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Approved Quality Assurance Plans and Q-RIN Pathways under the Renewable Fuel Standard

Notice of Intent to Revoke the Ability of Genscape to Verify RINs as a Third Party Auditor

Types of Quality Assurance Plans (QAPs)

There are two types of Quality Assurance Plans (QAPs):
  1. General; and
  2. Fuel pathway-specific.

A QAP provider must have an EPA-approved general QAP in order to register fuel pathway-specific QAPs.

List of Approved QAPs and Q-RIN Pathways under RFS

The table below lists the QAPs and Q-RIN Pathways that have been approved by EPA under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).

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D-Codes (Renewable Fuel Categories)

Advanced Biofuel (D-code 5)
  • Can be made from any type of renewable biomass except corn starch ethanol.
  • Must reduce lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50%; compared to the petroleum baseline.
Biomass-based Diesel (D-Code 4)
  • Examples include biodiesel and renewable diesel.
  • Must reduce lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50%; compared to the diesel baseline.
Cellulosic Biofuel (D-Code 3 or D-Code 7)
  • Renewable fuel produced from cellulose, hemicellulose or lignin.
  • To be eligible for D-Code 7 RINs the fuel must be cellulosic diesel.
  • Must reduce lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions by at least 60%; compared to the petroleum baseline.
Renewable Fuel (D-Code 6)
  • Includes ethanol derived from corn starch, or any other qualifying renewable fuel.
  • Fuel produced in new facilities or new capacity expansions (commenced constructed after December 19, 2007) must reduce lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions by at least 20%; compared to the average 2005 petroleum baseline.
QAP Auditor Fuel Pathway-specific QAP RIN D-Code
Weaver (RIN-tegrity®) Biodiesel 4, 6
Weaver (RIN-tegrity®) Renewable diesel 4, 6
Weaver (RIN-tegrity®) Naphtha 5
Weaver (RIN-tegrity®) Biogas (CNG, LNG) 3, 5
Weaver (RIN-tegrity®) Non-cellulosic ethanol 6
Weaver (RIN-tegrity®) Non-cellulosic ethanol (sugar cane/grain sorghum/separated food waste) 5
Weaver (RIN-tegrity®) Cellulosic biofuels 3, 7
EcoEngineers Biodiesel 4, 6
EcoEngineers Renewable diesel 4, 5
EcoEngineers Naphtha from separated food waste 5
EcoEngineers Biogas (CNG, LNG) 3
EcoEngineers Non-cellulosic ethanol 6
EcoEngineers Non-cellulosic ethanol (sugar cane) 5
EcoEngineers Cellulosic ethanol (corn kernel fiber) 3
EcoEngineers Renewable heating oil from separated food waste 5
RINtrust Biodiesel 4, 6
RINtrust Non-cellulosic ethanol 6
RINtrust Non-cellulosic ethanol (sugar cane/grain sorghum/separated food waste) 5
RINtrust Cellulosic diesel, jet fuel, heating oil 7
RINtrust Cellulosic ethanol 3
RINtrust Renewable diesel, jet fuel, heating oil, naphtha 4, 5
RINtrust Naphtha, liquefied petroleum gas 5
Genscape* Biodiesel 4, 5, 6
Genscape* Renewable diesel 4, 5, 6
Genscape* Renewable heating oil from separated food waste 5
Genscape* Biogas (CNG, LNG) 3, 5
Genscape* Non-cellulosic ethanol 6
Genscape* Non-cellulosic ethanol (sugar cane/grain sorghum) 5
Genscape* Cellulosic ethanol 3
Genscape* Cellulosic diesel, jet fuel, heating oil 7

*On January 4, 2017, EPA issued a notice of intent to revoke the ability of Genscape to verify RINs as a third-party auditor under the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) Quality Assurance Program.  More information