Renewable Fuel Standard OMB Control No. 2060-0688

RFS Independent Third Party List of Potentially Invalid RINs Expires: 12/31/2017

Report Form ID: RFS2300

EPA Form No. 5900-360 Page 1 of 3

RFS Independent Third Party List of Potentially Invalid RINs (RFS2300): Instructions for 

Completing

Who must report

 All independent third-party auditors that verify RINs beginning on September 16, 2014.

Reporting requirements

 40 CFR 80.1451(g)(2) sets forth the additional reporting requirements (available at:

http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/textidx?SID=354294fee688f6d54979e2638c0decf5&node=se40.17.80_11451&rgn=div8).

 Provide the identifying information for any RIN batches that the Independent Third Party Auditor 

has identified as Potentially Invalid RINs (PIR) pursuant to 80.1474.

 Required fields and NA values – Certain report fields or parameters may be specific to select 

product types. If a report field does not apply to the reported batch, enter the value “NA”. Do not 

leave the field blank.

Reporting deadlines

 Independent third-party auditors shall report on a quarterly basis:

Production 

Calendar Quarter Time Period Covered

Quarterly Report 

Deadline

Quarter 1 January 1 – March 31 June 1

Quarter 2 April 1 – June 30 September 1

Quarter 3 July 1 – September 30 December 1

Quarter 4 October 1 – December 31 March 31

How to submit reports

 EPA maintains report templates, electronic submission procedures and additional support options 

at http://www.epa.gov/otaq/fuels/reporting/cdx.htm.

Field Instructions

Field 

No.

Field Name Units Field Formats, Codes & Special Instructions

1 Report Form ID AAAAAA; Character.

Enter RFS2300

2 Report Type A; Character. Specify if the data submitted in this 

report is original or if it is being resubmitted. Submit 

only one original report; any corrections or updates 

should be marked as a resubmission.

O = Original

R = Resubmission

3 CBI A; Character. Specify if the data contained within the 

report is claimed as Confidential Business Information 

(CBI) under 40 CFR Part 2, subpart B:

Y = Confidential Business Information

N = Non-Confidential Business Information
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Field 

No.

Field Name Units Field Formats, Codes & Special Instructions

4 Report Date MM/DD/YYYY; Character. Enter the date the original 

or resubmitted report is created.

5 Compliance Period

Year

YYYY; Character. Enter the averaging/compliance 

year the report covers.

6 Compliance Period 

Quarter

AA; Character. Enter the quarter under the compliance 

year this report covers:

Q1: Quarter 1 (January – March)

Q2: Quarter 2 (April – June)

Q3: Quarter 3 (July – September)

Q4: Quarter 4 (October – December)

7 Independent ThirdParty Auditor 

Company ID

AAAA; Character. Enter the EPA assigned fourcharacter ID for the Independent Third Party Auditor.

8 Independent ThirdParty Auditor 

Company Name

AAAA...; Character. Enter the registered name of the 

Independent Third-Party Auditor

9 Audited Renewable 

Fuel Producer 

Company Name

AAAA...; Character. Enter the registered name of the 

renewable fuel producer audited under an approved 

QAP under 80.1469.

10 Audited Renewable 

Fuel Producer 

Company ID

AAAA. Character. Enter the four digit company ID of 

the renewable fuel producer audited under an approved 

QAP under 80.1469.

11 Audited Renewable 

Fuel Producer Facility 

ID

AAAAA. Character. Enter the five digit facility ID of 

the renewable fuel production facility audited under an 

approved QAP under 80.1469.

12 RIN Year YYYY. Character. Enter the RIN Year representing the 

vintage of the batch identified as potentially invalid.

13 Batch ID of the 

renewable fuel

AAAAAA. Character. Enter the six digit character ID 

representing the batch identified as potentially invalid.

14 Potentially Invalid 

RIN Code

AAA. Character. Enter one of the three digit character 

code representing the reason the batch was identified as 

potentially invalid.

DUP: A duplicate of a valid RIN

VOL: Incorrect volumes or not standardized to 60 ̊ F

IEV: Incorrect equivalence value

DEF: Does not represent renewable fuel (§80.1401)

DCD: Assigned an incorrect “D” code

OTH: Other improper generation

15 Description why RIN 

batch identified as 

potentially invalid

AAAA.... Character (1000 character max). Provide a 

description as to why the RIN batch has been identified 

by the Independent third-party auditor as potentially 

invalid.

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement
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Report Form ID: RFS2300

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resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information to or for a 

Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize 

technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing 

and maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; adjust the existing ways to 

comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements; train personnel to be able to 

respond to a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review the collection of 

information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, 

and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid 

OMB control number. Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the accuracy of the 

provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods for minimizing respondent burden, including 

through the use of automated collection techniques to the Director, Collection Strategies Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency (2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. 20460. 

Include the OMB control number in any correspondence. Do not send the completed form to this address.