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(6) All reports must be signed and certified as meeting all the applicable requirements of this subpart by the owner or a responsible corporate officer of the obligated party. (b) Beginning with [DATE 60 DAYS AFTER PUBLICATION OF THE FINAL RULE IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER], any producer or importer of a renewable fuel that is subject to the renewable fuels standard under §80.1105, and continuing for each year thereafter, must submit to EPA annual reports that contain all of the following information: (1) An annual report that includes all of the following information on a per-batch basis, where “batch” means a discreet quantity of renewable fuel produced and assigned a unique RIN: (i) The renewable fuel producer’s name. (ii) The EPA company registration number. (iii) The EPA facility registration number(s). (iv) The 34 character RINs generated for each batch according to §80.1126. (v) The production date of each batch. (vi) The renewable fuel type as defined in §80.1101(f). (vii) Information related to the volume of denaturant and applicable equivalence value. (viii) The volume produced. (ix) Any additional information the Administrator may require. (2) A report documenting each transaction of RINs traded between two parties, shall include all of the following information: (i) The submitting party’s name. (ii) The submitter’s EPA company registration number. (iii) The submitter’s EPA facility registration number(s). (iv) The compliance period. (v) Transaction type (e.g. purchase, sale). (vi) Transaction date. (vii) Trading partner’s name. (viii) Trading partner’s EPA company registration number. (ix) Trading partner’s EPA facility registration number; (x) RINs traded. (xi) Any additional information the Administrator may require. (3) A report that summarizes RIN activities for a compliance year shall include all of the following information: (i) The total prior-years RINs carried over into the current year (on an annual basis beginning January 1). (ii) The total current-year RINs generated. (iii) The total current-year RINS acquired. (iv) The total prior-years RINs acquired. (v) The total current-years RINs sold. (vi) The total prior-years RINs sold. (vii) The total current-years RINs expired. (viii) The total prior-years RINs expired. (ix) The total current-year RINs to be carried into next year. (iv) Any additional information the Administrator may require. - 226 -
(4) Reports shall be submitted on forms and following procedures as prescribed by EPA. (5) Reports shall be submitted by February 28 for the previous year. (6) All reports must be signed and certified as meeting all the applicable requirements of this subpart by the owner or a responsible corporate officer of the renewable fuel producer. (c) Any party, other than those parties covered in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section, who owns RINs must submit to EPA annual reports that contain all of the following information: (1) A report documenting each transaction of RINs traded between two parties shall include all of the following: (i) The submitting party’s name. (ii) The submitter’s EPA company registration number. (iii) The submitter’s EPA facility registration number(s). (iv) The compliance period. (v) Transaction type (e.g. purchase, sale). (vi) Transaction date. (vii) Trading partner’s name. (viii) Trading partner’s EPA company registration number. (ix) Trading partner’s EPA facility registration number. (x) RINs traded. (xi) Any additional information the Administrator may require. (2) A report that summarizes RIN activities for a compliance year shall include all of the following information: (i) The total prior-years RINs carried over into the current year (on an annual basis beginning January 1). (ii) The total current-year RINS acquired. (iii) The total prior-years RINs acquired. (iv) The total current-years RINs sold. (v) The total prior-years RINs sold. (vi) The total current-years RINs expired. (vii) The total prior-years RINs expired. (viii) The total current-year RINs to be carried into next year. (ix) Any additional information the Administrator may require. (3) Reports shall be submitted on forms and following procedures as prescribed by EPA. (4) Reports shall be submitted by February 28 for the previous year. (5) All reports must be signed and certified as meeting all the applicable requirements of this subpart by the owner or a responsible corporate officer of the renewable fuel producer. § 80.1153 What are the product transfer document (PTD) requirements for the RFS program? (a) Any time that a person transfers ownership of renewable fuels subject to this subpart, and when RINs continue to accompany the renewable fuel, the transferor - 227 -
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The Administrator signed the follow
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Ave., NW, Washington DC. This Docke
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Table of contents: I. Background A.
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C. Requirements for Producers and I
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G. Executive Order 13045: Protectio
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The increased use of renewable fuel
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establish the applicable national v
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Today's proposal outlines the full
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enewable fuel feedstock market pric
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Unlike VOC and NOx, emissions of CO
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These renewable feedstocks are then
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5. Potential Water Quality Impacts
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enewable fuel volume which each par
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certain volume of renewable fuel. E
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est practices would have the option
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As stated, the renewable fuel stand
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enewable fuel volumes in the calcul
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For illustrative purposes, we have
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These credit provisions have meanin
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Stdi = The RFS program standard for
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gasoline. The Act is unclear on whe
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. Ethanol Made From Any Feedstock I
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generate thermal energy used to pro
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animal wastes, including poultry fa
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limit this program solely to a stra
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presence of the denaturant. For ins
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First, doing so could create an inc
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For purposes of this preamble, the
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capability for all of the small ref
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trading program, without any per ga
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obligated parties. However, there i
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particular importance for 2013 and
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have to significantly change their
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The D code would identify cellulosi
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Another case in which a RIN may not
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Section IV. In the context of demon
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equired volumes shown in Table I.B-
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We request comment on the valid lif
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e used for current year compliance.
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equirements by roughly 10 to 30 per
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4. Provisions For Exporters Of Rene
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Previous-year RINs: RINs that came
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a. Responsibilities Of Renewable Fu
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another, in electronic or paper for
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e a one-to-one correspondence betwe
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Parent batch Actual volume (gal) Ba
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should also have the right to separ
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3. Distribution Of Separated RINs O
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obligated parties to exercise marke
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Our proposed program is designed to
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As discussed in Section III.D, it i
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additional enforcement burdens plac
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B. Requirements for Obligated Parti
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fuel and containing identifying inf
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We request comment on our proposed
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We also request comment on our prop
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The refiner or importer would be li
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Plant Feedstock Corn a Table VI.A.1
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Leading the Midwest in ethanol prod
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EPA forecasts ethanol production to
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As shown in Table VI.A.2-1 and Figu
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3. Current Ethanol and MTBE Consump
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Oxygenate Use (Bgal) 4.5 4.0 3.5 3.
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change from the 2004 base case. 53
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per gallon to biodiesel produced fr
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ased on the assumption that the ble
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Modifications to the rail, barge, t
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other waste materials as discussed
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elatively small fraction of the tot
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production costs using prices for s
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the capital cost of making the nece
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information on biodiesel freight co
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For further details on RVP reductio
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assuming only that blending of etha
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costs). At a $70 per barrel crude o
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gasoline use scenarios will cost th
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the incentive to blend in ethanol b
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supporting this rulemaking. We hope
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We base our estimates of fuel quali
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Table VIII.A.1.b-2 Effect of MTBE a
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pre-1998 model year onroad diesel e
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1. Primary Analysis The national em
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Table VIII.B.1-4 Annual Emissions N
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RFG due to the absence of an RVP wa
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increase in ambient ozone levels is
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developing a model of secondary org
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IX. Impacts On Fossil Fuel Consumpt
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Page 191 and 192: XI. Public Participation We request
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Page 201 and 202: 40 CFR Part 80 is proposed to be am
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Page 205 and 206: (2) The term “Renewable fuel” i
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Page 209 and 210: a party’s renewable volume obliga
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Page 219 and 220: (e) If a refiner is complying on an
Page 221 and 222: calendar year; however, disqualific
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