EMTS Fuels ABT User's Guide
Version 4-1
SEPA
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
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EMTS Fuels ABT User's Guide
Version 4.
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.
oEPA
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
EPA-420-B-15-023a
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Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Manage Fuels ABT Holdings 1
Uploading Pre-2015 Unused Fuels ABT Credits 3
Generating Fuels ABT Credits 7
Converting Excel Files to XML 12
Managing the Fuels ABT Transaction Bin 18
Retiring Fuels ABT Credits 22
Trading Fuels ABT Credits (Buy & Sell) 29
Viewing Historic Fuels ABT Holdings 40
Viewing Expired Fuels ABT Holdings 41
Receiving Notifications 42
Receiving Documents 43
EMTS Technical Support 45
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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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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 AET
transaction bin.
View Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
Fuels ABT Holdings for: Biodiesel Company (5001)
Displaying records 1 through 1 of 1 total.
Generate(Refiner) i Generate(lmporter)
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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Uploading Pre-2015 Unused Fuels ABT Credits
In 2014 and 2015, the EPA Moderated Transaction System (EMTS) was modified to include Fuels
Averaging, Banking, and Trading (ABT) program credits. As part of this transition, all pre-2015
Unused Fuels ABT Credits must be uploaded into EMTS by using the Unused Credits Submission
Template (see Figure 2), which is an Excel file that can be found on the EMTS Documents page.
Figure 2: Pre-2015 Unused Fuels ABT Credits Template
A B C D E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Organization Identifier
Credit Type
Credit Year
Quantity
Times Traded
The Template consists of five required columns:
Organization Identifier;
Credit Type;
Credit Year;
Quantity; and
Times Traded.
Hovering your mouse over each column header reveals a comment describing what each field
should include (see Figure 3 for an example).
Figure 3: Pre-2015 Unused Fuels ABT Credits Template Comment
A B C
REQUIRED
The four-digit EPA company ID of the
organization that owns the credits,
Organization Identifier refers to the four-digit EPA company ID of the organization that
owns the credits.
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Credit Type is the Credit Type Code of the unused credits. Sulfur has a code of 10 and
Benzene has a code of 20.
Credit Year is the year in which the gasoline was produced. Credits with any credit year
prior to 2015 can be entered in the Unused Credits Submission file.
Quantity is the quantity of unused credits and must be an integer.
Times Traded refers to the number of times in which the referenced set of credits has been
traded. Valid values are "0", "1", or "2" since a credit can only be traded up to two times.
An example submission is shown in Figure 4 below.
Figure 4: Pre-2015 Unused Fuels ABT Credits Example Submission
A
1
2
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Organization Identifier
B
Credit Type
4672 r10
r4672 F20
C D E
Credit Year
Quantity
Times Traded
2012 50 1
2013 100 0
4
5
There are no restrictions to the number of rows you can enter in the Unused Credits template, as
long as each row is a valid entry and complies with the instructions for each field.
After you have completed the Pre-2015 Unused Fuels ABT Credits Template, you will upload it on
the Submit Pre-2015 Unused Fuels ABT Credits page (see Figure 5). This page is accessed by
hovering over the Fuels ABT Credits menu and then clicking the Pre-2015 Unused Credits menu
item. The Pre-2015 Unused Fuels ABT Credits page is organization-specific, which means that after
logging in you must select the same organization for which you are uploading unused credits. You
can determine the organization in the top right corner of the screen and in the Organization
accordion on the right To switch organizations, you would click the "Select a Different
Organization" link.
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Figure 5: Submit Pre-2015 Unused Fuels ABT Credits
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Submit Pre-2015 Unused Fuels ABT Credits
Select a file to submit.
| Identify File
File:
Pending Uploads for: Test Organization 1.1 (IT-Orgl.l)
RFS2 Transaction Bin
Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
T Organizations
Selected Organization: Test
Organization 1.1 (IT-Orgl.l)
Select a Different Organization
Upload ID ± Organization ID ± Upload Date ± Submitter ^Submission Status i I want to..
No results found.
Processed Uploads for: Test Organization 1.1 (IT-Orgl.l)
Upload ID * Organization ID * Upload Date ^ Submitter ^ Submission Status ± I want to..
No results found.
To upload your file, click the Browse button, select the file to upload, and then click the Open
button. You file name will appear in the File field. Click the Upload button to continue the
submission.
Before your submission can be completed, you must confirm the submission on the Confirm Submit
Pre-2015 Unused Fuels ABT Credits page (see Figure 6).
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Figure 6: Confirm Submit Pre-2015 Unused Fuels ABT Credits
Confirm Pre-2015 Unused Fuels ABT Credits
RFS2 Transaction Bin
Please confirm and submit your unused credits information by clicking Confirm Submit. If you cancel..
the system will not retain your uploaded information. To make corrections, cancel and re-upload your
revised information.
Your organization has 0
un-submitted transactions
in the Fuels ABT
transaction bin.
View Fue s ABT Transaction Bin
| Upload Details
Upload Status:
Upload ID:
Submitter:
Organization:
Pending as of 05/14/2015 3:30:13 PM EOT
20
Userl, Unit
Test Organization 1.1 (rr-Orgl.l)
Displaying records 1 through 2 of 2 total.
Export options: CSV Excel I PDF
On this page, you can view your upload details as well as your submission details. If any
information is incorrect, you would need to cancel your submission by clicking the "Cancel" button.
You would then make the necessary corrections and re-upload your file. It is important to make
sure that your data is correct before confirming the submission.
Below the grid, you have several different export options if you would like to save your submission
data for your records.
If you navigate away from this page before clicking either the Cancel or Confirm Submit button, the
submission will be saved in the Pending Uploads table on the Submit Pre-2015 Unused Fuels ABT
Credits page.
To continue with the submission, click the Confirm Submit button. You will then be taken back to
the Submit Pre-2015 Unused Fuels ABT Credits page (see Figure 7).
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Figure 7: Submit Pre-2015 Unused Fuels ABT Credits - Submission Processed
Submit Pre-2015 Unused Fuels ABT Credits
Your data has been submitted as Upload 20.
> RFS2 Transaction Bin
» Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
Your organization has 0
un-submitted transactions
in the Fuels ABT
transaction bin.
View Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
> Organizations
Identify File
File:
Pending Uploads for: Test Organization 1.1 (IT-Orgl.l)
Upload ID ^ Organization ID ± Upload Date ^ Submitter ± Submission Status ± I want to..
No results found.
Processed Uploads for: Test Organization 1.1 (IT-Orgl.l)
Upload A Organization ^ Upload ^
. i| Submission A
20
05/14/2015 Userl, Unit Processed
View Details » Go
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The message at the top confirms that your data has been submitted and you can see your
submission in the Processed Uploads table below. To view the Upload and Submission Details for
any row, you would click the "Go" button in the "I want to..." column.
Once you have successfully uploaded your data, you can view the resulting credits in your Fuels
ABT Holdings. To access your holdings, select "Fuels ABT Holdings" from the Fuels ABT Credits
drop-down menu.
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 8).
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Figure 8: Generate (Refiner) Wizard - Identify Production Source (Step 1)
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gged in as: industry for Biodiesel Company (.5001)
Generate Fuels ABT Credits Identify Production Source
Select the type of Fuels ABT credits to generate and the applicable facility.
T Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
Your organization has 0
un-submitted transactions
in the Fuels ABT
transaction bin.
| Identify Production Source
Identify Production Source
» Credit Year:
Generating Organization:
* Generating Facility:
* Credit Type:
* Generate Reason Code:
2015
Biodiesel Company (5001)
Bio Blast Plant (-5552) -
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;
Credit type (Sulfur or Benzene); and
Reason for generating the credits.
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 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 9).
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Figure 9: Generate (Importer) Wizard - Identify Production Source (Step 1)
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Biodiesej Company [5001}
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:
2015
Biodiesel Company (5001)
Benzene (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
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.
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 8).
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 10 for an example of a validation
message that you may encounter on this screen.
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Figure 10: Quality Assurance Check Errors
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Logged in as: industry for Biodiesel Company (5001)
Generate Fuels ABT Credits - Identify Production Source
Piease select a Credit Type from the drop-down.
Identify Production Source
* Credit Year: 2015
Generating Organization: Biodiesel Company (5001)
* Credit Type:
* Generate Reason Code:
- Select-
* 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
If you select Sulfur as your Credit Type, you will be directed to the Generate ABT Fuels Credits (Sulfur)
screen (see Figure 11).
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Figure 11: 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
{C^r\ Your organization has 0
",' un-submitted transactions
V_ \J 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 11). 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 12).
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Figure 12: Generate Wizard - Generate Benzene Credits Screen (Step 2b)
Generate Fuels ABT Credits
Enter the annual volume of gasoline produced, average benzene concentration, and quantity of credits,
Your organization has 0
un-submitted transactions
in the Fuels ABT
transaction bin.
View Fue s ABT Transaction Bin
Credit Year:
Generating Organization:
2015
Biodiesel Company (5001)
Gasoline Benzene Standard:
1 Average Benzene
Concentration:
[(Gasoline Benzene Standard - Avg Benzene Concentration) / 100] x Annual V
* Quantity of Benzene Credits
Additional Information:
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 12). 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 13 below.
Figure 13: Excel Conversion Template Comment
A B
D
1
2
3
4
5
6
Credit Type
Credit Year
REQUIRED
The year in which the
gasoline was produced.
TKp ^jnnii^il Fuplr ART
averaging period,
dit Sti
Cod
To convert an Excel file into XML, navigate to Submissions-^ Submit File from the main EMTS menu
or the EMTS home screen (see Figure 14).
Figure 14: EMTS Home Screen Submit File Options
oERr\ Moderated Transaction System^^
Organization
Submissions
rter Transactions
Submit File History
View Node Submissions
Test Userl,
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ing the EPA Moderated Transaction System (EMTS), ce
in the regulations at 40 CFR 80.1431(b)(2), invalid Rir
ss of the party's good faith belief that the RINs were
r to any person of a RIN that is invalid.
View Web Submissions
Your organization has 0 pending received trades and 0 pending in
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 15), 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 15: Submit File Screen
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Your organization has 0
un-submitted transactions
in the RFS2 transaction bin
Select a file to submit. If the fiie 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, dick 'Convert', click 'OK' or 'Cancel' on the save dialog, and then click 'Submit'. You
may retain a copy of the converted file by clicking 'OK' on the save dialog. If you do not do this, you may still
access this file via EMTS for 7 days. If you represent multiple organizations, you may submit a file for any of
your organizations from this page.
View RFS2 Transaction Bin
File:
Browse- I No file selected
View Node Submissions
Once you have identified a file, click the Convert button (see Figure 16). After clicking the Convert
button, it may take some time to process, so please be patient
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Figure 16: Submit File Screen - Loading the File
Your organization has 0
un-submit±ed transactions
in the RFS2 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', click 'OK' or 'Cancel' on the save dialog, and
then click 'Submit'. You may retain a copy of the converted file by clicking 'OK' on the save dialog. If
you do not do this, you may still access this file via EMTS for 7 days. If you represent multiple
organizations, you mav submit a file for any of your organizations from this page.
View RFS2 Transaction Bin
Browse. No file selected
view Node Submissions
If your file was successfully converted from Excel to XML, you will see the following screen pop up
(see Figure 17), 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.
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Figure 17: Successful Conversion - Opportunity to Save XML File
Opening Test_file.xls.zip
You have chosen to open:
iJj Test_fHe.xb.zip
which is: Compressed (zipped) Folder
from: https://epanccdev-Q16QQ.appdev.epa.gov
What should Firefox do with this file?
o I Open with! Windows Explorer (default)
Save File
Do this automatically for files like this from now on.
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 18. It may take some time to
process, so please be patient and avoid clicking the Submit button again.
Figure 18: Submit Converted Excel File
Your organization has 0
tin-submitted transactions
in the 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, dick "Convert", then dick "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.
view TranEafHan Bin
_| Identify File |
View Submit File Hislory
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The file must first pass through the CDXnode 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 19).
Figure 19: 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
)ur submission.
* Transaction Bin
Your organization has 0
un-submitted transactions
in the transaction bin.
View Transaction Bin
Identify File
' 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 20), 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 20: Submit File History screen
Submit File History
The 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:
(RM/DD/YYYY)
(MM/DD/YYYY)
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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
^ File Name
Test_fiie.zip
Test_file.zip
Test_file2.zip
^ 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
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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 21).
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Figure 21: Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
Organization Submissions Trades Reports RINs Fuels ABT Credits
Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
The last transaction submitted for Biodiesel Company (5001) through the EMTS website was submitted by industry on Jan
29, 2015 at 12:39:18 PM.
Selected Organization: Biodiesel
Company (5001)
: 3 L:i"^:'~nt Organization
Generate Fuels ABT Transactions
2015
2015
Sulfur (10)
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There are no credit sell 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 22). The tab contains the number of un-
submitted transactions and a link to the Credit Transaction Bin.
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Figure 22: 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 at once. If you do
not wish to submit one of the transactions in the bin, you can remove that transaction and submit the
remaining transactions. You may not submit transactions across multiple Credit Years as part of a
single transaction bin submission. If you 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 23). 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 23: Fuels ABT Transaction Bin - Credit Year Options
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Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
Organizations
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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 24), 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 24: Confirm and Submit Page
Organization
Confirm and Submit
Fuels ABT Credits
I confirm that the information shown is a correct and accurate account of the transaction(s) that have taken place.
^ Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
Your organization has 1
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Transaction
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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
25).
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Figure 25: 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
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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 26).
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Figure 26: 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:
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un-submitted transactions
in the Fuels ABT
transaction bin.
View Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
Advanced Credit '
(Optional)
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 27).
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Figure 27: 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.
I Identify Credits
Credit Type:
Credit Year:
Times Traded:
* Quantity of Credits:
* Transaction Date:
Reason for Retire:
Compliance Level:
* Compliance Year:
* Compliance Facility:
Additional Information:
Benzene (20)
2015
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Demonstrate annual compliance
Refinery by Refinery (50)
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« Credit Holdings Advanced Credit Selection »
» Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
Your organization has 0
un-submitted transactions
in the Fuels ABT
transaction bin.
View Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
Identify Credits
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 28).
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Figure 28: Retire (Obligation) as Importer 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,
T Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
Your organization has 0
un-submitted transactions
in the Fuels ABT
transaction bin.
View Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
Identify Credits
Credit Type:
Credit Year:
Times Traded:
* Quantity of Credits:
* Transaction Date:
Reason for Retire:
Compliance Level:
* Compliance Year:
Additional Information:
Benzene (20)
2015
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Identify Credits
Advanced Credit Selection
(Optional)
(MM/DD/YYYY)
Demonstrate annual compliance
Aggregated Importer (10)
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) that you wish to retire. If you do not wish 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;
Quantity of Credits; and
Reason for Credit Sale.
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 29).
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Figure 29: Sell Fuels ABT Credits - Identify Credits (Step 1)
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Sell - Identify Fuels ABT Credits
Enter required information. To cancel a Fuels ABT trade that your organization has already initiated,
go to the Pending Initiated Credit Transactions section on the Review Fuels ABT Trades page and
select 'Cancel Offer' for the appropriate transaction.
| Identify Credits
* Credit Type:
* Credit Year:
* Times Traded:
* Quantity of Credits:
* Sell Reason:
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2015
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RFS2 Transaction Bin
Your organization has 0
un-submitted transactions
in the RFS2 transaction bin.
View RFS2 Transaction Bin
^ Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
Identify Credits
Select Trading Partner
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 30, the organization names were filtered on the word "HA," 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 30: 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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transaction bin.
View Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
Select Trading Partner
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(Optional)
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.
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 31). The credits will remain in the Pending column
until the trading partner accepts or denies the sell transaction.
Figure 31: Pending Credits in Fuels ABT Holdings Grid
Fuels ABT Holdings for: Biodiesel Company (5001)
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Buy
The following information is required to initiate a buy transaction:
Credit Type;
Credit Year;
Times Traded;
Quantity of Credits; and
Reason for Credit Buy.
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 32). 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 32: Buy Credits - Identify Credits (Step 1)
Buy - Identify Fuels ABT Credits
» RFS2 Transaction Bin
Enter required information. To cancel a Fuels ABT trade that your organization has already initiated,
go to the Pending Initiated Credit Transactions section on the Review Fuels ABT Trades page and
select 'Cancel Offer' for the appropriate transaction.
Your organization has 0
un-submitted transactions
in the RFS2 transaction bin.
| Identify Credits
* Credit Type:
* Credit Year:
* Times Traded:
* Quantity of Credits:
* Buy Reason:
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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 33).
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Figure 33: 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.
^ Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
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in the Fuels ABT
transaction bin.
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RAP Inc. GEN EtOH (4670)
RAP Inc. Obligated Parry (4675)
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. 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 34). 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 34: 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
Your organization has 0
un-submitted transactions
in the Fuels ABT
transaction bin.
View Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
> 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 35, 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 35). 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 35: Pending Initiated Credit Transactions Options
" (2) Pending Initiated Credit Transactions from [Biodiesel Company (5001)]
Benzene (20) Credit Sell 25
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01/29/2015 2015
For Pending Received Credit Transactions, you can select View Details, Accept Offer, or Deny Offer in
the "I want to..." drop-down (see Figure 36).
Figure 36: 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 37). 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 37: Deny Credit Trade Screen
Deny Fuels ABT Trade
» Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
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.
Your organization has 0
un-submitted transactions
in the Fuels ABT
transaction bin.
View Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
Transaction Details
* Please provide an explanation for denying the trade
Nothing found to display.
Add Document Information
Document Type:
Document Identification:
Public
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
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 38). 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 38: 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 'PTD' 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 1
Public/Private
Action
Nothing found to display.
Add Document Information
Document Type:
Document Identification:
Public
«Back
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 of the
trade will be reflected in your Credit Holdings.
If you select View Details for a Pending Received Credit Transaction, you will see the details of the
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 CreditTrade screen (see Figure 37), and clicking Accept Trade will take you
to the Accept CreditTrade screen (see Figure 38).
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.
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Viewing Historic Fuels ABT Holdings
To view information for Fuels ABT Credits that your organization previously owned but has since
removed from its Fuels ABT Holding Account, select View Fuels ABT Holdings (History) under Fuels
ABT on the EMTS main menu. The View Fuels ABT Holding History screen contains details of your
organization's retire and sell transactions (i.e., transactions that remove Fuels ABT Credits from your
Fuels ABT holdings) (see Figure 39).
Figure 39: View Fuels ABT Holding History Screen
Fuels ABT Holding History
The following retire and sell transactions were processed for Test Organization 1.1 in the past. These
retire and sell transactions contain Fuels ABT credits that are no longer in your holding account. Enter
criteria and dick Search. Specifying the Generating Company ID or Generating Facility Number in the
search criteria will only return transactions if this information was specified when the transaction was
submitted.
T Basic Filter Options
Search For Transactions
Transaction Type:
Credit Type:
Credit Year:
Times Traded:
Reason for Retire:
Begin Date:
End Date:
Generating Company ID:
Generating Facility Number:
Results Per Page:
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Source detail elements
As Selected in Advanced
Options or Originating
Source detail elements
* RFS2 Transaction Bin
* Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
Organizations
Selected Organization: Test
Organization 1.1 (IT-Orgl.l)
Select a Different Organization
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^ Trading Partner
Fuels ABT Holdings History for: Test Organization 1.1
Displaying records 1 through 2 of 2 total.
Clear
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Type
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This screen is organization-specific; to switch the organization for which the screen is displayed,
open the Organizations tab of the accordion on the right side of the screen, and click Select a
Different Organization. The Fuels ABT Holding History grid provides an overview of each retire and
sell transaction performed on behalf of the organization indicated above the grid. To filter the Fuels
ABT Holding History grid to look for a particular transaction, use the filter options in the Search for
Transactions box, and click Search. To view the details of a transaction in the grid, select View
Details in the "I want to..." drop-down and click Go.
Viewing Expired Fuels ABT Holdings
To view information for Fuels ABT Credits that your organization previously owned but have since
expired, select View Fuels ABT Holdings (Expired) under Fuels ABT on the EMTS main menu. The
Expired Fuels ABT Holding screen contains details of your organization's expired Fuels ABT credit
holdings (see Figure 40).
Figure 40: View Expired Fuels ABT Holding Screen
Expired Fuels ABT Holdings
» RFS2 Transaction Bin
This page provides the details for all Fuels ABT credits that have expired out of your company's
account. These Fuels ABT credits were NOT used for compliance or retired for any reason, and have
expired. Enter criteria and click Filter.
Your organization has 0
un-submitted transactions
in the RFS2 transaction bin.
View RFS2 Transaction Bin
Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
Organizations
T Basic Filter Options
Credit Type:
Credit Year:
Times Traded:
Results Per Page:
-- Select -
- Select -
-- Select --
Clear
Filter
Expired Fuels ABT Holdings
Credit Type ±1 Credit Year ~
r Times Traded ^ Generating Organization Generating Facility Quantity ^
Nothing found to display.
This screen is organization-specific; to switch the organization for which the screen is displayed,
open the Organizations tab of the accordion on the right side of the screen, and click Select a
Different Organization. To filter the Fuels ABT Holding History grid to look for particular credits,
use the filter options in the Basic Filter Options box, and click Filter.
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Receiving Notifications
EMTS can communicate information to users by sending notifications via email. Some notifications
will be sent immediately while others will be aggregated and sent nightly. The current version of
EMTS includes a number of immediate notifications, such as the Initiated Fuels ABT Trade Cancelled
notification and the Fuels ABT Trade Denied notification, along with several aggregated daily
notifications, such as the Pending Fuels ABT Trades. For a complete list of notifications, see Appendix
E of the Flow Configuration Document, on the EMTS Documents screen.
To receive these notifications, you must first subscribe to the notifications from the Fuels ABT
Subscriptions screen (see Figure 41) (click Fuels ABT Subscriptions under the Reports menu option).
Users will be automatically subscribed to some notifications.
Figure 41: Fuels ABT Subscriptions
Fuels ABT Subscriptions
> RFS2 Transaction Bin
Select 'Manage Subscription' and click 'Go' to subscribe or unsubscribe. There are three types of
generated 3-per-day, daily., weekly, and monthly, depending on the specific document.
The 3-per-day documents are kicked off at 1AM, 1PM, and 6PM ET. Daily documents are kicked off at
1:30AM ET. Documents in CSV format can be opened in Microsoft Excel. Notification subscriptions are
emails. You may subscribe to receive an email when a specific event is triggered. Compliance Report
subscriptions refer to quarterly and annual reports, and the Transaction Error Report.
1* Fuels ABT Transaction Bin Hi
T Organizations HI
Selected Organization: Test
Organization 1.1 (IT-Orgl.l)
Select a Different Organization
Subscription Name ^ Type ^Subscribed ^ Last Updated Updated By I want to... HI
Cancelled Fuels ABT Trades Document No
Completed Fuels ABT Trades Document No
Expired Fuels ABT Trades Document No
Fuels ABT Credit Holdings Document No
Fuels ABT Pending Trade Details Document No
Fuels ABT Pending Trades Document No
Fuels ABT Transaction Status Document No
Monthly Fuels ABT Credit Holdings Document No
Monthly Fuels ABT Transaction History Document No
Failed Daily or Hourly Reports Notification No
Fuels ABT Subscription Status Notification No
Fuels ABT Trade Expired Notification No
Initiated Fuels ABT Trade Cancelled Notification No
Initiated Fuels ABT Trade Denied Notification No
Outstanding Initiated Fuels ABT Trade Transactions Notification No
Outstanding Received Fuels ABT Trade Transactions Notification No
Pending Fuels ABT Trades Notification No
Received Fuels ABT Trade Cancelled Notification No
Received Fuels ABT Trade Denied Notification No
Unused Fuels ABT Documents Notification No
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Export options: CSV 1 Excel 1 PDF
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To subscribe to a notification, click Go in the "I want to..." column. On the Manage Subscription screen
for that notification, check the "Subscribed" checkbox. For the immediate notifications, the frequency
will be "Immediate," and for the daily notifications, the frequency will be "Daily." All notifications
will be text format and will be delivered via email. All subscriptions are organization specific, so if
one submitter for an organization subscribes to a notification, then all submitters for that
organization will receive the notification.
Receiving Documents
EMTS also creates various reports and documents that include information about data submitted for
your organization. These documents can be accessed from the EMTS website (click View Fuels ABT
Reports under the Reports menu item) or retrieved from the EMTS node. The documents included
in the current release are:
Cancelled Fuels ABT Trades: This document, available weekly, nightly, or three times per day,
lists all trades that have been cancelled within the past 10 calendar days.
Completed Fuels ABT Trades: This document, available weekly, nightly, or three times per
day, lists all trades that have reached their final status (completed, cancelled, expired, or
denied) within the past 10 calendar days.
Expired Fuels ABT Trades: This document, available weekly, nightly, or three times per day,
lists all trades that expired within the past 10 calendar days.
For more information on the available documents, please see the EMTS Document Descriptions file
on the EMTS Documents screen.
To download the documents from the EMTS website or retrieve them using a personal node or node
client, you must first subscribe to them from the Fuels ABT Subscriptions screen (see Figure 37) (click
Fuels ABT Subscriptions under the Reports menu option).
Note: If you subscribe to a document and then do not download the document within 22 business
days, you will be automatically unsubscribed from that document. You will receive an email
notification before and after the system performs this action. You may re-subscribe to the document
at any time.
On the Fuels ABT Subscriptions screen, click Go in the "I want to..." column to update the subscription
for a specific document On the Manage Subscription screen for that document, check the
"Subscribed" checkbox to subscribe to the document If the document is available at multiple
frequencies (i.e. Daily and three-per-day), select the desired frequency. Documents can be received
in CSV or XML format and can be downloaded from the EMTS website or from the EMTS node using
a node or a node client.
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After you subscribe to a document, you will be able to download the documents with a daily
subscription frequency the following morning and the documents with a subscription frequency of
three times per day at the next document generation interval. Three-per-day reports are generated
at 1AM, 1PM, and 6PM. Weekly reports are generated Sunday mornings. You can download the
documents from the View Fuels ABT Reports screen (see Figure 42) (click View Fuels ABT Reports
under the Reports menu option).
Figure 42: View Fuels ABT Reports
View Fuels ABT Reports
For the desired document, please select 'Download Document'. To view all available versions of a
document, select View All Documents'.
RFS2 Transaction Bin
Your organization has 0
un-submitted transactions
in the RFS2 transaction bin.
View RF52 Transaction Bin
Fuels ABT Transaction Bin
Document Name ^
Fuels ABT Pending
Trades
Fuels ABT Pending
Trade Details
Fuels ABT Credit
Holdings
Monthly Fuels ABT
Credit Holdings
Monthly Fuels ABT
Transaction History
Fuels ABT
Transaction Status
Document Description ^
A document that lists all Fuels ABT credit trades that are in a
pending state. Pending trades are buy and sell transactions for
which the trading partner has not yet submitted a matching
transaction.
A document that provides details regarding your organization's
pending Fuels ABT credit trades, and includes generating source
information.
A document that provides information about your organization's
current Fuels ABT credit holdings.
A document that provides information about your organization's
daily Fuels ABT credit holdings during the last calendar month.
A document that provides information regarding each Fuels ABT
credit transaction, submitted by your organization, during the last
calendar month.
A document that provides details regarding each Fuels ABT credit
transaction, submitted by your organization, that has changed
status within the past day.
Frequency
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The grid on the View Fuels ABT Reports screen displays the documents to which you have subscribed.
You will also be able to see the frequency you have selected for each report or document and the last
run time for each document. To access the latest version of a document, select Download Document
in the "I want to..." dropdown. To access a prior version of the document, select View All Documents
in the "I want to..." dropdown.
When you select Download Document and click Go, you will see a window asking you to either open
or save the ZIP file (see Figure 43). After you open the ZIP file, you will be able to access the document
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Figure 43: Download Document Window
Document Name ^
Fuels ABT Pending
Trades
Fuels ABT Pending
Trade Details
Fuels ABT Credit
Holdings
Monthly Fuels ABT
Credit Holdings
Monthly Fuels ABT
Transaction History
Fuels ABT
Transaction Status
Last
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For information on how to retrieve these documents using your personal node or node client, please
refer to Section 6 of the EMTS Flow Configuration Document, which can be downloaded from the
Exchange Network website http://www.exchangenetwork.net/exchanges/air/emts.htm.
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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