How to Submit a Complete Petition for an Approved Pathway for Renewable Fuel Standards

This page provides detailed guidance to help you successfully prepare and submit a petition for a new fuel pathway under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program.

Before preparing a petition

Review and use the following information provided on this website:

1. Should I submit a new pathway petition?
2. Petition review process
3. Pathway Screening Tool

Preparing a complete petition

• Learn how to prepare a complete petition for a new fuel pathway under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program.
  • How to Prepare a Complete Petition: Version 1.2 (pdf) (549 KB, March 2023, EPA-420-B-23-010)
  • If your petition includes information claimed as confidential business information (CBI), please include a separate copy of the document where all of the information claimed CBI is redacted.
• Use the data submission template to provide some (not all) information needed for a complete petition.
  • Data Submission Template for New Pathway Petitions Version 2.0 (xlsx) (774.81 KB, September 2014, EPA-420-B-14-071)

Submitting a petition

Petitions may be submitted via EPA's secure online portal, the CDX DCFUEL reporting system, which provides an encrypted delivery method designed to handle confidential business information. To use this option, the petitioner must have a CDX account. Petitioners may also choose to submit their petition to EPA via email.

• Login page for CDX DCFUEL Reporting System
• User guidance documents to submit petitions using the CDX DCFUEL reporting system
  • RFS Pathway Petitions CDX Quick Start Guide v.0.02 (pdf) (209 K, EPA-420-B-14-070, September 2014)
  • RFS Pathway Petitions CDX User Guide v.0.02 (pdf) (2.11 MB, EPA-420-B-14-068, September 2014)
• Send an email to rfspathways@epa.gov