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RFS2 Activity Report (RFS0108): Instructions for Completing
Who must report
• All parties who owned RINs during the reporting period, must submit this form for each calendar
quarter that RINs were owned.
Reporting requirements
• 40 CFR 80.1451(c)(2)(ii) sets forth the reporting requirements for this form.
• Complete this report as a separate entry for each corporate affiliate within a corporate affiliate
group and for the overall volume for the calendar quarter.
• If a report field does not apply, enter the value “NA”. Do NOT leave any field blank.
Reporting deadlines
• All RIN owning parties must report on a quarterly basis as follows:
Quarterly Report
Calendar Quarter
Time Period Covered
Deadline
Quarter 1
January 1 – March 31
June 1
Quarter 2
April 1 – June 30
September 1
Quarter 3
July 1 – September 30
December 1
Quarter 4
October 1 – December 31
March 31
How to submit reports
• Please check the RFS reporting web site for updated instructions and templates:
https://www.epa.gov/fuels-registration-reporting-and-compliance-help/reporting-fuel-programs
• For information on submitting this report using EPA’s Central Data Exchange (CDX) visit:
https://www.epa.gov/fuels-registration-reporting-and-compliance-help/user-guides-otaqdcfuelcentral-data-exchange-cdx
Field Instructions
Field
Field Name
No.
1

Report Form ID

2

Report Type

3

CBI

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Field Formats, Codes & Special Instructions
AAAAAAA; Character.
Enter RFS0108
A; Character. Specify if this report 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 are claimed as Confidential Business
Information (CBI) under 40 CFR Part 2, subpart B,
except the information that cannot be claimed as CBI
per 40 CFR 80.1402.
Y: Confidential Business Information
N: Non-Confidential Business Information

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Field
No.

Field Name

4

Report Date

5

Compliance Year

6

Company/Entity ID

7

Company Name

8

Calendar Quarter

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Field Formats, Codes & Special Instructions
MM/DD/YYYY; Character. Enter the date this
report was completed.
YYYY; Character. Enter the compliance year the
report covers.
AAAA; Character. Enter the EPA assigned fourcharacter ID for the company/entity.
AAAA…; Character (125 Max). Enter the reporting
party’s name (Your company name).
AA; Character. Enter the calendar quarter under the
compliance year this report covers:
Q1:
Q2:
Q3:
Q4:

Quarter 1 (January – March)
Quarter 2 (April – June)
Quarter 3 (July – September)
Quarter 4 (October – December)

AAAAA; Character. Obligated Parties indicate the
compliance basis if aggregating or submit separate
facility reports referencing individual facility ID
numbers. Non-Obligated Parties indicate whether
reporting as a renewable fuel producer/importer or
as a RIN owner only.

9

Compliance Basis/ Facility
ID

Compliance Basis:
AGIMP: Aggregated Importer Compliance
AGREF: Aggregated Refiner Compliance
#####:
Five-character EPA-assigned facility ID*
EXPRT: Exporter Compliance
PRDCR: Renewable Fuel Producer or Importer
RNGPR: RNG Producer
RNGIM: RNG Importers that generate RINs for
foreign RNG
RNGSP: RNG RIN separator
OWNER: RIN Owner Only
*Notes: 1) Include all preceding zeros in five-digit
facility ID numbers. This field should only
be used by obligated parties submitting
separate facility reports.
2) When reporting RIN Holding Threshold
information, and having multiple facilities
under the facility-by-facility compliance
basis, you may report RIN Holding
Threshold information under one
representative facility ID to reduce
duplication.

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Field
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Field Name

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Field Formats, Codes & Special Instructions
AAA; Character. Enter the code for volume of
renewable fuel or the appropriate RIN holding
threshold code. Provide separate reports for
volume and threshold reporting:
Volume:
VOL – Indicate if end of quarter renewable fuel
volume is being reported. Enter the volume in
field 14. Report “NA” in fields 11, 12, and 13.
RIN Holding Threshold:
Indicate if the submitting party exceeded or was
part of a corporate affiliate or affiliate group that
exceeded the separated D6 RIN holding threshold
in the quarter, as determined by the applicable
calculation specified in 40 CFR 80.1435. Enter
“NA” in field 14.

10

RIN Holding Threshold

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PNO – The submitting party or the submitting
party’s affiliate group exceeded the primary
threshold for separated D6 RIN holdings for one or
more calendar days during the quarter and neither the
submitting party nor affiliate group is an obligated
party.
POP – The submitting party exceeded the primary
threshold for separated D6 RIN holdings but NOT
the secondary threshold for one or more calendar
days during the quarter and is an obligated party or
affiliated with an obligated party.
SOP – The submitting party or the submitting party’s
corporate affiliate group exceeded the primary and
secondary threshold for separated D6 RIN holdings
for one or more calendar days during the quarter and
is an obligated party or affiliated with an obligated
party.
NPS – The submitting party did NOT exceed the
primary or secondary separated D6 RIN holdings for
any calendar day during the quarter.
UNK – Unknown, the submitting party did not
calculate or does not have information to know if the
separated D6 RIN holdings threshold was exceeded
for one or more periods during the quarter.

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Field
No.

Field Name

Units

11

Company ID of Affiliate

12

Company Name of Affiliate

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Field Formats, Codes & Special Instructions
AAAA; Character. Enter the EPA assigned fourcharacter ID for the company/entity affiliated to the
submitting entity. If the affiliated entity is
unregistered and has not been assigned an EPA
company ID, enter “NA”
AAAA…; Character (1000 Max). The company
name of the affiliated entity
AAAAA; Character. Enter one of the codes shown
below representing the affiliation type:
CORPA – Corporate Affiliate as defined in 40 CFR
80.2.

13

Affiliation Type

CONTH – Contractual Affiliate as defined in 40
CFR 80.2 that delivers RINs to or takes delivery of
RINs from another party.
CONTP – Contractual Affiliate as defined in 40
CFR 80.2 that purchases or holds RINs for another
party or has another party purchase or hold RINs on
its behalf, but no RINs are delivered between the
parties during the reporting period.

14

Comments

AAAA...; Character (1000 Max). Enter any
necessary comments or recordkeeping information.
Enter “NA” if there are no comments.
Paperwork Reduction Act Statement

This collection of information is approved by OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq. (OMB Control No. 2060-0725). Responses to this collection of information are mandatory (40
CFR part 80). 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. The public reporting
and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to 1.4 hours per response. 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 to the Regulatory Support Division Director,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2821T), 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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