Office of Transportation and Air
Quality Fuels Registration
(OTAQREG)
How to Manage Engineering Review Submissions in
OTAQREG
This job aid is designed to help registered Independent Third Party Engineers submit Engineering Review Reports under
the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
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Before you begin:
1.	You must have a Central Data Exchange (CDX) account
2,	You must be logged into the CDX OTAQREG program service
You must have two user roles with the selected company:
•	Independent Third Party Engineer-Only Professional Engineers (PEs) can use this
functionality in OTAQREG
•	Part 8o Report Submitter
For help with these steps, see the documentation on EPA's Fuels Registration, Reporting, and
Compliance Help website: https://www.epa.gov/fuels-reqistratiori-reportina-arid-compliance-help
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Select the company for which you are making or viewing submissions. If you do not see your company in the list, you must first
associate to the company in OTAQReg with the correct role.
If you do not have an active CDX ESA on file, you will not be able to create a new submission or view existing submissions until
your ESA has been received by EPA.
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Engineering Reviews	
Existing submissions for the selected company are displayed below. Click the "View" link to view the Copy of Record for an
existing submission, or the "Edit" link to edit an In Progress submission. Click the "Create New Engineering Review" button to
create a new submission.
Submission ID
Created
Submitter
Status Actions
ENG-21 75
07-27-2018 3:57:48 PM

In Progress Edit

ENG-21 74
07-27-2018 2:20:00 PM
DANIEL.SMITH
Awaiting EPA approval 'View)

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1 Click Create New Engineering Review
2. Enter and confirm a secure passphrase*
Click Save and Continue
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required to both 1) edit the submission later
and 2) view the copy of record after
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new submission.
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Please create a passphrase that is at least 8 characters in length. To better protect your form, your passphrase should contain
a combination of letters and numbers. Your passphrase may include spaces, but should not contain special characters (for
example, and *).
Passphrase:
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this passphrase to at least one other authorized official. Your passphrase will be used as an encryption key to protect the
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Process Heat Fuels
* General Information
* Supplemental
Information
Separated Waste
Professional Engineer
Engineering Review: General Information
Please complete all required fields to submit your Independent Third Party Engineering Review in accordance with 40 CFR Part 80
Subpart M. Information will be pre-populated based on the approved registration information for your selected company in
OTAQReg, where applicable. If any of the pre-populated information is not correct, please return to OTAQReg and submit a
Company Update to correct the data. Click the "Save" button to save your answers and complete the report at a later time.
All information submitted as part of this Engineering Review may be claimed as Confidential Business Information.
Company Information	
Please confirm your company information.
Name:
Company ID:
Company Type:
Pheonix Natural Gas Company
1240
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Renev
Renewable Fuel Producer
—Facility Information
Please select the facility for which you have completed the Engineering Review. If the facility that you reviewed is not listed,
please select "Other" and provide the required facility infoaBrtion.
Facility:
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COMPLETION RENTAL TOOLS INC
Grandfathered Facility Information	
Please indicate if this facility is a grandfathered facility. If you select "Yes", you will be required to enter additional
grandfathered facility information as related to §80.1403 and/or §80.1450. Additional supplemental documentation relating
to the facility's grandfathered status may be uploaded on the following page.
Grandfathered Indicator?
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Enter Professional
Engineer (PE) Information
1 Enter Qualifications
Click Agree
Indicate if the PE conducted a site visit
Enter date of site visit
Click Save and Continue
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~ General Information
Grandfathered Facility
Supplemental Documents
~ * Professional Engineer
*	Renewable Fuel Pathways
Process Heat Fuels
*	Separated Waste
*	Supplemental
Information
Engineering Review: Professional Engineer
Please confirm the name and contact information of the Professional Engineer that completed this Engineering Review. You are
also required to indicate the Engineer's status and operational independence of the business (See §80.1450 (b)(2)(ii)).Additional
supplemental documentation relating to the Professional Engineer may also be uploaded on the following page.
- Professional Engineer Information
The Professional Engineer's information has been retrieved from your CDX Profile. If this information is incorrect, please
return to MyCDX and update your registration.
First Name;
Last Name:
Title:
Phone:
Email:
Qualifications and Operational Independence
Please certify operational independence, and describe the qualifications of the Professional Engineer, including applicable
educational and professional work experience in the chemical engineering field or fields related to renewable fuel production.
Qualifications:
Please certify the following statements:
•	The Professional Engineer's company is not operated by the Renewable Fuel producer or foreign ethanol producer, or
any subsidiary.
•	The Professional Engineer is free from any interest in the Renewable Fuel Producer's business.
•	The Renewable Fuel Producer does not have any interest in the Professional Engineer's business.
•	The Professional Engineer is not currently debarred, suspended, or proposed for debarment.
Agree:
~
*
- Site Visit
Please confirm that the site visit was made. In your description, be sure to comment on whether personnel interviews were
conducted and documents were reviewed. If a site visit was not conducted, please provide justification and explain why a site
visit was not conducted as part of this Engineering Review.
Did the Professional Engineer conduct a site visit?
Yes <«)
No O	
Date of site visit (or date of completion for multi-day site
visits): *
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Enter Renewable Fuel
Pathway(s)
To add a pathway, select an option from
each dropdown menu and click Add
2, To remove a pathway, click the 0 con
Click Save and Continue
Enter Fuel Pathway Description
Click Save and Continue
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Pathways
*	Renewable Fuel Pathway
Descriptions
Renewable Fuel Pathways
Supplemental Documents
Process Heat Fuels
*	Separated Waste
*	Supplemental
Information
The renewable fuel pathways listed below are actively registered for the selected facility in OTAQReg. You may add additional
pathways or remove existing pathways from the table (Note: These changes will be applied only to this Engineering Review, not
OTAQ Registration). Additional information relating to the renewable fuel pathways will be collected on the following page.
Add a Fuel Pathway
Fuel Code:
Feedstock Codes:
Process Code:
Renewable Fuel Code:
t
Add
Renewable Fuel Pathways
Fuel Code
Process Code
Feedstock Code
Renewable
Fuel Type

Butanol (70)
Grandfathered (Other) (888)
Feedstock (Not Listed) — Used at a
Grandfathered Facility (888)
Renewable
Fuel (D6)
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Non-cellulosic
Ethanol (10)
Grandfathered (Dry Mill, Natural
Gas Fired) (10)
Starch -- Corn (10)
Renewable
Fuel (D6)
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Engineering Review: Renewable Fuel Pathway Descriptions
The renewable fuel pathways added on the previous page are listed separately below. You are required to enter specific
information for each individual pathway as specified in §80.1450(b)(1).
Additional documentation relating to the renewable fuel pathways may be uploaded on the following page.
Pathway 1
Fuel Code:
Process Code:
Feedstock Code:
Butanol (70)
Grandfathered (Other) (888)
Feedstock (Not Listed) — Used at a Grandfathered Facility
(888)	
Detailed description of feedstock(s) *:
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Enter Process Heat Fuels
Enter the Process Heat Fuel
Click Add
Click Add Source Facility
In the pop-up box, enter Facility
Information and click Add Source Facility
Engineering Review: Process Heat Fuels
Please enter all applicable process heat fuels and their source facility(s) (See |80.1450(b)(l)(iv)(A)). You may add multiple fuel
types, and multiple source facilities may be added per Process Heat Fuel.
Additional supplemental documentation relating to the process heat fuel and source facilities may be uploaded on the following
page.
Add a Process Heat Fuel Type

Reset
Process Heat Fuel:
Process Heat Fuel: Biogas
Name
Biogas Source Add Facility
Address
Facility Name: *
Address 1: *
Address 2:
City: *
State: *
Country: *
Zip: *
*
Remove This Fuel Add Source Facility
City
State Country Zip
Select State
Select Country
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Enter Separated Waste (as
applicable)
1 Indicate if Separated Yard Waste,
Separated Food Waste, or Separated
Municipal Solid Waste were used as a
feedstock
Click Save and Continue
Provide additional information about
source facility verification and the waste
plan description (as applicable)
Engineering Review: Separated Waste
Please Indicate whether Separated Waste was used as feedstock as specified in §S0.1450(bM1Mvil) through (vili). If any of the
waste types below were used, you must also indicate that the source facility was verified, and describe the ongoing verification
plan to include how the waste will be collected, separated, and quantified.
dditional supplemental documentation for each of the applicable separated waste plans may be uploaded on the following page.
Separated Yard Waste Information
Please indicate whether Separated Yard Waste per §80.1426(f)(5)(i)(A) was used as a feedstock.

Was Separated Yard Waste used as a feedstock? *
Yes
NO
Separated Food Waste Information	
Please indicate whether Separated Food waste per §80.l426(f)<5Mi)(B) was used as a feedstock.
Was Separated Food Waste used as a feedstock' '
Yes	©
No	6
Separated Municipal Solid Waste Information
Please indicate whether Separated Municipal Solid Waste per §80.1426(f)(5)(i)(C) was used as a feedstock.
Was Separated Municipal Solid Waste used as a feedstock? •
Yes
O
©

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Separated Yard Waste Information
Please indicate whether Separated Yard Waste per §80.1426(f)(5)(i)(A) was used as a feedstock.
Was Separated Yard Waste used as a feedstock? *
Yes
Have source facilities been verified? *
Yes
No
©
0
Plan Description: *
In your description, briefly describe how the waste will be
collected and how the renewable fuel producer or foreign
ethanol producer will conduct ongoing verification that
such waste consists only of yard waste (and incidental
other components such as paper and plastics) that is kept
separate since generation from other waste materials.
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Enter Supplemental
Information
Indicate whether any information in the
report is claimed as Confidential
Business Information (CBI)
Indicate whether any of the regulations
§8o.i45o(b)(i)(ii)(A) or §8o.i45o(b)(i)(ix)
through (xv) apply
Indicate witherthe Engineering Review is
part of a Three Year Update
Add Other Findings and Comments
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Engineering Review: Supplemental Information
Please enter the following supplemental information.
CBI Indiratinn
Please indicate if EPA should consider any information in this report Confidential Business Information (CBI). (Note: This will
not impact the encryption of your submission, but the potential future release of data).
1 Please indicate if any information in this report is claimed as CBI. *
Yes
O

No
©

§80.1450(b)(l )(ii)(A) and §80.1450(b)(l Xix) through (xv) Indication
Please indicate if any of the regulatory sections §80.1450(b)(l )(ii)(A) or §80.1450(b)(l )(ix) through (xv) apply.
Do any regulations §80.1450(b)(l)(n){A) and §80.1450(b)(l )(ix) through (xv) apply?
Three Year Update	
Please indicate if this Engineering Review is part of a three year update per §80.1450(d)(3). If "Yes", please verify the VRIN
calculation per §80.1450(d)(3)(iii).
Is this review part of a three year engineering review update (per 80.1450(d)(3))? *
Yes
Other findings and comments	
Any comments including data, methodology, exceptions, or comments that have not previously been addressed should be
entered in the box below. Additional documentation may be uploaded on the following page.
Other Findings and Comments:
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Grandfathered Facility
Supplemental Documents
/ Professional Engineer
Professional Engineer
Supplemental Docianents
V Renewable Fuel j
Pathways	I
¦J Renewable Fuel Pathway
Descriptions
Renewable Fuel Pathways
Supplemental Documents
4 Process Heal Fuels
Process Heat Fuel
Supplemental Documents
4 Separated Waste '
Separated Waste
Supplemental Documents
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Documents
1	Choose file and click Upload
2	Click Save and Continue
Engineering Review: Supplemental Documents
Please upload any supplemental documentation described below.
Only Microsoft Office, PDF, and images files (.jpeg and .png) are permitted to be uploaded.
Upload
Choose File
No file chosen
— 580.1450(b)(l)(n)(A) and §80.145Q(b){l)(ix) through (xv) Supplemental Documents	
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Submission Information	
This is your plan submission information
Submission Type:	Engineering Review
Engineering Review Id:	ENG-21 74
Submitter Information
The information below is from your CDX Registration and will be passed on to EPA with your submission. If this information is
incorrect, please update your CDX Registration information prior to starting your submission. These details can only be
updated within the MyCDX link on the left-hand side of this screen or by the CDX Help Desk. Please visit the FAQ section for
more information on making these updates.
First Name:
Last Name:
CDX Userld:
Organization Name:
Email Address:
Phone Number:
Extension:
Daniel
Smith
DANIEL.SMITH
PHEONIX NATURAL GAS COMPANY
daniel.smith@phoenixgas.com
337-555-9823
Company Name and Location
Company ID:
Name:
Address 1:
Address 2:
City:
State:
Postal Code:
Country:
1240
Pheonix Natural Gas Company
T 23 Easy Street
Lafayette
Louisiana
70506
UNITED STATES
Company Type Information
Company Type:
Renewable Fuel Producer
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Created
Submitter
Status
Actions
ENG-2174
07-27-2018 2:20:00 PM
DANIEL.SMITH
Awaiting EPA approval
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existing submission, or the "Edit" link to edit an In Progress submission. Click the "Create New Engineering Review" button to
create a new submission.
Submission ID
Created
Submitter
Status
fl
Actions
ENG-21 75
07-27-201 8 3:57:48 PM

In Progress
'Edit
ENG-21 74
07-27-2018 2:20:00 PM
DANIEL.SMITH
Awaiting EPA approval
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Existing submissions for the selected company are displayed below. Click the "View" link to view the Copy of Record for an
existing submission, or the "Edit" link to edit an In Progress submission. Click the "Create New Engineering Review" button to
create a new submission.
Submission ID
Created
Submitter
Status
Actions
ENG-21 75
07-27-2018 3:57:48 PM

In Progress
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ENG-2174
07-27-2018 2:20:00 PM
DAN1ELSMITH
Rejected by EPA
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First Name:	Daniel
Last Name:
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Organization Name:
Email Address:
Phone Number:
Extension:
Smith
DANIEL.SMITH
PHE0N1X NATURAL GAS COMPANY
daniel.smithPph0enixga5.com
337-555-9823
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