RFS0303 RFS Annual Compliance Report

Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Report
Renewable Fuel Standard Annual Compliance Report
Report Form ID: RFS0303

OMB Control No. 2060-0640
Expires 31 OCT 17

RENEWABLE FUEL STANDARD – ANNUAL COMPLIANCE REPORT
Any obligated party, as described in §80.1406, that produces or imports Gasoline or MVNRLM Diesel
fuel for use in the contiguous 48 states plus Hawaii (Alaska if they opt-in) during a given compliance
period, must submit an RFS2 Annual Compliance Report under §80.1451(a).
Any exporter of renewable fuels, as described in §80.1430, that exported a volume of renewable fuel
from the contiguous 48 states plus Hawaii (Alaska if they opt-in) during a given compliance period,
must submit an RFS2 Annual Compliance Report under §80.1451(a).
Parties who have more than one activity that requires a compliance determination, must report
the information separately (i.e. imports, exports, and refining obligations must be met
separately).
Obligated Parties – Gasoline or Diesel Refiners
Refiners, of gasoline or MVNRLM diesel, may comply in aggregate or refinery-by-refinery.
The compliance level is indicated by a party in their company registration in OTAQReg:
Fuels Programs Registration application.
Note: If the obligated party carries a deficit from one year to the next, then the party must
maintain the same approach to aggregation in the next calendar year per
§80.1427(b)(1)(iv).
In Field 8 of the RFS0303 report, the refiner must enter either AGREF (aggregate) or the 5 digit
facility ID (refinery-by-refinery). Regardless, the party will have at least four rows, one for
each RVO.
Note: If complying refinery-by-refinery, one row for each RVO at each refinery (e.g. 2
refineries will have 8 rows, 3 refineries would have 12 rows).
Obligated Parties – Gasoline or Diesel Importers
Importers, of gasoline or diesel, must comply in aggregate.
In Field 8 of the RFS0303 report, the importer must enter AGIMP and will have four rows, one
for each RVO.
Renewable Fuel Exporters
Renewable fuel exporters must comply in aggregate.
In Field 8 of the RFS0303 report, the exporter must enter EXPRT and will have between one
and four rows based on the export activity.
Note: Renewable fuel exporters that have an RVO other than renewable fuel incur nested
obligations (e.g. for an export of biodiesel, an exporter will have a Biomass-Based Diesel
RVO, Advanced Biofuel RVO, and a Renewable Fuel RVO). Table 1 describes which
volumes of renewable fuel need to be included when an exporter calculates their RVO(s).

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Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Report
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Report Form ID: RFS0303

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Table 1 – This table provides examples of which volumes of a renewable fuel export incur
specificRenewable Volume Obligations (RVO) pursuant to §80.1430.
Renewable Fuel
Export

Cellulosic Biofuel
RVO

Biomass-Based
Diesel RVO

Advanced
Biofuel RVO

Renewable
Fuel RVO

Biodiesel
Non-Ester Renewable
Diesel

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes
No

Yes
Yes

Cellulosic Biofuel
Cellulosic Diesel
Advanced Biofuel
Renewable Fuel

Yes
No
Either Cellulosic Biofuel or
Biomass-Based Diesel (only 1)
No
No
No
No

Additional Notes
• For a row with field 9 as CB, “NA” must be entered in field 17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24
• For a row with field 9 as BD, “NA” must be entered in field 15,16,19,20,21,22,25,26,27
• For a row with field 9 as AB, “NA” must be entered in field 21,22,25,26,27
• For a row with field 9 as RF, “NA” must be entered in field 25, 26,27
Additional Requirements
In order to complete the quarterly and annual reporting requirements, other RFS reports may require
submission. Please check the RFS reporting web site for updated instructions and templates:
http://www.epa.gov/fuels-registration-reporting-and-compliance-help/how-report-quarterly-andannually-renewable-fuel.
For information on submitting this report using EPA’s Central Data Exchange (CDX) visit:
http://www.epa.gov/fuels-registration-reporting-and-compliance-help/user-guides-otaqdcfuel-centraldata-exchange-cdx

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Field
1

2

Field Name
Report Form ID

Report Type

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Field Formats, Codes, & Special Instructions
AAAAAAA; Character.
RFS0303: Form ID for the RFS2 Annual Compliance
Report
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

4

Report Date

5

Report Year

6

Company/Entity
ID

7

Company Name

8

9

MM/DD/YYYY; Character. Enter the date the original or
resubmitted report is submitted.
YYYY; Number. Indicate the compliance period (year) of
the report.
9999; Number. Enter the four-digit, EPA-assigned
company/entity ID.
AAAAAAA…; Character (125 Max). The reporting
party’s name (Your company name).

Compliance Basis/
Facility ID

AAAAA; Character. Obligated parties indicate the
compliance basis if aggregating, or submit separate facility
reports which reference individual facility ID numbers.
Please include all preceding zeros in five-digit facility ID
numbers (if applicable). Imports and exports must be
aggregated and reported separately from refining
production.
AGIMP: Aggregated Importer Compliance
AGREF: Aggregated Refiner Compliance
#####: The five-digit, EPA-assigned facility ID
EXPRT: Renewable fuel exporter

Renewable
Volume Obligation
(Name)

AA; Character. Enter the code that corresponds to the
Renewable Volume Obligation (RVO) contained in this
report. Obligated parties must provide one report row for
each RVO. Exporters must provide one report row for each
applicable RVO.
CB: Cellulosic Biofuel
BD: Biomass-Based Diesel
AB: Advanced Biofuel
RF: Renewable Fuel

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Field

Field Name

10

Renewable Fuel
Export Type

11

Gasoline and
Diesel production /
Renewable Fuel
Export volume

12

Renewable Fuel
Standard Value/
Equivalence Value

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Field Formats, Codes, & Special Instructions
999; Number. Indicate code corresponding to the Fuel
Type for exports. Only one Fuel Type may be entered per
row. If [Field 8] is not EXPRT, then enter “NA”.
10: Non-cellulosic Ethanol (EV 1.0)
20: Biodiesel (EV 1.5)
30: Cellulosic Diesel (EV application required)
40: Non-ester Renewable Diesel (EV 1.7)
41: Non-ester Renewable Diesel (EV 1.6)
42: Non-ester Renewable Diesel (EV 1.5)
60: Cellulosic Ethanol (EV 1.0)
70: Butanol (EV 1.3)
80: Biogas (77,000 Btu LHV/1 gallon)
90: Cellulosic Jet Fuel (EV application required)
100: Cellulosic Heating Oil (EV application required)
110: Cellulosic Naphtha (EV application required)
130: Naphtha (EV 1.5)
140: Renewable Jet Fuel (EV application required)
150: Renewable Heating Oil (EV 1.6)
151: Renewable Heating Oil (EV 1.1)
152: Renewable Heating Oil (EV 1.2)
153: Renewable Heating Oil (EV 1.7)
160: LPG (EV application required)
170: Cellulosic Renewable Gasoline (EV application
required)
171: Cellulosic Renewable Gasoline Blendstock (EV
application required)
180: Fatty Acid Ethyl Ester
190: Renewable Compressed Natural Gas
200: Renewable Liquefied Natural Gas
210: Renewable Electricity
220: Dimethyl Ether
999999999999; Number. Enter the total volume of all
gasoline or diesel produced or imported for the compliance
year as defined in §80.1407(c).
If a renewable fuel exporter, the volume of renewable fuel
exported in [Field 10].

Gallons

Percentage or
equivalence
value

99.999; Number. Obligated parties only. Enter the
renewable fuel standard set by the EPA (Please see RFS2
Annual Standards rulemaking for percentages) as defined
in §80.1405.
If this is an export (EXPRT) report, enter the equivalence
value provided in §80.1415 for the fuel indicated in [Field
10].

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Field

13

14
15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

Field Name

Renewable
Volume Obligation
(RVO)

Prior year Deficit
RVO
Prior-year RFS2
RINs used, D code
of 3
Current-year RFS2
RINs used, D code
of 3
Prior-year RFS2
RINs used, D code
of 4
Current-year RFS2
RINs used, D code
of 4
Prior-year RFS2
RINs used, D code
of 5
Current-year RFS2
RINs used, D code
of 5
Prior-year RFS2
RINs used, D code
of 6
Current-year RFS2
RINs used, D code
of 6
Prior-year RFS2
RINs used, D code
of 7
Current-year RFS2
RINs used, D code
of 7

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Field Formats, Codes, & Special Instructions

Gallons

999999999999; Number. Enter the renewable volume
obligation (RVO) as calculated in §80.1407 for obligated
parties and §80.1430 for exporters of renewable fuel, for
the compliance period.
Importers & Refiners: [Field 13] = ([Field 11] x [Field
12]/100) + [Field 14]; Exporters: [Field 13] = [Field 11] x
[Field 12]

Gallons

999999999999; Number. Enter prior year deficit RVO. If
no deficit, enter “0”.
9999999999; Number. Enter the total number of prior- year
Cellulosic Biofuel (D3) RINs used for compliance.
9999999999; Number. Enter the total number of currentyear Cellulosic Biofuel (D3) RINs used for compliance.
9999999999; Number. Enter the total number of prior- year
Biomass-Based Diesel (D4) RINs used for compliance.
9999999999; Number. Enter the total number of currentyear Biomass-Based Diesel (D4) RINs used for
compliance.
9999999999; Number. Enter the total number of prior- year
Advanced Biofuel (D5) RINs used for compliance.
9999999999; Number. Enter the total number of currentyear Advanced Biofuel (D5) RINs used for compliance.
9999999999; Number. Enter the total number of prior- year
Renewable Fuel (D6) RINs used for compliance.
9999999999; Number. Enter the total number of currentyear Renewable Fuel (D6) RINs used for compliance.
9999999999; Number. Enter the total number of prior- year
Cellulosic Diesel (D7) RINs used for compliance.
9999999999; Number. Enter the total number of currentyear Cellulosic Diesel (D7) RINs used for compliance.

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Field

Field Name

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Field Formats, Codes, & Special Instructions
9999999999; Number. Enter the total number of cellulosic
biofuel waiver credits used for compliance.
If [Field 9] is not CB or no credits were purchased, enter
“NA.”
Note:

25

Cellulosic Biofuel
Waiver Credits
Used

Cellulosic biofuel waiver credits may only be used for the
RVO incurred in the compliance year (i.e. Cellulosic
Biofuel waiver credits may not be used to satisfy a prior
year deficit).
Cellulosic biofuel waiver credits may only be used for a
cellulosic biofuel RVO and cannot be used for BD, AB, or
RF RVOs.

26

Cellulosic Biofuel
Waiver Credits
Payment Method

AAAAAAA; Character. Enter the method used to pay for
the cellulosic biofuel waiver credits.
If [Field 9] is not CB or no credits were purchased, enter
“NA.”
Pay.Gov: Submitted payment via Pay.Gov
Fedwire: Submitted payment via Fedwire
Mail: Mailed payment to the US Treasury

27

Cellulosic Biofuel
Waiver Credits ID

AAAAAAA…; Character (125 Max). Enter transaction
reference ID that was provided by the US Treasury for the
purchase of cellulosic biofuel waiver credits.
If a company has more than one transaction ID for the
compliance year they must separate each transaction ID
with #.
If no reference ID, enter “NA”
If [Field 9] is not CB or no credits were purchased, enter
“NA.”

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Field

Field Name

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999999999999; Number. Enter the deficit RVO carried
over into the next year.
[Field28]CB = [Field13] – {([Field16] + [Field24] +
[Field25]) + ([Field15] + [Field23])}
[Field28]BD = [Field13] – {([Field18] + [Field24]) +
([Field17] + [Field23])}

28

Deficit RVO
[Field28]AB = [Field13] – {([Field16] + [Field18] +
[Field20] + ([Field24]) + ([Field15] + [Field17] + [Field19]
+ [Field23])}
[Field28]RF = [Field13] – {([Field16] + [Field18] +
[Field20] + [Field 22]) + ([Field 24]) + ([Field 15] + [Field
17] + [Field 19] + [Field 21] + [Field 23])}

Sample report line: RFS0303,O,Y,1/15/2013,2012,1234,”Sample Company
Inc”,AGREF,CB,NA,10000000,0.006,600,NA,0,100,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,0,0,500,Pay.Gov,1234
567,0
RFS0303,O,Y,1/15/2013,2012,1234,”Sample Company
Inc”,AGREF,BD,NA,10000000,0.91,91000,NA,NA,NA,11000,80000,NA,NA,NA,NA,0,0,NA,NA,NA,
0
RFS0303,O,Y,1/15/2013,2012,1234,”Sample Company
Inc”,AGREF,AB,NA,10000000,1.21,121000,NA,0,100,11000,80250,4000,26150,NA,NA,0,0,NA,NA,
NA,0
RFS0303,O,Y,1/15/2013,2012,1234,”Sample Company
Inc”,AGREF,RF,NA,10000000,9.23,923000,NA,0,100,11000,80250,4000,26150,102300,699700,0,0,
NA, NA,NA,0
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