EMTS User's Guide
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
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United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
EPA-420-B-10-016b
May 2010
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents i
Accessing EMTS 1
Selecting an Organization 2
Viewing RIN Holdings 3
Viewing RIN Batch Details and Locking RINs 5
Generating RINs 8
Managing the Transaction Bin 10
Separating RINs 13
Retiring RINs 19
Trading RINs 21
Managing the Blocked List 29
Viewing Historic RIN Holdings 32
Viewing Web Submissions 33
Submitting XML Files 35
Receiving Notifications 39
Receiving Documents 39
EMTS Technical Support 42
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Accessing EMTS
To support the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) 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 1). If you do not see the "OTAQ EMTS Application" link, refer
to "Getting Started - MyCDX" for further instructions.
Figure 1: OTAQ EMTS Application Link
Central
Welcome.
Mr Nat Rogers
CDX Registration Status: Active
Data Exchange- MyCDX
Last Login:
Registered Since:
Recertification Date:
December 1,2009
November 20, 2009
November 20. 2009
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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 | My Profile | Contact Uf I Help I Logout
Logged in as: TutorialDetno for Demo Organization 1 (20)
Good Morning Tutorial Demo,
^^ To view pending transaction details, dick the following link: View Trades
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Transaction Bin
Your organization has 0
un-submitted
transactions in the
transaction bin.
View Transaction Bin
> Announcements
Contact Us [ 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
Organizations
Selected Organization: Cavington
Dairy Products LLC (47672)
{"Select a Different Organization
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Announcements
The Organizations tab will appear in this accordion on the following pages:
• Home page;
• View Node Submissions;
• View Web Submissions;
• Review Trades;
• 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 RIN Holdings
To view your RIN holdings, hover over RINs on the main menu of the EMTS website (main menu circled in
Figure 5) and select View RIN Holdings (Current).
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Figure 5: Manage RIN Holdings Page
v>EPAM
Organization
Submissions
Manage RIN Holdings
" Transaction Bin
Your organization does not currently own any RINs. Please either generate or buy RINs.
Your organization has 0
un-submii±ed
transactions in the
transaction bin.
View Transaction Bin
Organizations
Quick Search
RIN Holdings for:
RAP Inc. GEN Cellulosic
Fuel (D Code) ± RIN Year J Assignment J Available Pending Reserved Locked
No RIN holdings found.
-Select-
v][ Go
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 5). 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 6 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 either been locked by your organization or by the EPA. Please
note that the functionality for locking RINs is still being developed, so for testing, the value in the Locked
column of the RIN Holdings grid will always be "0."
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Figure 6: Populated RIN Holdings Grid Example
OCrrX Moderated Transaction System
Organization
Manage RIN Holdings
Select one of the transaction actions for each fuel year and assignment for your RIN Holdings.
RIN Holdings for:
TEST PETROLEUM CORPORATION 2
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t Transaction Bin
•»• Organizations
Selected Organization: TEST
PETROLEUM CORPORATION 2
(4997)
Select a Different Organization
>• Quick Search
Advanced Biofuel (D=5) 2D1D
Advanced Biofuel (D-5) 2010
Renewable Fuel (D=6) 2010
Renewable Fuel (D-6) 2010
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Figure 7: View RIN Holding Details Page
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Organization
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
Your organization has 1
un-submitted
transactions in the
transaction bin.
View Transaction Bin
Export options; CSV I Excel I PDF
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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 8: Lock RINs Confirmation Page
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Organization
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:
Advanced Biofuel (D=5)
2010
Assigned
TEST PETROLEUM CORPORATION 2
Test Facility 2
3430
1
TEST PETROLEUM CORPORATION 2
02/17/2010
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
organization had already locked, the EPA will need to unlock the RINs before you will have the ability to
unlock the RIN batch.
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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 9).
Figure 9: Generate Wizard, Report Fuel Page (Step 1)
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Organization
Submissions
Generate RINs - Report Fuel
T Transaction Bin
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.
Your organization has 0
un-submitted
transactions in the
transaction bin,
View Transaction Bin
Report Fuel
* Fuel (D Code):
* Production Process:
* Production Date:
* Fuel Category:
-Select-
-
Identify RINs
* Batch Volume:
Denaturant Volume:
Equivalence Value:
* Quantity of RINs:
| Identify Production Source
Originating Source:
* Facility:
Includes Denaturant Volume.
Ethanol and Cellulosic Ethanol Only,
Batch Volume multiplied by Equivalence Value.
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
grayed out. For example, in Figure 10, the organization can produce only Advanced Biofuel, Renewable
Fuel, and Cellulosic Diesel, so the remaining Fuel (D Code) options are grayed out
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Figure 10: Drop-down Example for Generate Wizard
* Fuel (D Code):
* Production Process:
* Production Date:
* Fuel Category:
EliiiE
-Select-
UellulosicBiofuel
Bio mass-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 11). Once you correct the
errors, you will be able to move to the Report Feedstocks page.
Figure 11: QA Check Errors
&EPA
Moderated Transaction System
Organization
Submissions
Generate RINs - Report Fuel
•* Transaction Bin
QA Ciieck Errors
• 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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Your organization has 0
un-submitted
transactions in the
transaction bin.
Report Fuel
• 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
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 12).
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Figure 12: Generate Wizard - Report Feedstocks Page (Step 2)
V>trir\ Moderated Transaction System
Organization Submissions Trades Reports
Generate RINs - Report Feedstocks
Report one or more feedstocks used for the generation of the fuel,
Your organization has 0
un-submitted
\J transactions in the
transaction bin,
View Transaction Bin
* Feedstock(Code): j-Seled-
* Volume:
-
* Unit of Measure: [-Select- v|
Additional Information:
Li DOBS this feedstock meet the definition of renewable biomass in 40 CFR 80.1401?
* = Requited Field
« 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.
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 Foreign Renewable Fuel Producer's organization and facility identifiers rather than your
own organization and facility identifiers. 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. Note that the Report Fuel page will be modified in EMTS version 1.0 for
Importers generating RINs on behalf of Foreign Fuel Producers. For the Version 1.0 release, you will need
to provide both the originating organization and facility (the Importer's organization and facility) and the
generating organization and facility (the Foreign Producer's organization and facility).
Managing the Transaction Bin
After you click Add to Transaction Bin, you are taken to the Transaction Bin (see Figure 13).
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Figure 13: Transaction Bin
wEfi^V 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 7:58:03 AM.
^ Organizations
Selected Organization: RAP Inc,
GEN Cellulosic (4672)
J- "^ "~ ' K
elect a Different Organization
Generate Transactions
Production Date RIN Year
Fuel Category
Fuel (D Code) Volume Quantity
01/20/2010 2010 Non-ester renewable diesel Advanced Biofuel 200 200
-Select- v| Go~
Buy Transactions
Transaction Date | RIN Year
Fuel (D Code)
Quantity
Assignment
| Trading Partner
I want to...
There are no buy transactions.
Separate Transactions
Fuel (DCode)
Reason Code
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
Fuel(D Code)
Reason Code
There are no retire transactions.
Submit»
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 13).
For each transaction in the Transaction Bin, you have the option to either View Details or Remove the
transaction (see Figure 14).
Figure 14: Transaction Bin Options
Generate Transactions
Production Date RIN Year
01/20/2010
Fuel Category
Fuel (DCode) Volume Quantity
Non-ester renewable diesel Advanced Biofuel 200
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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 Remove, you
will also 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 15). The tab contains the number of un-submitted transactions and a link to the
Transaction Bin.
Figure 15: Accessing the Transaction Bin
T 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
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 16 to complete the submission.
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Figure 16: 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-subrnitted
transactions in the
transaction bin.
View Transaction Bin
Transactions
Fuel (D Code)
Advanced Biofuel
Assigned
« Back fc Confirm Submit » ])
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.
Separating RINs
Assigned RINs may be separated from your RIN Holdings Account (see Figure 17). 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 17: Separate Option for Available Assigned RINs
RIN Holdings for:
TEST PETROLEUM CORPORATION 2
Fuel (D Code) ^ RIN Year ^ Assignment ^ Available Pending Reserved Locked Total
Advanced Biofuel (D=5) 2010 <,_tesigned^ QS450
Advanced Biofuel (D=5) 2010 Separated 150
Renewable Fuel (D=6) 2010 Assigned 1250
Renewable Fuel (D=6) 2010 Separated 450
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Figure 18: Separate Wizard - Identify RINs (Step 1)
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Organization
Submissions
Separate RINs - Identify RINs
Identify the RINs for separation by entering the required information below.
I Identify RINs
* Fuel (D Code):
» RIN Year:
* RIN Quantity:
* Batch Volume:
* Reason for Separation:
Additional Information:
Advanced Biofuel (D=5)
21101
(Gallons!
| - Select-
Document Type
There are no documents.
| Add Document Information
Document Type:
Document Identification:
I Add [
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» Transaction Bin
Your organization has 1
un-submitted
transactions in the
transaction bin,
View Transaction Bin
Identify RINs
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 19), fill in the Document
Type and Document Identification fields, and click Add.
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Figure 19: Supporting Document Information
Document Type
test document
IT1?!
Remove
Add Document Information
Document Type:
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 20).
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Figure 20: Optional Advanced RIN Selection Page
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<&ERr\ Moderated Transaction System
Organization
Separate RINs - Advanced RIN Selection (Optional)
The EMTS will automatically select RINs with the oldest production date from your RIN Holding Account for this Separate
transaction. You may choose to identify a specific originating organization, or organization and facility, or organization,
facility and batch number using the advanced selection options below. This step is optional and you can bypass this
step and add this transaction to your bin.
» Transaction Bin
Your organization has 1
un-submitted
transactions in the
transaction bin.
View Transaction Bin
T Organization
All Organizations:
Selected Organization:
Filter:
Clear |
Advanced RIN Selection
(Optional)
* Batch Number
« Identify
Add to Transaction Bin » J
After you press Select, the Selected Organization field and the Organization accordion tab will contain the
name of the organization you selected (see Figure 21).
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Figure 21: Selected Organization Example
Organization: [RAP Inc. GEN Cellulosic (4672)]
All Organizations:
Inc. GEN Ce u osic (4672)
Selected Organization:
Select <£j*AP Inc. GEN Cellulosic (4672^5
Filter:
Remove
> Batch Number
« 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 22). Doing so
will take you to the first step of the Separate Wizard for upward delegation (see Figure 23).
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Figure 22: Separate (Upward delegation) Option for Available Assigned RINs
RIN Holdings for:
TEST PETROLEUM CORPORATION 2
Fuel (D Code) ^| RIN Yea
Advanced Biofuel (D-5) 2010
Advanced Biofuel (D-5) 2010
Renewable Fuel (D=6) 2010
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Separated
Assigned
Separated
±| Available
3450
150
1250
450
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0
0
D
0
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0
0
D
0
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| Total
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View Details
Buy
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Figure 23: Separate Wizard - Identify RINs (Step 1)
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Organization
Separate RINs - Identify RINs
*• Transaction Bin
Registered small blenders may delegate their RIN-related responsibilities pursuant to 40 CFR § 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 § 80.1440.
Your organization has D
un-submitted
transactions in the
transaction bin.
View Transaction 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)
[2010
(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," 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 24). 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 25).
Figure 24: Retire Options for a Refiner (Obligated Party) with Separated RINs
RIN Holdings for:
RAP Inc. Obligated Party
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Note that for the current round of testing, 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 26). The ability to retire RINs for obligation is currently available to Non-
renewable Fuel Importers and Renewable Fuel Exporters.
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Figure 26: Retire (Obligation) Wizard for Refiners- Identify RINs (Step 1)
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Retire RINs - Identify RINs (Obligation)
RINs Help
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
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transaction bin.
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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 27).
Figure 27: Retire (Other) Wizard - Identify RINs (Step 1)
Retire RINs - Identify RINs (Other)
Identify the RINs for retirement by entering the required information below,
K = Requited Field
Add Document Information
There are no documents.
Document Type:
Document Identification:
* Fuel (D Code):
* RIN Year:
1 Assignment:
* RIN Quantity:
Batch Volume:
* Reason for Retire:
Additional Information:
Renewable Fuel (D-6)
2010
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Used in a Boiler or an Ocean-Going Vessel (40)."
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Advanced RIN Selection »
» Transaction Bin
Your organization has 0
un-submitted
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 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
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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 28).
Figure 28: Sell RINs - Identify RINs Page (Step 1)
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Submissions
Sell RINs - Identify RINs
•"- Transaction Bin
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:
Your organization has 0
un-submitted
transactions in the
transaction bin.
View Transaction Bin
Advanced Biofuel (D=5)
2009
Assigned vj
(Gallons)
Select Trading Partner»
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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. You can filter the list by Organization Name or Organization ID. To
select a trading partner, click the organization name in the list, and press Select. In Figure 29, the
organization list was filtered with the word "Better," and Better Fuel Corporation was selected from the
options.
Figure 29: Sell RINs - Select Trading Partner
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Trades Reports
RINs Help
Sell RINs - Select Trading Partner
" Transaction Bin
Select a trading partner from the list below. An organization is not included in the list if it is not registered with EPA or is
not active.
Your organization has 0
un-subrnitted
transactions in the
transaction bin.
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Selected Organization:
Select l^etter Fuel Corporation (4410^
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Select Trading Partner
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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 (PTD)
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
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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
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 30). The RINs will remain in the Pending column until the trading partner accepts the sell
transaction.
Figure 30: Pending RINs in RIN Holdings
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Submissions
Reports RINs Help
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 Cellulosic
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Your organization has 0
un-submitted
transactions in the
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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.
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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 31.
Figure 31: Buy RINs - Identify RINs Page (Step 1)
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Submissions
Buy RINs - Identify RINs
Enter Fuel (D Code), RIN Year, Assignment, and Quantity of RINs. Also, enter Batch Volume if Assignment = Assigned.
| Identify RIMS
* Fuel (D Code):
* RIN Year:
* Assignment:
* Quantity of RINs:
Batch Volume:
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J3 Advanced Options (optional)
Select Trading Partner»
•* Transaction Bin
Your organization has 0
un-submitted
transactions in the
transaction bin.
View Transaction Bin
Identify RINs
Once you click this tab, you will be able to access the Advanced Options fields (see Figure 32).
Figure 32: 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
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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.
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 33), 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 33: Review Trades Page
SEPA
Moderated Transaction System
Organization
Review Trades
Submissions
^ Transaction Bin
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 organisation has 0
un-submitted
transactions in the
transaction bin.
View Transaction Bin
* Organizations
> Quick Search
9 (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
33, 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.
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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 34). 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).
Figure 34: Pending Initiated Transactions Options
> (0) Pending Received Transactions for [RAP Inc. GEN Cellulosic (4672)]
» (2) Pending Initiated Transactions from [RAP Inc. GEN Cellulosic (4672)]
01/27/2010 2010 Renewable Fuel Assigned Buy 300
0.12 Standard Trade 4322
$0.12 Standard Trade 4410
Corporation
For Pending Received Transactions, you can select View Details, Accept Offer, or Deny Offer in the "I want
to..." drop-down (see Figure 35).
Figure 35: Pending Received Transactions Options
; 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 36). 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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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.
» Transaction Bin
Your organization has 0
un-subrnitted
transactions in the
transaction bin,
View Transaction Sin
You are denying the following Buy pending trade:
300 2010 Assigned Renewable Fuel RINs from
RAP Inc. GEN Cellulosic (4672) submitted on Fri Jan OS 08:14:01 EST 2010
for $0.12 per Gallon.
K 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 confirm
the price of the transaction (see Figure 37). Additionally, you will have the option of adding transaction
details and document information. Note that the document itself cannot be uploaded.
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Figure 37: Accept Trade Page
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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
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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
your organization's Blocked List by selecting View Blocked List under Organization in the EMTS main
menu.
Figure 38: View Blocked List Page
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Organization
View Blocked List
The fallowing list identifies renewable fuel producers and/or generating facilities whose RINs you have chosen not to buy, You
will not be ab!e to buy RINs that originated from these sources, no matter which organization is selling the RINs.
*• Transaction Bin
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 38), 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 39). 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 39,
the organization list was filtered with the word "Better," and Better Fuel Corporation was selected.
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Organization
Add Producer to Blocked List
Please select an organization to add to your Blocked List, Note that you will not be able to acquire RINs from any of this
organization's facilities,
' = Required Field
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un-subrnitted
transactions in the
transaction bin,
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After you enter a comment in the Comment field and press Submit, you will return to the View Blocked List
page, and the producer that you blocked will be added to the View Blocked List grid (see Figure 40).
Figure 40: View Blocked List Grid
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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 abie to buy RINs that originated from these sources, no matter which organization is selling the RINs.
•»• Transaction Bin
Your organization has 0
un-submitted
transactions in the
transaction bin.
View Transaction Bin
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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 41). 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.
Figure 41: Confirm Removal Page
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Please confirm that you would like to remove the following from your blocked list.
Organization: Better Fuel Corporation (4410)
Facility: All Facilities
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Date Blocked: 02/26/2010
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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 42).
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Figure 42: View RIN Holding History Page
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Organization
Submissions
View RIN Holding History
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.
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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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Moderated Transaction System
Organization
Submissions
View Web Submissions
The following are all of the submissions from the Transaction Bin on behalf of your organization RAP Inc. GEN Cellulosic,
Web Submissions for:
RAP Inc. GEN Cellulosic
Number of Submissions:
^ Transaction Bin
Your organization has 0
un-subrnitted
transactions in the
transaction bin.
View Transaction Bin
> Organizations
Submission ID
23220
12041
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01/28/2010 10:33:15 AM EST
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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 44).
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Organization
View Submission Log Details
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^ Transaction Bin
Your organization has 0
un-submitted
transactions in the
transaction bin.
View Transaction Bin
Submission ID:
Organization Name:
Submission Date:
Current Status:
Submitter Name:
23220
RAP Inc. GEN Cellulosic (4672)
01/28/2010
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Ana Jemec
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ID
17640
Production
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01/20/2010
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To view the details of a transaction in the submission, select View Details in the "I want to..." drop-down
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 (FCD)
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 45), 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.
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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
file does not pass schema validation, you will receive an error message on the Submit File page. If your file
is valid, the Submit File History page will be displayed (see Figure 46), which includes a grid with the CDX
node status details for your submission. To access this page without first submitting a file, hover over the
Submissions menu option, and click Submit File History.
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Figure 46: Submit File History Page
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Initiated Submit transaction initiated from the EMTS website.
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The Submit File History page, like the Submit File page, is user-specific (not organization-specific), so it will
include CDX node status details for your submissions for all of your organizations. A status of "Initiated,"
means that the transaction was sent from the EMTS website to the CDX node, and a status of "Processing"
means that the submission was accepted 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.
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Figure 47: View Node Submissions Page
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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 47, you can see that two submitters, Nat Rogers and Ana Jemec,
have submitted files for RAP Inc. GEN Cellulosic. To switch organizations, click Select a Different
Organization in the Organizations tab of the accordion (see Figure 47).
The Current 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 48). 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 phase of testing 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.
Receiving Documents
EMTS also creates several zipped CSV documents on a nightly basis. These documents can be accessed
from the EMTS website or retrieved from the EMTS node. The documents included in the current release
are:
• Pending Trades: This nightly document lists the 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 all generate, separate, buy, sell and retire
transactions submitted by an organization through XML files or online transactions within the past
10 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.
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• Confirmed Trades: This nightly document lists all trades that have reached their final status
(processed, cancelled, or denied) within the past ten days.
• QA Feedback: This immediate document shows the failed QA check results for a given failed
submission.
Before you can download the nightly 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.
Figure 49: Manage Subscriptions Page
Manage Subscriptions
Select subscription and click Go to subscribe or unsubscribe,
Pending Trades
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On the Manage Subscriptions page (see Figure 49), press Go in the "I want to..." column to subscribe to a
particular document Once you subscribe to a document, the Subscribed column will display Yes, and the
option in the "I want to..." dropdown will change to Unsubscribe. The documents listed on the Manage
Subscriptions page are generated on a nightly basis, so you will not be able to download the documents to
which you have subscribed until the next morning. Note that you do not need to subscribe to the QA
Feedback document because it is created after a failed submission rather than nightly. You can download
nightly documents by selecting View Reports under the Reports option on the EMTS main menu.
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Figure 50: Reports Page
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The grid on the Reports page displays the documents to which you have subscribed. 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 Prior Reports in the "I want to..." dropdown. 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
51). After you open the ZIP file, you will be able to access the CSV document
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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.
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View Node Submissions
The following are all of the files submitted on behalf of your organization RAP Inc. GEN EtOH. 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 EtOH
Number of Files Received:
Selected Organization: RAP Inc.
GEN EtOH (4670)
Select a Different Organization
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4/16/10 4:22 PM 4670-anajemec-123332-Stepl-Generate.zip Jemec, Ana Processed
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To download the QA Feedback document for a submission with a Current Status of "Failed," select
Download QA and press the Go button. 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
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.
EMTS Technical Support
If you have any questions or want to report defects, comments, enhancements, or feedback, you may
contact EMTS Technical Support at emts-testing@pqa.com or (800) 385-6164, Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m. (EST). 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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