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1 At our terminal, we transfer ownership of ethanol to our customers simultaneously with blending that ethanol into gasoline. Who owns the RINs?
2 Are companies that are both producers and marketers of ethanol subject to the RIN transfer requirements of 40 CFR 80.1128(a)(5), or the more stringent requirements of 80.1128(a)(6)?
3 We are a blender. If we purchase a load of B100 (100% biodiesel) over the quarter and sell 200 loads of B5 (5% biodiesel), what is the easiest way for us to complete the RIN activity report as it relates to separation of RINs?
4 Is the RIN transaction report tracked daily but reported quarterly?
5 If a marketer purchases E100 or B100 and becomes the blender, does he retain the RIN? Can that marketer trade those RINs on the open market? What other purpose would those RINs serve the marketer if they cannot be traded?
6 What happens if a party registers with EPA then engages in no activities that must be reported during a given compliance period?
7 Does regulation Section 80.1128(a)(4) allow a marketer to change the K code from 1 to 2 and then not transfer the RIN with the renewable fuel as long as he sells the RINs to anyone by the end of the quarter?
8 When will the template report forms for all of the RFS-required reports be available; will these be posted on the website?
9 Is it correct that an obligated party must still file the quarterly RIN activity report even though all RINs held are separated (or unassigned, with a K code of 2)?
10 Will non-obligated parties that can hold title to RINs be required to balance them each quarter?
11 What is the process to retire a RIN? Is this a reporting function that is done with the EPA?
12 What is the Equivalence Value for E85? Is it 0.85 since its renewable content is only 85 percent?
13 I am a small refiner who is exempt from meeting the standard. Am I allowed to separate RINs from batches of renewable fuel?
14 If renewable fuel is produced (or imported) and sold as motor vehicle fuel, what happens if it is actually used in a heater or boiler? What if, instead of a heater or boiler, the fuel is actually used in a non-road vehicle?
15 Does blending biodiesel into agricultural diesel (or other nonroad diesel such as NRLM diesel) allow the RIN to be separated?

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