RFS Obligated Party Annual Compliance Report

Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Report Instructions
OMB Control No. 2060-XXXX Expires: Pending

RFS Obligated Party Annual Compliance Report
Report Form ID: RFS0300

Issue Date: 07/23/2007
Revised 9/24/2007

Any obligated party as described in Sec. 80.1106 that produces or imports motor vehicle gasoline for use
in the contiguous 48 states during a given compliance period must submit an Obligated Party Annual
Compliance Report under Sec. 80.1152(a).
In addition, any exporter of renewable fuel described in Sec. 80.1130 that exports a volume of renewable
fuel from the region described in §80.1126(a) must submit an Obligated Party Annual Compliance Report
under Sec. 80.1152(a).
Obligated parties with more than one registered facility may submit individual reports for each of their
facilities or may submit a single report for their aggregated facilities. Obligated parties that are gasoline
importers with multiple import facilities must aggregate their facilities. Obligated parties who are both
gasoline refiners and importers must report refiner and importer information separately.
Under Sec. 80.1152(a)(1)(x), obligated parties and renewable fuel exporters must use their Q4 RIN
Transaction Reports (RFS0200) to list the RINs used for compliance in the reporting year.
This report is due February 28 of the year following the compliance period.
Please check the RFS reporting web site for updated instructions and report form templates:
http://epa.gov/otaq/regs/fuels/rfsforms.htm
For information on submitting this report using EPA’s Central Data Exchange (CDX) visit:
http://epa.gov/otaq/regs/fuels/cdxinfo.htm
Field
No.
1.

Field Name
Report form ID

Units

Field Formats, Codes, & Special Instructions
AAAAAAA; Character.
RFS0300: Form ID for the RFS Obligated Party Annual
Compliance Report

2.

Report type

A; Character. Indicate whether this is the original report
or a resubmission. Submit only one original report.
Submit any corrections or updates as resubmission(s):
O: Original
R: Resubmission

3.

CBI

A; Character. Specify if the data contained within the
report is being claimed as Confidential Business
Information (CBI) under 40 CFR Part 2, subpart B:
Y: Confidential Business Information
N: Non-Confidential Business Information

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Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Report Instructions
OMB Control No. 2060-XXXX Expires: Pending

RFS Obligated Party Annual Compliance Report
Report Form ID: RFS0300
Field
No.

Field Name

Units

Issue Date: 07/23/2007
Revised 9/24/2007

Field Formats, Codes, & Special Instructions

4.

Report date

MM/DD/YYYY; Character. Enter the date the original or
resubmitted report is being submitted.

5.

Report year

YYYY; Character. Indicate the compliance period (year)
of the report.

6.

Company/entity ID

AAAA; Character. Enter your four-digit, EPA-assigned
company/entity ID.

7.

Company name

AAAAAAA…; Character (125 Max). Enter the reporting
party’s name (your company name).

8.

Compliance basis/
facility ID

AAAAA; Character. Obligated parties: Indicate the
compliance basis if aggregating facilities in a single report,
or submit separate facility reports referencing individual
facility ID numbers. Please include all zeros in the fivedigit facility ID numbers. Non-obligated parties, including
producers of renewable fuels and other RIN owners: Enter
“NOTOP”.
AGIMP: Aggregated Importer Compliance
AGREF: Aggregated Refiner Compliance
##### : Five-digit EPA-assigned facility ID
EXPRT: Exporter Compliance
NOTOP: Non-Obligated Party (RIN Generator or Owner)

9.

Gasoline
production /
renewable fuel
export volume

gallons

999999999999; Number. Enter the total volume of all
gasoline produced or imported for the compliance year as
defined in §80.1107(c). If a renewable fuel exporter, enter
the volume of renewable fuel exported as defined in
80.1130(b)(1).

10.

Renewable fuel
standard

Percentage

99.99; Number. Obligated parties only: Enter the
renewable fuel standard set by EPA as defined in
§80.1105(a), §80.1105(b) and §80.1105(c). If this is an
export (EXPRT) report, enter “NA”.

11.

RVO

gallons

999999999999; Number. Enter the renewable volume
obligation (RVO) for the compliance period as defined in
§80.1127(a) for obligated parties and §80.1130(b) for
exporters of renewable fuel.

12.

Prior-year deficit
RVO

gallons

999999999999; Number. Enter the prior-year deficit
RVO. If not applicable, enter “0”.

13.

Current-year
gallon-RINs used

9999999999; Number. Enter the total number of currentyear gallon-RINs used for compliance.

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Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Report Instructions
OMB Control No. 2060-XXXX Expires: Pending

RFS Obligated Party Annual Compliance Report
Report Form ID: RFS0300
Field
No.

Field Name

14.

Prior-year gallonRINs used

15.

Deficit RVO

Units

Issue Date: 07/23/2007
Revised 9/24/2007

Field Formats, Codes, & Special Instructions
9999999999; Number. Enter the total number of prioryear gallon-RINs used for compliance. If not applicable,
enter “0”.

gallons

999999999999; Number. Enter the deficit RVO carried
over into the next year. If not applicable, enter “0”.

Sample report line:
RFS0300,O,Y,11/21/2007,2007,1234,”Sample Company Inc”,98765,100000,4.02,4020,0,4020,0,0

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