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E15 and Fuels & Fuel Additives (FFARs)

  • If I certify a nonroad flexible-fuel engine under 40 CFR Part 1054, are owners and operators prohibited from using gasoline-ethanol blended fuels containing greater than 10 volume percent ethanol under 80.1504(a)(1) in my nonroad flexible-fuel engine?


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Diesel Sulfur Program

  • My company currently sells distillate blendstocks. Can we continue to sell blendstocks given the new regulations?

  • Many refiners currently make a jet fuel meeting


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Gasoline Sulfur Program

  • A refiner produces a batch of gasoline at its refinery. It collects a sample of the gasoline and conducts certification testing. The sulfur content test result is less than the 80 ppm refinery level standard. The gasoline is then moved to another tank wit

  • Section 80.335(a)(2) requires refiners to retain sample portions for the most recent 20 samples collected, or for each sample collected during the most recent 21 day period, whichever is greater. Is a refinery that produces only one or two batches of gaso

  • What is the Tier 2 Vehicle & Gasoline Sulfur Program?


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Other

  • Please clarify whether oxygenates blended into either conventional gasoline or Reformulated Blendstock for Oxygenate Blending (RBOB) downstream of the refinery need to be included in sulfur compliance calculations.

  • It is our understanding that, if a portion of the gasoline produced by a refinery located within the GPA is sold outside of the United States, that gasoline is not subject to the sulfur standards and it only has to meet the standards of the country to whi

  • Is corn oil extracted from distiller?s grains and solubles (DGS) eligible for RINs under RFS2?


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Reformulated Gasoline & Anti-Dumping

  • How do we handle results from two different labs (refinery and outside) which differ?

  • Can you identify absolute minimum data requirements and margin for auditor judgments to minimize petitions for deficient data?

  • If we send a report via EDI prior to the reporting deadline


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Registration

  • 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?

  • Will common carriers be required to register their transport trucks as oxygenate blending facilities?

  • 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?

  • Under "Business Activities" on the Company Details CDX web page, what does "Small Blender" mean?


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Reporting

  • Question 14, Section VI.C., of the July 1, 1994 Question and Answer Document provides an example of the creation and addition of two different batches to form a composite mixture. All or a portion of this composite is shipped as RFG. How will the refinery

  • The batch report requires reporting the volume percent for six oxygenates -methanol, MTBE, ethanol, ETBE, TAME and t-butanol. If a refiner or oxygenate blender uses MTBE or ethanol as an oxygenate, and does not include in its calculation of oxygen weight

  • 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


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Registration & Reporting under 40 CFR 79

  • Am I required to contribute to health effects testing? If so, what are my obligations?

  • What is the small business exemption and how do I know if I qualify?

  • How do I submit forms to EPA?

  • How long will it take me to complete the forms?

  • When do I get an EPA assigned fuel ID/additive ID?

  • We are a marketer of ethanol products. Sometimes personnel at ethanol plants make mistakes as to the number of gallons being loaded or produced. How do we "recall" erroneous RINs if the number of gallons we receive exceeds the number of RINs?

  • I am a new company. How do I register with the EPA?


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Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS1)

  • Can a producer aggregate multiple shipments into a single batch up to a threshold quantity as long as the batch is within one calendar month?

  • 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?

  • What happens if, after submitting his annual compliance demonstration report, a refiner discovers that he exceeded the 20% cap on the use of previous-year RINs in meeting his RVO? Is he required to replace those RINs with new valid RINs at the old market


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Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2)

  • Will current canola based biodiesel production fall under the grandfathering provisions of the RFS2 regulations?

  • Where can I find more information on biofuel subsidies?

  • How do I find a listing of all obligated parties pertaining to the new RFS2 Program?

  • Will current canola based biodiesel production fall under the grandfathering provisions of the RFS2 regulations?

  • For a transfer in ownership of a volume of renewable fuel, may a party include the applicable product transfer document (PTD) language required at §80.1453(a)(12) on an accompanying PTD for RINs assigned to that renewable fuel as described in §80.1453(a


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