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Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help

All I do is produce corn ethanol and sell it all to X Company, which is an ethanol marketer. Do I have to do anything, or can X Company generate the RINs for me?

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Each producer of renewable fuel is responsible for generating the RINs that represent that renewable fuel. This function cannot be delegated or assigned to any other party, including a party to whom a producer sells its product.

Question and Answer was originally posted at: Questions and Answers on the Renewable Fuel Standard Program (PDF) (55 pp, 221 K, EPA420-F-07-041a, August 2007, About PDF)

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Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help

All I do is produce corn ethanol and sell it all to X Company, which is an ethanol marketer. Do I have to do anything, or can X Company generate the RINs for me?

Fuels and Fuel Additives Compliance