U.S. EPA Proposes Voluntary Quality Assurance Program for Verifying RINs

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a proposed rule to establish a voluntary quality assurance program (QAP) for verifying the validity of Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) under the Renewable Fuel Standard program. The proposed voluntary third party assurance program would be used to verify that RINs are generated validly. It would also provide a defense against liability for certain civil violations for the transfer or use of invalid RINs, and specify conditions under which invalid RINs must be replaced with valid RINs. For more information, refer to the proposed rule in the Federal Register and the EPA QAP website.