section 80.1150.) Instructions are available via our Reporting for Fuel Programs web site. Question and Answer was originally posted at: Questions…

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  • By our reading of the regulations, the only reporting required of the oxygenate blender who elects to comply with the oxygen standard on a per gallon basis is a yearly report due the last day of February of each year (beginning in 1996) that states the to

    See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help. Your interpretation is correct.(10/31/94) 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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