EMTS Fuels ABT User's Guide
Version 4.0
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EMTS Fuels ABT User's Guide
Version 4*0
Compliance Division
Office of Transportation and Air Quality
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
IMPORTANT REMINDER:
Regulated parties are urged to conduct due diligence investigations and
exercise caution when conducting gasoline sulfur and benzene credit
transactions. Neither EPA nor its systems, including the EPA Moderated
Transaction System (EMTS), certify or validate gasoline sulfur or benzene
credits. As specified in the regulations at 40 CFR 80.315(b)(2) and 40 CFR
80.1295(b)(2), invalid gasoline sulfur and benzene credits cannot be used for
compliance, regardless of the party's good faith belief that the credits were
valid at the time they were acquired.
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United
Environmental Protection
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EPA-420-B-15-023
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Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Manage Fuels ABT Holdings 1
Generating Fuels ABT Credits 3
Converting Excel Files to XML 7
Managing the Fuels ABT Transaction Bin 13
Retiring Fuels ABT Credits 17
Trading Fuels ABT Credits (Buy & Sell) 24
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Introduction
This user's guide is intended to help users transact credits for the Sulfur and Benzene Averaging,
Banking, and Trading (ABT) program using the EPA Moderated Transaction System (EMTS).
Manage Fuels ABT Holdings
To view your Sulfur and Benzene ABT credit holdings, hover over Fuels ABT Credits on the main
menu of the EMTS website and select Fuels ABT. Only Non-renewable Fuel Importers and Refiners
may participate in the Fuels ABT program; if your organization is not registered with one of those
business activities in the OTAQ Registration system (OTAQREG), you will not see the Fuels ABT
Credits menu or any related functionality. The Manage Fuels ABT Holdings screen is organization-
specific (indicated by the organization name above the Fuels ABT Credit Holdings grid). To switch
the organization for which you are viewing credit holdings, open the Organizations tab of the
accordion in the top right corner of the screen, and click "Select a Different Organization."
If you view the Manage Fuels ABT Holdings screen before your organization has completed any
generate or buy transactions, the Fuels ABT Credit Holdings grid will be empty. At this point, you can
generate or buy Fuels ABT credits (the only valid transaction types when there are no Fuels ABT
Holdings) by clicking the Generate (Refiner), Generate (Importer) or Buy button. If your organization
is only registered as either a non-renewable fuel importer or a refiner, then you will only see one
"Generate" option. You can also buy and generate credits using the "I want to..." dropdown menu in
the empty Fuels ABT Holdings grid. See the "Generating Fuels ABT Credits" section below for
additional information.
Once you have completed a generate transaction or successfully purchased credits from a trading
partner, the Fuels ABT Holdings grid will display your credits (see Figure 1).
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Figure 1: Manage Fuels ABT Holdings Screen
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Lodged in as; industry for Biodiesel Company {5PQ1}
Manage Fuels ABT Holdings
Select an action from the 'I want to...' drop-down to perform against your Fuels ABT credit holdings.
•» Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
Your organization has 0
un-submitted transactions
in the Fuels ABT
transaction bin.
Fuels ABT Holdings for: Biodiesel Company (5001)
Displaying records 1 through 1 of 1 total.
Sulfur (10)
2015
View Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
Organizations
Export options: CSV Excel I PDF
Generate(Refiner) | Generate(lmporter)
Buy
Each row in the Fuels ABT Holdings grid represents a unique combination of Credit Type and Credit
Year. For each row, the sum of credits in the Available, Pending, and Reserved columns equals the
number of credits in the Total column. The credits in the Available column are credits that are
available for you to use in transactions. The credits in the Pending column are credits that are
involved in a pending sell transaction that you have initiated (see the "Trading Credits" section
below). The credits in the Reserved column are credits that are associated with transactions in the
Fuels ABT Transaction Bin (see the "Managing the Credit Transaction Bin" section below). You can
filter your credit holdings using the Filter Options and sort by clicking the column names. For
example, you can arrange the data to compare the total number of credits EMTS has processed in
your account to your own off-line transaction records. These data are also available for download in
a variety of formats.
The final column in the Fuels ABT Holdings grid is the "I want to..." column. The drop-down for each
row contains the options View Details, Generate, Buy, Sell, Retire (Obligation), and Retire (Other). If
you are registered as both a Refiner and a Non-renewable Fuel Importer, you will see two options for
both Generate and Retire (Obligation). If you select a transaction in the "I want to..." column for a row
of Credits, the Credit Type and Credit Year fields in the resulting transaction wizard will be pre-
populated with the data from that row.
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Generating Fuels ABT Credits
From the Manage Fuels ABT Holdings screen, if your organization is registered as both a non-
renewable fuel importer and a refiner, you have the option to generate credits as either a refiner or
as an importer. If you organization is only registered as either a non-renewable fuel importer or a
refiner, then you will only see one "Generate" option. To generate credits as a refiner, click the
Generate (Refiner) button or select Generate (Refiner) in the "I want to..." drop-down (or if you are
only registered as a refiner, select the "Generate" option) and click Go. Doing so opens the first screen
of the two-step Generate Wizard (see Figure 2).
Figure 2: Generate (Refiner) Wizard - Identify Production Source (Step 1)
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Generate Fuels ABT Credits - Identify Production Source
Your organization has 0
un-submitted transactions
in the Fuels ABT
transaction bin.
Select the type of Fuels ABT credits to generate and the applicable facility
View Fuels ABT Transaction Gin
| Identify Production Source
* Credit Year:
Generating Organization:
* Generating Facility:
» Credit Type:
* Generate Reason Code:
2015
Biodiesel Company (5001)
Bio Blast Plant (-5552) »'
Sulfur (10)
Refine non-renewable fuel (10)
Generate Credits »
The following information is required to generate credits as a refiner:
• Year for which the credits are being generated;
• Organization generating the credits;
• Generating facility; and
• Credit type (Sulfur or Benzene).
The Generating Organization will be pre-populated and read-only. If you select Generate from the "I
want to..." column of an existing holding, then the Credit Year will also be pre-populated and read-
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only; otherwise, it will appear as a text field (as in Figure 2). If your organization only has one
registered facility, then Generating Facility will also be pre-populated.
Generating as an Importer has very similar first steps. From the Manage Fuels ABT Holdings screen,
you may also generate credits as an importer. To do so, either click the Generate (Importer) button
or select Generate (Importer) in the "I want to..." drop-down (or if you are only registered as an
importer, select the "Generate" option) and click Go. Doing so opens the first screen of the two-step
Generate (Importer) Wizard (see Figure 3).
Figure 3: Generate (Importer) Wizard - Identify Production Source (Step 1)
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Organization
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Fuels ABT Credits
Generate Fuels ABT Credits - Identify Production Source
Select the type of Fuels ABT credits to generate and the applicable facility.
Identify Production Source
* Credit Year:
Generating Organization:
* Credit Type:
* Generate Reason Code:
* = Required Field
2015
Biodiesel Company (5001)
Benzene (20) "
Import non-renewable fuel (20) ^
« Credit Holdings
Generate Credits »
•»• Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
Your organization has 0
un-submitted transactions
in the Fuels ABT
transaction bin.
View Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
Identify Production Source
Generate Credits
The following information is required to generate credits as an importer:
• Year for which the credits are being generated;
• Organization generating the credits;
• Facility generating the credits;
• Credit type (Sulfur or Benzene; and
• Reason for generating the credits.
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The Generating Organization will be pre-populated and read-only. If you select Generate from the "I
want to..." column of an existing holding, then the Credit Year will also be pre-populated and read-
only; otherwise, it will appear as a text field (as in Figure 3).
As both an importer and a refiner, once you have completed all of the required fields, click Generate
Credits at the bottom of the screen to move to the second screen of the Generate Wizard. If all of
the information on the Identify Production Source screen is valid, the next screen will be either the
Generate Fuels ABT Credits (Sulfur) screen or Generate Fuels ABT Credits (Benzene) screen, based
on the Credit Type you have selected. If your information is not valid or if you have not completed
all required fields, you will see error messages; see Figure 4 for an example of a validation message
that you may encounter on this screen.
Figure 4: Quality Assurance Check Errors
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Generate Fuels ABT Credits - Identify Production Source
Your organization has 0
un-submitted transactions
in the Fuels ABT
transaction bin.
Please select a Credit Type from the drop-down.
View Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
Identify Production Source
* Credit Year: 2015
Generating Organization: Biodiesel Company (5001)
» Credit Type:
* Generate Reason Code:
mport non-renewable fuel (20)
« Credit Holdings Generate Credits »
If you select Sulfur as your Credit Type, you will be directed to the Generate ABT Fuels Credits (Sulfur)
screen (see Figure 5).
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Figure 5: Generate Wizard - Generate ABT Fuels Credits (Sulfur) Screen (Step 2a)
Generate Fuels ABT Credits
Enter the annual volume of gasoline produced, average sulfur concentration, and quantity of credits.
Credit Year:
Generating Organization:
2015
Biodiesel Company (5001)
| Identify Credits
Gasoline Sulfur Standard: 30 PPM
• Average Sulfur Concentration:
(PPM)
- Annual Volume:
* Quantity of Sulfur Credits:
Additional Information:
Report as a decimal, with two digits to the right of the decimal point (e.g., 9.00)
Total volume of gasoline produced during the averaging period.
(Gasoline Sulfur Standard - Avg Sulfur Concentration) x Annual Volume
* = Required Field
jrYT?}, Your organization has 0
',' un-submitted transactions
L \) in the Fuels ABT
transaction bin.
View Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
« Production Source | | Add to Transaction Bin »
On this screen, you must enter the following information:
• Average Sulfur Concentration;
• Annual Volume;
• Quantity of Sulfur Credits;
The Quantity of Sulfur Credits that you enter must match the system calculated value (based on the
Average Sulfur Concentration and Annual Volume that you entered). If it does not, you will receive
an error message that will prevent you from adding your Credit Generate transaction to the Credit
Transaction Bin. Entering additional information is optional.
The information you entered on the previous screen will be displayed at the top of the screen in read-
only format (see Figure 5). If you are generating as an importer, the Generating Facility field will not
be present
If you select Benzene as your Credit Type, you will be directed to the Generate Benzene Credits screen
(see Figure 6).
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Figure 6: Generate Wizard - Generate Benzene Credits Screen (Step 2b)
Generate Fuels ABT Credits
Enter the annual volume of gasoline produced, average benzene concentration, and guantity of credits.
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Your organization has 0
un-submitted transactions
in the Fuels ABT
transaction bin.
view Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
Credit Year:
Generating Organization:
Identify Credits
2015
Biodiesel Company (5001)
Gasoline Benzene Standard:
1 Average Benzene
Concentration:
* Annual Volume:
" Quantity of Benzene Credits:
Additional Information:
(Volume Percent)
[(Gasoline Benzene Standard - Avg Benzene Concentration) / 100] x Annual Volui
< Production Source | [ Add to Transaction Bin » |
On this screen, you must enter the following information:
• Average Benzene Concentration;
• Annual Volume;
• Quantity of Benzene Credits;
The Quantity of Benzene Credits you enter must match the system calculated value (based on the
Average Benzene Concentration and Annual Volume that you entered). If it does not, you will receive
an error message that will prevent you from adding your Credit Generate transaction to the Credit
Transaction Bin. Entering Additional Information is optional.
The information you entered on the previous screen will be displayed at the top of the screen in read-
only format (see Figure 6). If you are generating as an importer, the Generating Facility field will not
be present
To complete the Generate Wizard, click the Add to Transaction Bin button.
Converting Excel Files to XML
EMTS includes functionality to convert an MS Excel file into a valid XML file. EPA provides a blank
Excel template, which allows users to include all transaction types in one file. It includes general
notes about submitting transactions, user-specific submittal information, and a tab for each
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transaction type. The EMTS Excel Conversion Template can be found here
http://www.epa.gov/otaq/fuels/renewablefuels/emtshtml/emtsdocuments.htm.
Important Notes: The transaction types must remain in the same order presented in the template
and the template header rows also must remain unchanged to allow EMTS to process the file.
Required columns have a header that is highlighted yellow. Additional information is included in
column header comments and in the Notes tab. To view comments, hover over the header, as
shown in Figure 7 below.
Figure 7: Excel Template Comment
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
A
RIN Quantity ,-ru
B
REQUIRED
Amount of RINs
that are involved
with the
transaction.
C
Fuel Code
To convert an Excel file into XML, navigate to Submissions-^ Submit File from the main EMTS menu
or the EMTS home screen (see Figure 8).
Figure 8: EMTS Home Screen Submit File Options
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Organization
Submissions
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Submit File
Submit File History
View Node Submissions
View Web Submissions
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ss of the party's good faith belief that the RINs were
r to any person of a RIN that is invalid.
YouTorgaTiization has 0 pending received trades and 0 pending in
You can submit your XML file
The Submit File screen is user-specific, so if you represent multiple organizations, you can submit
files for all of your organizations from the Submit File screen without changing the organization
that you represent. However, submissions for each organization must be included in a separate file
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submission. From this screen, you may submit only one Excel file at a time. In addition, you may not
submit multiple files with the same file name in a given calendar year (to prevent accidental
duplication).
On the Submit File screen (see Figure 9), click the Browse button to identify the Excel file you would
like to convert The tab order and name, as well as the header rows, must remain unchanged from
the Excel Template.
Figure 9: Submit File Screen
Submit File
Select a Me to submit, tf the «e rt an XML Me, then the Me must include the Exchange Network
Header v2.0 and must pass EMTS v3.0 VSO schema vakdanon for it to be submitted to (he EMTS
Node. If you are submitting an Excel Me, ckck "Convert", then cfcck "Sulxnf after downloading the
XML Me to your local system. If you represent rnutoele organizations, you may submit a Me for any
of your organizations from this page.
• Transaction flln
Your orgjnuJbon ha« 0
un-submtted transactions
• File:
•. • - ..•..•
Once you have identified a file, click the Convert button (see Figure 10). After clicking the Convert
button, it may take some time to process, so please be patient
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Figure 10: Submit File Screen - Loading the File
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Moderated Tra
Organization
Submit File
Submissions
•»• Transaction Bin
Select a file to submit. If the file is an XML file, then the file must include the Exchange Network Header
v2.0 and must pass EMTS v3.0 XSD schema validation for it to be submitted to the EMTS Node. If you are
submitting an Excel file, click "Convert", then click "Submit" after downloading the XML file to your local
system. If you represent multiple organizations, you may submit a file for any of your organizations from
this page.
Identify File
* File:
Test file.xls
View Submit File History
Convert
Submit
Your organization has 0
un-submitted transactions
in the transaction bin.
View Transaction Bin
If your file was successfully converted from Excel to XML, you will see the following screen pop up
(see Figure 11), which provides you with an opportunity to save the XML file for your records. If
your file had any errors during conversion, you will see the corresponding QA Check Errors pop up
on the Submit File screen. Once you have corrected your errors, re-submit the file and click the
Convert button.
Figure 11: Successful Conversion - Opportunity to Save XML File
Opening Test_file,xls.zip
You have chosen to open:
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which is; Compressed (zipped) Folder
from: https://epanccdev-Q16QQ.appdev.epa.gov
What should Firefox do with this file?
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Save File
J Do this automatically for files likethisfrom now on.
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Once you have saved the XML file for your records, you are ready to submit it for processing. Click
the Submit button from the Submit File screen, as shown in Figure 12. It may take some time to
process, so please be patient and avoid clicking the Submit button again.
Figure 12: Submit Converted Excel File
Submit File
^ Transaction Bin
Select a file to submit. If the file is an XML file, then the file must include the Exchange Network Header
v2.0 and must pass EMTS v3.0 XSD schema validation for it to be submitted to the EMTS Node. If you are
submitting an Excel file, click "Convert", then click "Submit" after downloading the XML file to your local
system. If you represent multiple organizations, you may submit a file for any of your organizations from
this page.
Your organi^^t^o^ has 0
un-subniitted transactions
in the transaction bin.
View Transaction Bin
| Identify File
* File: [ Browse. | Test_file.xls
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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 screen. If
your file is valid, the message on the Submit File screen will be updated to indicate that your file has
been submitted (see Figure 13).
Figure 13: Submit File Screen
Submit File
Your file Test_file.xml has been submitted. Please see the Submit File History page for the latest status of
your submission.
^ Transaction Bin
Your organization has 0
un-submitted transactions
in the transaction bin.
View Transaction Bin
| Identify File
View Submit File History
Convert
Submit
To view the CDX node status details for your submission, click the View Submit File History button.
You can also access the Submit File History screen by hovering over the Submissions menu option
and clicking Submit File History. The Submit File History screen (see Figure 14), like the Submit File
screen, is user-specific (not organization-specific), so it will include records for your submissions
for all of your organizations.
It will display information only for files submitted from the Submit File screen and not for files
submitted using a personal node or node client If the 'Received By CDX' column displays 'Yes' for a
submission, the submission was successfully received by the CDX node and has been sent to the
EMTS node for processing.
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Figure 14: Submit File History screen
Submit File History
Ttie following grid displays status information for all of the files submitted by you through the Submit File
page on the EMTS Website.
Transaction Bin
Your organization has 0
un-submitted transactions
in the transaction bin.
View Transaction Bin
Search for Submitted Files
CDX Submission ID:
Begin Date:
End Date:
Results Per Page:
(MM/DD/'YYYY)
(MM/DD/YYYYJ
20
Clear
Filter
Submit File History For: Test Company
Displaying records 1 through 3 of 3 total.
CDX Transaction ID
_5119912c-8643-fl35-Of7f-8dd096941215
_50f91944-8643-fl3S-S50c-le6a6994S942
_504fbb88-8643-fl35-6d8a-e93bd90b81a8
^M File Name
Test_file.zip
Test_file.zip
Test_file2.zip
i Received By CDX ^ Status Date i
,^^Yes ~~~~~\9/24/13 1:52 PM
( Yes 9/24/13 1:16 PM
\^Yes ^^^9/24/13 10: 11 AM
Export options: CSV 1 Excel 1 PDF
Managing the Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
After you click Add to Transaction Bin, you are taken to the Fuels ABT Transaction Bin, where
transactions will be stored temporarily until you are ready to submit them (see Figure 15).
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Figure 15: Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
Organization Submissions Trades Reports RINs Fuels ABT Credits
Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
Selected Organization: Biodiesel
Company (5001)
The last transaction submitted for Biodiesel Company 1,5001,1 through the EMTS website was submitted by industry on Jan
29, 2015 at 12:39:18 PM.
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Generate Fuels ABT Transactions
Buy Fuels ABT Transactions
There are no credit buy transaoh'-rr?
Sell Fuels ABT Transactions
There are no credit se transactions.
Retire Fuels ABT Transactions
There are no credit retire transactions
The Fuels ABT Transaction Bin is organization-specific, so transactions added to the Transaction Bin
by any of your organization's submitters will be displayed on the screen. To switch the organization
for which the Fuels ABT Transaction Bin is displayed, click Select a Different Organization. There is
no restriction on the number of transactions that you can add to the Fuels ABT Transaction Bin.
For all transactions in the Fuels ABT Transaction Bin, you have the option to View Details by selecting
View Details in the "I want to..." dropdown and clicking Go. You will be taken to a screen that displays
all of the details of the credit submission and transaction. This screen can be used to verify the
contents of the transaction before submitting it. If you find that any information you entered is
incorrect, you can Remove the transaction via the "I want to..." dropdown.
Along with accessing the Fuels ABT Transaction Bin at the end of each wizard, you can navigate to
the Transaction Bin from multiple screens of the EMTS website using the Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
accordion tab on the right side of the screen (see Figure 16). The tab contains the number of un-
submitted transactions and a link to the Credit Transaction Bin.
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Figure 16: Accessing the Transaction Bin
Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
Your organization has 0
un-submitted transactions
in the Fuels ABT
transaction bin.
View Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
Clicking the View Fuels ABT Transaction Bin link opens the Fuels ABT Transaction Bin. Note that the
credits associated with each sell and retire transaction in the Fuels ABT Transaction Bin are Reserved
rather than Available (they show up in the Reserved column of the View Fuels ABT Holdings grid).
As a result, these credits may not be used for any other transactions. If a sell or retire transaction is
removed from the Fuels ABT Transaction Bin, the associated credits return to an Available status.
Credits associated with a generate transaction do not show up in the Fuels ABT Holdings grid until
the transaction is submitted from the Fuels ABT Transaction Bin, and credits associated with a buy
transaction do not show up in the Fuels ABT Holdings grid until the transaction is submitted from
the Fuels ABT Transaction Bin and accepted by the trading partner.
To complete a transaction, you must submit it from the Fuels ABT Transaction Bin by clicking the
Submit button at the bottom of the screen. If you have multiple transactions in the Fuels ABT
Transaction Bin, you must submit all of the transactions with the same Credit Year atonce. Ifyou do
not wish to submit one of the transactions in the bin, you can remove that transaction and submit the
remaining transactions. You may not submit transactions across multiple Credit Years as part of a
single transaction bin submission. Ifyou have multiple transactions using RINs from different Credit
Years, you need to select a Credit Year from the dropdown in the Fuels ABT Transaction Bin before
submitting your transactions from your Fuels ABT Transaction Bin (see Figure 17). For example, if
you have a Credit Sell transaction for 2014 Sulfur credits and a Credit Retire transaction for 2015
Sulfur credits in your Fuels ABT Transaction Bin, you must submit the transactions from 2014 and
2015 separately.
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Figure 17: Fuels ABT Transaction Bin - Credit Year Options
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Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
Organizations
Selected Organization: Biodiesel
Company (5001)
Select a Different Organization
Generate Fuels ABT Transactions
* Select RIN Year: -Select- ~
I Submit >> I
1 Credit Credit Standard
Year Type Concentration
1 conception ^X"" ^"^
I want to...
There are no credit generate transactions.
Buy Fuels ABT Transactions
1 Transfer Credit Credit
Date Year Type
, ™ «™"*» Partner «*« °»*>
I want to...
There are no credit buy transactions.
Sell Fuels ABT Transactions
[Transfer Credit Credit
Date Year Type
T^SS O-""* | Partn"? «*»»-"
I want to...
There are no credit sell transactions.
Retire Fuels ABT Transactions
Credit
Year
2013
2014
1 Credit Times _ .
Type Traded Quant
Sulfur (10)
Benzene (20)
50
75
ty Reason Code
Demonstrate annual compliance (80)
Demonstrate annual compliance (80)
Status Date
12/09/2014 2:32:57 PM EST
12/09/2014 2:33:25 PM EST
I want to...
-Select- - | Go [
-Select- ^ | Go |
* Select RIN Year: - Select -
- Select -
2013
2014
Note: Submitting a transaction that is acting upon a large number of credit batches may take several
minutes, causing your browser to timeout. Please be patient and do not submit another transaction
until the transaction has completed and your Fuels ABT Holdings and Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
reflect the results of that transaction.
After you press Submit, you will be taken to a Confirm and Submit screen (see Figure 18), which
displays an overview of the transactions you are about to submit You must click the Confirm Submit
button to complete the submission.
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Figure 18: Confirm and Submit Page
Organization Submissions Trades Reports RINs Fuels ABT Credits
Confirm and Submit
I confirm that the information shown is a correct and accurate account of the transaction(s) that have taken place.
Fuels ABT Transactions
^H Transaction Credit Type Credit Year Times Traded
Credit Generate Sulfur (10) 2015 N/A
1 •* Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
SY~?J\ Your organization has 1
\\j un-submitted transactions
V^J^/ in the Fuels ABT
transaction bin.
View Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
Credit Quantity
29000
«Back Confirm Submit»
Once you confirm the submission, your Fuels ABT Holdings will reflect the results of the submitted
transactions, and the Fuels ABT Transaction Bin will no longer contain the submitted transactions.
Retiring Fuels ABT Credits
You may choose to retire credits from your Fuels ABT Holdings. All organizations that participate in
the Fuels ABT program (Non-renewable Fuel Importers and Refiners) are obligated parties and
therefore may retire credits for obligation, along with retiring credits for other reasons (see Figure
19).
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Figure 19: Retire Options for an Obligated Party with Credits
Manage Fuels ABT Holdings
Select an action from the 'I want to...' drop-down to perform against your Fuels ABT credit holdings.
» Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
Your organization has 0
un-submitted transactions
in the Fuels ABT
transaction bin.
View Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
> Organizations
Fuels ABT Holdings for: Biodiesel Company (5001)
Displaying records 1 through 2 of 2 total.
Credit Type ^ Credit Year
Sulfur (10) 2015
Benzene (20) 2015
Export options: CSV 1 Excel 1 PDF
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jl Available ^ Pending ^ Reserved ^ Total ^ I want to...
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For a row of credits in your Fuels ABT 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 (Other) Wizard (see
Figure 20).
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Figure 20: Retire (Other) Wizard - Identify Credits (Step 1)
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Retire - Identify Fuels ABT Credits (Other)
Identify the Fuels ABT credits for retirement by entering the required information below. If the Times
Traded field is left blank, then the system selects credits to retire based on the number of times traded
in descending order.
| Identify Credits
* Credit Type:
Credit Year:
Times Traded:
* Quantity of Credits:
* Transaction Date:
* Reason for Retire:
Additional Information:
Sulfur (10)
2015
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•*• Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
Your organization has 0
un-submitted transactions
in the Fuels ABT
transaction bin.
View Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
The green boxes on the right side of the screen indicate which of the two steps of the Retire Wizard
you are completing. The following information is required to retire credits for reasons other than
compliance:
• Credit Type;
• Credit Year;
• Number of times the credits have been traded;
• Quantity of credits;
• Transaction Date; and
• Reason for the retire transaction.
All required fields are marked with a red asterisk. The Credit Type and Credit Year fields are
automatically populated with the information from the row of credits that you selected to retire from
your Fuels ABT Holdings grid. In the Reason for Retire field, only the reasons that are applicable to
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your organization's registered business activities are available. 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. For more information, see the Separating RINs section
of the EMTS User's Guide.
The Retire (Obligation) process has similar first steps. If your organization is either a refiner or a non-
renewable fuel importer, you will be provided with the option "Retire (Obligation)". If your
organization is both a refiner and a non-renewable fuel importer, you have the Retire (Obligation)
options "as Refiner" and "as Importer" available. For a row of credits in your Credit Holdings, select
the "as Refiner" option in the "I want to..." drop-down on the Manage Credit Holdings screen (or if
you are only registered as a refiner, select the "Retire (Obligation)" option). Doing so will take you to
the first step of the Retire (Obligation) Wizard for a refiner (see Figure 21).
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Figure 21: Retire (Obligation) as Refiner Wizard - Identify Credits (Step 1)
Retire - Identify Fuels ABT Credits (Obligation)
Identify the Fuels ABT credits for retirement by entering the required information below. If the Times
Traded field is left blank, then the system selects credits to retire based on the number of times traded
in descending order.
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Credit Year: 2015
Times Traded: -Select- »
* Quantity of Credits:
* Transaction Date:
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Advanced Credit Selection
The following information is required to retire credits for compliance as a refiner:
• Credit Type;
• Credit Year;
• Quantity of Credits;
• Transaction Date;
• Reason for Retire;
• Compliance Level;
• Compliance Year; and
• Compliance Facility.
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All required fields are marked with a red asterisk. Credit Type and Credit Year are automatically
populated with the information from the row of credits in the Credit Holdings grid that you selected
to retire. The Reason for Retire and Compliance Level fields are read-only and populated based on
your Retire (Obligation) as Refiner selection from the previous screen. This screen 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.
There is one primary difference between retiring as a refiner and retiring as an importer. Refiners
must specify a Compliance Facility, while importers do not Additionally, the two transactions use
different Compliance Level Codes. To begin the Retire (Obligation) process as an importer, pick a row
of credits in your Fuels ABT Holdings and select the "as Importer" option in the "I want to..." drop-
down on the Manage Credit Holdings screen (or if you are only registered an importer, select the
"Retire (Obligation)" option). Doing so will take you to the first step of the Retire (Obligation) Wizard
for an importer (see Figure 22).
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Figure 22: Retire (Obligation) as Importer Wizard - Identify Credits (Step 1)
Retire - Identify Fuels ABT Credits (Obligation)
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Identify the Fuels ABT credits for retirement by entering the required information below. If the Times
Traded field is left blank, then the system selects credits to retire based on the number of times traded
in descending order.
Identify Credits
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transaction bin.
View Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
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Demonstrate annual compliance
Aggregated Importer (10)
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Document Type:
Document Identification:
« Credit Holdings Advanced Credit Selection »
Credit Type:
Credit Year:
Times Traded:
* Quantity of Credits:
* Transaction Date:
Reason for Retire:
Compliance Level:
* Compliance Year:
Additional Information:
The following information is required to retire credits for compliance as an importer:
• Credit Type;
• Credit Year;
• Quantity of Credits;
• Transaction Date;
• Reason for Retire;
• Compliance Level; and
• Compliance Year.
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All required fields are marked with a red asterisk. Credit Type and Credit Year are automatically
populated with the information from the row of credits in the Fuels ABT Holdings grid that you
selected to retire. The Reason for Retire and Compliance Level fields are read-only and populated
based on your Retire (Obligation) as Importer selection from the previous screen. This screen
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.
For both Retire (Other) and Retire (Obligation), when you complete the Identify Credits screen, click
Advanced Credit Selection at the bottom of the screen to navigate to the second screen of the Retire
Wizard. On the Advanced Credit Selection screen, you have the option of selecting the specific group
of credits (by originating source information) thatyou wish to retire. Ifyou do notwish to make any
selections on this screen, click Add to Transaction Bin at the bottom of the screen to continue. In this
situation, if you did not specify a Times Traded value on the Identify Credits screen, EMTS will
automatically retire the credits in your Fuels ABT Holdings that have been traded the most number
of times. Alternatively, you may use this screen to identify a specific originating organization, or
organization and facility. Once you have specified the originating source information, click Add to
Transaction Bin to continue. After you submit the retire transaction from the Fuels ABT Transaction
Bin, the credits will be removed from your Fuels ABT Holdings.
Trading Fuels ABT Credits (Buy & Sell)
You can initiate a trade from your Fuels ABT Holdings screen. To initiate a sell transaction, you must
have credits in your Fuels ABT Holdings. The following information is required to initiate a trade
through a sell transaction:
• Credit Type;
• Credit Year;
• Times Traded; and
• Quantity of Credits.
For a row of credit data in your Fuels ABT Holdings grid, select Sell in the "I want to..." drop-down,
and click Go. Doing so will take you to the first screen of the Sell Wizard (see Figure 23).
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Figure 23: Sell Fuels ABT Credits - Identify Credits (Step 1)
Sell - Identify Fuels ABT Credits
Enter Credit Type, Credit Year, Times Traded, and Quantity of Credits. To cancel a trade that your
organization has already initiated, go to the Pending Initiated Credit Transactions on your Review
Credit Trades page and select 'Cancel Offer' for the appropriate transaction.
| Identify Credits
* Credit Type:
* Credit Year:
* Times Traded:
* Quantity of Credits:
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in the Fuels ABT
transaction bin.
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The green boxes on the right side of the screen indicate which of the four steps of the Sell Credits
Wizard you are completing. All required fields are marked with a red asterisk. The Credit Type and
Credit Year fields are automatically populated with the information from the row of credits in the
Fuels ABT Holdings grid that you selected to sell. You can change these values if there is another
group of credits in your holdings that you would like to sell. Once you complete the information on
this screen, click Select Trading Partner to move to the next screen.
On the Select Trading Partner screen, you must identify a trading partner from a list of organizations
that satisfy the search criteria. You can search for an organization by Organization Name or
Organization ID. In Figure 24, the organization names were filtered on the word "RA," and RAP Inc.
Gen EtOH was selected from the options. The trading partner organization must be registered in the
OTAQ Registration system to trade Sulfur or Benzene credits.
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Figure 24: Sell Credits - Select Trading Partner
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Sell - Select Trading Partner
Select a trading partner by searching for the Organization. You may search data by 'Begins with',
'Contains',, or 'Equals' (an exact match). To search by Organization Identifier, choose the 'Contains'
option and enter the Organization Identifier. To view all organizations, clear the search criteria and click
'Search'. Viewing all organizations may take some time for the complete list to load.
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When you have selected your Trading Partner, click the Transaction Details button to move on to the
next screen. On the Sell Credits - Transaction Details and Documents screen, you must enter the
Transfer Date and Sell Reason.
You may also enter a Matching Transaction Identifier. This element allows users to accept specific
buy/sell transactions in the case of several similar transactions. It is the unique transaction identifier
assigned by EMTS to an initiated trade. When accepting a trade, users can include this element in
the trade matching criteria (along with the other trade matching criteria currently in effect). If this
element is reported, EMTS will attempt to locate a matching transaction based on the Matched
Transaction Identifier and the other matching criteria provided. If a match is not found, then the
transaction will fail. If this element is not reported, then it will not be used in the trade matching (but
all other required matching elements will still apply).
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You can also provide a Product Transfer Document (PTD) number and other additional information.
The Transaction Details and Documents screen 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. When you have completed this screen, click
Advanced Credit Selection to move to the final screen of the Sell Wizard.
On the Advanced Credit Selection screen, you have the option of specifying the credits that you wish
to sell (by originating source information). If you do not wish to specify originating source
information, click Add to Transaction Bin at the bottom of the screen to continue. Alternatively, you
may use this screen to identify a specific originating organization, or organization and facility. Once
you have specified the originating source information, click Add to Transaction Bin to continue. After
you submit the sell transaction from the Fuels ABT Transaction Bin, if it has not been matched, the
transaction will be in a pending state, and the credits associated with the sale will be in the Pending
column of the Fuels ABT Holdings grid (see Figure 25). The credits will remain in the Pending column
until the trading partner accepts or denies the sell transaction.
Figure 25: Pending Credits in Fuels ABT Holdings Grid
Fuels ABT Holdings for: Biodiesel Company (5001)
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The following information is required to initiate a buy transaction:
• Credit Type;
• Credit Year;
• Times Traded; and
• Quantity of Credits.
To initiate a buy transaction, go to the Manage Fuels ABT Holdings screen, and either click the Buy
button below the Fuels ABT Holdings grid or select Buy in the "I want to..." drop-down for a row in
the Fuels ABT Holdings and click Go. If you select Buy for an existing row in the Fuels ABT Holdings
grid, the Credit Type and Credit Year in the Buy Wizard will be pre-populated with information from
that row. You can change these values if there is another group of credits that you would like to buy.
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The green boxes on the right side of the screen indicate which of the three steps of the Buy Credits
Wizard you are completing. All fields marked with a red asterisk are required. On the Identify Credits
screen, you must provide Credit Type, Credit Year, Times Traded, and Quantity of Credits.
You also have the option of using the Advanced Credit Selection fields to specify originating source
information for the credits that you wish to buy. To access the Advanced Credit Selection, click the
"Advanced Credit Selection (Optional)" tab. Once open, you will be able to access the Advanced Credit
Selection fields (see Figure 26). To specify the originating source for a buy transaction, you will need
to know the Organization ID for the originating organization. Once you complete the Identify Credits
screen of the Buy Wizard, click Select Trading Partner.
Figure 26: Buy Credits - Identify Credits (Step 1)
Buy - Identify Fuels ABT Credits
Enter required information. To cancel 3 Fuels ABT trade that your organization has already initiated, go
to the Pending Initiated Transactions section on the Review Fuels ABT Trades page and select 'Cancel
Offer' for the appropriate transaction.
» Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
Your organization has 0
un-submitted transactions
in the Fuels ABT
transaction bin.
View Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
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* Credit Type:
* Credit Year:
* Times Traded:
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The Select Trading Partner and the Transaction Details and Documents screens of the Buy Wizard
have the same behavior as the corresponding screens in the Sell Wizard. For buy transactions, the
trading partner organization must be registered in the OTAQ Registration system to trade Fuels ABT
credits (see Figure 27).
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Figure 27: Buy Credits - Select Trading Partner (Step 2)
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Buy - Select Trading Partner
Select a trading partner by searching for the Organization. You may search data by 'Begins with',
'Contains', or 'Equals' (an exact match). To search by Organization Identifier, choose the 'Contains'
option and enter the Organization Identifier. To view all organizations, clear the search criteria and click
'Search'. Viewing all organizations may take some time for the complete list to load.
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Organization: Begins with » RA
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Your organization has 0
un-submitted transactions
in the Fuels ABT
transaction bin.
View Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
Select Trading Partner
Transaction Details and Documents
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I a RAP Inc. GEN EtOH (4670)
RAP Inc. Obligated Party (4675)
Selected Organization:
RAP Inc. GEN EtOH (4670)
«Identify Credits
Transaction Details »
When you have selected your Trading Partner, click the Transaction Details button to move on to the
next screen. On the Buy Credits - Transaction Details and Documents screen, you must enter the
Transfer Date and Sell Reason. Again, you may also provide a PTD Number, Matching Transaction
Identifier, Additional Information, and Document Information.
From the Transaction Details and Documents screen, click Add to Transaction Bin. Submit the
transaction from the Fuels ABT Transaction Bin to complete the buy transaction. At this point, if the
transaction was not matched, it will be in a pending state, and the transfer of credits will not be
reflected in your Fuels ABT Holdings grid until your 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 indicated as the trading
partner), hover over Trades on the main menu and select Review Fuels ABT Trades. The Review
Credit Trades screen is organization-specific (see Figure 28). To switch the organization for which
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the screen is displayed, open the Organizations tab of the accordion on the right side of the screen,
and click Select a Different Organization.
Figure 28: Review Credit Trades Screen
Review Fuels ABT Trades
The following credit trade transactions were either received or initiated by Biodiesel Company. You can
act upon any of these credit transactions by selecting the appropriate action in the "I want to ..."
column, located next to each credit transaction.
^ Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
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un-submitted transactions
in the Fuels ABT
transaction bin.
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> Organizations
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The Review Credit Trades screen includes a number of filter options that you can use to search for
specific initiated or received credit buy or credit sell transactions. The labels on the Pending Credit
Transactions tabs include the number of transactions within each tab. In Figure 29, the organization
has two Pending Initiated Credit Transactions and zero Pending Received Credit Transactions. In the
Review Credit Trades accordion, only one panel can be open at a time, so to open the Pending
Received Credit Transactions panel of the accordion, you would click Pending Received Credit
Transactions. As a result, the Pending Initiated Credit Transactions panel would close.
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For Pending Initiated Credit Transactions, you can select View Details in the "I want to..." drop-down
to view the details of the transaction, or you can select Remove to cancel the trade (see Figure 29). If
you choose Remove, you will be asked to confirm the cancellation, and the transaction will no longer
appear in your Pending Initiated Credit Transactions (or your trading partner's Pending Received
Credit Transactions).
Figure 29: Pending Initiated Credit Transactions Options
" (2) Pending Initiated Credit Transactions from [Biodiesel Company (5001)]
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Date
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For Pending Received Credit Transactions, you can select View Details, Accept Offer, or Deny Offer in
the "I want to..." drop-down (see Figure 30).
Figure 30: Pending Received Credit Transactions Options
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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 31). Once you press Confirm Deny,
the transaction will no longer appear in your Pending Received Credit Transactions (or your trading
partner's Pending Initiated Credit Transactions).
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Figure 31: Deny Credit Trade Screen
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Deny Fuels ABT Trade
To deny the received Fuels ABT 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.
» Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
Your organization has 0
un-submitted transactions
in the Fuels ABT
transaction bin.
View Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
You are denying the following Credit Sell pending trade:
25 2015 Benzene Credits Traded 0 time(s) from
Organization: Biodiesel Company (5001) submitted
on 01/29/2015 2:13:09 PM EST
Reason: Standard Trade (10)
Transfer Date: 01/29/2015
Transaction Details
• Please provide an explanation for denying the trade:
Document Type
Public/ Private
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Add Document Information
Document Type:
Document Identification:
Public D
«Back
Confirm Deny»
If you select Accept Offer, you will see the details of the transaction, and you will have the option of
adding transaction details and document information (see Figure 32). 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.
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Figure 32: Accept Credit Trade Screen
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Accept Fuels ABT Trade
Please review the selected transaction and provide any additional information about the trade. To
report a PTD number for your transaction, enter it into the 'PTD1 field.
Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
Your organization has 0
un-submitted transactions
in the Fuels ABT
transaction bin.
View Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
You are accepting the following Credit Sell pending trade:
25 2015 Benzene Credits Traded 0 time(s) from
Organization: Biodiesel Company (5001) submitted on
01/29/2015 2:13:09 PM EST
Reason; Standard Trade (10)
Transfer Date: 01/29/2015
| Transaction Details
Additional Information:
PTD:
Additional Information required when Trade Reason is not Standard Trade.
Document Type
1 Identifier
Public/Private
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Confirm Accept»
To report a PTD number for your transaction, enter the number in the "PTD" field. If you do not
enter a PTD number, your transaction details will not include a PTD number. Note that this field is
not automatically carried over from your trading partner's transaction.
Once you click Confirm Accept, the transaction will no longer appear in your Pending Received Credit
Transactions (or your trading partner's Pending Initiated Credit Transactions), and the results ofthe
trade will be reflected in your Credit Holdings.
If you select View Details for a Pending Received Credit Transaction, you will see the details ofthe
transaction along with the option to either accept the trade or deny the trade. Clicking Deny Trade
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will take you to the Deny Credit Trade screen (see Figure 31), and clicking Accept Trade will take you
to the Accept Credit Trade screen (see Figure 32).
As described earlier in this section, a trade can be completed if one trading partner initiates a trade
through a Buy/Sell Wizard, and the other partner then accepts the initiated trade from the Review
Credit Trades screen. Trades can also be completed in the following ways:
• 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. Transfer Date;
2. Credit Year;
3. Credit Type;
4. Times Traded;
5. Quantity; and
6. Reason Code (except for Deny).
In addition, 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). Several fields, if provided, must also match, including
the originating source information - Generating Organization Identifier and Generating Facility
Identifier - and the Matching Transaction ID.
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.
EMTS Technical Support
If you have any questions or want to report defects, comments, enhancements, or feedback, you
may contact EMTS Technical Support at support@epamts-support.com, Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m. (EST). Additionally, to access contact information for the various EMTS support lines,
you can click the "Contact Us" link located on each screen of EMTS. 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. In addition, there are
"Help" links on each screen of EMTS that provide access to EMTS resources on the EPA's EMTS
website.
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