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What are small refinery exemptions?

Jeremy Anderson

What are small refinery exemptions?

Under EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program, a small refinery may be granted a temporary exemption from its annual Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs) if it can demonstrate that compliance with the RVOs would cause the refinery to suffer disproportionate economic hardship.

What is the renewable volume obligation?

Statutory Compliance 23 In short, the annual obligation for an individual refiner or importer, referred to as the renewable volume obligation (RVO), is the obligated party’s total gasoline and diesel sales multiplied by the annual renewable fuel percentage standards announced by EPA.

What are the renewable fuels required targets for 2009 2016 and 2022?

The general renewable fuel goal includes three additional targets, that is minimal amount of advanced biofuel (from 0.6 in 2009 to 21 billion of gallons in 2022), cellulosic biofuel (from 0.1 in 2010 to 16 billion of gallons in 2022), and biomass-based diesel (from 0.5 in 2009 to 1 billion of gallons in 2012).

What does the renewable fuel standard do?

The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) is an American federal program that requires transportation fuel sold in the United States to contain a minimum volume of renewable fuels. It originated with the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and was expanded and extended by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.

What fuels are renewable?

Renewable Fuels are fuels produced from renewable resources. Examples include: biofuels (e.g. Vegetable oil used as fuel, ethanol, methanol from clean energy and carbon dioxide or biomass, and biodiesel) and Hydrogen fuel (when produced with renewable processes).

What is a D3 Rin?

Cellulosic biofuel RIN (D3) – These RINs are generated by blending ethanol made from cellosic material (eg corn stover, wood chips, miscanthus, biogas) into gasoline.

Can we use ethanol as fuel?

Ethanol is a renewable, domestically produced transportation fuel. Whether used in low-level blends, such as E10 (10% ethanol, 90% gasoline), E15 (10.5% to 15% ethanol), or E85 (flex fuel)—a gasoline-ethanol blend containing 51% to 83% ethanol, depending on geography and season—ethanol helps reduce emissions.

What is considered renewable fuel?

What are renewable fuel credits?

RINs are the credits that the US EPA uses to track and enforce compliance with the renewable fuels mandates set by the RFS in the US. RINs are essentially records of individual batches of renewable fuel being blended into the US gasoline and diesel pools. RINs are created when a batch of renewable fuel is made.

What are the 7 types of renewable energy?

What are 7 Types of Renewable Energy?

  • Solar. By using photovoltaic cells to capture and convert the sun’s rays into electricity, solar panels transform light into usable energy.
  • Wind Energy.
  • Hydroelectric.
  • Ocean Energy.
  • Geothermal Energy.
  • Biomass.
  • Hydrogen.

Is diesel energy renewable?

Renewable diesel is made from the same renewable resources as biodiesel but uses a different production process. The result is a renewable fuel that is chemically identical to petroleum diesel and meets the same ASTM specification.

What is D5 Rin?

Advanced biofuel RIN (D5) – These RINs are created by blending sugar-cane based ethanol, biobutanol or bionaphtha into gasoline. Biomass based diesel RIN (D4)- These RINs are created by blending diesel made from soybean oil, canola oil, waste oil or animal fats into diesel.

Are small refineries exempt from the RFS program?

Small refineries were exempted from the RFS program in its earliest years, 2006-2010, after which a small refinery could petition EPA for and receive an extension of its exemption if it could demonstrate the refinery would suffer “disproportionate economic hardship” as a result of complying with its RFS obligations. See CAA section 211 (o) (9).

Are small refineries exempt from renewable fuel volume obligations?

The CAA includes a temporary exemption from renewable fuel volume obligations for small refineries. Small refineries seeking an exemption must petition EPA.

How do I get an EPA exemption for a small refinery?

Small refineries seeking exemption must petition EPA. The exemption may be granted only if EPA determines, based on supporting evidence provided in the petition, that “disproportionate economic hardship” exists for the refinery in the year for which exemption is requested.

What is the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)?

Under EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program, a small refinery may be granted a temporary exemption from its annual Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs) if it can demonstrate that compliance with the RVOs would cause the refinery to suffer disproportionate economic hardship.