(a) Renewable fuel producers located within the United States that produce less than 10,000 gallons of renewable fuel each year, and importers who import less than 10,000 gallons of renewable fuel each year, are not required to generate RINs or to assign RINs to batches of renewable fuel. Such producers and importers that do not generate and/or assign RINs to batches of renewable fuel are also exempt from all the following requirements of this subpart K, except as stated in paragraph (b) of this section:

(1) The registration requirements of §80.1150.

(2) The recordkeeping requirements of §80.1151.

(3) The reporting requirements of §80.1152.

(4) The attest engagement requirements of §80.1164.

(b) Renewable fuel producers and importers who produce or import less than 10,000 gallons of renewable fuel each year and that generate and/or assign RINs to batches of renewable fuel are subject to the provisions of §§80.1150 through 80.1152, and §80.1164.

[72 FR 24000, May 1, 2007, as amended at 73 FR 57257, Oct. 2, 2008]