Title 40
SECTION 80.594
80.594 What are the pre-compliance reporting requirements for motor vehicle diesel fuel
§ 80.594 What are the pre-compliance reporting requirements for motor vehicle diesel fuel?(a) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this section, beginning on June 1, 2003, and on June 1, 2004 and June 1, 2005, all refiners and importers planning to produce or import motor vehicle diesel fuel subject to the provisions of this subpart, shall submit the following information to EPA:
(1) Any changes to the information submitted for the company registration;
(2) Any changes to the information submitted for any refinery or import facility registration;
(3) An estimate of the average daily volumes (in gallons) of each sulfur grade of motor vehicle diesel fuel produced (or imported) at each refinery (or import facility). These volume estimates must be provided both for fuel produced from crude oil, as well as any fuel produced from other sources, and must be provided for the periods of June 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006, January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007, January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008, January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009, and January 1, 2010 through May 31, 2010, for each refinery and import facility;
(4) If expecting to participate in the temporary compliance options provisions and the credit trading program, estimates of the number of credits to be generated and/or used each year the program is applicable;
(5) Information on project schedule by quarter of known or projected completion date by the stage of the project, for example, following the five project phases described in EPA's June 2002 Highway Diesel Progress Review report (EPA420-R-02-016, http://www.epa.gov/otaq/regs/hd2007/420r02016.pdf): Strategic planning, Planning and front-end engineering, Detailed engineering and permitting, Procurement and construction, and Commissioning and startup;
(6) Basic information regarding the selected technology pathway for compliance (e.g., conventional hydrotreating vs. other technologies, revamp vs. grassroots, etc.);
(7) Whether capital commitments have been made or are projected to be made; and
(8) The pre-compliance reports due 2004 and 2005 must provide an update of the progress in each of these areas.
(b) Beginning on June 1, 2003, all approved motor vehicle diesel fuel small refiners shall submit the following additional information to EPA, as applicable:
(1) In the case of a refinery with an approved application under § 80.552(a):
(i) A showing that sufficient sources of 15 ppm motor vehicle diesel fuel will likely be available in its marketing area after June 1, 2006 and through 2010;
(ii) If after 2003 the sources of 15 ppm motor vehicle diesel fuel decrease, the pre-compliance reports for 2004 and/or 2005 must identify this change and must include a supplementary showing that the sources of 15 ppm motor vehicle diesel fuel are still sufficient.
(2) In the case of a refinery with an approved application under § 80.552(c), a demonstration that by June 1, 2006, 95 percent of its motor vehicle diesel fuel will be at 15 ppm sulfur at a volume meeting the requirements of § 80.553(e).
(c) For each refiner and importer approved under § 80.540, a demonstration that by June 1, 2006, 95 percent of its motor vehicle diesel fuel will be at 15 ppm sulfur at a volume of meeting the requirements of § 80.540(e).
(d) By July 1, 2006, each refiner and importer of motor vehicle diesel fuel shall submit a report to EPA stating that the production or importation of 15 ppm sulfur motor vehicle diesel fuel commenced by June 1, 2006.
(e) The pre-compliance reporting requirements of this section do not apply to refineries subject to the provisions of § 80.513.
[66 FR 5136, Jan. 18, 2001, as amended at 69 FR 39190, June 29, 2004; 70 FR 40896, July 15, 2005]