(a) Renewable fuels producer or importer violation. Except as provided in Sec. 80.1455, no person shall produce or import a renewable fuel without complying with the requirements of Sec. 80.1426 regarding the generation and assignment of RINs.
(b) RIN generation and transfer violations. No person shall do any of the following:
(1) Generate a RIN for a fuel that is not a renewable fuel, or for which the applicable renewable fuel volume was not produced.
(2) Create or transfer to any person a RIN that is invalid under Sec. 80.1431.
(3) Transfer to any person a RIN that is not properly identified as required under Sec. 80.1425.
(4) Transfer to any person a RIN with a K code of 1 without transferring an appropriate volume of renewable fuel to the same person on the same day.
(5) Introduce into commerce any renewable fuel produced from a feedstock or through a process that is not described in the person's registration information.
(6) Generate a RIN for fuel for which RINs have previously been generated.
(c) RIN use violations. No person shall do any of the following:
(1) Fail to acquire sufficient RINs, or use invalid RINs, to meet the person's RVOs under Sec. 80.1427.
(2) Use a validly generated RIN to meet the person's RVOs under Sec. 80.1427, or separate and transfer a validly generated RIN, where the person using the RIN ultimately uses the renewable fuel volume associated with the RIN in an application other than for use as transportation fuel, jet fuel, or heating oil (as defined in Sec. 80.1401).
(3) Use a validly generated RIN to meet the person's RVOs under Sec. 80.1427, or separate and transfer a validly generated RIN, where the person ultimately uses the renewable fuel volume associated with the RIN in an application other than for use as transportation fuel, jet fuel, or heating oil (as defined in Sec. 80.1401).
(d) RIN retention violation. No person shall retain RINs in violation of the requirements in Sec. 80.1428(a)(5).
(e) Causing a violation. No person shall cause another person to commit an act in violation of any prohibited act under this section.
(f) Failure to meet a requirement. No person shall fail to meet any requirement that applies to that person under this subpart.
(g) Failing to use a renewable fuel oil for its intended use. No person shall use fuel oil that meets paragraph (2) of the definition of heating oil in Sec. 80.1401 and for which RINs have been generated in an application other than to heat interior spaces of homes or buildings to control ambient climate for human comfort.
(h) RIN separation violations. No person shall do any of the following:
(1) Identify separated RINs in EMTS with the wrong separation reason code.
(2) Identify separated RINs in EMTS without having a qualifying separation event pursuant to Sec. 80.1429.
(3) Separate more than 2.5 RINs per gallon of renewable fuel that has a valid qualifying separation event pursuant to Sec. 80.1429.
(4) Separate RINs outside of the requirements in Sec. 80.1452(c).
(5) Improperly separate RINs in any other way not listed in paragraphs (h)(1)-(4) of this section.
(i) Independent third-party auditor violations. No person shall do any of the following:
(1) Fail to fully implement a QAP approved under Sec. 80.1469.
(2) Fail to fully, accurately, and timely notify all appropriate parties of potentially invalid RINs under Sec. 80.1474(b).
(3) Verify a RIN under Sec. 80.1471(e) without verifying every applicable requirement in Sec. 80.1469 and verifying each element in an approved QAP. [75 FR 14863, Mar. 26, 2010, as amended at 75 FR 26047, May 10, 2010; 77 FR 1357, Jan. 9, 2012; 78 FR 62471, Oct. 22, 2013; 79 FR 42119, July 18, 2014]