Register with the Environmental Protection Agency

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requires that all fuel manufacturers who will sell their fuel in the United States to register with them by completing Form 3520-12.  Additional information about this process is available from the EPA website at http://www.epa.gov/otaq/regs/fuels/ffarsfrms.htm.  The EPA registration process currently requires biodiesel producers to provide to the EPA with a laboratory analysis of the fuel being registered.  This laboratory analysis will need to indicate the fuel’s compliance with ASTM D6751.  Due to this laboratory analysis requirement, biodiesel producers will NOT be able to complete this registration with the EPA until they are able to begin producing fuel.   Without EPA registration, biodiesel producers are not legally able to sell their fuel in the United States.  Once the EPA has received all required documentation, the biodiesel producer normally will receive their registration within one month.