part_subject: "FEES FOR ENGINE, VEHICLE, AND EQUIPMENT COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS"
subpart_code: "A"
subpart_subject: "Overview and Applicability"
section_number: "1027.125"
section_subject: "Can I get a refund?"
cfr_reference: "40 CFR 1027.125"
title_name: "Title 40"
title_subject: "Protection of Environment"
parts_covered: "Parts 1000 to 1059"
revised_date: "Revised as of July 1, 2017"
publication_date: "As of July 1, 2017"
contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"
publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"
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(a)We will refund the total fee imposed under this part if you ask for a refund after failing to get a certificate for any reason.
(b)If your actual sales or the actual retail prices in a given year are less than you projected for calculating a reduced fee under § 1027.120, we will refund the appropriate portion of the fee. We will also refund a portion of the initial payment if it exceeds the final fee for the engines, vehicles, or equipment covered by the certificate application.
(1)You are eligible for a partial refund related only to a certificate used for the sale of engines, vehicles, or equipment under that certificate in the United States.
(2)Include all the following in your request for a partial refund of reduced fee payments:
(i)State that you sold engines, vehicles, or equipment under the applicable certificate in the United States.
(ii)Identify the number of engines, vehicles, or equipment you produced or imported under the certificate, and whether the engines, vehicles, or equipment have been sold.
(iii)Identify the reduced fee that you paid under the applicable certificate.
(iv)Identify the actual retail sales price for the engines, vehicles, or equipment produced or imported under the certificate.
(v)Calculate the final value of the reduced fee using actual production figures and retail prices.
(c)We will approve your request to correct errors in the amount of the fee.
(d)All refunds must be applied for within six months after the end of the model year.
(e)Send refund and correction requests to the Fee Program Specialist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Vehicle Programs and Compliance Division, 2000 Traverwood Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48105, online at www.Pay.gov, or as specified in guidance by the Administrator.
(f)You may request to have refund amounts applied to the amount due on another application for certification.