Form 5900-321 Facility Gasoline Sulfur and Benzene Annual Report (GSF0

RFG and Anti-Dumping
Facility Gasoline Sulfur and Benzene Annual
Report Instructions
Form ID: GSF0402

OMB Control No. 2060-0437, 2060-0277
Expires XX/XX/XXXX

Facility Gasoline Sulfur and Benzene Annual Report (GSF0402): Instructions for Completing
Who must report
• Regulated Entities may be use this report to satisfy the following reporting requirements:
o Conventional Gasoline (CG and CBOB) refiners and importers may use this form to
satisfy the per batch reporting requirements for the Tier 2/Tier 3 Gasoline Sulfur program
and/or the MSAT2 Benzene program (per 40 CFR 80.1354(b)(1)) when using composite
sampling. Specifically companies reporting composite sampling testing results (40 CFR
80.101 (i)(2)) using the RFG and Anti-Dumping Batch Report (or RFG0302 form) may
use this form to individually report the sulfur and benzene levels for each individual
batch of CG.
o Oxygenate producers and importers reporting the sulfur content from each oxygenate
batch (40 CFR 80.1652(c)).
o Transmix producers
Reporting requirements
• Complete this report representing all produced or imported batches separately as a single entry for
the compliance year.
• Required fields and NA values – Certain report fields or parameters may be specific to select
product types. If a report field does not apply to the reported batch, enter the value “NA”. Do not
leave the field blank.
Reporting deadlines
• Reports shall be submitted on an annual basis no later than March 31st of the following year after
the compliance period has ended.
How to submit reports
• EPA maintains report templates, electronic submission procedures and additional support options
at http://www.epa.gov/otaq/fuels/reporting/cdx.htm.
Field Instructions
Field Field Name
No.
1
Report Form ID
2

Report Type

3

CBI

4

Report Date

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Units

Field Formats, Codes & Special Instructions
AAAAAA; Character.
Enter GSF0402
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
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
MM/DD/YYYY; Character. Enter the date the original
or resubmitted report is created.

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RFG and Anti-Dumping
Facility Gasoline Sulfur and Benzene Annual
Report Instructions
Form ID: GSF0402

Field
No.
5

Field Name

6

Compliance Period
Year
Company ID

7

Facility ID

8

Batch Number

9

Units

OMB Control No. 2060-0437, 2060-0277
Expires XX/XX/XXXX

Field Formats, Codes & Special Instructions
YYYY; Character. Enter the averaging/compliance
year the report covers.
AAAA; Character. Enter the EPA assigned fourcharacter ID for the Company producing or importing
the reported batch.
AAAAA; Character. Enter the EPA assigned fivecharacter ID for the facility producing or importing the
reported batch
AAAAAA; Character. Enter the facility-assigned six
digit Number identifying the batch this report describes.
Please include preceding zeros where applicable.
When the batch is grouped together with the company
ID, facility ID and compliance period [9999]-[99999][2015]-[000001], it should form a unique ID that is not
duplicated or used for any other additional batch.
AA; Character. Enter the one appropriate product
description code from the following list.

Product Type

CONVENTIONAL GASOLINE
CG: Conventional Gasoline
OB: Conventional gasoline (oxygen backout)
CB: Conventional blendstock
EE: Conventional blendstock (EEP report)
OE: Conventional blendstock (oxygen backout and EEP
report)
OXYGENATE PRODUCER
DE – Denatured ethanol using certified ethanol
denaturant (40 CFR 80.1611)
DU – Denatured ethanol from non-certified denaturant
DO – Oxygenate other than ethanol
TRANSMIX
TB: Blendstock added to Gasoline recovered from
Transmix

10

Production Date

11

Batch Volume

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Gallons

OTHER
GT: GTAB – Gasoline treated as blendstock
CS: Certified Sulfur-FRGAS (Foreign Refiners Only)
NS: Non-Certified Sulfur-FRGAS (Foreign Refiners
Only)
MM/DD/YYYY; Character. Date the reported batch
was produced or imported.
999999999999; Number. Production volume of the
reported batch.

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RFG and Anti-Dumping
Facility Gasoline Sulfur and Benzene Annual
Report Instructions
Form ID: GSF0402

OMB Control No. 2060-0437, 2060-0277
Expires XX/XX/XXXX

Field
No.
12

Field Name

Units

Field Formats, Codes & Special Instructions

Sulfur

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

13

Sulfur Parameter Test
Method

Parts per
million
(ppm)

14

15

Benzene

Benzene Parameter
Test Method

Volume
percent

Character. Identify test method used to measure
parameter. If ASTM, list the ASTM test method title.
Or if citing an EPA approved test method under PBMS,
provide the descriptive title name.
Oxygenate producers/importers that are applying the
alternative means of determining the sulfur content of
denatured fuel ethanol under Tier III (80.1642), may
report “Alternative means of determining the sulfur
content of DFE”.
9.99; Number. Benzene content of the reported batch of
gasoline.
Oxygenate producers/importers may enter “NA”.
Character. Identify test method used to measure
parameter. If ASTM, list the ASTM test method title.
Or if citing an EPA approved test method under PBMS,
provide the descriptive title name.
Oxygenate producers/importers may enter “NA”.

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