EMTS v4.0 Beta Test Plan
United Stales
Environmental Protection
Agency
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EMTS v4.0 Beta Test Plan
Compliance Division
Office of Transportation and Air Quality
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
&EPA
United Stales
Environmental Protection
Agenty
EPA-420-D-14-005
December 2014
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Table of Contents
Page
I. Introduction 1
II. Submitting Feedback 1
III. Getting Started 1
IV. Test Cases 1
A. Generate Sulfur Credits 1
B. Generate Benzene Credits 2
C. Submit 2010-2014 Unused Credits 4
D. Retire (Other) Credits 5
E. Retire (Obligation) 6
F. Sell Credits 8
G. Buy Credits 9
H. Accept Pending Received Transactions 11
I. Deny Pending Received Transactions 12
J. Cancel Pending Initiated Transactions 13
V. Limitations of Beta Version 14
VI. Validation Checks 14
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I. Introduction
Thank you for participating in EMTS v4.0 beta testing.
The objective of the beta testing period is to provide stakeholders with an opportunity to review
the changes implemented in EMTS v4.0. The majority of changes are related to the integration
of the Sulfur and Benzene Credit Trading program. Please see the "Limitations of Beta Version"
section at the end of this document for future functionality that is not yet available.
II. Submitting Feedback
If you have any issues, questions, or comments, please contact the EMTS Help Desk at
support@epamts-support.com and include, "*Company Name* EMTS Testing" in the subject
line of the email. When reporting an issue, please include any relevant screenshots and the exact
steps you took before encountering the error.
III. Getting Started
1. Obtain a beta testing account from EPA Fuels Programs Support. Submit your request to
support@epamts-support. com.
2. Review the User Profile document that you received with your beta testing account. Each
User Profile is unique and is associated with a single beta testing account. It lists the two
organizations and two facilities and their business activities that have been assigned to
you. You should only test using your assigned organizations and facility IDs.
3. Login to the beta testing site using the login credentials from the User Profile document:
https ://test. epacdx.net/
4. Complete any or all of the test cases described in the next section of this document.
IV. Test Cases
A. Generate Sulfur Credits
1. From the EMTS main menu, hover over "Fuels ABT Credits" and click on "Credit
Holdings (Current)." This will display the "Manage Credit Holdings" page.
2. On the "Manage Credit Holdings" page, you will see two Generate Buttons: "Generate
(Refiner)" and "Generate (Importer)". In Production, you will only see the buttons that
correspond to your active business activities (e.g., if your organization is not a non-
renewable fuel importer, you will not see the "Generate (Importer)" button). The primary
difference between generating refined fuel and generating imported fuel is that importers
do not report a generating facility. Click the "Generate (Refiner)" button at the bottom of
the page.
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3. Verify that you are on the "Generate Credits - Identify Production Source" page. You
should see an on-screen instructions box followed by a web form for filling in your
Generating Facility and Credit Type. Verify that Generating Organization is pre-
populated and read-only.
4. Select your facility, and select "Sulfur (10)" as the Credit Type. Click "Generate Credits"
to continue to the "Generate Sulfur Credits" page.
5. Verify that you are on the "Generate Sulfur Credits" page. You should see an on-screen
instructions box, followed by the read-only fields Credit Year, Generating Organization,
and Generating Facility, and the Identify Credits web form. Verify that the Credit Year,
Generating Organization, and Generating Facility fields reflect the information entered
on the previous screen.
6. Complete the Identify Credits form. The Gasoline Sulfur Standard should be pre-
populated and read-only. Your entered Quantity of Sulfur Credits value must match the
system-calculated value (based on your indicated Average Sulfur Concentration and
Annual Volume). You may now go back to edit the fuel data you entered in Step 4 or add
the transaction to the Credit Transaction Bin.
7. Add the transaction to the Credit Transaction Bin, and verify the data are correct in the
grid. For each transaction listed, you can verify the details that are not displayed in the
grid by selecting "View Details" in the "I want to..." column and clicking "Go."
8. Now that you have created your credit transaction, you must submit it to the host
database for the transaction to be posted to your account. Until transactions are
submitted, they remain in your Credit Transaction Bin.
9. From the "Credit Transaction Bin" page, click the "Submit" button. Verify that you are
taken to the "Confirm and Submit" page, which contains a grid of your Credit Generate
transaction and buttons to either go "Back" or to "Confirm Submit." The "Back" button
takes you back to the Credit Transaction Bin without submitting the transaction. Click
the "Confirm Submit" button, and verify that your transaction was successful and now
appears in your Credit Holdings.
10. To Generate Sulfur Credits as an importer, repeat the above steps; however, in Step 2,
select the "Generate (Importer)" button. Additionally, note that there will not be a
Generating Facility field to complete on the first page or to verify on the second page.
B. Generate Benzene Credits
1. From the EMTS main menu, hover over "Fuels ABT Credits" and click on "Credit
Holdings (Current)." This will display the "Manage Credit Holdings" page.
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2. On the "Manage Credit Holdings" page, you will see two Generate Buttons: "Generate
(Refiner)" and "Generate (Importer)". In Production, you will only see the buttons that
correspond to your active business activities (e.g., if your organization is not a non-
renewable fuel importer, you will not see the "Generate (Importer)" button). The primary
difference between generating refined fuel and generating imported fuel is that importers
do not report a generating facility. Click the "Generate (Refiner)" button at the bottom of
the page.
3. Verify that you are on the "Generate Credits - Identify Production Source" page. You
should see an on-screen instructions box followed by a web form for filling in your
Generating Facility and Credit Type. Verify that Generating Organization is pre-
populated and read-only.
4. Select your facility, and select "Benzene (20)" as the Credit Type. Click "Generate
Credits" to continue to the "Generate Benzene Credits" page.
5. Verify that you are on the "Generate Benzene Credits" page. You should see an on-
screen instructions box, followed by the read-only fields Credit Year, Generating
Organization, and Generating Facility, and the Identify Credits web form. Verify that the
Credit Year, Generating Organization, and Generating Facility fields reflect the
information entered on the previous screen.
6. Complete the Identify Credits form. The Gasoline Benzene Standard should be pre-
populated and read-only. Your entered Quantity of Benzene Credits value must match the
system-calculated value (based on your indicated Average Benzene Concentration and
Annual Volume). You may now go back to edit the fuel data you entered in Step 4 or add
the transaction to the Credit Transaction Bin.
7. Add the transaction to the Credit Transaction Bin, and verify the data are correct in the
grid. For a transaction, you can verify the details that are not displayed in the grid by
selecting "View Details" in the "I want to..." column and clicking "Go."
8. Now that you have created your credit transaction, you must submit it to the host
database for the transaction to be posted to your account. Until transactions are
submitted, they remain in your Credit Transaction Bin.
9. From the "Credit Transaction Bin" page, click the "Submit" button. Verify that you are
taken to the "Confirm and Submit" page, which contains a grid of your Credit Generate
transaction and buttons to either go "Back" or to "Confirm Submit." The "Back" button
takes you back to the Credit Transaction Bin without submitting the transaction. Click
the "Confirm Submit" button, and verify that your transaction was successful and now
appears in your Credit Holdings.
10. To Generate Benzene Credits as an importer, repeat the above steps; however, in Step 2,
select the "Generate (Importer)" button. Additionally, note that there will not be a
Generating Facility field to complete or verify.
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C. Submit 2010-2014 Unused Credits
All organizations must enter into the EMTS all unused Sulfur and Benzene credits that were
generated from 2010 to 2014. Please use the "DRAFT EMTS Unused Credits Submission
Template.xlsx" file to complete this process.
NOTE: In the Beta version you are required to enter a Generating Organization Identifier and
Generating Facility Identifier but this information may not be required in the production version.
1. From the EMTS main menu, hover over "Fuels ABT Credits" and click on "Submit
2010-2014 Unused Credits". This will display the "Submit 2010-2014 Unused Credit -
Upload" page.
2. Verify that you are on the "Submit 2010-2014 Unused Credit - Upload" page. You
should see an on-screen instructions box, followed by an Identify File box where you can
upload a file, and two grids for your Pending Uploads and Processed Uploads.
3. Click the "Browse..." button in the Identify File box and select a completed "DRAFT
EMTS Unused Credits Submission Template" file. Click the "Upload" button.
4. Verify that, if your file contains no errors, you are taken to the "Submit 2010-2014
Unused Credits - Confirm" page. You should see an on-screen instructions box, followed
by Upload Details of the file you just submitted. Verify that the Upload Details are
complete and that displayed records are a complete and accurate version of the records
submitted in your file. You can export the table in CSV, Excel, or PDF format for your
own records.
5. Verify that the " Submit 2010-2014 Unused Credits - Confirm" page has buttons to
"Cancel" the submission or to "Confirm Submit". Verify that after clicking "Cancel", you
return to the "Submit 2010-2014 Unused Credits - Upload" page, the submission does
not appear in either the Pending Uploads grid or the Processed Uploads grid, and your
Credit Holdings have not changed.
6. Repeat Step 3 and upload the file again. From the "Submit 2010-2014 Unused Credits -
Confirm" page, return to the "Submit 2010-2014 Unused Credit - Upload" page by
hovering over the "Fuels ABT Credits" menu and clicking on "Submit 2010-2014
Unused Credits". Verify that the submission information appears in the Pending Uploads
grid.
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7. Verify that for each submission in the Pending Uploads grid, you have "I want to..."
options that include: Continue Submission and Cancel Submission. Select the "Continue
Submission" option in the "I want to..." dropdown and click "Go".
8. Verify that doing so takes you to the " Submit 2010-2014 Unused Credits - Confirm"
page. Once again, verify that the Upload Details and the displayed records are correct and
complete.
9. Click the "Confirm Submit" button. Verify that you are returned to the "Submit 2010-
2014 Unused Credits - Upload" page, where your submission information now appears
in the Processed Uploads grid. Verify that your uploaded credits now appear in your
Credit Holdings.
D. Retire (Other) Credits
Retirement of credits has been split into two paths: the Retire (Other) path allows you to retire
credits for any reason EXCEPT to demonstrate annual compliance, while the Retire (Obligation)
path allows you to retire credits to demonstrate annual compliance. This section will focus on
the Retire (Other) path. For credit retire transactions only, Times Traded is not a required value.
If you choose not to indicate Times Traded, the system will automatically retire your credits that
have been traded the most times.
10. From the EMTS main menu, hover over "Fuels ABT Credits" and click on "View Credit
Holdings (Current)." This will display the "Manage Credit Holdings" page.
11. From the Credit Holdings grid on the "Manage Credit Holdings" page, choose "Retire
(Other)" in the "I want to..." column for an existing Sulfur or Benzene credit holding (if
you have none available you will need to generate more), and select the "Go" button.
12. Verify that you are on the "Retire Credits - Identify Credits (Other)" page. You should
see an on-screen instructions box followed by the Identify Credits web form, a blank
document grid, and a form to add a document. On the right side of the page, you should
see a graphical representation of the two-step process for retiring credits (1 - Identify
Credits and 2 - Advanced Credit Selection (Optional)). Verify that you are on 1 -
Identify Credits.
13. Complete the Identify Credits form. Verify that the Credit Type and Credit Year are
correctly pre-populated on this page according to the row from which you made the
selection. You may add multiple documents, but no documents are required. If you add
document information, the Documents grid should contain the document data you just
entered. You may continue to add more documents or remove an existing document.
After entering all required and any optional data, continue to "Advanced Credit
Selection."
14. Verify that you are on the "Retire Credits - Advanced Credit Selection (Optional)" page.
You should see an on-screen instructions box, followed by two accordion bars - one for
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Organization and one for Facility. When open, each accordion panel displays a filter and
selection pane. Verify that the graphical representation of the two-step process has
advanced to Step 2.
15. Since Advanced Credit Selection is optional, you can leave this blank for now and you
may add the transaction to your Credit Transaction Bin (or you may apply Advanced
Options if you elect to retire specific credits based on generating organization and
facility).
16. Add the transaction to the Credit Transaction Bin and verify the data are correct in the
grid. For each transaction listed, you can verify the details that are not displayed in the
grid by selecting "View Details" in the "I want to..." column and clicking "Go."
17. Now that you have created your Credit Retire transaction, you must submit it to the host
database for the transaction to be posted to your account. Until a transaction is
submitted, it remains in your Credit Transaction Bin.
18. From the "Credit Transaction Bin" page, click the "Submit" button. Verify that you are
taken to the "Confirm and Submit" page, which contains a grid of your Credit Retire
transaction and buttons to either go "Back" or to "Confirm Submit." The "Back" button
takes you back to the Credit Transaction Bin without submitting the transaction. Click
the "Confirm Submit" button, and verify that your transaction was successful and that the
retired Credits no longer appear in your Credit Holdings. You may repeat this test to
retire multiple Credit Holdings.
E. Retire (Obligation)
All participants in the Sulfur and Benzene credit program will be obligated parties, and thus will
have the ability to retire credits for compliance.
1. From the EMTS main menu, hover over "Fuels ABT Credits" and click on "View Credit
Holdings (Current)." This will display the "Manage Credit Holdings" page.
2. From the Credit Holdings grid on the "Manage Credit Holdings" page, open the "I want
to..." dropdown for an existing Sulfur or Benzene credit holding (if you have none
available you will need to generate more). If your organization is registered as both a
non-renewable fuel importer and a refiner, you will see two Retire (Obligation) options:
"as Refiner" and "as Importer". In Production, you will only see the options that
correspond to your active business activities (e.g.., if your organization is not a non-
renewable fuel importer, you will not see the "as Importer" option). The primary
difference between retiring fuel as a refiner and retiring fuel as an importer is that
importers do not report a retiring facility. Choose "as Refiner" in the "I want to.
column, and select the "Go" button.
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3. Verify that you are on the "Retire Credits - Identify Credits (Obligation)" page. You
should see an on-screen instructions box followed by the Identify Credits web form, a
blank document grid, and a form to add a document. On the right side of the page, you
should see a graphical representation of the two-step process for retiring credits (1 -
Identify Credits and 2 - Advanced Credit Selection (Optional)). Verify that you are on 1
- Identify Credits.
4. Complete the Identify Credits form. Verify that the Credit Type, Credit Year, Reason for
Retire, and Compliance Level are correctly pre-populated on this page according to the
selection you made on the previous screen. Verify that the Compliance Level says
"Refinery by Refiner (50)" and the Reason for Retire displays "Demonstrate annual
compliance". You may add multiple documents, but no documents are required. If you
add document information, the Documents grid should contain the document data you
just entered. You may continue to add more documents or remove an existing document.
After entering all required and any optional data, continue to "Advanced Credit
Selection."
5. Verify that you are on the "Retire Credits - Advanced Credit Selection (Optional)" page.
You should see an on-screen instructions box, followed by two accordion bars - one for
Organization and one for Facility. When open, each accordion panel displays a filter and
selection pane. Verify that the graphical representation of the two-step process has
advanced to Step 2.
6. Since Advanced Credit Selection is optional, you can leave this blank for now and you
may add the transaction to your Credit Transaction Bin (or you may apply Advanced
Options if you elect to retire specific credits based on generating organization and
facility).
7. Add the transaction to the Credit Transaction Bin and verify the data are correct in the
grid. For each transaction listed, you can verify the details that are not displayed in the
grid by selecting "View Details" in the "I want to..." column and clicking "Go."
8. Now that you have created your Credit Retire transaction, you must submit it to the host
database for the transaction to be posted to your account. Until a transaction is
submitted, it remains in your Credit Transaction Bin.
9. From the "Credit Transaction Bin" page, click the "Submit" button. Verify that you are
taken to the "Confirm and Submit" page, which contains a grid of your Credit Retire
transaction and buttons to either go "Back" or to "Confirm Submit." The "Back" button
takes you back to the Credit Transaction Bin without submitting the transaction. Click
the "Confirm Submit" button, and verify that your transaction was successful and that the
retired credits no longer appear in your Credit Holdings. You may repeat this test to
retire multiple credit holdings.
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10. To retire Credits as an Importer, repeat the above steps; however, in Step 1, select the "as
Importer" option. Additionally, note that there will not be a Compliance Facility field to
complete, and that the Compliance Level field should be pre-populated as "Aggregated
Importer (10)".
F. Sell Credits
1. From the EMTS main menu, hover over "Fuels ABT Credits" and click on "View Credit
Holdings." This will display the "Manage Credit Holdings" page.
2. From the Credit Holdings grid on the "Manage Credit Holdings" page, choose "Sell" in
the "I want to..." column for an existing Sulfur or Benzene credit holding (if you have
none available you will need to generate more), and select the "Go" button.
3. Verify that you are on the "Sell Credits - Identify Credits" page. You should see an on-
screen instructions box followed by the web form for filling in your credit information.
On the right side of the page, you should see a graphical representation of the four-step
process for selling Credits (1 - Identify Credits; 2 - Select Trading Partner; 3 -
Transaction Details and Documents; and 4 - Advanced Credit Selection (Optional)).
Verify that you are on 1 - Identify Credits.
4. Complete the Identify Credits form. Verify that the Credit Type and Credit Year are
correctly pre-populated on this page according to the row from which you made the
selection. After entering the required data, continue to "Select Trading Partner."
5. Verify that you are on the "Sell Credits - Select Trading Partner" page. You should see
an on-screen instructions box, followed by a Search box to find a trading partner, and a
selection pane. Verify that the graphical representation of the four-step process has
advanced to Step 2. Once you have identified your trading partner (you might want to
sell to another testing organization that you have been assigned so that you can log in as
that user after the Sell and see the trade in your Pending Trades queue), continue to
"Transaction Details."
6. Verify that you are on the "Sell Credits - Transaction Details and Documents" page.
You should see an on-screen instructions box followed by a Sell Details form, a blank
document grid, and a form to add a document. Verify that the graphical representation of
the four-step process has advanced to Step 3.
7. Complete the Transaction Details and Documents form. You must enter data in the
required fields in the Sell Details form. You may add multiple documents, but no
documents are required. If you add document information, the Documents grid will
contain the document data you just entered. You may continue to add more documents,
remove an existing document, go back to edit the trading partner information, or move
forward to Step 4 - Advanced Credit Selection (Optional). Continue to Step 4 -
Advanced Credit Selection (Optional).
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8. Verify that you are on the "Sell Credits - Advanced Credit Selection (Optional)" page.
You should see on-screen instructions followed by two accordion bars — one for
Organization and one for Facility. When one of these accordions is open, it displays a
filter and selection pane. Verify that the graphical representation of the four-step process
has advanced to Step 4.
9. The Advanced Credit Selection is optional, so you can leave this blank for now and you
may add the transaction to your Credit Transaction Bin (or you may apply Advanced
Options if you choose to sell specific credits based on originating Organization and
Facility).
10. Add the transaction to the Credit Transaction Bin and verify the data are correct in the
grid. For any transaction, you can verify additional details that are not displayed in the
grid by selecting "View Details" in the "I want to..." column and clicking "Go."
11. Now that you have created your Credit Sell transaction, you must submit it to the host
database for the transaction to be posted to your account. Until a transaction is
submitted, it remains in your Credit Transaction Bin.
12. From the "Credit Transaction Bin" page, click the "Submit" button. Verify that you are
taken to the "Confirm and Submit" page, which contains a grid of your Sell transaction
and buttons to either go "Back" or to "Confirm Submit." The "Back" button takes you
back to the Credit Transaction Bin without submitting the transaction. Click the
"Confirm Submit" button, and verify that your transaction was successful and that the
sold credits appear in the "Pending" column of the Credit Holdings grid for the
appropriate fuel code. You may repeat this test to sell multiple credit holdings.
G. Buy Credits
1. From the EMTS main menu, hover over "Fuels ABT Credits" and click on "View Credit
Holdings (Current)." This will display the "Manage Credit Holdings" page.
2. From the Credit Holdings grid on the "Manage Credit Holdings" page, either click the
"Buy" button at the bottom of the page, or choose "Buy" in the "I want to..." column for
an existing Sulfur or Benzene credit holding, and select the "Go" button.
3. Verify that you are on the "Buy Credits - Identify Credits" page. You should see an on-
screen instructions box followed by the web form for filling in your credit information.
The page also displays a collapsible grid for Advanced Credit Selection. On the right
side of the page, you should see a graphical representation of the three-step process for
buying Credits (1 - Identify Credits; 2 - Select Trading Partner; and 3 - Transaction
Details and Documents). Verify that you are on 1 - Identify Credits.
4. Complete the Identify Credits form. If you selected Buy from the "I want to..." column
for an existing credit holding, verify that the Credit Type and Credit Year are correctly
pre-populated on this page according to the row from which you made the selection. You
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may apply Advanced Credit Selection (Optional), by clicking the "+" sign on the
Advanced Credit Selection (Optional) grid header. Note that in the Advanced Credit
Selection for Buy transactions, you can provide the Generating Organization Identifier
and Generating Facility Identifier to buy a specific group of Credits from the trading
partner. If your trading partner provided this information in their corresponding sell
transaction, you must provide this information in order for the trades to match. After
entering all required and optional data, continue to "Select Trading Partner."
5. Verify that you are on the "Buy Credits - Select Trading Partner" page. You should see
an on-screen instructions box, followed by a Search box to find a trading partner, and a
selection pane. Verify that the graphical representation of the four-step process has
advanced to Step 2. Once you have identified your trading partner (you might want to
buy from another testing organization that you have been assigned so that you can log in
as that user after the Buy and see the trade in your Pending Trades queue), continue to
"Transaction Details."
6. Verify that you are on the "Buy Credits - Transaction Details and Documents" page.
You should see an on-screen instructions box followed by a Buy Details form, a blank
document grid, and a form to add a document. Verify that the graphical representation of
the three-step process has advanced to Step 3.
7. Complete the Transaction Details and Documents form. You must enter data in the
required fields in the Buy Details form. You may add multiple documents, but no
documents are required. If you add document information, the Documents grid should
contain the document data you just entered. You may continue to add more document
details, remove an existing document from the grid, go back to change the trading partner
information, or add the transaction to the Credit Transaction Bin.
8. Add the transaction to the Credit Transaction Bin, and verify the data are correct in the
grid. For each transaction listed, you can verify the details not displayed in the grid by
selecting "View Details" in the "I want to..." column and clicking "Go."
9. Now that you have created your Credit Buy transaction, you must submit it to the host
database for the transaction to be posted to your account. Until a transaction is
submitted, it remains in your Credit Transaction Bin.
10. From the "Credit Transaction Bin" page, click the "Submit" button. Verify that you are
taken to the "Confirm and Submit" page, which contains a grid of your Credit Buy
transaction and buttons to either go "Back" or to "Confirm Submit." The "Back" button
takes you back to the Credit Transaction Bin without submitting the transaction. Click
the "Confirm Submit" button, and verify that your transaction was successful and that the
information in your Credit Holdings grid has not changed. (Note - the Credit Holdings
grid will not reflect the Credit Buy transaction results until the Credit Buy is accepted by
the trading partner - See Test G to accept a pending received transaction). You may
repeat this test to buy multiple credit holdings.
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H. Accept Pending Received Transactions
1. From the EMTS main menu, hover over "Trades" and click on "Review Credit Trades."
This will display the "Review Credit Trades" page.
2. Verify that you are on the "Review Credit Trades" page. You should see an on-screen
instructions box, a Basic Filter Options accordion, and a Trading Partner search
accordion. Below the Trading Partner accordion are two grids controlled by an accordion
— one grid displays the Pending Received Credit Transactions and the other displays the
Pending Initiated Credit Transactions. The Pending Received Credit Transactions grid
displays Credit Buy and Sell transactions initiated by another organization, with your
organization as the designated trading partner. The Pending Initiated Transactions grid
displays Credit Buy and Sell transactions initiated by your organization, with another
organization as the designated trading partner.
3. Verify that you have at least one Credit Buy or Credit Sell transaction in the "Pending
Received Transactions for [Organization Name (Organization ID)]" grid. If not, you can
use the Credit Buy or Credit Sell wizard through the web application to create a Credit
Buy or Credit Sell transaction. When selecting the trading partner, select another one of
your assigned organizations so that you can log in as that organization and see the
pending received transaction. Verify that the Pending Received Credit Transactions grid
displays the transaction information in the grid columns.
4. Verify that for each pending received transaction, you have "I want to..." options that
include "View Details", "Accept Offer", and "Deny Offer".
5. For a single Credit Buy or Credit Sell transaction in the Pending Received Transactions
grid, select the "Accept Offer" action in the "I want to..." drop-down and click "Go."
Verify that doing so takes you to the "Accept Credit Trade" page.
6. Verify that the "Accept Credit Trade" page has an instructions box at the top followed by
a box that contains a summary of the transaction you are about to accept. You may
optionally add documents, a comment in the Additional Information field, or a PTD
Number.
7. Verify that the "Accept Credit Trade" page has buttons to go "Back" or to "Confirm
Accept." Verify that after clicking "Back," you return to the "Review Credit Trades"
page, and the transaction remains in the Pending Received Transactions grid. Verify that
after clicking "Confirm Accept," you return to the "Review Credit Trades" page, but the
transaction is no longer available in the Pending Received Transactions grid. Also, after
clicking "Confirm Accept," verify that the credits you just purchased or sold are now
available in or deducted from your organization's credit holdings.
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I. Deny Pending Received Transactions
1. From the EMTS main menu, hover over "Trades" and click on "Review Credit Trades."
This will display the "Review Credit Trades" page.
2. Verify that you are on the "Review Credit Trades" page. You should see an on-screen
instructions box, a Basic Filter Options accordion, and a Trading Partner search
accordion. Below the Trading Partner accordion are two grids controlled by an accordion
— one grid displays the Pending Received Credit Transactions and the other displays the
Pending Initiated Credit Transactions. The Pending Received Credit Transactions grid
displays Credit Buy and Sell transactions initiated by another organization, with your
organization as the designated trading partner. The Pending Initiated Transactions grid
displays Credit Buy and Sell transactions initiated by your organization, with another
organization as the designated trading partner.
3. Verify that you have at least one Credit Buy or Credit Sell transaction in the "Pending
Received Transactions for [Organization Name (Organization ID)]" grid. If not, you can
use the Credit Buy or Credit Sell wizard through the web application to create a Credit
Buy or Credit Sell transaction. When selecting the trading partner, select another one of
your assigned organizations so that you can log in as that organization and see the
pending received transaction. Verify that the Pending Received Credit Transactions grid
displays the transaction information in the grid columns.
4. Verify that for each pending received transaction, you have "I want to..." options that
include "View Details", "Accept Offer", and "Deny Offer".
5. For a single Credit Buy or Credit Sell transaction in the Pending Received Transactions
grid, select the "Deny Offer" action in the "I want to..." drop-down and click "Go."
Verify that doing so takes you to the "Deny Credit Trade" page.
6. Verify that the "Deny Credit Trade" page has an instructions box at the top followed by a
box that contains a summary of the transaction you are about to deny. In order to deny the
transaction, you must enter a comment in the text box. You also may optionally add
documents.
7. Verify that the "Deny Credit Trade" page has buttons to go "Back" or to "Confirm
Deny". Verify that after clicking "Back," you return to the "Review Credit Trades" page,
and the transaction remains in the Pending Received Transactions grid. Verify that after
clicking "Confirm Deny," you return to the "Review Credit Trades" page, and the
transaction is no longer available in the Pending Received Transactions grid. After
clicking "Confirm Deny," verify that the transaction you just denied had no effect on
your organization's Credit Holdings.
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J. Cancel Pending Initiated Transactions
1. From the EMTS main menu, hover over "Trades" and click on "Review Credit Trades."
This will display the "Review Credit Trades" page.
2. Verify that you are on the "Review Credit Trades" page. You should see an on-screen
instructions box, a Basic Filter Options accordion, and Trading Partner search accordion.
Below the Trading Partner accordion are two grids controlled by an accordion — one grid
displays the Pending Received Credit Transactions and the other displays the Pending
Initiated Credit Transactions. The Pending Received Credit Transactions grid displays
Credit Buy and Sell transactions initiated by another organization, with your organization
as the designated trading partner. The Pending Initiated Transactions grid displays Credit
Buy and Sell transactions initiated by your organization with another organization as the
designated trading partner.
3. Verify that you have at least one Credit Buy or Credit Sell transaction in the "Pending
Initiated Transactions for [Organization Name (Organization ID)]" grid. If not, you can
use the Credit Buy or Credit Sell wizard through the web application to create a Credit
Buy or Credit Sell transaction. When selecting the trading partner, select another one of
your assigned organizations so that you can log in as that organization and see the
pending received transaction. Verify that the Pending Initiated Credit Transactions grid
displays the transaction information in the grid columns.
4. Verify that for each pending initiated transaction, you have "I want to..." options that
include "View Details" and "Cancel Offer".
5. For a single Credit Buy or Credit Sell transaction in the Pending Initiated Transactions
grid, select the "Cancel Offer" action in the "I want to..." drop-down and click "Go."
Verify that doing so takes you to the "Cancel Credit Trade" page.
6. Verify that the Cancel Credit Trade page has an instructions box at the top, followed by a
box that contains a summary of the transaction you are about to cancel. You have the
option of providing a comment explaining why you are cancelling the trade.
7. Verify that the "Cancel Credit Trade" page has buttons to go "Back" or to "Confirm
Cancel." Verify that after clicking "Back," you return to the "Review Credit Trades"
page, and the transaction remains in the Pending Initiated Transactions grid. Verify that
after clicking "Confirm Cancel," you return to the "Review Credit Trades" page, and the
transaction is no longer available in the Pending Initiated Transactions grid. Also, after
clicking "Confirm Cancel," you can verify that the transaction you just canceled had no
effect on your organization's RIN Holding Account, except to move pending credits back
to an available state for Credit Sell transactions.
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V. Limitations of Beta Version
This section includes limitations to the Beta version of EMTS 4.0 that are scheduled to be
addressed when EMTS 4.0 is deployed to Production. The intention of the list is to assist
users in preparation for EMTS 4.0 Production; however, please note that this list may not be
fully complete or accurate upon deployment.
1. The Beta version of EMTS v4.0 will display both RFS and Sulfur Benzene screens for all
users. In production, the RFS screens will only be visible to users that have the "RFS
EMTS Submitter" role and the Sulfur Benzene ABT screens will only be visible to users
that have the "Fuels ABT Submitter" role.
2. No new reports or notifications for the Sulfur and Benzene ABT program have been
implemented in Beta.
3. In the "DRAFT EMTS Unused Credits Submission Template," the Beta version requires
a Generating Organization Identifier and Generating Facility Identifier, but this
information may not be required in the production version.
4. Users cannot view a history of their credit holdings.
5. Flow indicators are missing from the Credit Generate wizard pages.
6. Users are unable to specify imported fuel via the Advanced Credit Selection tool in buy,
sell, and retire transactions, as importers do not report a Generating Facility, which is
necessary to make the selection.
7. Some validation checks were not implemented in Beta that will be added to the
Production version. This means that some transactions will be processed by EMTS v4.0
in Beta testing that will fail due to validation errors if they are submitted in Production.
Please see "Section VI: Validation Checks" below for a list of the checks that are
included in Beta, and additional checks that are expected to be implemented in
Production. This may not be the final list upon deployment to Production.
VI. Validation Checks
A. Implemented in Beta
Transaction
Type
Submission
Check
Number
2015
Check Name
Organization must specify a
single valid credit year for
submission.
Error Message
All transactions within a single XML
submission must act on the same Sulfur or
Benzene Credit Year.
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Transaction
Type
Check
Number
Check Name
Error Message
Submission
2016
Organization must specify
transactions for the same
program: RFS2 or Sulfur and
Benzene.
All transactions within a single XML
submission must act on the RFS2 program or
Sulfur and Benzene programs.
Unused
Credits
Upload
V2
Missing Required Information
Your file contains cells that are empty. All
fields are required.
Unused
Credits
Upload
V3
Duplicate Row of Credits
You are attempting to submit a file that
contains a duplicate credit profile.
Unused
Credits
Upload
V5
Submitter Association with the
Submitting Organization
User: [USERNAME] is not associated with
Organization: [ORGANIZATION ID]
Unused
Credits
Upload
V7
Credit Year Must Be Valid
The credit year '[CREDIT YEAR]' reported on
row [ROW #] must be between 2010 and 2014.
Unused
Credits
Upload
V8
Times Traded Must Be within
Allowed Range
The Times Traded value reported on row
[ROW #] must be 0, I,or2.
Credit
Generate
11002
Generate Facility must be
provided for domestic
production
You must report the facility identifier for the
facility that produced the fuel.
Credit
Generate
11004
Generate Facility Association
with Generate Organization
The facility you reported is currently not
associated with this Organization. This may be
due to an incorrectly registered facility. Please
contact EPA for assistance.
Credit
Generate
11005
Generate Facility Association
with Organization
The facility you identified is not registered for
this organization. Please contact EPA for
assistance in registering this facility.
Credit
Generate
11012
Organization Permissions
Your organization does not have the active
business activities necessary to submit a credit
generate transaction.
Credit
Generate
11034
Reason Code must be valid
The reason code reported is not a valid code.
Credit
Generate
11035
Allowable Reason Code
The Generate Reason Code is not allowed for
your organization's registered Business
Activities.
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Transaction
Type
Check
Number
Check Name
Error Message
Credit
Generate
11037
Reason Comment
Additional Information is required for the
reason code you provided for the generation of
these Credits.
Credit
Generate
11052
Generate Public Facility
Number must be unique
The generate facility number specified must be
unique per organization. The EMTS was not
able to uniquely identify the specified generate
facility because the organization is affiliated
with multiple facilities that have the same
facility number.
Credit
Generate
11071
Generate Facility Should Not
Be Reported for Importers
You should not report the identifier of the
facility that produced or imported the gasoline
when generating credits as an importer.
Credit
Generate
11100
Credit Type must be valid
The credit type code reported is not a valid
code.
Credit
Generate
11101
Credit Year Must Be Valid
The credit year you reported is not valid.
Credit
Generate
11103
Credit Standard Code must be
valid
The credit standard code you reported is not
valid.
Credit
Generate
11104
Credit Standard Code
compatible with Credit Type
The credit standard code you reported is not
compatible with the credit type. Please review
the EMTS transaction instructions for a list of
credit standard codes that can be used for the
production of'[CREDIT TYPE]' credits.
Credit
Generate
11107
Benzene Credit Quantity does
not match the system calculated
value.
The benzene credit quantity '[CREDIT
QUANTITY]' is not equal to the product of
'([CREDIT STANDARD CODE] -
[CONCENTRATION])' and [TOTAL
VOLUME]. Based on supplied criteria the
credit quantity should be [CREDIT
QUANTITY].
Credit
Generate
11108
Sulfur Credit Quantity does not
match the system calculated
value.
The sulfur credit quantity '[CREDIT
QUANTITY]' is not equal to the product of
'([CREDIT STANDARD CODE] -
[CONCENTRATION])' and [TOTAL
VOLUME]. Based on supplied criteria the
credit quantity should be [CREDIT
QUANTITY].
Credit Buy
13001
Generate Organization must be
Registered with EPA
The organization you reported as the generating
source for this fuel is not registered with EPA.
Please contact EPA for assistance.
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Transaction
Type
Credit Buy
Credit Buy
Credit Buy
Credit Buy
Credit Buy
Credit Buy
Credit Buy
Credit Buy
Credit Buy
Credit Buy
Credit Buy
Credit Buy
Credit Buy
Credit Buy
Check
Number
13003
13004
13007
13012
13016
13017
13018
13019
13020
13021
13022
13028
13034
13035
Check Name
Generate Facility must be
Registered with EPA
Generate Facility Association
with Generate Organization
Generate Facility
Organization Permissions
Matched Transaction Must Be a
Pending Sell
Matched Transaction ID Must
Belong to a Matching Credit
Sell
Transaction Partner
Organization Registered with
EPA
Credit Year and Transfer Date
Transfer Date Consistent
Matching Trade pending
Credits count validation
Transaction Partner
Organization Must Have
Correct Business Activity
Credit Year must be valid
Reason Code must be valid
Allowable Reason Code
Error Message
The facility you reported as the generating
source for this fuel is not registered with EPA.
Please contact EPA for assistance.
The facility you reported is currently not
associated with this Organization. This may be
due to an incorrectly registered facility. Please
contact EPA for assistance.
You must provide the Generate Organization
when specifying Credits that originated from a
specific facility.
Your organization does not have the active
business activities necessary to submit a sulfur
or benzene credit buy transaction.
The matched transaction ID specified is not for
a pending sell transaction.
The trade did not match an existing sell
transaction with the same Matched Transaction
ID.
The organization you reported as the trading
partner for this trade is not registered with EPA.
Please contact EPA for assistance.
The Credit year is after the specified transfer
date.
The transfer date you have reported is incorrect.
This cannot be a date in the future.
The trade you are attempting to match does not
have the expected number of pending sulfur or
benzene credits.
The organization you have identified as the
trading partner is not registered to sell credits.
Please contact EPA for assistance with
registered data.
The Credit Year you provided is outside the
allowable date range for a sulfur credit buy.
The reason code reported is not a valid code.
The Buy Reason Code is not allowed for your
organization's registered Business Activities.
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Transaction
Type
Check
Number
Check Name
Error Message
Credit Buy
13037
Reason Comment
Additional Information is required for the
reason code you provided for the purchase of
these Credits.
Credit Buy
13041
Cancel Trade
A matching Credit Buy transaction could not be
found for your "Cancel" transaction.
Credit Buy
13042
Same Buy and Sell
Organization
Your organization cannot be the same as the
trading partner organization identified in the
buy transaction.
Credit Buy
13043
One Cancel per Submission
You have reported a sulfur or benzene buy
cancel transaction and other transaction(s) in
your file submission. If a cancel transaction is
reported, then no other transaction can be in the
file submission.
Credit Buy
13052
Public Facility Number must be
unique
The facility number specified must be unique
per organization. The EMTS was not able to
uniquely identify the specified facility because
the organization is affiliated with multiple
facilities that have the same facility number.
Credit Buy
13055
Transfer Date must be within
Allowed Range
Parties are required to submit buy transactions
within 10 business days. The transfer date is
outside of the allowed range. Please contact the
EPA Fuels Programs Support line to report this
violation and for further guidance.
Credit Buy
13062
Credit Year must be valid
(Standard Benzene)
Your organization does not have the active
business activities necessary to buy benzene
credits with a credit year of [CREDIT YEAR].
The credit year you provided is outside the
allowable date range for a benzene credit buy.
Credit Buy
13063
Credit Year must be valid
(Small Refiner Benzene)
Your organization does not have the active
business activities necessary to retire benzene
credits with a credit year of [CREDIT YEAR].
The Credit Year you provided is outside the
allowable date range for a benzene credit retire.
Credit Buy
13086
Credit Type must be valid
The credit type you reported is not a valid code.
Credit Buy
13087
Times Traded must be within
Allowed Range
The number of Times Traded is not within the
allowed range.
Credit Buy
13800
Reserve Pending Trade
The transaction specified has already been
reserved by transaction '[RESERVING
TRANSACTION]'.
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Transaction
Type
Credit Buy
Credit Sell
Credit Sell
Credit Sell
Credit Sell
Credit Sell
Credit Sell
Credit Sell
Credit Sell
Credit Sell
Credit Sell
Credit Sell
Credit Sell
Credit Sell
Check
Number
13900
14001
14003
14004
14007
14012
14016
14017
14018
14019
14020
14021
14022
14028
Check Name
Sufficient Credits
Generate Organization must be
Registered with EPA
Generate Facility must be
Registered with EPA
Generate Facility Association
with Generate Organization
Generate Facility
Organization Permissions
Matched Transaction Must Be a
Pending Buy
Matched Transaction ID Must
Belong to a Matching Credit
Buy
Transaction Partner
Organization Registered at EPA
and Active
Credit Year and Transfer Date
Transfer Date Consistent
Matching Trade pending
Credits count validation
Transaction Partner
Organization Must Have
Correct Business Activity
Credit Year must be valid
Error Message
Transaction has failed back end processing.
The organization you reported as the generating
source for this fuel is not registered with EPA.
Please contact EPA for assistance.
The facility you reported as the generating
source for this fuel is not registered with EPA.
Please contact EPA for assistance.
The facility you reported is currently not
associated with this Organization. This may be
due to an incorrectly registered facility. Please
contact EPA for assistance.
You must provide the Generate Organization
when specifying Credits that originated from a
specific facility.
Your organization does not have the active
business activities necessary to submit a sulfur
or benzene credit sell transaction.
The matched transaction ID specified is not for
a pending buy transaction.
The trade did not match an existing buy
transaction with the same Matched Transaction
ID.
Your transaction partner organization must be
registered and active with EPA.
The Credit Year is after the specified Transfer
Date.
The transfer date you have reported is incorrect.
This cannot be a date in the future.
The trade you are attempting to match does not
have the expected number of pending sulfur or
benzene credits.
The organization you have identified as the
trading partner is not registered to buy sulfur or
benzene credits. Please contact EPA for
assistance with registered data.
The Credit Year you provided is outside the
allowable date range for a sulfur credit sell.
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Transaction
Type
Check
Number
Check Name
Error Message
Credit Sell
14034
Reason Code Must Be Valid
The reason code reported is not a valid code.
Credit Sell
14035
Allowable Reason Code
The sell reason code is not allowed for your
organization's registered business activities.
Credit Sell
14037
Reason Comment
Additional Information is required for the
reason code you provided for the sale of these
Credits.
Credit Sell
14041
Cancel Trade
A matching sulfur or benzene sell transaction
could not be found for your "Cancel"
transaction.
Credit Sell
14042
Same Buy and Sell
Organization
Your organization cannot be the same as the
trading partner organization identified in the
sell transaction.
Credit Sell
14043
One Cancel per Submission
You have reported a sulfur or benzene sell
cancel transaction and other transaction(s) in
your file submission. If a cancel transaction is
reported then no other transaction may be in the
file submission.
Credit Sell
14052
Public Facility Number must be
unique
The facility number specified must be unique
per organization. The EMTS was not able to
uniquely identify the specified facility because
the organization is affiliated with multiple
facilities that have the same facility number.
Credit Sell
14055
Transfer Date must be within
Allowed Range
Parties are required to submit sell transactions
within 5 business days. The transfer date is
outside of the allowed range. Please contact the
EPA Fuels Programs Support line to report this
violation and for further guidance.
Credit Sell
14062
Credit Year must be valid
(Standard Benzene)
Your organization does not have the active
business activities necessary to sell benzene
credits with a credit year of [CREDIT YEAR].
The credit year you provided is outside the
allowable date range for a benzene credit sell.
Credit Sell
14063
Credit Year must be valid
(Small Refiner Benzene)
Your organization does not have the active
business activities necessary to retire benzene
credits with a credit year of [CREDIT YEAR].
The credit year you provided is outside the
allowable date range for a benzene credit retire.
Credit Sell
14086
Credit Type must be valid
The credit type you reported is not a valid code.
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Transaction
Type
Check
Number
Check Name
Error Message
Credit Sell
14087
Times Traded must be within
Allowed Range
The number of times traded is not within the
allowed range.
Credit Sell
14800
Reserve Pending Trade
The transaction specified has already been
reserved by transaction '[RESERVING
TRANSACTION]'.
Credit Retire
15001
Generate Organization must be
Registered with EPA
The organization you reported as the generating
source for this fuel is not registered with EPA.
Please contact EPA for assistance.
Credit Retire
15003
Generate Facility must be
Registered with EPA
The facility you reported as the generating
source for this fuel is not registered with EPA.
Please contact EPA for assistance.
Credit Retire
15004
Generate Facility Association
with Generate Organization
The facility you reported is currently not
associated with this organization. This may be
due to an incorrectly registered facility. Please
contact EPA for assistance.
Credit Retire
15007
Generate Facility
You must provide the Generate Organization
when specifying credits that originated from a
specific facility.
Credit Retire
15012
Organization Permissions
Your organization does not have the active
business activities necessary to submit a sulfur
or benzene credit retire transaction.
Credit Retire
15016
Compliance Year
You have indicated that you are retiring these
credits for annual compliance. You must report
the compliance year as well.
Credit Retire
15019
Credit Year and Transaction
Date
The credit year is after the specified transaction
date.
Credit Retire
15020
Transaction Date Consistent
The transaction date you have reported is
incorrect. This cannot be a date in the future.
Credit Retire
15021
Reporting Compliance at the
Refinery Level
You are required to report the compliance
facility identifier.
Credit Retire
15022
Refinery Level Compliance
Do not report a compliance facility identifier
unless you are retiring sulfur or benzene credit
to meet compliance at the refinery level.
Credit Retire
15023
Compliance Facility Active
Affiliation with Organization
The compliance facility you reported is
currently not associated with this organization.
This may be due to an incorrectly registered
facility. Please contact EPA for assistance.
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Transaction
Type
Check
Number
Check Name
Error Message
Credit Retire
15028
Credit Year must be valid
The credit year you provided is outside the
allowable date range for a sulfur credit sell.
Credit Retire
15034
Reason Code Must be Valid
The reason code reported is not a valid code.
Credit Retire
15035
Allowable Reason Code
Your organization does not have permission to
retire credits for '[RETIRE REASON CODE]'.
This may be due to your registered activities.
Please contact EPA for assistance on registered
data.
Credit Retire
15037
Reason Comment
Additional Information is required for the
reason code you selected.
Credit Retire
15039
Allowable Compliance Level
Code
The compliance level you reported is not valid
for your organization's registered activities.
Please contact EPA for assistance with
registered data.
Credit Retire
15042
Compliance Level Code Must
be Valid
The compliance level code reported is not a
valid code.
Credit Retire
15052
Public Facility Number must be
unique
The facility number specified must be unique
per organization. The EMTS was not able to
uniquely identify the specified facility because
the organization is affiliated with multiple
facilities that have the same facility number.
Credit Retire
15055
Transaction Date must be
within Allowed Range
Parties are required to submit retire transactions
within 5 business days of the reportable event.
The transaction date is outside of the allowed
range. Please contact the EPA Fuels Programs
Support line to report this violation.
Credit Retire
15062
Credit Year must be valid
(Standard Benzene)
Your organization does not have the active
business activities necessary to retire benzene
credits with a credit year of [CREDIT YEAR].
The credit year you provided is outside the
allowable date range for a benzene credit retire.
Credit Retire
15063
Credit Year must be valid
(Small Refiner Benzene)
Your organization does not have the active
business activities necessary to retire benzene
credits with a credit year of [CREDIT YEAR].
The credit year you provided is outside the
allowable date range for a benzene credit retire.
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Transaction
Type
Credit Retire
Credit Retire
Credit Retire
Credit Retire
Credit Retire
Check
Number
15071
15086
15900
15901
15902
Check Name
Public Facility Number must be
unique
Credit Type must be valid
Sufficient Credits (FIFO)
Sufficient Credits
(Organization)
Sufficient Credits (Facility)
Error Message
The facility number specified must be unique
per organization. The EMTS was not able to
uniquely identify the specified facility because
the organization is affiliated with multiple
facilities that have the same facility number.
The credit type you reported is not a valid code.
Your organization does not have sufficient
credits to complete this transaction.
Your organization does not have sufficient
credits from the specified generate organization
to complete this transaction.
Your organization does not have sufficient
credits from the specified generate organization
and facility to complete this transaction.
B. Scheduled for Implementation in Production
Validation
Type
Unused
Credits
Upload
Unused
Credits
Upload
Check
Number
V6
V9
Check Name
Credit Type Must Be Valid
Times Traded Must Be
Consistent
Error Message
The credit type code
[CREDIT_TYPE_CODE] reported on row
[ROW #] is not a valid code.
The Times Traded value reported on row
[ROW #] must not be ' 1' for credits that you
generated and still own.
Note: There are two valid Credit Type Codes: Sulfur (10) and Benzene (20).
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