5900-293 RFS0801: RFS2Renewable Biomass Report

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RFS2 Renewable Biomass Report (Report Form ID: RFS0801):
Instructions for Completing

Who must report
• The RFS0801 RFS2 Renewable Biomass Report is for RIN-generating producers and importers
to provide supplemental feedstock information for feedstocks used to produce renewable fuel and
generate RINs under RFS2.
• Any producer or importer, except those subject to the aggregate approach in 80.1454(g),that
generates RINs during a given quarter for renewable fuel made from feedstocks that are planted
crops and crop residue from existing agricultural land, planted trees or tree residue from actively
managed tree plantations, slash or precommercial thinnings from forestlands, or biomass obtained
from areas at risk of wildfire, shall summarize and submit information verifying that the
feedstocks meet the definition of renewable biomass, as required in 80.1451(d).
• RIN-generating renewable fuel producers reporting for more than one registered production
facility and importers reporting for more than one registered foreign facility must submit data for
each facility on separate report rows.
• Reports must be submitted individually for each separate plot of land from which feedstocks were
harvested, and additional electronic files that identify each plot of land by coordinates of the
points defining the boundaries of each plot simultaneously submitted.
Reporting deadlines
• Producers and Importers shall report on a quarterly basis:
Production
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
The following fields have been added:
• Field 8: Foreign Company ID. This field is required if the reporting party is importing and
generating RINs for renewable fuel produced by a registered and accepted foreign company
whose feedstocks are not subject to the aggregate approach.
• Field 9: Foreign Company Name: This field is required if the reporting party is importing and
generating RINs for renewable fuel produced by a registered and accepted foreign company
whose feedstocks are not subject to the aggregate approach.
• Field 10: Foreign Company Facility ID: This field is required if the reporting party is importing
and generating RINs for renewable fuel produced by a registered and accepted foreign company
whose feedstocks are not subject to the aggregate approach.
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

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Field Instructions
Field Field Name
No.
1.
Report Form ID

Units

Field Formats, Codes & Special Instructions
AAAAAA; Character.
Enter REPORT FORM ID: RFS0801
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.
YYYY; Number. Indicate the compliance period (year)
of the report.

2.

Report Type

3.

CBI

4.

Report Date

5.

Report Year

6.

Company/Entity ID

9999; Number. 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.

Foreign Company ID

9.

Foreign Company
Name

AAAAA; Character. Enter the four-digit, EPAassigned
foreign company ID whose feedstocks are not subject to
the aggregate approach.
Note: Domestic renewable fuel producers enter “NA”.
AAAAAAA…; Character (125 Max). The foreign
company’s name whose feedstocks are not subject to
the aggregate approach.
Note: Domestic renewable fuel producers enter “NA”.

10.

Foreign Company
Facility ID

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AAAAA; Character. Enter the five-digit, EPA-assigned
foreign company’s facility ID whose feedstocks are not
subject to the aggregate approach.
If more than one facility is being reported, a separate
row for each facility is required.
Note: Domestic renewable fuel producers enter “NA”.

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Field
No.
11.

Field Name
Compliance Period
Code

12.

Facility ID

13.

Feedstock Location
Name

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Field Formats, Codes & Special Instructions
AA; Character. Indicate the compliance period for
which the information is being reported. Month ranges
are provided below to assist in labeling quarters:
Q1: First Quarter (January – March)
Q2: Second Quarter (April – June)
Q3: Third Quarter (July – September)
Q4: Fourth Quarter (October – December)
AAAAA; Number. Producers and Importers who
generate RINs must reference individual facility ID
numbers.
Please include all preceding zeros in five-digit facility
ID numbers.
#####: The five Character EPA-assigned facility ID
If more than one facility is being reported, a separate
row for each facility is required.
AAAAAAA…; Character (125 Max). The feedstock
location name (e.g. name of the farm, forest or tree
plantation). You may only enter in one feedstock
location per row.

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14.

Feedstock from the
Location

999; Number. Indicate code(s) corresponding to the
feedstock(s) for fuel.
Note: You may only enter in one feedstock per row.
Biodiesel and/or Non-ester Renewable Diesel
160: Biogenic Waste Oils/Fats/Greases
230: Algal Oil
200: Non-food grade corn oil
240: Oil from Annual Covercrops
210: Soybean Oil
360: Canola Oil
400: Camelina sativa Oil
Cellulosic (Diesel, Ethanol, Heating Oil, Jet Fuel,
and/or
Naphtha)
10: Starch – Corn
70: Cellulosic Biomass – Agricultural Residues
80: Cellulosic Biomass – Switchgrass
Ethanol and/or Butanol
90: Cellulosic Biomass – Miscanthus
120: Sugarcane
140: Cellulosic Biomass - Separated Yard Wastes
220: Cellulosic Biomass - Separated Municipal Solid
Waste
250: Cellulosic Biomass – Annual Cover Crops
260: Cellulosic Biomass - Forest Product Residues
270: Cellulosic Biomass - Forest Thinnings
280: Cellulosic Biomass - Separated Food Wastes
290: Cellulosic Biomass – Slash
300: Starch - Agricultural Residues
310: Starch - Annual Covercrops
410: Cellulosic Biomass - Arundo donax
420: Cellulosic Biomass - Energy Cane
430: Cellulosic Biomass - Pennisetum purpureum
560: Starch – Barley
Biogas
320: Manure Digesters
330: Landfills
331: Biogas from landfills
332: Biogas from municipal wastewater treatment
facility digesters
333: Biogas from agricultural digesters
334: Biogas from separated MSW digesters

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Field
No.

Field Name

Units

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335: Biogas from the cellulosic components of biomass
processed in other waste digesters
336: Biogas from waste digesters
340: Sewage and Waste Treatment Plants
Ethanol, Renewable Diesel, Heating oil, Jet Fuel, and/or
Naphtha
251: Non-cellulosic components of annual cover crops
350: Non-Cellulosic Portions of Separated Food Wastes
380: Grain Sorghum
Note: Each feedstock must be reported on separate
report rows.

15.

Feedstock Quantity

9999999999; Number. Enter the total quantity of
feedstock that was used for renewable fuel production
that was from the specified location.

16.

Feedstock Quantity
Units

999; Number. Enter the Feedstock Quantity Units:
10: Cubic Feet
20: 100 Cubic Feet
30: 1,000,000 Cubic Feet
40: Gallon
50: Liter
60: Short Ton
70: Cubic Meters
80: Therm
90: Decatherm
100: Bushel
110: Pounds

17.

Documentation File
Name

AAAAAAA…; Character (100 Max). Please enter the
file name of electronic documentation that will be
submitted with this report to identify the land by
coordinates of the points defining the boundaries from
which the feedstock was harvested, pursuant to
80.1451(d)(2). Please make sure to include the file
extension name (e.g. .doc, .xls, .zip). If an additional
document is not included, enter “NA.”

Sample report line:
RFS0801,O,Y,11/15/2010,2010,1234,”Sample Company Inc”, 9999, “Foreign Company Name”, 99991,
Q3,99999,Sample Farm 1, 210, 5000, 40, electronic coordinates.zip

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