Title 40

SECTION 80.603

80.603 What are the pre-compliance reporting requirements for NRLM diesel fuel

§ 80.603 What are the pre-compliance reporting requirements for NRLM diesel fuel?

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, beginning on June 1, 2005, and for each year until June 1, 2011, or until the entity produces or imports NR or NRLM diesel fuel meeting the 15 ppm sulfur standard of § 80.510(b) or (c), all refiners and importers planning to produce or import NR or NRLM diesel fuel, 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) Any estimate of the average daily volumes (in gallons) of each sulfur grade of motor vehicle and NRLM 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, 2010 through December 31, 2010, calendar years 2011 through 2013, January 1, 2014 through May 31, 2014, and June 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014;

(4) If expecting to participate in the credit trading program, estimates of the number of credits to be generated and/or used each year the program;

(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 in 2006 and later years must provide an update of the progress in each of these areas.

(b) Reports under this section may be submitted in conjunction with reports submitted under § 80.594.

(c) The pre-compliance reporting requirements of this section do not apply to refineries subject to the provisions of § 80.513.

[69 FR 39200, June 29, 2004]

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