Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements Regarding the Sulfur Content of Motor Vehicle Gasoline Under the Tier 2 Rule - Importer Testing of Additional Batches of Convention Gasoline

Facility Gasoline Sulfur Annual Report Instructions
OMB Control No. 2060-0437 Expires 04/30/2007
Gasoline Sulfur Batch Report
Report Form ID: GSF0400
Use Overhead ID: OH-GSF01

Issue Date: January 25, 2001
Revised: December 9, 2004

A separate batch report must be submitted for each batch of gasoline produced or imported during the
averaging period.
Batches reported under the RFG & Anti-Dumping Program do not need to be reported on this form; except
in the case of composite samples of conventional gasoline representing multiple batches produced after
December 31, 2003. In this case, the information in this report must be provided for each of the individual
batches of conventional gasoline making up the composite sample. (Per 40 CFR 80.370 (a)(7))
Approved Foreign Refiners producing credits must report individual batch information on this form.
No.

Field Name

Units

Field Formats, Codes, & Special Instructions

8.

Batch Number

AAAAAA; Character. The facility-assigned six digit
Number identifying the batch this report describes.
Please include preceding zeros where applicable.

9.

Product Type

AA; Character. Enter the one appropriate product
description code from the following list.
RG: RFG – Reformulated Gasoline
RO: RBOB – any oxygenate
RE: RBOB – ethers only
RS: RBOB – refiner specified
CG: Conventional Gasoline
OB: Conventional gasoline (oxygen backout)
CB: Conventional blendstock
EE: Conventional blendstock (EEP report)
OE: Conventional blendstock (oxygen backout and EEP
report)
TB: Blendstock added to Gasoline recovered from
Transmix
GT: GTAB – Gasoline treated as blendstock
CS: Certified Sulfur-FRGAS (Foreign Refiners Only)
NS: Non-Certified Sulfur-FRGAS (Foreign Refiners Only)

10.

Production Date

11.

Batch Volume

gallons

999999999; Number. Production volume of the reported
batch of gasoline.

12.

Sulfur

ppm

9999; Number. Sulfur content of the reported batch of
gasoline.

MM/DD/YYYY; Character. Date the reported batch was
produced or imported.

Electronic Submission Sample Record:
GSF0400,O,02/21/2001,2000,,1234,12345,000001,RG,01/02/2000,10000,140
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Facility Gasoline Sulfur Annual Report Instructions
OMB Control No. 2060-0437 Expires 04/30/2007
Gasoline Sulfur Batch Report
Report Form ID: GSF0400
Use Overhead ID: OH-GSF01

Issue Date: January 25, 2001
Revised: December 9, 2004
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Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the accuracy of the provided burden estimates,
and any suggested methods for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of automated
collection techniques to the Director, Collection Strategies Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. 20460. Include the OMB control number in any
correspondence. Do not send the completed form to this address.

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