(a) The Renewable Volume Obligation for an obligated party is determined according to the following formula: RVOi = (RFStdi * GVi) + Di-1 Where: RVOi = The Renewable Volume Obligation for an obligated party
for calendar year i, in gallons of renewable fuel.RFStdi = The renewable fuel standard for calendar year i,
determined by EPA pursuant to Sec. 80.1105, in percent.GVi = The non-renewable gasoline volume, determined in
accordance with paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) of this section,
which is produced or imported by the obligated party in
calendar year i, in gallons. Di-1 = Renewable fuel deficit carryover from the previous
year, per Sec. 80.1127(b), in gallons.
(b) The non-renewable gasoline volume for a refiner, blender, or importer for a given year, GVi, specified in paragraph (a) of this section is calculated as follows:[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TR01MY07.061 Where: x = Individual batch of gasoline produced or imported in calendar year
i.n = Total number of batches of gasoline produced or imported in calendar
year i.GX = Volume of batch x of gasoline produced or imported, in
gallons.y = Individual batch of renewable fuel blended into gasoline in calendar
year i.m = Total number of batches of renewable fuel blended into gasoline in
calendar year i.RBy = Volume of batch y of renewable fuel blended into
gasoline, in gallons.
(c) All of the following products that are produced or imported during a compliance period, collectively called ``gasoline'' for purposes of this section (unless otherwise specified), are to be included (but not double-counted) in the volume used to calculate a party's renewable volume obligation under paragraph (a) of this section, except as provided in paragraph (d) of this section:
(1) Reformulated gasoline, whether or not renewable fuel is later added to it.
(2) Conventional gasoline, whether or not renewable fuel is later added to it.
(3) Reformulated gasoline blendstock that becomes finished reformulated gasoline upon the addition of oxygenate (``RBOB'').
(4) Conventional gasoline blendstock that becomes finished conventional gasoline upon the addition of oxygenate (``CBOB'').
(5) Blendstock (including butane and gasoline treated as blendstock (``GTAB'')) that has been combined with other blendstock and/or finished gasoline to produce gasoline.
(6) Any gasoline, or any unfinished gasoline that becomes finished gasoline upon the addition of oxygenate, that is produced or imported to comply with a state or local fuels program.
(d) The following products are not included in the volume of gasoline produced or imported used to calculate a party's renewable volume obligation under paragraph (a) of this section:
(1) Any renewable fuel as defined in Sec. 80.1101(d).
(2) Blendstock that has not been combined with other blendstock or finished gasoline to produce gasoline.
(3) Gasoline produced or imported for use in Alaska, Hawaii, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, unless the area has opted into the RFS program under Sec. 80.1143.
(4) Gasoline produced by a small refinery that has an exemption under Sec. 80.1141 or an approved small refiner that has an exemption under Sec. 80.1142 until January 1, 2011 (or later, for small refineries, if their exemption is extended pursuant to Sec. 80.1141(e)).
(5) Gasoline exported for use outside the 48 United States, and gasoline exported for use outside Alaska, Hawaii, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, if the area has opted into the RFS program under Sec. 80.1143.
(6) For blenders, the volume of finished gasoline, RBOB, or CBOB to which a blender adds blendstocks.
(7) The gasoline portion of transmix produced by a transmix processor, or the transmix blended into gasoline by a transmix blender, under 40 CFR 80.84. [72 FR 23993, May 1, 2007, as amended at 73 FR 57255, Oct. 2, 2008] Sec. Sec. 80.1108-80.1114 [Reserved]