Renewable Fuel Standard Program: Standards for 2020 and Biomass-Based Diesel Volume for 2021, Response to the Remand of the 2016 Standards, and Other Changes

Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Report OMB Control No. ####-####

Renewable Fuel Standard Annual Compliance Report Expires DD MON YY

Report Form ID: RFS0304

Renewable Fuel Standard – Annual Compliance Report: Instructions for Completing

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 during a given compliance period, must submit an RFS 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 during a given compliance period, must submit an RFS 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 RFS0304 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 RFS0304 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 RFS0304 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).

Table 1 – This table provides examples of which volumes of a renewable fuel export incur specific _{Renewable Volume Obligations (RVO) pursuant to §80.1430.}

Renewable Fuel Export	Cellulosic Biofuel RVO	Biomass-Based Diesel RVO	Advanced Biofuel RVO	Renewable Fuel RVO
Biodiesel	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Non-Ester Renewable Diesel	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cellulosic Biofuel	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Cellulosic Diesel	Either Cellulosic Biofuel or Biomass-Based Diesel (only 1)		Yes	Yes
Advanced Biofuel	No	No	Yes	Yes
Renewable Fuel	No	No	No	Yes

Distillate Fuel Reporting

2020 Compliance Period - For fields “Distillate fuel that is NOT transportation fuel (excluding NTDF)” and “Distillate fuel that is certified NTDF” (or fields 15 and 16), mark “NA” for 2020 compliance period only.

2021 Compliance Period and After – Report the values in both distillate fields 15 and 16 as required in 80.1451(a).

Additional Notes

• For a row with field 9 as CB, “NA” must be entered in field 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28

• For a row with field 9 as BD, “NA” must be entered in field 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 31, 32, 33

• For a row with field 9 as AB, “NA” must be entered in field 27, 28, 31, 32, 33

• For a row with field 9 as RF, “NA” must be entered in field 31, 32, 33

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-and-annually-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-central-data-exchange-cdx

Field No.	Field Name	Units	Field Formats, Codes, & Special Instructions
1	Report Form ID		AAAAAAA; Character. RFS0304: Form ID for the RFS2 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
4	Report Date		MM/DD/YYYY; Character. Enter the date the original or resubmitted report is submitted.
5	Report Year		YYYY; Number. Indicate the compliance period (year) of the report.
6	Company/Entity ID		9999; Alphanumeric. Enter the four-digit, EPA-assigned company/entity ID.
7	Company Name		AAAAAAA…; Character (125 Max). The reporting party’s name (Your company name).
8	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 Note: Obligated parties and exporters indicate the corresponding “compliance level” when retiring RINs for compliance in EMTS. The compliance level indicated above and any of the following fields must also match the total number of RINs retired in EMTS by compliance level.
9	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
10	Renewable Fuel Export Type		999; Number. Indicate the 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”. Examples of commonly used reporting codes from EMTS are shown below. For a full list of all EMTS reporting codes, see https://www.epa.gov/fuels-registration-reporting-and-compliance-help 10: Non-cellulosic Ethanol (EV 1.0) 20: Biodiesel (EV 1.5) 40: Non-ester Renewable Diesel (EV 1.7) 41: Non-ester Renewable Diesel (EV 1.6) 42: Non-ester Renewable Diesel (EV 1.5) 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)
11	Total Volume of Gasoline Products RFG, RBOB, CG, CBOB	gallons	999999999999; Number. Report the total volume of RFG, RBOB, CG, and CBOB gasoline produced (when reporting as AGREF or Facility by facility) or imported (when reporting as “AGIMP”) during the compliance period that is listed under 80.1407(c)(1) – (c)(4).
12	Other Gasoline Blendstock Volume	gallons	999999999999; Number. Report the total volume of all blendstock (including butane, pentane, and gasoline treated as Blendstock (GTAB)) that has been combined with other Blendstock and/or finished gasoline to produce gasoline for the compliance year as described in 80.1407(c)(5).
13	State Gasoline Volume	gallons	999999999999; Number. Report the total volume of any gasoline, or any unfinished gasoline that becomes gasoline upon the addition of oxygenate, that is produced or imported to comply with a state or local fuels program (e.g., California gasoline) for the compliance year as described in 80.1407(c)(6).
14	MVNRLM Diesel Fuel Volume	gallons	999999999999; Number. Report the total volume of MVNRLM diesel fuel produced (when reporting as AGREF or Facility by facility) or imported (when reporting as “AGIMP”) during the compliance period that is listed under 80.1407(e) Include in this volume any resulting balance calculated using the redesignated certified non-transportation 15 ppm diesel fuel (NTDF) as MVNRLM diesel fuel reporting provisions found at 80.1451(a)(1)(xix).
15	Distillate fuel that is NOT transportation fuel (excluding NTDF)	gallons	999999999999; Number. Report the total volume of distillate fuel that is not transportation fuel, separate from certified NTDF. Note: Mark “NA” if compliance period is 2020 or earlier.
16	Distillate fuel that is certified NTDF	gallons	999999999999; Number. Report the total volume of certified NTDF. Note: Mark “NA” if compliance period is 2020 or earlier.
17	Gasoline and Diesel production / Renewable Fuel Export volume	gallons	999999999999; Number. Enter the total volume of all gasoline (fields 11, 12, 13) and diesel (field 14) produced or imported for the compliance year as defined in §80.1407(c) and §80.1407(e). If a renewable fuel exporter, the volume of renewable fuel exported in Field 10.
18	Renewable Fuel Standard Value/ Equivalence Value	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.
19	Prior year Deficit RVO	gallons	999999999999; Number. Enter prior year deficit RVO. If no deficit, enter “0”.
20	Renewable Volume Obligation (RVO)	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 20] = [Field 17] x ([Field 18]/100) + [Field 19]; Exporters: [Field 20] = [Field 17] x [Field 18]
21	Prior-year RFS2 RINs used, D code of 3		9999999999; Number. Enter the total number of prior- year Cellulosic Biofuel (D3) RINs used for compliance.
22	Current-year RFS2 RINs used, D code of 3		9999999999; Number. Enter the total number of current- year Cellulosic Biofuel (D3) RINs used for compliance.
23	Prior-year RFS2 RINs used, D code of 4		9999999999; Number. Enter the total number of prior- year Biomass-Based Diesel (D4) RINs used for compliance.
24	Current-year RFS2 RINs used, D code of 4		9999999999; Number. Enter the total number of current- year Biomass-Based Diesel (D4) RINs used for compliance.
25	Prior-year RFS2 RINs used, D code of 5		9999999999; Number. Enter the total number of prior- year Advanced Biofuel (D5) RINs used for compliance.
26	Current-year RFS2 RINs used, D code of 5		9999999999; Number. Enter the total number of current- year Advanced Biofuel (D5) RINs used for compliance.
27	Prior-year RFS2 RINs used, D code of 6		9999999999; Number. Enter the total number of prior- year Renewable Fuel (D6) RINs used for compliance.
28	Current-year RFS2 RINs used, D code of 6		9999999999; Number. Enter the total number of current- year Renewable Fuel (D6) RINs used for compliance.
29	Prior-year RFS2 RINs used, D code of 7		9999999999; Number. Enter the total number of prior- year Cellulosic Diesel (D7) RINs used for compliance.
30	Current-year RFS2 RINs used, D code of 7		9999999999; Number. Enter the total number of current- year Cellulosic Diesel (D7) RINs used for compliance.
31	Cellulosic Biofuel Waiver Credits Used		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: 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.
32	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
33	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.”
34	Deficit RVO		999999999999; Number. Enter the deficit RVO carried over into the next year. CB Deficit RVO = [Field20] – {([Field21] + [Field29] + ([Field22] + [Field30]) + [Field31])} BD Deficit RVO = [Field20] – {([Field23] + [Field29]) + ([Field24] + [Field30])} AB Deficit RVO = [Field20] – {([Field21] + [Field23] + [Field25] + ([Field29]) + ([Field22] + [Field24] + [Field26] + [Field30])} RF Deficit RVO = [Field20] – {([Field21] + [Field23] + [Field25] + [Field 27] + [Field 29]) + ([Field 22] + [Field 24] + [Field 26] + [Field 28] + [Field 30])}
35	Comments		AAAA….; Character (1000 character limit). Optional, enter any additional comments.

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