Fuels Regulatory Streamlining

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Instructions for ABT0300: Gasoline Averaging, Banking, and Trading (ABT) Facility Summary Report

Who must report

• Each gasoline manufacturer producing or importing gasoline during the annual averaging period must submit this report for:

  • Domestic production - Each individual facility separately

  • Imported volume – As an aggregated import total

Reporting deadlines

• Submitted to EPA no later than March 31 each year for the prior calendar year.

How to submit reports

• EPA maintains report templates, electronic submission procedures and additional support options at https://www.epa.gov/fuels-registration-reporting-and-compliance-help/reporting-fuel-programs

Field Instructions

Field No.	Field Name	Units	Field Formats, Codes & Special Instructions
1	Report Form ID		AAAAAA; Character. Enter ABT0300
2	Report Type		A; Character. Specify if the data submitted in this report is original or if it is being resubmitted. Submit only one original report; any corrections or updates should be marked as a resubmission O = Original R = Resubmission
3	CBI		A; Character. Specify if the data contained within the report is 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		MM/DD/YYYY; Character. Enter the data the original or resubmitted report is created.
5	Averaging Compliance Period		YYYY; Character. Enter the averaging/compliance year the report covers.
6	Company ID		AAAA; Character. Enter the EPA-assigned four-character ID of the refiner or importer
7	Reporting ID (or Facility ID)		AAAAA; Character. Enter the EPA-assigned five-character reporting ID for the facility. Include leading zeros as needed. For aggregating one or more import facilities or PADDs, enter “AGIMP”.
8	Averaging Standard		AAAAA; Character. Enter the individual averaging standard for compliance under the part 1090 Subpart H – Averaging, Banking, and Trading Provisions. Provide a separate line (or report) for each of the standards shown below and the required information under part 1090 Subpart H. Sulfur – Compliance with the sulfur average standard described under §1090.700(a) Benzene – Compliance with the benzene average standard described under §1090.700(b)
9.	Total Volume	gallons	999999999999; Number. Facility production/import volume for the annual averaging period.
10	Prior Year Deficit		999999999999; Number. Enter any prior-year deficit carried over into the current compliance period.
11	Downstream oxygenate recertification		999999999999; Number. Enter any deficit incurred from downstream oxygenate recertification. Sulfur – In ppm-gallons, see §1090.740(b) Benzene – In benzene gallons, see §1090.740(a)
12	Unadjusted Volume Weighted Average Level	ppm (for sulfur) or % volume (for benzene)	9999.99; Number. Enter the average annual level as determined under one of the following: Annual average sulfur level – See §1090.700(a)(3)(i) Annual average benzene concentration – See §1090.700(b)(3)
13	Net Annual Average Level	ppm (for sulfur) or % volume (for benzene)	9999.99; Number. Enter the net annual average level after applying credits retired for annual compliance. Annual average sulfur level – See §1090.700(a)(3)(ii) Annual average benzene concentration – See §1090.700(b)(4)
14	Calculated Compliance Value		9999999999; Number. Enter the calculated compliance value. Sulfur deficit value – Entered as ppm-gallons, see 1090.700(a)(1) Benzene deficit value – Entered as benzene gallons, see 1090.700(b)(1)
15	Deficit		999999999999; Number. Enter any deficit to be carried over into the next compliance period. Sulfur deficit value – Entered as ppm-gallons, see 1090.700(a)(2) Benzene deficit value – Entered as benzene gallons, see 1090.700(b)(2)(iii)
16	Comments		AAAAA; Character. Optional, enter any comments associated with this report.

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement

The public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is disclosed in the estimates of the individual report form instructions. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. 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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