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arbcombo -- Update on Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) Pathway Certification

Posted: 22 Apr 2016 17:37:47
Staff has completed review of all ethanol pathway
applications—submitted on or before January 31, 2016—through the
Alternative Fuels Portal (AFP). These submissions included both
new applications and requests to have “legacy” pathways, adopted
under the prior LCFS rule, recertified.  Some applications were
either rejected without prejudice by ARB or withdrawn by the
applicants.  For ARB rejections, applicants may submit new
applications to address deficiencies in the original application,
if desired.  The table below provides a detailed breakdown of the
status of ethanol applications received through January 31,
2016.

Certification Status of Ethanol Pathways
Status	Re-cert	New	Total
	Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 1	Tier 2	
Completed	64	9	40	0	113
Rejected/Withdrawn	13	7	75	13	108
Total (Re-cert + New)	77	16	115	13	221

Today, (04/22/16) ARB is sending the newly modeled ethanol CI
scores (for both new applications and recertified pathways) to
individual applicants for final review prior to being certified. 


Requirement for applicants requesting recertification

Applicants who submitted recertification requests and whose
applications have been deemed eligible will be receiving
notification via the Alternative Fuels Portal (AFP) which will
include a summary sheet.  Applicants have seven business days to
review their proposed CI score and then to either accept or
reject the proposed CI.  Applicants who choose to accept the
proposed CI must upload the company’s signed attestation letter
to the AFP system and mail a wet ink original to the Manager of
the Fuels Evaluation Section to ensure pathway certification (for
more detail see the Guidance Documents for Pathway
Re-Certification and New Applications available at
http://www.arb.ca.gov/fuels/lcfs/fuelpathways/fuelpathways.htm).


An applicant who chooses to reject the proposed CI may submit a
new application for consideration.  The AFP system is time
sensitive and will lock responses at the end of the seventh
business day (by 11:59 P.M. PST on 05/03/16).  Inaction on part
of an applicant during the review period is equivalent to
rejecting the proposed CI.

Requirement for applicants who submitted a new application

As with recertification of legacy pathways, summaries for new
applications which have been processed will be made available to
applicants through the AFP.  Applicants must communicate their
decision through the AFP on the proposed pathway CI during the
same seven day period being offered to recertification
applications.  Inaction on part of the applicant may result in
delays in the CI being certified.  Applicants who choose to
accept the proposed CI must upload the company’s signed
attestation letter to the AFP system and mail a wet ink original
to the Manager of the Fuels Evaluation Section to ensure pathway
certification.  Applicants who submitted the attestation letter
as part of the application are not required to resubmit the
attestation letter.

Next Steps

Staff will review responses from applicants after the closing
period (05/03/2016) and move to certify all CIs except those
rejected by the applicant.  These certified pathways will be
effective 1st quarter of 2016 for reporting purposes and will be
made available on the LCFS website at
http://www.arb.ca.gov/fuels/lcfs/fuelpathways/fuelpathways.htm.

Background on the LCFS

The Low Carbon Fuel Standard is a regulation to reduce the carbon
intensity of fuels sold in California ten percent by 2020.  The
LCFS is one of the measures adopted by the California Air
Resources Board, pursuant to Health and Safety Code Sections
38500-38599 (AB 32) to reduce greenhouse gases in California.  It
is designed to help clean the air, protect the environment, and
drive the development of clean, low-carbon fuels to improve
California's energy security and energy independence.

Contact

Questions related to CI certification, please contact Anil
Prabhu, Manager, Fuels Evaluation Section at
Anil.Prabhu@arb.ca.gov (916-445-9227).  Questions related to
reporting, please contact Manisha Singh, Manager, Fuels Section
at Manisha.Singh@arb.ca.gov (916-327-1501).




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