EMTS User's Guide
SEPA
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
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EMTS User's Guide
Compliance and Innovative Strategies Division
Office of Transportation and Air Quality
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
&EPA
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
EPA420-B-10-015d
September 2010
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Table of Contents
Accessing EMTS 1
Selecting an Organization 2
Viewing Registered Data 3
Viewing RIN Holdings 5
Viewing RIN Batch Details and Locking RINs 7
Generating RINs 10
Managing the Transaction Bin 13
Separating RINs 15
Retiring RINs 21
Trading RINs 23
Managing the Blocked List 32
Viewing Historic RIN Holdings 36
Viewing Web Submissions 37
Submitting XML Files 39
Receiving Notifications 43
Receiving Documents 44
Quarterly Reports 49
EMTS Technical Support 59
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Accessing EMTS
To support the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2J program, the EPA Moderated Transaction System (EMTS]
has been developed to screen the generation and transfer of RINs between renewable fuel producers,
importers, exporters, obligated parties, and non-obligated RIN owners.
You can access the EMTS website only through the Central Data Exchange (CDX). To do so, open your
internet browser, either Internet Explorer 7.0 and higher or Firefox 2.0 and higher (no other browsers are
currently supported], and enter the following URL: https://cdx.epa.gov/SSL/CDX/login.asp. Log in using
your MyCDX user name and password. From your account profile, click the "OTAQ EMTS Application" link
under Available Account Profiles (see Figure 1J. If you do not see the "OTAQ EMTS Application" link, refer
to "Getting Started - MyCDX" for further instructions.
Figure 1: OTAQ EMTS Application Link
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Clicking the link will take you to the EMTS Home page (see Figure 2].
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Figure 2: EMTS Home Page
Home | Contact Us | Help | Logout
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Announcements
Contact Us I Help
Selecting an Organization
Upon accessing the EMTS Home page, you will need to select an organization to represent if you are
affiliated with two or more organizations. To do so, click one of the organizations in the Select an
Organization popup. You must select an organization to represent before you can perform any actions on
the EMTS website.
Figure 3: Select an Organization Popup
Select an Organization
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• Mendeso Fuels Co-operative - (40998)
To confirm that you are now representing the selected organization, verify that the statement in the upper
right corner of the page ~ "Logged in as:" ~ contains your CDX user ID followed by the name of the
appropriate organization. Note that you may change the organization you are representing by clicking on
the Organizations tab of the accordion on the right side of select pages (see Figure 4].
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Figure 4: Organizations Accordion Tab
> Transaction Bin
T Organizations
Selected Organization: Cavington
Dairy Products LLC (47672)
Select a Different
Announcements
The Organizations tab will appear in this accordion on the following pages:
• Home page;
• View Blocked List;
• View Node Submissions;
• View Web Submissions;
• Review Trades;
• Manage Subscriptions;
• View Reports;
• View RIN Holdings (Current];
• View RIN Holdings (History]; and
• Transaction Bin.
After you open the Organizations tab of the accordion, click "Select a Different Organization." In the Select
an Organization popup, click the name of the organization you wish to represent. Upon doing so, the
organization name in the upper right corner of the page should reflect the new organization you selected.
Once you have selected an organization, you are ready to begin using the EMTS website functionality.
Viewing Registered Data
To view the data for which your organization is registered in the OTAQ Registration system, hover over the
Organizations menu options, and select View Organizations. On the View Organizations page, a grid
displays a list of the organizations you have been associated with in OTAQReg: Fuels Programs Registration
application. For each organization, you may use the "I want to..." drop-down menu to select an
organization or to view the registered data for that organization. If you choose the Select Organization
option, the organization name in the upper right corner of the page should change to reflect the
organization that you identified, and the activities and reports on the EMTS website will be limited to that
organization. Choosing the View Registered Data option will take you to the View Registered Data page for
the selected organization (see Figure 5].
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Figure 5: View Registered Data
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Organization
Submissions
View Registered Data
Select facility to view registered data for that facility.
The company and facility information shown below is not a complete representation of the OTAQReg registration for this organization. There are additional
fields not shown that can only be found in OTAQReg: Fuels Programs Registration application.
Organization Name:
Address:
Bonded:
Demo Organization 1 (20)
Yes
Business Activities
Business Activity Code
Business Activity
Foreign Renewable Fuel Producer
Renewable Fuel Importer
Refiner
Users
TutorialDemo
emts-test@pqa.com
Submitter
Facilities
Bio Blast Plant
C-ville
Stauton
Waynesboro
Facility Name
View Details v|[ Go
The View Registered Data page displays your organization's registered business activities, users and their
roles, and facilities. From this page, you can view the details for the organization's registered facilities.
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Figure 6: View Facility Data
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Organization Submissions Trades Reports RINs
View Facility Data
Facility data as registered with OTAQ.
Facility: Bio Blast Plant
Identifier: -5552
Other Identifiers:
Address:
Total Capacity - Baseline Volume: 50000 gallons
Total Capacity - Actual Peak: 0 gallons
Registered Fuels
Baseline Volume (gallons)
Actual Peak (gallons)
Advanced Biofuel
Registered Fuel Categories
Fuel Category Code
Fuel Category
150
Renewable Heating Oil
Registered Processes
Process Code
Eligible Renewable Fuels From Non-Cellulosic Portions of Separated Food Wastes Process
Registered Feedstocks
The View Facility Data page displays the registered fuels, fuel categories, processes, feedstocks, and co-
products for the selected facility.
You may only edit your registered data through OTAQReg: Fuels Programs Registration. The registered
data is updated nightly from OTAQReg: Fuels Programs Registration. If you make changes to your
registration, the changes will not be reflected in EMTS until the following day.
Viewing RIN Holdings
To view your RIN holdings, hover over RINs on the main menu of the EMTS website (main menu circled in
Figure 7] and select View RIN Holdings (Current].
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Figure 7: Manage RIN Holdings Page
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Organization Submissions Trades Reports RINs
Manage RIN Holdings
* Transaction Bin
Your organization does not currently own any RINs. Please either generate or buy RINs.
Your organization has 0
un-subrnitted
transactions in the
transaction bin,
View Transaction Bin
Organizations
Quick Search
RIN Holdings for:
RAP Inc. GEN Cellulosic
Reserved Locked
No RIN holdings found.
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Generate
Buy
The Manage RIN Holdings page is organization-specific (indicated by the organization name above the RIN
Holdings grid]. To switch the organization for which you are viewing RIN holdings, open the Organizations
tab of the accordion, and click "Select a Different Organization."
If you view the RIN Holdings page before any generate or buy transactions have been completed for your
organization, the RIN Holdings grid will be empty (see Figure 7]. At this point, you can generate or buy
RINs (the only valid transaction types when there are no RIN Holdings] either by clicking the Generate or
Buy button or by selecting Generate or Buy in the "I want to..." drop-down and clicking Go.
Once you have completed a generate transaction or successfully purchased RINs from a trading partner, the
RIN Holdings grid will now display your RINs (see Figure 8 for an example]. Each row in the RIN Holdings
grid represents a unique combination of Fuel (D Code], RIN Year, and Assignment. For each row, the sum
of RINs in the Available, Pending, Reserved, and Locked columns should equal the number of RINs in the
Total column. The RINs in the Available column are RINs that are available for you to use in transactions.
The RINs in the Pending column are RINs that are involved in a pending sell transaction that you have
initiated (see the Trading RINs section]. The RINs in the Reserved column are RINs that are associated
with transactions in the Transaction Bin (see the Managing the Transaction Bin section]. Finally, the RINs
in the Locked column are RINs that have been locked either by your organization or by the EPA.
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Figure 8: Populated RIN Holdings Grid Example
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Organization
Submissions
Manage RIN Holdings
Select one of the transaction actions for each fuel year and assignment for your RIN Holdings.
RIN Holdings for:
RAP Inc. GEN EtOH
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> Transaction Bin
•«• Organizations
Selected Organization: RAP Inc.
GEN EtOH (4670)
Select a Different Organization
Quick Search
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Biomass-Based Diesel (D=4) 2010
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The final column in the RIN Holdings grid is the "I want to..." column. The drop-down for each row contains
the options View Details, Generate, Buy, Separate, Separate (Upward delegation], Sell, Retire (Obligation],
and Retire (Other]. The options that are not applicable to the corresponding row of RINs will be grayed
out. For example, Retire (Obligation] is only applicable for separated RINs being retired by Non-renewable
Fuel Importers, Renewable Fuel Exporters, and Refiners, so in all other instances, the option will be grayed
out. If you select a transaction in the "I want to..." column for a row of RINs, the Fuel (D Code], RIN Year,
and Assignment fields in the resulting transaction wizard will be pre-populated with the data from that
row.
Viewing RIN Batch Details and Locking RINs
To view all of the RIN batches that make up a row in the RIN Holdings grid, select View Details in the "I
want to..." column and click Go. Doing so takes you to the View RIN Holding Details page.
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Figure 9: View RIN Holding Details Page
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View RIN Holding Details
Please select a batch of RINs to either view the details of that batch or lock/unlock the RINs.
RIN Holding Details
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transaction bin.
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The View RIN Holding Details grid displays the originating source information (originating organization,
facility, and batch number] for each batch of RINs with the Fuel (D Code], RIN Year, and Assignment that
you selected on the RIN Holdings page. It also includes the status of each RIN batch. For pending and
reserved RINs, the only option in the "I want to..." drop-down is View Details. Selecting View Details takes
you to a RIN Batch Details page. For available RINs, the "I want to..." drop-down options are Lock RINs and
View Details. Selecting Lock RINs takes you to a Lock RINs Confirmation page.
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Figure 10: Lock RINs Confirmation Page
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Organization
Submissions
Lock RINs Confirmation
Please confirm that you would like to lock the following batch of RINs, The comment entered may be viewed by the
EPA and individuals within your organization.
| RIN Batch Details
Fuel(D Code):
RIN Year:
Assignment:
Originating Organization:
Originating Facility:
Quantity:
Batch Number:
Owned By:
Production Date:
Status:
Biomass Based Diesel (D=4)
2010
Assigned
RAP Inc. GEN Biodiesel (4671)
Valley Medico Plant 12 (46711)
3350
1
RAP Inc. GEN EtOH
06/10/2010
Available
« Back
Confirm
The page contains the details of the RINs that you are about to lock along with a required Comment field.
After you enter a comment and press Confirm, you will return to the View RIN Holding Details page. For
the RIN batch that you locked, the Status field will display Locked, and the Locked By field will include the
name and organization of the individual that locked the RIN batch. Locked RINs will not be available for
any transactions.
The EPA has the capability to lock any organization's available or locked RIN batches. If the EPA locks one
of your organization's RIN batches, the Status field for that row will display Locked, and the Locked By field
will display EPA. RINs locked by the EPA cannot be used in transactions and cannot be unlocked by your
organization.
If you wish to unlock a batch of RINs locked by your organization and not locked by the EPA, select Unlock
RINs in the "I want to..." drop-down. Like the Lock RINs Confirmation page, the Unlock RINs Confirmation
page requires a comment. Once you confirm the unlock action, the RINs will have a status of Available, and
you will be able to use them to complete transactions. Note that if the EPA locks a batch of RINs that your
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organization had already locked, the EPA will need to unlock the RINs before you will have the ability to
unlock the RIN batch.
Generating RINs
From the View RIN Holdings (Current] page, you have the option to generate RINs if your organization is a
Domestic Renewable Fuel Producer, a Renewable Fuel Importer, or a bonded Foreign Renewable Fuel
Producer. Either click the Generate button or select Generate in the "I want to..." drop-down and click Go.
Doing so takes you to the first page of the three-step generate wizard (see Figure 11J.
Figure 11: Generate Wizard, Report Fuel Page (Step 1)
OtKrA Moderated Transaction System
Organization
Generate RINs - Report Fuel
Enter the fuel (D Code), batch characteristics and quantity of RINs generated, The fuel and production process must
be registered with OTAQ DC Fuels registration before reporting fuel.
Identify RINs
* Batch Volume:
Denaturant Volume:
Equivalence Value:
* Quantity of RINs:
(Gallons)
(Gallons)
Includes Denaturant Volume
Ethanol and Cellulosic Ethanol Only.
Batch Volume multiplied by Equivalence Value.
| Identify Production Source
Originating Source:
* Facility:
RAP Inc. GEN Cellulosic
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* Fuel (D Code):
* Production Process:
* Production Date:
* Fuel Category:
-Select-
- Select -
P
(MM/DDATYY)
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» Transaction Bin
Your organization has 0
un-submit±ed
transactions in the
transaction bin.
View Transaction Bin
The green boxes on the right side of the page indicate which of the three generate steps you are completing.
All fields that are marked with a red asterisk are required. In the drop-down fields, the invalid options are
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grayed out. For example, in Figure 12, the organization can produce only Advanced Biofuel, Renewable
Fuel, and Cellulosic Diesel, so the remaining Fuel (D Code] options are grayed out.
Figure 12: Drop-down Example for Generate Wizard
* Fuel (D Code):
* Production Process:
* Production Date:
* Fuel Category:
i-Select-
Cellulosic Biofuel
Biomass-Based Diesel
Advanced Biofuel
Renewable Fuel
Cellulosic Diesel
Once you have completed all of the required fields, click Report Feedstocks at the bottom of the page to
move to the second page of the generate wizard. If all of the information on the Report Fuel page is valid,
you will be redirected to the Report Feedstocks page. Otherwise, you will remain on the Report Fuel page,
and you will see a list of QA Check Errors at the top of the page (see Figure 13]. Once you correct the
errors, you will be able to move to the Report Feedstocks page.
Figure 13: QA Check Errors
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Organization
Submissions
Generate RINs - Report Fuel
Transaction Bin
3040: The fuel 'Advanced Biofuel', is not compatible with fuel category 'Cellulosic Diesel'.
Please review the EMTS transaction instructions for a list of fuels and fuel categories that can
be used for the production of 'Advanced Biofuel',
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transactions in the
transaction bin.
Fuel (D Code):
Production Process:
Production Date:
Fuel Category:
Advanced Biofuel
Catalytic Depolymerization
01/21/2010
(MM/DD/TYYY)
Cellulosic Diesel
View Transaction Bin
Report Fuel
On the Report Feedstocks page, you must enter all of the feedstocks used to generate the fuel specified on
the Report Fuel page. To add a feedstock, you must populate the three required fields, check the checkbox
for renewable biomass (when generating RINs, all feedstock(s] must meet the definition of 'renewable
biomass'], and then click the Add button. In the Feedstock drop-down, the feedstocks which your
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organization is not registered for are grayed out. After you have clicked the Add button, the feedstock
information will be displayed in the grid (see Figure 14].
Figure 14: Generate Wizard - Report Feedstocks Page (Step 2)
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Generate RINs - Report Feedstocks
Report one or more feedstocks used for the generation of the fuel.
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* Feedstock(Code):
* Volume:
* Unit of Measure:
Additional Information:
Does this feedstock meet the definition of renewable bio mass in 4D CFR 80.1401?
« Report Fuel
Report Co-products »
Once you have added all of the feedstocks used to generate the RINs specified on the Report Fuel page, click
the Report Co-products button at the bottom of the page. The Report Co-products page, which is Step 3 of
the generate wizard, behaves similarly to the Report Feedstocks page. You must add any co-products
produced by your organization's fuel generation process. If there are no co-products to report, leave all
fields blank. To complete the generate wizard, click the Add to Transaction Bin button. Note: In addition,
parties must complete the RFS0700: RFS2 Renewable Fuel Producer Co-products Report and submit it
quarterly.
If your organization is a Renewable Fuel Importer, you have the option to generate RINs as an importer
from your RIN Holding Account. The Generate wizard for Importers is similar to the Generate wizard for
Renewable Fuel Producers, except when you identify the production source on the Report Fuel page, you
must provide the originating organization and facility (the Importer's organization and facility] and the
generating organization and facility (the Foreign Producer's organization and facility]. The Foreign Fuel
Producer Facility ID that you enter must be registered for the Process, Fuel (D Code], Fuel Category, and
Feedstock that you enter, otherwise QA checks will prohibit RIN generation.
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Managing the Transaction Bin
After you click Add to Transaction Bin, you are taken to the Transaction Bin (see Figure 15].
Figure 15: Transaction Bin
Moderated Transaction System
Organization
Transaction Bin
Submissions
The last transaction submitted for RAP Inc, GEN Cellulosic (4672) through the EMTS website was submitted by
NatRogers on Dec 22, 2009 at 7:53:03 AM.
- Organizations
Selected Organization: RAP Inc.
SEN Cellulosic (46721
Select a Different Organizatioi
Generate Transactions
Production Date
01/20/2010
1 RIN Year
2010
Fuel Category
Non-ester renewable
diesel
1 Fuel (D Code)
Advanced Biofuel
Volume
200
Quantity
200
Equivalence Value
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Buy Transactions
Transaction Date RIN Year
| Fuel (D Code)
Quantity
Assignment
Trading Partner
I want to...
There are no buy transactions.
Separate Transactions
RIN Year | Fuel (D Code)
Quantity
Volume
Reason Code
I want to...
There are no separate transactions.
Sell Transactions
Transaction Date RIN Year
| Fuel (D Code)
Quantity
Assignment
Trading Partner
I want to...
There are no sell transactions.
Retire Transactions
RIN Year | Fuel (D Code)
Quantity
Volume
Reason Code
I want to...
There are no retire transactions.
Subrnit»
The Transaction Bin is organization-specific, so transactions added to the Transaction Bin by any of your
organization's submitters will be displayed on the page. To switch the organization for which the
Transaction Bin is displayed, click Select a Different Organization (circled in Figure 15].
For each transaction in the Transaction Bin, you have the option to View Details, complete another
transaction of that transaction type (i.e., Generate RINs], or Remove the transaction (see Figure 16].
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Figure 16: Transaction Bin Options
Generate Transactions
Production RIN
Date Year
09/06/2010
Fuel Category
Non-ester Renewable Diesel
(EV1.7)
Fuel (D Code)
Biomass-Based
Diesel
Volume Quantity
Equivalence
Buy Transactions
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View Details
Transaction Date RIN Year Fuel (D Code) Quantity
There are no buy transactions.
Assignment Trading Partner
If you select View Details, you will be taken to a page that displays all of the details of the transaction. This
page can be used to verify the contents of the transaction before submitting it If you select Generate RINs,
you will be taken to the first page of the Generate wizard so that you can complete an additional generate
transaction before you submit the transactions in the Transaction Bin. If you select Remove, you will be
taken to a page that contains the transaction details. At the bottom of the page, you will be able to click a
Confirm Remove button. Doing so takes you back to the Transaction Bin, and the removed transaction is no
longer available.
Along with accessing the Transaction Bin at the end of each wizard, you can navigate to the Transaction Bin
from multiple pages of the EMTS website using the Transaction Bin accordion tab on the right side of the
page (see Figure 17]. The tab contains the number of un-submitted transactions and a link to the
Transaction Bin.
Figure 17: Accessing the Transaction Bin
Transaction Bin
Your organization has 1
un-submitted
transactions in the
transaction bin.
View Transaction Bin
Clicking the View Transaction Bin link takes you to the Transaction Bin. Note that the RINs associated with
each separate, sell, and retire transaction in the Transaction Bin are Reserved rather than Available (they
show up in the Reserved column of the View RIN Holdings grid]. As a result, these RINs may not be used
for any other transactions. If a separate, sell, or retire transaction is removed from the Transaction Bin, the
associated RINs return to an Available status. RINs associated with a generate transaction do not show up
in the View RIN Holdings grid until the transaction is submitted from the Transaction Bin, and RINs
associated with a buy transaction do not show up in the View RIN Holdings grid until the transaction is
submitted from the Transaction Bin and accepted by the trading partner.
To complete a transaction, you must submit it from the Transaction Bin by clicking the Submit button at the
bottom of the page. If you have multiple transactions in the Transaction Bin, you must submit all of the
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transactions at once. If you do not wish to submit one of the transactions in the bin, you can remove that
transaction and submit the remaining transactions. After you press Submit, you will be taken to a Confirm
and Submit page, which displays an overview of the transactions you are about to submit. You must click
the Confirm Submit button circled in Figure 18 to complete the submission.
Figure 18: Confirm and Submit Page
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Organization
Submissions
Confirm and Submit
" Transaction Bin
I confirm that the information shown is a correct and accurate account of the transaction(s) that have taken place.
Your organization has 1
un-submitted
transactions in the
transaction bin.
View Transaction Bin
Transactions
Transaction
Generate
| Fuel (D Code)
Advanced Biofuel
| RIN Year
2010
1
Assigned
Assignment
|
200
Quantity
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Once you confirm the submission, the View RIN Holdings (Current] page will reflect the results of the
submitted transactions, and the Transaction Bin will be empty. Note that unconfirmed transactions in the
Transaction Bin expire after five business days. At that point, the transactions will be removed from the
Transaction Bin, and all reserved RINs associated with expired separate, sell, and retire transactions will
return to a pending state.
Separating RINs
Assigned RINs may be separated from your RIN Holdings Account (see Figure 19]. To separate RINs in
your RIN Holdings, select Separate in the "I want to..." drop-down, and click Go. Doing so will take you to
the first page of the separate wizard.
Figure 19: Separate Option for Available Assigned RINs
RIN Holdings for:
Fuel (D Code)
TEST PETROLEUM CORPORATION 2
Advanced Biofuel (D=5) 2010
Advanced Biofuel (D=5) 2010
Renewable Fuel (D=6) 2010
Renewable Fuel (D=6) 2010
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Separated
Assigned
Separated
3450
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150
1250
450
Available Pending Reserved Locked Total
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Figure 20: Separate Wizard - Identify RINs (Step 1)
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Organization
Separate RINs - Identify RINs
Identify the RINs for separation by entering the required information below,
* Fuel (D Code):
* RIN Year:
* RIN Quantity:
* Batch Volume:
* Reason for Separation:
Additional Information:
Advanced Biofuel (D-5)
2009
(Gallons)
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Document Type Identifier
There are no documents.
| Add Document Information
Document Type:
Document Identification:
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f Transaction Bin
Your organization has 1
un-submit±ed
transactions in the
transaction bin.
View Transaction Bin
The green boxes on the right side of the page indicate which of the two steps of the separate wizard you are
completing. All fields marked with a red asterisk are required. In the separate wizard, the Fuel (D Code]
and RIN Year fields are automatically populated with the information from the row of RINs in the RIN
Holdings grid that you decided to separate. In the Reason for Separation drop-down, only the reasons that
are applicable to your organization's registered business activities are enabled (the remaining options are
grayed out]. The separate wizard also contains a document grid; you can use this grid to specify the name
and identifier of one or more documents that support the separate transaction. Note that the document
itself cannot be uploaded. To add document information to the grid (see Figure 21], fill in the Document
Type and Document Identification fields, and click Add.
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Figure 21: Supporting Document Information
Document Type
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Document Identification:
When you complete the Identify RINs page, click Advanced Options at the bottom of the page to navigate to
the second step of the separate wizard. On the Advanced RIN Selection page, you have the option to specify
a batch of RINs to separate. If you do not wish to make any selections on this page, click Add to Transaction
Bin at the bottom of the page to continue. In this situation, EMTS will automatically separate the RINs in
your RIN Holding Account using the First-in, First-out (FIFO] accounting method (i.e., the oldest RINs,
based on production date, are used first, for the RIN Year, Fuel Code, and Fuel Category chosen].
Alternatively, you may use this page to identify a specific originating organization, or organization and
facility, or organization, facility, and batch number. To specify an organization, click the originating
organization's name, and press Select (see Figure 22].
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Figure 22: Optional Advanced RIN Selection Page
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Figure 23: Selected Organization Example
Organization: [RAP Inc. GEN Cellulosic (4672)]
All Organizations:
RAP Inc. GEN Ce u osic (46'
Selected Organization:
Inc. GEN Cellulosic
Filter:
Remove
« Identify
Add to Transaction Bin »
To select a Facility, click the Facility tab of the Advanced RIN Selection accordion, and follow the same
steps. Repeat the steps to identify a particular batch from a specified organization and facility. Once you
have specified the originating source information, click Add to Transaction Bin to continue. After you
submit the separate transaction from the Transaction Bin, your RIN Holdings grid will reflect the results of
the separation.
From your RIN Holding Account, you may also separate assigned RINs on behalf of a small blender by
selecting the Separate (Upward Delegation] option in the "I want to..." dropdown (see Figure 24]. Doing so
will take you to the first step of the Separate Wizard for upward delegation (see Figure 25].
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Figure 24: Separate (Upward delegation) Option for Available Assigned RINs
RIN Holdings for:
TEST PETROLEUM CORPORATION 2
Fuel (D Code) ±|
Advanced Biofuel (D-5)
Advanced Biofuel (D=5)
Renewable Fuel (D=6)
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Separate RINs - Identify RINs
f Transaction Bin
Registered small blenders may delegate their RIN-related responsibilities pursuant to 40 CFR i 80,1440. A party may separate
RINs on behalf of a small blender, if the small blender has delegated the RIN-related responsibilities to the separating party
pursuant to 40 CFR § BO.1440.
Your organization has 0
un-subrnitted
transactions in the
transaction bin,
View ransactinn Bin
| Identify RINs
* Fuel (D Code):
* RIN Year:
* RIN Quantity:
* Batch Volume:
Reason for Separation:
* Blender Name:
* Blender ID:
Additional Information:
Advanced Biofuel (D=5)
(Gallons)
Upstream Delegation for Blending
Document Type
There are no documents.
| Add Document Information
Document Type:
Document Identification:
In the first step of the Separate Wizard for upward delegation, the Reason for Separation is pre-populated
with "Upstream Delegation for Blending/1 and the page includes fields for the blender name and identifier.
You must provide this information in order to separate for upward delegation. Apart from the Identify
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RINs section of Step 1, the Separate Wizard for upward delegation is identical to the Separate Wizard used
for all other reasons for separation.
Retiring RINs
From your RIN Holding Account, you can retire assigned or separated RINs. If your organization is an
obligated party (a Non-renewable Fuel Importer or a Refiner] or a renewable fuel exporter, your
organization may retire separated RINs for obligation (Retire (Obligation]] and assigned or separated RINs
for other reasons (Retire (Other]] (see Figure 26]. For organizations with any other business activities (i.e.,
non-obligated parties], the only enabled retire option in your RIN Holdings grid will be Retire (Other] (see
Figure 2 7].
Figure 26: Retire Options for a Refiner (Obligated Party) with Separated RINs
RIN Holdings for:
RAP Inc. Obligated Party
Fuel (D Code) ^ RIN Year ^ Assignment ^ Available Pending Reserved Locked Total
Advanced Biofuel (D=5) 2009 Separated 500 0 0 0 500
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RIN Holdings for:
RAP Inc. GEN Cellulosic
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Note that for the current version of EMTS and OTAQReg: Fuels Programs Registration application, the
ability to retire RINs for obligation is not available for Refiners. Selecting the Retire (Obligation] option as
a Refiner will take you to a page that is under construction (See Figure 28]. The ability to retire RINs for
obligation is available to Non-renewable Fuel Importers and Renewable Fuel Exporters.
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Organization
Retire RINs - Identify RINs (Obligation)
The ability to Retire for compliance purposes as a Refiner is currently under construction. This functionality will be available in a
future EMTS release.
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» Transaction Bin
Your organization has 0
un-submitted
transactions in the
transaction bin,
View Transaction Bin
For a row of RINs in your RIN Holdings, select the Retire (Other] option in the "I want to..." drop-down, and
click Go. Doing so will take you to the first step of the retire wizard (see Figure 29].
Figure 29: Retire (Other) Wizard - Identify RINs (Step 1)
V>EFy\ Moderated Transaction System
Organization
Submissions
Retire RINs - Identify RINs (Other)
Identify the RINs for retirement by entering the required information below.
* = Required Field
Document Type
There are no documents.
| Add Document Information
Document Type:
Document Identification:
* Fuel (D Code):
* RIN Year:
* Assignment:
* RIN Quantity:
Batch Volume:
* Reason for Retire:
Additional Information:
Bio mass-Based Diesel (DM) v
2010
Assigned v|
(Gallons)
Batch Volume is required for retire reasons 10, 20, 40, and 60.
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Additional Information is required for retire reasons 10j 20, 50, 60, and 70,
» Transaction Bin
Your organization has 0
un-submitted
transactions in the
transaction bin.
View Transaction Bin
Identify RINs (Other)
« RIN Holdings ] [Advanced RIM Selection »|
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The green boxes on the right side of the page indicate which of the two steps of the retire wizard you are
completing. All fields marked with a red asterisk are required. In the retire wizard, the Fuel (D Code], RIN
Year, and Assignment fields are automatically populated with the information from the row of RINs in the
RIN Holdings grid that you decided to retire. In the Reason for Retire field, only the reasons that are
applicable to your organization's registered business activities are enabled (the remaining options are
grayed out]. The retire wizard also contains a document grid you can use to specify the name and identifier
of one or more documents that support the retire transaction. Note that the document itself cannot be
uploaded. To add document information to the grid, fill in the Document Type and Document Identification
fields, and click Add. Doing so will add a row to the documents grid (see the Separating RINs section for
more details].
When you complete the Identify RINs page, click Advanced RIN Selection at the bottom of the page to
navigate to the second page of the retire wizard. On the Advanced RIN Selection page, you have the option
of specifying the batch of RINs that you wish to retire. If you do not wish to make any selections on this
page, click Add to Transaction Bin at the bottom of the page to continue. In this situation, EMTS will
automatically retire the RINs in your RIN Holding Account using the FIFO accounting method.
Alternatively, you may use this page to identify a specific originating organization, or organization and
facility, or organization, facility, and batch number. See the Separating RINs section for details on how to
use the Advanced RIN Selection page to specify originating source information. Once you have specified
the originating source information, click Add to Transaction Bin to continue. After you submit the retire
transaction from the Transaction Bin, the RINs will be removed from your RIN Holdings.
Trading RINs
You can initiate a trade from your RIN Holdings page. To initiate a sell transaction, you must have RINs in
your RIN Holdings. For a row of RIN data in your RIN Holdings grid, select Sell in the "I want to..." drop-
down, and click Go. Doing so will take you to the first page of the sell wizard (see Figure 30].
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Figure 30: Sell RINs - Identify RINs Page (Step 1)
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Sell RINs - Identify RINs
» Transaction Bin
Enter Fuel (D Code), RIN Year, Assignment, and Quantity of RINs. Also, enter Batch Volume if
Assignment = Assigned, To cancel a trade that your organization has already initiated, go to the
Pending Initiated Transactions on your Review Trades page and select 'Cancel Offer' for the
appropriate transaction.
Your organization has 0
un-submitted
transactions in the
transaction bin.
Identify RINS
* Fuel (D Code):
» RIN Year:
* Assignment:
* Quantity of RINs:
Batch Volume:
Cellulosic Diesel (D=7)
2010
[Assigned f
250
250
(Gallons)
Required for 'Assigned' RINs.
View Transaction Bin
Identify RINs
Advanced RIN Selection (Optional)
« RIN Holdings
Select Trading Partner»
The green boxes on the right side of the page indicate which of the four steps of the sell wizard you are
completing. All fields marked with a red asterisk are required. In the sell wizard, the Fuel (D Code], RIN
Year, and Assignment fields are automatically populated with the information from the row of RINs in the
RIN Holdings grid that you decided to sell. Once you complete the information on this page, click Select
Trading Partner to move to the next page. On the Select Trading Partner page, you must identify a trading
partner from a list of organizations that satisfy the search criteria. You can search for an organization by
Organization Name or Organization ID. In Figure 31, the organization names were filtered on the word
"Better," and Better Fuel Corporation was selected from the options.
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Figure 31: Sell RINs - Select Trading Partner
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Submissions
Sell RINs - Select Trading Partner
Select a trading partner by searching on the Organization. You may search data by 'Begins with',
'Contains' or 'Equals' (Equals is an exact match). To search by Organization Identifier, choose the
Contains option and enter the Organization Identifier number. To view all organizations, clear the
search criteria and click the 'Search' button. Viewing all organizations may take some time forthe
list to load.
v
•» Transaction Bin
Your organization has 0
un-submitted
transactions in the
transaction bin.
' Transaction Bin
| Search for Organization
Organization: Begins with v| ([Better
Clear
Identify RINs
Select Organization
Advanced RIM Selection (Optional)
O Better Bio from Uzbekistan (4328)
Better Fuel Corporation (4410)
Better Petroleum (4322)
Selected Organization:
«Identify RINs
Transaction Details »
When you have selected your trading partner, click the Transaction Details button to move to the next page.
On the Sell RINs - Transaction Details and Documents page, you must enter the Transaction Date, Price
Paid (either price per RIN/price per gallon], and Sell Reason. The value entered for Price Paid must have
exactly two digits after the decimal place. You can also provide a Product Transfer Document (PTDJ
number and other additional information. The Transaction Details and Documents page contains a
document grid you can use to specify the name and identifier of one or more documents that support the
sell transaction. Note that the document itself cannot be uploaded. To add document information to the
grid, fill in the Document Type and Document Identification fields, and click Add (see the Separating RINs
section for more details]. When you have completed this page, click Advanced RIN Selection to move to the
final page of the sell wizard.
On the Advanced RIN Selection page, you have the option of specifying the batch of RINs that you wish to
sell. If you do not wish to specify originating source information, click Add to Transaction Bin at the bottom
of the page to continue. In this situation, EMTS will automatically sell the RINs in your RIN Holding
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Account using the FIFO accounting method. Alternatively, you may use this page to identify a specific
originating organization, or organization and facility, or organization, facility, and batch number. See the
Separating RINs section for details on how to use the Advanced RIN Selection page to specify originating
source information. Once you have specified the originating source information, click Add to Transaction
Bin to continue. After you submit the sell transaction from the Transaction Bin, the transaction will be in a
pending state, and the RINs associated with the sale will be in the Pending column of the RIN Holdings grid
(see Figure 32]. The RINs will remain in the Pending column until the trading partner accepts the sell
transaction.
Figure 32: Pending RINs in RIN Holdings
V>ERr\ Moderated Transaction System
Organization Submissions
Manage RIN Holdings
Trades Reports RINs Help
Select one of the transaction actions for each fuel year and assignment for your RIN Holdings.
RIN Holdings for:
RAP Inc. GEN Cellulosic
Transaction Bin
Your organization has 0
un-submit±ed
transactions in the
transaction bin.
View Transaction Bin
t Organizations
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Advanced Biofuel (D=5)
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To initiate a buy transaction, go to the View RIN Holdings (Current] page, and either click the Buy button
below the RIN Holdings grid or select Buy in the "I want to..." drop-down for a row in the RIN Holdings and
click Go. If you select Buy for an existing row in the RIN Holdings, the Fuel (D Code], RIN Year, and
Assignment in the buy wizard will be pre-populated with information from that row.
In the buy wizard, the green boxes on the right side of the page indicate which of the three steps you are
completing. All fields marked with a red asterisk are required. On the Identify RINs page, you must
provide the Fuel (D Code], RIN Year, Assignment, and Quantity of RINs. You also have the option of using
the Advanced Options fields to specify originating source information for the RINs that you wish to buy. To
access the Advanced Options fields, click the Advanced Options tab circled in Figure 33.
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Figure 33: Buy RINs - Identify RINs Page (Step 1)
S>tHr\ Moderated Transaction System
Organization
Buy RINs - Identify RINs
Enter Fuel (D Code), RIN Year, Assignment, and Quantity of RINs. Also, enter Batch Volume if Assignment = Assigned.
| Identify RINS
* Fuel (D Code):
* RIN Year:
* Assignment:
* Quantity of RINs:
Batch Volume:
-Select-
-
-Select-
(Gallons)
Advanced Options (optional)
Select Trading Partner»
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» Transaction Bin
Your organization has 0
un-submitted
transactions in the
transaction bin.
View Transaction Bin
Once you click this tab, you will be able to access the Advanced Options fields (see Figure 34].
Figure 34: Buy RINs - Advanced Options
Advanced Options (optional)
Generating Organization
Identifier:
Generating Facility Identifier:
Batch Number:
To specify the originating source for a buy transaction, you will need to know the Generating Organization
Identifier, the Generating Facility Identifier, and the Batch Number (unlike the sell wizard where you have
options available to you]. Once you complete the Identify RINs page of the buy wizard, click Select Trading
Partner. The Select Trading Partner and the Transaction Details and Documents pages of the buy wizard
have the same behavior as the corresponding pages in the sell wizard. From the Transaction Details and
Documents page, click Add to Transaction Bin. Submit the transaction from the Transaction Bin to
complete the buy transaction. At this point, the transaction will be in a pending state, but the transfer of
RINs will not be reflected in your RIN Holdings grid until the trading partner accepts the buy transaction.
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To view the pending transaction(s] that your organization has initiated or received (as the result of another
organization initiating a transaction with your organization as the trading partner], hover over Trades on
the main menu and select Review Trades. The Review Trades page is organization-specific (see circled
Pending Transactions tabs in Figure 35], so to switch the organization for which the page is displayed, open
the Organizations tab of the accordion on the right side of the page, and click Select a Different
Organization.
Figure 3 5: Review Trades Page
V>ERA Moderated Transaction System
Organization
Review Trades
Submissions
The following trade transactions were either received or initiated by RAP Inc. GEN Cellulosic. You can act upon any of
these transactions by selecting the appropriate action in the "I want to ..." column, located next to each transaction.
Your organization has 0
un-subrnitted
transactions in the
transaction bin.
View Transaction Bin
> Organizations
> Quick Search
* (0) Pending Received Transactions for [RAP Inc. GEN Cellulosic (4672)]
T (2) Pending Initiated Transactions from [RAP Inc. GEN Cellulosic (4672)]
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The labels on the Pending Transactions tabs include the number of transactions within each tab. In Figure
35, the organization has two Pending Initiated Transactions and zero Pending Received Transactions. In
the Review Trades accordion, only one tab can be open at a time, so to open the Pending Received
Transactions tab of the accordion, you would click Pending Received Transactions. As a result, the Pending
Initiated Transactions tab would close.
For Pending Initiated Transactions, you can select View Details in the "I want to..." drop-down to view the
details of the transaction, or you can select Cancel Offer to cancel the trade (see Figure 36]. If you choose
Cancel, you will be asked to confirm the cancellation, and the transaction will no longer appear in your
Pending Initiated Transactions (or your trading partner's Pending Received Transactions].
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Figure 36: Pending Initiated Transactions Options
^ (0) Pending Received Transactions for [RAP Inc. GEN Cellulosic (4672)]
T (2) Pending Initiated Transactions from [RAP Inc. GEN Cellulosic (4672)]
01/27/2010 2010 Renewable Fuel Assigned Buy 300
to.12 Standard Trade 4322 Better Petroleu
01/27/2010 2009 Advanced Assigned Sell 200
0.12 Standard Trade 4410
For Pending Received Transactions, you can select View Details, Accept Offer, or Deny Offer in the "I want
to..." drop-down (see Figure 37].
Figure 37: Pending Received Transactions Options
T (1) Pending Received Transactions for [Better Petroleum (4322)]
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(0) Pending Initiated Transactions from [Better Petroleum (4322)]
If you deny the offer, you will see the details of the transaction that you are denying, and you will need to
provide an explanation for denying the trade (see Figure 38]. Once you press Confirm Deny, the
transaction will no longer appear in your Pending Received Transactions (or your trading partner's
Pending Initiated Transactions].
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^ttT\ Moderated Transaction System
Organization
Deny Trade
Submissions
To deny the received trade, please provide an explanation and select the 'Confirm Deny' button located at the bottom
of the page. If you wish to return to the list of your pending transactions, select the 'Back' button.
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^ Transaction Bin
Your organization has 0
un-subrnitted
transactions in the
transaction bin.
/ Transaction Bin
You are denying the following Buy pending trade:
300 2010 Assigned Renewable Fuel RINs from
RAP Inc. GEN Cellulosic (4672) submitted on Fri Jan 08 08:14:01 EST2010
for $0.12 per Gallon.
Please provide an explanation for denying the trade:
« Back
Confirm Deny »
If you select Accept Offer, you will also see the details of the transaction, and you will be asked to provide
the price of the transaction (see Figure 39]. Additionally, you will have the option of adding transaction
details and document information. Note that the document itself cannot be uploaded. To add document
information to the grid, fill in the Document Type and Document Identification fields, and click Add (see the
Separating RINs section for more details].
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Figure 39: Accept Trade Page
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Organization
Accept Trade
Submissions
Please review the selected transaction and provide any additional information about the trade,
* Confirm the price per Gallon for this transaction:
Identify any documents
T Transaction Bin
Your organization has 0
un-submitted
transactions in the
transaction bin.
View Transaction Bin
You are accepting the following Buy pending trade:
300 2010 Assigned Renewable Fuel RINs from
RAP Inc. GEN Cellulosic (4672) submitted on Fri Jan OB 08
for $0.12 per Gallon.
14:01 EST2010
Document Type
Nothing found to display.
Add Document Information
Document Type:
Document Identification:
| Add ]
| | Transaction Details
Additional Information:
« Back
Confirm Accept»
Once you click Confirm Accept, the transaction will no longer appear in your Pending Received
Transactions (or your trading partner's Pending Initiated Transactions], and the results of the trade will be
reflected in your RIN Holdings.
If a trade is not accepted, cancelled, or denied within seven business days of the submission date (the date
that you or your trading partner initiated the trade], the trade will expire, and it will no longer appear on
your Review Trades page.
As described earlier in this section, a trade can be completed if one trading partner initiates a trade through
a buy/sell wizard, and the other partner then accepts the initiated trade from the Review Trades page.
Trades can also be completed in the following ways:
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Both trading partners submit XML files for a trade (one buy and one sell];
• One trading partner completes a buy/sell transaction on the web application, and the other trading
partner submits a matching XML file for the corresponding transaction; or
• One trading partner completes a buy transaction on the web application, and the other trading
partner completes a matching sell transaction on the web application.
In all of these instances, the following fields must match for the trades to match:
1. RINYear;
2. Fuel Code;
3. RIN Quantity;
4. Reason Code;*
5. Assignment Code;
6. Transaction Date; and
7. RIN Price Amount or Gallon Price Amount Element.**
* If the buy or sell reason is Deny Trade or Cancel Trade, then the Reason Codes do not need to
match.
** The values reported for these elements are not required to match.
In addition:
1] The Trading Partner Organization Identifiers must agree (e.g., the sell transaction should list
the buying organization as the Trading Partner, and the buy transaction should list the selling
organization as the Trading Partner]; and
2] If one Trading Partner specifies Originating Source information, then the other Trading Partner
must specify the same Originating Source information.
If these fields do not match, then the trades submitted by both trading partners via XML or web application
will be considered pending initiated trades. For the Price Element matching criteria, both trading partners
must provide either RIN price amount or gallon price amount (the same element], but the values reported
do not need to match. For more information on using XML files to interact with EMTS, see the Submitting
XML Files Section.
Managing the Blocked List
In some cases, you may wish to ensure that your organization does not buy RINs that were generated by a
specific renewable fuel producer or at a specific facility. To do so, you can add a producer or facility to your
organization's Blocked List. When a trade includes RINs that originated from a producer or facility on the
buying organization's Blocked List, the transaction will automatically be denied by EMTS. You can access
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your organization's Blocked List by selecting View Blocked List under Organization in the EMTS main
menu.
Figure 40: View Blocked List Page
Moderated Transaction System
Organization
View Blocked List
The following list identifies renewable fuel producers and/or generating facilities whose RINs you have chosen not to buy. You
will not be able to buy RINs that originated from these sources, no matter which organization is selling the RINs.
Your organization has 0
un-submitted
transactions in the
transaction bin.
View Transaction Bin
Organization
You have not chosen any fuel producers to block,
Date Blocked
Add Blocked Producer
Add Blocked Facility
From the View Blocked List page (see Figure 40], click the Add Blocked Producer or Add Blocked Facility
button to add a producer or facility to your organization's Blocked List. Clicking Add Blocked Producer
takes you to the Add Producer to Blocked List page (see Figure 41]. On the Add Producer to Blocked List
page, you must identify a renewable fuel producer from a list of organizations (the list includes only
renewable fuel producers]. You can filter the list by Organization Name or Organization ID. To select a
producer to add to your Blocked List, click the organization name in the list, and press Select. In Figure 41,
the organization list was filtered with the word "Better," and Better Fuel Corporation was selected.
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Figure 41: Add Producer to Blocked List Page
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Add Producer to Blocked List
Select an organization by searching on the Organization. You may search data by 'Begins with',
'Contains' or 'Equals' (Equals is an exact match). To view all organizations, clear the search criteria
and click the 'Search' button. Viewing all organizations may take some time for the list to load. Note
that you will not be able to acquire RINs from any of this organization's facilities.
Search for Organization
Organization: —Select— v| betterfuel
Clear
Select Organization
; Better Fuel Corporation (4410)
Better Fuel Corporation
* Comment:
» - Required Field
« Back
Submit
» Transaction Bin
Your organization has 0
un-submitted
transactions in the
transaction bin.
View Transaction Bin
After you enter a comment in the Comment field and press Submit, you will return to the View Blocked List
page, and the producer thatyou blocked will be added to the View Blocked List grid (see Figure 42].
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Figure 42: View Blocked List Grid
V>try\ Moderated Transaction System
Organization Submissions Trades Reports RINs
View Blocked List
The following list identifies renewable fuel producers and/or generating facilities whose RINs you have chosen not to buy. You
will not be able to buy RINs that originated from these sources, no matter which organization is selling the RINs.
Organization
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All facilities
02/26/2010 10:31:38 AM EST
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When you add a producer to your organization's Blocked List, the Facility column in the View Blocked List
grid will contain the text "All facilities," indicating that your organization has chosen to block RINs that
originate at all of the producer's facilities. If you add a facility to the Blocked List, the Facility column will
display the name of the facility that you have blocked, and the Organization column will display the name of
the organization associated with that facility.
For each row in the View Blocked List grid, you have the option to either View Details or Remove. Selecting
View Details takes you to a View Blocked List Details page that includes the Organization, Facility, and Date
Blocked information displayed in the grid along with the name of the person that added the
organization/facility to the Blocked List and the comment provided with the action. Selecting Remove
takes you to a Confirm Removal page (see Figure 43]. The page displays all of the information included on
the View Details page. You must press Confirm Remove at the bottom of the page to remove the
organization/facility from the Blocked List. Upon doing so, you will return to the View Blocked List grid,
and the removed organization/facility will no longer be included in the grid.
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Viewing Historic RIN Holdings
To view information for RINs that your organization previously owned but has since removed from its RIN
Holding Account, select View RIN Holdings (History] under RINs on the EMTS main menu. The View RIN
Holding History page contains details of your organization's retire and sell transactions (i.e., transactions
that remove RINs from your RIN holdings] (see Figure 44].
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Figure 44: View RIN Holding History Page
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Organization
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The following RINS were held by RAP Inc. GEN Cellulosic in the past. These RINs have either been retired or traded and
are no longer in your holding account. Enter criteria and click Search. Enter 'all' in Results Per Page to see all records.
> Transaction Bin
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Selected Organization: RAP Inc.
GEN Cellulosic (4672)
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This page is organization-specific; to switch the organization, for which the page is displayed, open the
Organizations tab of the accordion on the right side of the page, and click Select a Different Organization.
The RIN Holding History grid provides an overview of each retire and sell transaction performed on behalf
of the organization indicated above the grid. To filter the RIN Holding History grid to look for a particular
transaction, use the filter options in the Search for Transactions box, and press Search. To view the details
of a transaction in the grid, select View Details in the "I want to..." drop-down and click Go.
Viewing Web Submissions
For every set of transactions that you submit from the Transaction Bin, EMTS will create and store a
submission details page (a submission contains one or more transactions]. To access the details of
Transaction Bin submissions, select View Web Submissions under Submissions on the EMTS main menu.
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Figure 45: View Web Submissions Page
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The following are all of the submissions from the Transaction Bin for your organization Demo
Organization 1. Choose the View Details option in the I want to.., column of the grid below to see
more information about a submission and the list of transactions within the submission. You will be
able to view transaction details from the submission details page,
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Demo Organization 1
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The View Web Submissions page is organization-specific, so it includes Transaction Bin submissions
completed by any of an organization's submitters. To switch the organization for which the View Web
Submissions page is displayed, open the Organizations tab of the accordion on the right side of the page,
and click Select a Different Organization. The Web Submissions grid includes an overview of each
submission from the Transaction Bin. To view the details of a submission, select View Details in the "I want
to..." drop-down and click Go. Doing so takes you to a View Submission Log Details page, which contains
the details of the submission and an overview of each transaction in the Submission (see Figure 46 J.
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RAP Inc. GEN Cellulosic (4672)
01/28/2010
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and click Go.
Submitting XML Files
If you wish to submit data to EMTS without using the website transaction wizards, you may do so by
submitting valid XML files from the EMTS web application, a personal node, or a node client. For more
details on XML file submission, please go to http://www.exchangenetwork.net/exchanges/air/emts.htm and
download the implementation resources available on the site. The Flow Configuration Document (FCDJ
describes the different methods of file submission and contains details on the Exchange Network Header
v2.0, which must be included in an XML file for it to be valid. The XML Schema and Data Exchange
Template provide additional information on the structure and content requirements for a valid XML file.
Please see the Sample XML Instance File for an example of a valid XML file.
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To assist EMTS users with constructing XML files, EPA has developed the EMTS Conversion Tool (ECT].
The ECT has the capability to convert user-populated Excel or delimited files to XML files. The ECT also
provides blank templates for each transaction type for users to populate, and then it converts the
populated templates to XML files. The ECT and related materials can be downloaded from the EMTS web
page located at http://www.epa.gov/oms/renewablefuels/epamts.htm.
Once you have created an XML file that you would like to submit to the EMTS node through the web
application (for node and node client submissions, see the FCD], return to the EMTS website, hover over
Submissions on the main menu, and click Submit File. The Submit File page is user-specific, so if you
represent multiple organizations, you can submit files for all of your organizations from the Submit File
page without changing the organization that you represent. From this page, you may submit only one XML
file at a time. The file can contain multiple transactions, but the transactions may not be dependent upon
one another (i.e., you cannot submit a file that contains a generate transaction followed by a separate
transaction that separates the RINs generated in the file]. On the Submit File page (see Figure 47], click the
Browse button to identify the XML file you would like to submit. The file must include the Exchange
Network Header v2.0 and must pass EMTS vl.O XSD schema validation for it to be submitted to the EMTS
node.
Figure 47: Submit File Page
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Select an XML file to submit, The file must include the Exchange Network Header V2.0 and must
pass EMTS vl.l XSD schema validation for it to be submitted to the EMTS Node, If you represent
multiple organizations, you may submit a file for any of your organizations from this page.
NOTE: After clicking the Submit button, the time it takes to process and load the file into EMTS will
Your organization has 0
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transactions in the
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View Transaction Bin
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* File:
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Submit
Once you have identified a file, press the Submit button. After clicking the Submit button, it may take some
time to process and load the file into EMTS, so please be patient, and avoid clicking the Submit button
again. The file must first pass through the CDX node before it can be processed by the EMTS node. If your
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file does not pass schema validation, you will receive an error message on the Submit File page. If your file
is valid, the message on the Submit File page will be updated to indicate that your file has been submitted.
Figure 48: Submit File Page
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Submit File
Submissions
Your file SellExarnple.xml has been submitted, Please see the Submit File History page for the latest status of your
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To view the CDX node status details for your submission, press the View Submit File History button. You
can also access the Submit File History page by hovering over the Submissions menu option and clicking
Submit File History.
Figure 49: Submit File History Page
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The following grid displays status information for all of the files submitted by you through the Submit File page on the EMTS Website.
Submit File History For: Tutorial Demo
CDX Transaction ID
131a3479-cOa8-2a6a-2dff-6697f596f24a
130720b7-cOaB-2a6a-555b-40ald34Bedcb
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20-TutorialDemo-MultipleTransactions-BBB8BB.zip
20-TutorialDemo-MultipleTransactions-BBB8BB.zip
Yes
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6/7/10 11:49 AM
6/7/10 11:28 AM
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The Submit File History page (see Figure 49], like the Submit File page, is user-specific (not organization-
specific], so it will include records for your submissions for all of your organizations. It will display
information only for files submitted from the Submit File page and not for files submitted using a personal
node or node client. If the Received By CDX column displays Yes for a submission, the submission was
successfully received by the CDX node and has been sent to the EMTS node for processing. To view the
EMTS node results for the file submission, hover over the Submissions menu option, and click View Node
Submissions. The View Node Submissions page displays the results of XML files submitted from a personal
node or node client along with files submitted from the Submit File page, which acts as a node client.
Figure 50: View Node Submissions Page
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Organization
Submissions
View Node Submissions
The following are all of the files submitted on behalf of your organization RAP Inc. GEN Biodiesel, Choose the View
Details option in the I want to.,, column of the grid below to see more information about a submission and the list of
transactions within the submission. You will be able to view transaction details from the submission details page.
NOTE: The time it takes to process and load an XML file submission into EMTS will vary depending on current system
activity
XML File Submissions for:
RAP Inc. GEN Biodiesel
Number of Files Received:
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Trac_1214.zip Jemec, Ana Processed
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The View Node Submissions page is organization-specific (and not user-specific], which means that the
page displays the status of all files submitted by representatives of the organization specified above the
View Node Submissions grid. In Figure 50, you can see that two submitters, Nat Rogers and Ana Jemec,
have submitted files for RAP Inc. GEN Biodiesel. To switch organizations, click Select a Different
Organization in the Organizations tab of the accordion.
The Submission Status column of the View Node Submissions grid displays the EMTS node status of each
XML file submission. A status of Processed indicates that the file passed all QA checks, and a status of
Failed indicates that the file failed one or more EMTS QA checks. For processed and failed files, you can
select View Details in the "I want to..." column to see more information about the submission and a list of
transactions within the submission (see Figure 51]. From the submission details page, you will be able to
view transaction details for each transaction in the submission. From the View Node Submissions page,
you can also select QA Results in the "I want to..." column for a failed submission. This will take you to a QA
Feedback Report, which contains a list of QA checks that the submission failed.
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Receiving Notifications
EMTS can communicate information to users by sending notifications via email. Some notifications will be
sent immediately while others will be aggregated and sent nightly. The current version of EMTS includes a
number of immediate notifications, such as the EMTS Trade Cancelled notification and the EMTS Trade
Denied notification, along with several aggregated daily notifications, such as the EMTS Notification of
Pending Trades and the Daily Processed Document Summary. For a complete list of notifications, see
Appendix E of the Flow Configuration Document, which can be downloaded from the Exchange Network
website http://www.exchangenetwork.net/exchanges/air/emts.htm.
To receive these notifications, you must first subscribe to the notifications from the Manage Subscriptions
page (see Figure 52] (click Manage Subscriptions under the Reports menu option].
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Figure 52: Manage Subscriptions Page
Manage Subscriptions
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Pending Trades Document Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
Pending Trade Details Document Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
RIN Holdings Document Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
Transaction History Document Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
Expired Trades Document Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
Completed Trades Document Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
Processing Failure Notification Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
Daily Processed Document Summary Notification Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
Notification of Pending Trades Notification Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
Blocked Party - Initiated Trade Not Processed Notification Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
Submission Level Failure Notification Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
Reminder - Outstanding Initiated Trade Transactions Notification Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
Trade Expired Notification Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
Initiated Trade Cancelled Notification Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
Initiated Trade Denied Notification Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
Notification of Outstanding Trade Transactions Notification Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
Received Trade Cancelled Notification Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
Received Trade Denied Notification Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
RFS2 EMTS RIN Generation Report Report Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
RFS2 EMTS RIN Transaction Report (Buy, Sell, Separate, Retire) Report Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
RFS2 EMTS Activity Report (Assigned RINS) Report Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
RFS2 EMTS Activity Report (Separated RINS) Report Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
RFS2 EMTS Transaction Error Report Report Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
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To subscribe to a notification, press Go in the "I want to..." column. On the Manage Subscription page for
that notification, check the "Subscribed" checkbox. For the immediate notifications, the frequency will be
"Immediate," and for the daily notifications, the frequency will be "Daily." All notifications will be text
format and will be delivered via email. All subscriptions are organization specific, so if one submitter for an
organization subscribes to a notification, then all submitters for that organization will receive the
notification.
Receiving Documents
EMTS also creates several zipped CSV documents that can be accessed from the EMTS website or retrieved
from the EMTS node. The documents included in the current release are:
Pending Trades: This document, available on a nightly basis or three times per day, lists the details
of all pending initiated and pending received trades for an organization.
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• Pending Trade Details: This document, available on a nightly basis or three times per day, lists the
RIN batch details of all pending initiated and pending received trades for an organization.
• RIN Holdings: This nightly document lists the current aggregate total RIN Holdings for an
organization grouped by fuel code, assignment and RIN year.
• Transaction History: This nightly document includes the details of all generate, separate, buy, sell
and retire transactions submitted by an organization through XML files or online transactions
within the past 14 days.
• Expired Trades: This nightly document lists all pending trades that will expire within 1 business
day as well as all trades that have expired within the past 10 days.
• Completed Trades: This document, available on a nightly basis or three times per day, lists all
trades that have reached their final status (completed, cancelled, expired, or denied] within the past
10 days.
• QA Feedback: This immediate document shows the failed QA check results for a given failed
submission.
Before you can download the documents from the EMTS website or retrieve them using a personal node or
node client, you must first subscribe to them from the EMTS website. To do so, select Manage
Subscriptions under the Reports option on the EMTS main menu.
On the Manage Subscriptions page (see Figure 53], press Go in the "I want to..." column to update the
subscription for a particular document.
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Figure 53: Manage Subscriptions Page
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Pending Trades Document Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
Pending Trade Details Document Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
RIN Holdings Document Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
Transaction History Document Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
Expired Trades Document Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
Completed Trades Document Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
Processing Failure Notification Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
Daily Processed Document Summary Notification Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
Notification of Pending Trades Notification Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
Blocked Party - Initiated Trade Not Processed Notification Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
Submission Level Failure Notification Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
Reminder - Outstanding Initiated Trade Transactions Notification Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
Trade Expired Notification Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
Initiated Trade Cancelled Notification Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
Initiated Trade Denied Notification Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
Notification of Outstanding Trade Transactions Notification Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
Received Trade Cancelled Notification Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
Received Trade Denied Notification Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
RFS2 EMTS RIN Generation Report Report Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
RFS2 EMTS RIN Transaction Report (Buy, Sell, Separate, Retire) Report Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
RFS2 EMTS Activity Report (Assigned RINS) Report Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
RFS2 EMTS Activity Report (Separated RINS) Report Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
RFS2 EMTS Transaction Error Report Report Yes 09/09/2010 Tutorial Demo
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On the Manage Subscriptions page (see Figure 53], press Go in the "I want to..." column to update the
subscription for a particular document. On the Manage Subscription page for that document, check the
"Subscribed" checkbox to subscribe to the document. If the document is available at multiple frequencies
(i.e. Daily and 3 per day], select the desired frequency. All documents will be CSV format and can be
downloaded from the EMTS website or from the EMTS node using a node or a node client. After you
subscribe to a document, you will not be able to download the documents with a nightly subscription
frequency until the following morning and the documents with a subscription frequency of three times per
day until the next document generation interval. Note that you do not need to subscribe to the QA
Feedback document because it is created after every failed submission. You can download the nightly
documents and the documents generated three times per day by selecting View Reports under the Reports
option on the EMTS main menu.
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The grid on the Reports page displays the documents to which you have subscribed (see Figure 54]. To
access the latest version of a document, select Download Document in the "I want to..." dropdown. To
access a prior version of the document, select View All Documents in the "I want to..." dropdown.
Figure 54: View Reports Page
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Pending Trades Pending trades are buy or sell transactions for which the trading 3 per day 3'54'13 PIUI EDT
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Figure 55: Download Document Window
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To access the QA Feedback document for a failed submission, go to the View Node Submissions page (select
View Node Submissions under the Submissions menu option]. Note that the "immediate" QA Feedback
document is created on a scheduled basis, so in reality, the document will be available shortly after a failed
submission rather than immediately after the submission.
To download the QA Feedback document for a submission with a Current Status of "Failed," select
Download QA and press the Go button (see Figure 56]. You will be prompted to either open or save the ZIP
file. After you open the ZIP file, you will be able to access the CSV QA Feedback document.
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Figure 56: Download QA Option for Failed Submission
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View Node Submissions
The following are all of the files submitted on behalf of your organization Derno Organization 1,
Choose the View Details option in the I want to... column of the grid below to see more information
about a submission and the list of transactions within the submission. You will be able to view
transaction details from the submission details page. NOTE: The time it takes to process and load an
XML file submission into EMTS will vary depending on current system activity.
Transaction Bin
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Organization 1 (20)
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Number of Files Received:
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For information on how to retrieve these documents using your personal node or node client, please refer
to Section 6 of the EMTS Flow Configuration Document, which can be downloaded from the Exchange
Network website http://www.exchangenetwork.net/exchanges/air/emts.htm.
Quarterly Reports
Overview
EMTS generates the following quarterly reports:
• RFS2 EMTS Activity Report (Assigned RINsJ
• RFS2 EMTS Activity Report (Separated RINsJ
• RFS2 EMTS RIN Transaction Report (Buy, Sell, Separate, Retire]
• RFS2 EMTS RIN Generation Report
• RFS2 EMTS Transaction Error Report
Examples of each report are contained in the appendix. All reports are generated automatically by EMTS,
with the exception of the RFS2 EMTS Transaction Error Report. See the section "How do I create a
Transaction Error Report?" for guidance on how to generate this report. Important Once a Transaction
Error Report is generated for your organization, it cannot be changed in any way.
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Table 1 describes the reports and indicates how they are related to the reporting forms. All reporting forms
pursuant to requirements in 80.1451 are available at http://www.epa.gov/otaq/regs/fuels/rfsforms.htm.
Quarterly reports must be submitted within two months of the end of the quarter.
Table 1: ETMS Quarterly Report Descriptions
EMTS Report Availability in EMTS
Description
Old
RFS1
Reporting
Form
New RFS2
Reporting Form
RFS2 EMTS
Activity Report
(Assigned RINs)
RFS2 EMTS
Activity Report
(Separated
RINs)
RFS2 EMTS RIN
Transaction
Report (Buy,
Sell, Separate,
Retire)
RFS2 EMTS RIN
Generation
Report
RFS2 EMTS
Transaction
Error Report
Generated by EMTS
within 10 business
days of the end of
the quarter.
Generated by EMTS
within 10 business
days of the end of
the quarter.
Generated by EMTS
within 10 business
days of the end of
the quarter.
Generated by EMTS
within 10 business
days of the end of
the quarter.
Can be created in
EMTS following the
quarter. Deadline
to create is within
10 business days of
the quarterly
reports submission
deadline.
RFS2 RIN information for the RFS0101
report EMTS provides the total number
of assigned RINs owned atthe startofthe
reporting period; the aggregate number of
RINs bought, sold, and retired for the
quarter; and the total number of RINs
owned at the end of the quarter.
RFS2 RIN information for the RFS0101
report EMTS provides the total number
of separated RINs owned atthe start of
the reporting period; the aggregate
number of RINs bought, sold, and retired
for the quarter; and the total number of
RINs owned atthe end of the quarter.
Detailed transactions grouped by
transaction type for an organization.
Includes Buy, Sell, Separate and Retire
transactions.
Detailed batches of RINs generated for an
organization. Includes only Generate
transactions for the quarter.
Detailed transactions for which a
discrepancy exists between the EMTS and
the organization's internal record-keeping
system, as reported by the organization.
RFS0100: RFS
Activity
Reporting
Form (40 CFR
80.1152 (c)(2))
RFS0100: RFS
Activity
Reporting
Form (40 CFR
80.11 52 (c)(2))
RFS0200: RFS
RIN
Transaction
Reporting
Form (40 CFR
80.1152(c)(l))
RFS0400: RFS
RIN
Generation
Reporting
Form (40 CFR
80.1152(b)(l))
No equivalent
RFS0101
RFS0101
RFS0201
None. The
RFS0400 may
only be used for
RFS1 RINs
generated prior
to July 1,2 010.
RFS2 RINs are
reported in the
new RFS2 EMTS
RIN Generation
Report.
None.
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When are the quarterly reports available?
Quarterly reports will be available to download within ten business days of the end of a quarter. An
EnviroFlash message will notify users that the quarterly reports are available to download from the EMTS
website. You can sign up to receive EnviroFlash messages by clicking the "Sign up for Fuels Programs
alerts" link on the following web page: http://www.epa.gov/otaq/fuels/renewablefuels/epamts.htm.
How do I access my quarterly reports?
You must login to the EMTS web application to download quarterly reports. In the EMTS main menu, select
Reports, and then select View Reports. The View Reports page displays all of the reports to which your
organization has subscribed (see Figure 57].
Figure 57: View Reports Page
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Transaction Bin
For the desired document, please select 'Download Document1. To view all available versions of a
document, select View All Documents'.
^our On3an'zat'on nas u
un-submitted
transactions in the
transaction bin.
View Transaction Bin
Document Name ^
RFS2 EMTS RIN
Transaction Report (Buy,
Sell, Separate, Retire)
RFS2 EMTS RIN
Generation Report
(Assigned RINS)
RFS2 EMTS Activity Report
RFS2 EMTS Transaction
Error Report
Pending Trades
Pending Trade Details
Document Description J
The quarterly RFS2 EMTS RIN Transaction Report (Buy,
Sell, Separate, Retire).
The quarterly RFS2 EMTS RIN Generation Report.
RFS2 EMTS Activity Report (Assigned RINS)
RFS2 EMTS Activity Report (Separated RINS)
RFS2 EMTS Transaction Error Report
This document lists all trades that are in a pending
state. Pending trades are buy or sell transactions for
which the trading party has not yet submitted a
matching transaction.
This document lists all pending trades for your
organization. It includes batch detail information for
each transaction,
Frequency
Quarterly
Quarterly
Quarterly
Quarterly
Quarterly
3 per day
3 per day
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will be prompted to open or save the ZIP file (see Figure 58].
report. EMTS quarterly reports are provided in PDF format.
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How do I create a Transaction Error Report?
The RFS2 EMTS Transaction Error Report is used to report discrepancies that exist between the EMTS and
your organization's internal record-keeping system. You can report transaction errors following the end of
the quarter. You must report all transaction errors within ten business days of the due date for quarterly
reports. Note that the quarterly report submission deadline is two months after the quarter ends. When
you have entered and submitted your transaction errors, EMTS will create a Transaction Error Report for
your organization. If you do not enter any errors or if you do not submit the reported errors, EMTS will not
generate a Transaction Error Report for your organization. Once a Transaction Error Report is generated
for your organization, it cannot be changed in any way.
You must login to the EMTS web application to report transaction errors. In the EMTS main menu, select
Reports, and then select Transaction Errors. If the compliance period is closed or you have previously
submitted a Transaction Error Report for the quarter, you will see a message indicating that transaction
error reporting is not available. If the Compliance period is open and you have not yet submitted a
Transaction Error Report for the quarter, press Continue.
On the View Reported Errors page, you can add transaction errors to the Reported Errors grid (see Figure
59]. If you have already entered errors for the quarter, but have not yet submitted them, you can view and
edit the errors on this page.
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V>ERr\ Moderated Transaction System
Organization
View Reported Errors for Second Quarter 2010
T Transaction Bin
Below are the errors you have reported for the most recent quarter. To report an error for an
additional transaction, please click 'Add Error.' Otherwise, please click 'Submit Errors' to confirm your
repotted errors and generate a Transaction Error Report.
Your organization has 0
un-submitted
transactions in the
transaction bin.
View Transaction Bin
| Error Options
Add Error
Submit Errors
| Search for Errors
Transaction ID:
Submission ID:
CDX Transaction ID:
Submission Date (Begin):
Submission Date (End):
Transaction Type:
(MM/DDA"AT)
(MM/DD/YYYY)
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To add a new transaction error to the Reported Errors grid, click Add Error. On the Search Transactions
page (see Figure 60], use the Search for Transactions filters to identify the transaction for which you wish
to report an error.
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Figure 60: Search Transactions Page
"CytHrX Moderated Transaction System
Organization
Submissions
Search Transactions
» Transaction Bin
Please use the filter to search for transactions. Your search will be limited to transactions from Second
Quarter 2010. To view all of your organization's transactions for the quarter, please click 'Search'
without selecting any criteria.
Your organization has 0
un-submitted
transactions in the
transaction bin.
View Transaction Bin
| Search for Transactions
Submission ID:
Transaction ID:
CDX Transaction ID:
Transaction Type:
Fuel:
RIIM Year:
Assignment:
Submission Date (Begin):
Submission Date (End):
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The Transactions grid will display your organization's transactions that match the search criteria. The "I
want to..." dropdown will contain the Identify Error option for transactions without previously reported
errors and the Edit Details and Remove options for transactions with previously reported errors. To report
an error for a transaction without a previously reported error, press Go in the "I want to..." column.
On the Identify Transaction Errors page, you can view the details of the transaction by clicking the "+" on
the Transaction Details panel (see Figure 61].
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Figure 61: Identify Transaction Errors
"CytHrX Moderated Transaction System
Organization
Submissions
Identify Transaction Errors
» Transaction Bin
After reviewing the details of the selected transaction, please provide information regarding the error
in the fields provided, Please note that all errors must be discussed with EPA before being reported
to the EMTS,
Your organization has 0
un-submitted
transactions in the
transaction bin,
View Transaction Bin
Transaction Details
Submission ID:
Submission Date:
Transaction ID:
Transaction Type:
Fuel (D Code):
22
09/21/2010 9:25:42 AM EOT
21
Separate
Renewable Fuel (D=6)
| Report Errors
* Explanation of Errors:
Document Information:
= Required Field
« Back
Save
Provide an explanation of the error(s] in the "Explanation of Errors" field, and add any additional
information in the "Document Information" field (optional], then click Save. You will then return to the
View Reported Errors page, and the error will appear in the Reported Errors grid. On the View Reported
Errors page, you can use the filters to search for transactions for which you have already reported errors.
To edit the details of an error that you have already reported, select Edit Details in the "I want to..." drop-
down menu. The Identify Transaction Errors page will display the details that you previously provided.
Click Save to keep any updates.
To remove an error from the Reported Errors grid, select Remove in the "I want to..." drop-down menu.
The Confirm Remove page will display the transaction details and reported errors. Click Remove to
confirm removal of the error.
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Once you have reported all transaction errors for the quarter, press Submit Errors on the View Reported
Errors page. After you press the Submit button, you must confirm the transaction errors (see Figure 62].
Figure 62: Confirm Transaction Errors
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Confirm Transaction Errors
EPA reserves the right to bring enforcement actions for any violations, regardless of filing a transaction error report or taking remedial action,
Please confirm your reported transaction errors. Note that after selecting Confirm EMTS will generate your Transaction Error Report and you
will no longer be able to add/edit transaction errors for this compliance period.
Once confirmed - no additional errors may be submitted.
-
Transaction Errors
Displaying records 1 through 3 of 3 total.
Transaction ID
20
21
22
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^ Transaction Type
Generate
Separate
Retire
* Submission Date ±
09/21/2010 9:25:26 AM EOT
09/21/2010 9:25:42 AM EOT
09/21/2010 9: 26: 04 AM EOT
« Back |
Confirm
Once you confirm the transaction errors, EMTS will generate your organization's Transaction Error Report,
and you will no longer be able to add or edit transaction errors for the compliance period. EMTS will
generate the report within one business day of your confirmation. At that time, the Transaction Error
Report will be available for you to download from the View Reports page (select View Reports under the
Reports menu option]. To download the Transaction Error Report, select Download Document in the "I
want to..." drop-down menu. Note that if the "I want to..." column for the report says "No valid actions," the
report is not yet available to be downloaded. When you select Download Document and press Go, you will
see a window asking you to either open or save the ZIP file (see Figure 63]. After you open the ZIP file, you
will be able to access the PDF report.
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Figure 63: Download Document Window
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How do I manage my quarterly report subscriptions?
By default, all users are subscribed to each of the quarterly reports. Subscriptions are organization specific,
so all submitters for an organization can download the reports. You can verify your subscriptions to the
quarterly reports on the Manage Subscriptions page by selecting Manage Subscriptions under Reports on
the EMTS main menu.
To change the subscription for a quarterly report, click the Go button in the "I want to..." column for the
report. On the Manage Subscription page for that report, check or uncheck the "Subscribed" box (see
Figure 64].
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Figure 64: Manage Subscriptions Page
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Modify and click Update
T Transaction Bin
Your organization has 0
un-submitted
transactions in the
transaction bin.
View Transaction Bin
Subscription Name:
Type:
Description:
Subscribed:
* Frequency:
* Method:
* Format:
* = Required Field
RFS2 EMTS RIN Generation Report
Report
The quarterly RFS2 EMTS RIN Generation Report.
| Quarterly v|
Download v
« Back
Update
Which transactions are included in the quarterly reports?
The reports include transactions that were submitted and completed during the quarter. Thus, generate,
buy, and sell transactions with a generation date or transaction date in one quarter and a submission date
in another quarter will be included in the quarterly reports from the quarter that contains the submission
date. Retire and separate transactions are always included in the report from the quarter during which they were submitted.
How do I submit quarterly reports?
You must submit your reports through the D C Fuels application, which is accessed through MyCDX. For
more information, visit http://www. epa.gov/otaq/regs/fuels/rfsforms. htm. Quarterly reports are required
to be submitted within two months of the end of the quarter.
Are examples of the quarterly reports available?
For examples of the quarterly reports, please see the document "EMTS Quarterly Reports - Getting Started."
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EMTS Technical Support
If you have any questions or want to report defects, comments, enhancements, or feedback, you may
contact EMTS Technical Support at support@epamts-support.com or (800] 385-6164, Monday - Friday,
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (ESTJ. When reporting defects or issues, please provide the detailed steps that were
taken to create the problem or issue, and provide screen shots to document the web page and information
entered on that page.
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