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Published February 02, 2012
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Sandra Dunphy
On Feb. 2, EPA issued an NOV to Jeffrey Gunselman, CEO of Absolute Fuels, LLC for violating Section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act for generating fraudulent RFS2 RINs. EPA has determined that all 2010 - 2011 RINs generated by Absolute Fuels (~48 million RINs) are invalid. EPA will be ...
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Published February 02, 2012
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Vance Kopp
After several conversations with EPA, they have agreed to the following RFG/AD reporting requirements for 2011: PLEASE RECALL THAT THIS ONLY APPLIES TO THOSE REFINERS WHO ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF 40CFR80 SUBPART L (MSAT2) 1. RFG0301 - No RFG0301 - No change to reporting requirements (except ...
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Published January 25, 2012
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Ron Chapman
On December 29, 2011, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California issued several rulings in the federal lawsuits challenging the California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) stating that the regulation is unconstitutional. One of the court’s rulings preliminarily enjoins the Air Resources Board (ARB or Board) ...
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Published January 25, 2012
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Sandra Dunphy
For Obligated Parties or Renewable Fuel Exporters wishing to retire 2010 RFS2 RINs now to replace possibly invalid RINs (other than Clean Green Fuel RINs) used for 2010 compliance - please note the following: You cannot remove or delete 2010 RFS2 RINs already used for 2010 compliance, however you can retire additional 2010 ...
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Published January 22, 2012
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Sandra Dunphy
For Obligated Parties and Exporters with 2011 RVOs - If you have 2010 or 2011 RFS2 RINs in your EMTS account that you do NOT want to use for 2011 compliance, one way to avoid using these RINs is to "LOCK" them in your EMTS account. Once a RIN is Locked, ...
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Published January 22, 2012
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Sandra Dunphy
For Obligated Parties or Renewable Fuel Exporters wishing to retire 2010 RFS2 RINs now to replace possibly invalid RINs (other than Clean Green Fuel RINs) used for 2010 compliance - please note the following: You cannot remove or delete 2010 RFS2 RINs already used for 2010 compliance, however you can retire additional 2010 ...
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RFS
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Published January 03, 2012
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Bill Newman
The NYT link is here: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/02/business/energy-environment/after-three-decades-federal-tax-credit-for-ethanol-expires.html?_r=2&ref=politics In a related development, Congress also decined to renew the tariff on imported ethanol. http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/overcharged/2011/12/30/gIQAzQ0yUP_story.html?hpid=z3 Both expired on December 31, 2011
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Published January 03, 2012
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Bill Newman
CARB does not agree and plans to appeal. I usually hate to link to the NYT but here is the entire story: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/30/us/judge-blocks-californias-low-carbon-fuel-standard.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=drevna&st=cse The decision rules that out-of-state producers are unconstitutionally discriminated against. This puts on hold the LCFS rule.
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Published December 27, 2011
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Sandra Dunphy
On December 27, 2011 EPA issued amendments to the RFS2 regulations. Here are a few of the changes: 2012 RVO Percentages: Cellulosic biofuel 0.006% Biomass-based diesel 0.91% Advanced biofuel 1.21% Renewable fuel 9.23% The 2012 price for cellulosic biofuel ...
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Published December 21, 2011
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Ron Chapman
CARB held a public hearing on Friday (December 15) on the Low Carbon Fuel Standards (LCFS). Weaver personnel attended the hearing at the request of CARB. · Most commenters were strong supporters of the program. CARB officials noted that while the program is still new, it appeared to be ...
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Published December 20, 2011
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Bill Newman
In an exclusive story, Fox News reports that EPA “wants to change how it analyzes problems and makes decisions in a way that could give it vastly expanded power to regulate businesses, communities and ecosystems in the name of ‘sustainable development’.” The whole story is here: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/12/19/epa-ponders-expanded-regulatory-power-in-name-sustainable-development/?test=latestnews In June ...
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Published December 15, 2011
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Bill Newman
The Air Resources Board (ARB) in their never-ending quest to lower GHGs, has proposed eliminating most gasoline engines in the state by 2050. Now, that's a long way off and this is just a proposal, but the mind-set is evident. We can't link to the article as it is subscriber ...
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Published December 02, 2011
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Bill Newman
EPA, on November 30, 2011, issued a DFR on additional Pathways that meet the GHG reduction requirments for biomass-based diesel, advanced biofeul and cellulosic biofuel. These new Pathaways are: Camelina Oil, which qualifies as biomass-based diesel Energy Cane, which qualifies as cellulosic biofuel Giant Reed, which qualifies as cellulosic biofuel...
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RFS
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Published November 28, 2011
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Bill Newman
By Wednesday, November 30, EPA is to release their 2012 RFS standards. They will also issue mercury standards for industrial boilers rule then also. We'll keep you informed!
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Published November 18, 2011
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Bill Newman
According to the Energy Information Administration (under the DOE), the 6 plants will produce only 6.9 million gallons of Cellulosic biofuel during 2012. EPA (in June) proposed requiring from between 3.45 million gallons to a maximum of 12.9 million gallons. The six plants are: 1) Fiberight LLC 2) Ineos New Planet ...
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Published November 13, 2011
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Sandra Dunphy
For Obligated Parties who are subject to EPA's recent NOVs, please keep the following in mind when studying retired RIN replacement options, if you have also transferred invalid RINs to third parties: 80.1431(b)(3) - Any valid RINs remaining after invalid RINs are retired must first be applied to correct the ...
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Published November 08, 2011
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Sandra Dunphy
EPA will soon be announcing the 2012 cellulosic waiver credit price. In any given compliance year when EPA reduces the applicable volume of cellulosic biofuel versus the EISA mandate, EPA will provide cellulosic waiver credits for that compliance year. The price for a cellulosic waiver credit shall be set equal to the greater ...
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RFS
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Published November 08, 2011
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Wade Watson
The EPA has made it publically known (although, most of the industry already knows) that they issued 24 Notices of Violations (NOVs) yesterday to obligated parties for using invalid RINs. See the below EnviroFlash update that just came through. We did briefly speak with EPA about this matter prior to the NOVs being ...
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Published November 07, 2011
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Bill Newman
NPRA and API have asked EPA for a meeting relating to fraudlent RINs. In their letter, the groups state: ‘The RFS2 Final rules and the Proposed Rule for the 2012 RFS standards state that EPA considers RIN purchase a ‘buyer beware’ activity,’ the letter states. ‘However, obligated parties that purchase ...
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Published November 04, 2011
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Vance Kopp
According to the Lubbock Avalanche Journal, recently unsealed affidavits detail the business dealing of Absolute Fuels and have lead to a Secret Service investigation. Federal investigators have said that no biodiesel was produced by Absolute Fuels after January 2010, although the company continued to sell RINs. Earlier this year an ...
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