§ 80.135 Registration.

(a) Applicability. The following parties must register using the procedures specified in this section, § 80.1450 and 40 CFR 1090.800:

(1) Biogas producers.

(2) RNG producers.

(3) RNG importers.

(4) Biogas closed distribution system RIN generators.

(5) RNG RIN separators.

(6) Renewable fuel producers using biogas as a biointermediate or RNG as a feedstock.

(b) General registration requirements. Parties must submit applicable information for companies and facilities as specified in 40 CFR 1090.805.

(1) New registrants. (i) Parties required to register under this subpart must have an EPA-accepted registration prior to engaging in regulated activities under this subpart.

(ii) Registration information must be submitted at least 60 days prior to engaging in regulated activities under this subpart.

(iii) Parties may engage in regulated activities under this subpart once EPA has accepted their registration and they have met all other applicable requirements under this subpart.

(2) Existing renewable CNG/LNG registrations. (i) Parties listed in paragraph (a) of this section must submit updated registration information that complies with the applicable requirements of this section for any company or facility covered by a registration accepted under § 80.1450(b) for the generation of RINs under § 80.1426(f)(10)(ii) or (11)(ii) no later than October 1, 2024.

(ii) A biogas closed distribution system RIN generator or biogas producer does not need to submit an updated engineering review for any facility in the biogas closed distribution system as specified in § 80.1450(d)(1) before the next three-year engineering review update is due as specified in § 80.1450(d)(3).

(3) Engineering reviews. (i) Any party required to register a facility under this section must undergo all the following:

(A) A third-party engineering review as specified in § 80.1450(b)(2).

(B) Three-year engineering review updates as specified in § 80.1450(d)(3).

(ii) Third-party engineering reviews and three-year engineering review updates required under paragraph (b)(3)(i) of this section must evaluate all applicable registration information submitted under this section as well as all applicable requirements in § 80.1450(b).

(iii) A party may arrange for an independent third-party engineer to conduct a single site visit and submit a single engineering review report for a facility that performs multiple activities (e.g., a facility that both produces biogas and upgrades it to RNG) under this subpart as long as the site visit and engineering review report includes all the requirements for each activity performed.

(4) Registration updates. (i) Parties registered under this section must submit updated registration information to EPA within 30 days when any of the following occur:

(A) The registration information previously supplied becomes incomplete or inaccurate.

(B) Facility information is updated under § 80.1450(d)(1), as applicable.

(C) A change of ownership is submitted under 40 CFR 1090.820.

(ii) Parties registered under this section must submit updated registration information to EPA within 7 days when any facility information is updated under § 80.1450(d)(2).

(iii) Parties that register a facility under this section must update their registration information and undergo a three-year engineering review update as specified in § 80.1450(d)(3).

(5) Registration deactivations. EPA may deactivate the registration of a party registered under this section as specified in § 80.1450(h), 40 CFR 1090.810, or 40 CFR 1090.815, as applicable.

(c) Biogas producer. In addition to the information required under paragraph (b) of this section, a biogas producer must submit all the following information for each biogas production facility: