Office of Transportation and Air
Quality Fuels Registration
(OTAQREG)
How to Register a New Company Under Title 40 CFR
Part 80 in OTAQREG
This job aid is designed to provide a high-level overview of the process for registering a new company underTitle 40 CFR
in OTAQREG so that you can start using the redesigned OTAQREG system as quickly as possible.
Job Aid

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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
For help with these steps, see the documentation on EPA's Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance
Help website:
https://www.epa. gov/fuels-reaistration-reportina-and-compl iance-help
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OTAQ Registration Home Create New Company Associate To Existing Company
Welcome to OTAQReg,
How to create a New
Company Request
Welcome to the OTAQ Fuels Registration application, in order to be EPA compliant you must enter your
Company information. Please choose one of the options below.
i Click Register New Company
Enter the following company information
¦	Company Name
¦	Street Address
¦	Street Address (Line 2)
¦	City
¦	State
Postal Code
¦	Country
Click Continue
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Select this option if your Company has not been registered and
does not have a 4-digit OTAQ ID number

Register New Company
Country:
UNITED STATES
Select this option to search for your Company that has been
registered and has a 4-digit OTAQ ID Number
Search for Existing Company
Company Name and Location
Company Name:
ABC Biodiesel
Street Address:
ABC Biodiesel St
Street Address (Line 2)
City
Arlington
Postal Code:
21212
State:
Virginia
Continue
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v>EPA OTAQ Registration Home Create New Company Associate To Existing Company
Welcome to OTAQ Reg,
How to create a New
Company Request (cont.)
4. Review Company Name and Location
information
If vou are the RCO of the company:
Select Yes for the question "Are you the
Responsible Corporate Officer for this
company?"
Enter RCOTitle
7 Click Save and Continue
If vou are not the RCO of the
company:
Select No for the question "Are you the
Responsible Corporate Officer for this
company?"
Enter RCO Email
10 Click Save and Continue
Home Company Information
Company Name and Location
Note: Address 1 may not be a PO Box. If you are entering an international
address that has no postal code, enter "00000".
Company Name: *
ABC Biodiesel
Street Address: *
ABC Biodiesel St
Street Address (Line 2):
City: *
Arlington
Postal Code: *
21212
State: *
Virginia
Country: *
UNITED STATES
Are you the Responsible Corporate Officer for
comDanv? *
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RCO EmaiT: *
John Sm ith @a bcbiodi esel.
Responsible Corporate Officer (RCO) Information
The responsible corporate officer (RCO) of the company must be an official
officer (President, Vice President, CEO, etc.) or employee (with an appropriate
title) of the company registering who is legally liable for the information
submitted for the company The RCO may not be an agent or third party who is
not directly employed by the company.
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Are you the Responsible Corporate Officer for this
company? *
 Yes
No
RCO CDX User ID: ©
JSmithCDXID
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RCO Title: *
President
RCO Email:
RCO Name:
John Smith
RCO Phone:
2021236666
RCO Fax:
JSmith@abcbiodiesel.com
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No
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How to create a New
Company Request (cont.)
li. Select applicable Program Type and
Business Activities
Click Save and Continue
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Program Type and Busmess Actnvbes
Are you an independent third party that will conduct audits cf renewable fuel production under the Quality
Assurance Plan (QAP) Program?
Are you an independent third party that conducts surveys on behalf of other companies under 40 CFR Part
103*0?
Are you an independent third party that conducts attest audits on behalf of other companies under 40 CFR
Part 1090?
Do you produce or import Gasoline. Reformulated Gasoline, Pentane, Ethanol Denaturant, or Oxygenates; or
do you blend Oxygenates?
Do you produce or import Diesel fuel that is used to power highway vehicles and/or non-road engines and
equipment?
Do you produce, import, export or otherwise handle Renewable Fuels as defined under the Renewable Fuel
Standard Program?
Business Activities For Renev/able Fuel Standard Program Type
Foreign Undenatured Ethanol Producer ©
PADD Importer (Renewable Fuel Importer)
RFS Pathway Petition Submitter (80.141 <5) ©
RIN Owner Only (Blenders, Marketers. Traders) CJ
Renewable Fuel Producer ©
Renewable Fuels Exporter O
Renewable Fuels Importer ©
Small Blender (Blenders in 40 CFR 30.1440) 0
O Yes Cf< No
O Yes
O Yes
No
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Foreign Bond Information
Company Request (cont.)
i Select appropriate Foreign Bond
Information
Click Save and Continue
i< Select appropriate Additional
Company/User Role Associations
Click Save and Continue
Does your company own or operate any foreign facilities? *
Foreign Bond Determination
Gasoline
Renewable Fuel standard
G Yes ® No
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Additional Company/User Role Associations
Will you be viewing RFS RIN transaction via the EMTS application?
Will you ALSO be SUBMITTING RFS RIN transaction via the EMTS application?
Will you be submitting compliance reports and other information on behalf of this company? If you have questions about what these
reports entail, please see the OTAQ help page here.
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Facility Registrations
How to add new facility
i Click Add Facility (if applicable)
Enter facility information
Click Search Facilities
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Show | 10 ' entries
ID	Name
Type	Status
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Location	Actions
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Add Facility
Add Facility
Find Existing Facility
Mease note, the Facility ID criteria searches against FRS Facility IDs, Do not use OTAQReg S-digit reporting IDs in this field,
Bar best results,, please fill in at least two search criteria,
Facility ID
Facility Name
Facility Country
Facility Address
City
State
ZIP Code
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How to add new facility
(cont.)
if no facilities found:
4 Click "Can't find your facility? Click here
to create it" if unable to locate facility
Please proceed to step 8
If facility is found:
Select appropriate facility
Click Proceed with Selection
7 Then click Save Selected Facility
~> Please proceed to step 12
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Add Facility
Add Fadlity
Facility Search Results (0 facilities found)
List View | Map View
Search Criteria: 21212 I ARLINGTON COUNTY
No Facilities Found
Your search criteria did not match any fadlity records. You may return to the 'Find Existing facility' form, and refine your search, by dicking the 'Change' button. If the fadlity
doesn't exist, you may create a fadlity by didfcing the 'Can't find your facility? Click here to create it' link.
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in't find your fadlity? Pick here to create it
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Add Facility
Add Facility
Facility Search Results (1 facility found)
Search Criteria: ABC BIODIESEL | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. | 21212
Rlter:
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Proceed with Selection
Can't find your facility? dick here to create it
Save Selected Facility
List View | Map View
Export Options
EPA Registry ID
Fadlity Name
u
Facility Address
EPA
Programs
Reporting
Alternate EPA Registry
IDs/Program IDs
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999983157310
ABC BIODIESEL
111 ABC BIODIESEL ST
ARLINGTON, VA 21212
ARLINGTON COUNTY
OTAQREG
OTAQREG10034140
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How to add new facility
(cont.)
Enter the following facility information
¦	Facility Name
Facility Address
¦	Select appropriate answer for the
question "Is Mailing Address
Same as Facility Address"
Click Map Facility
10. Click Submit
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Add Facility
Add Facility
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Create Facility
< Back to Search Results
facility Name
AEC Bfctfiesel
Facility Address
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
111 ABC Bfodiesel St
Address 2
Arlington
VA
~ 21212
ARLINGTON COUNTY
Coordinates
|Latitude
Longitude
Is Mailing Address Same as Facility Address?
® Yes O No

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Add Facility
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How to add new facility
(cont.)
n. Click Save Selected Facility
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Add Facility Unsaved Facility
Selected Facility (1 unsaved facility)
< Add Another Facility
List View | Hap View
Clicking the "Save Selected Facility' button saves the facility you have selected in the current session so it is available to you the next time you log in. You may view a facility's details by
dicking the View/Edit Details' link on the table view or the 'Details' button on the map view. You may also remove a facility by clicking the 'Remove' link or button for that facility.
Please note that a facility with insufficient location information may not appear on the map view,
Filter:
Export Options
EPA Registry ID Q
Program ID Q
Facility Name
Facility Address

Pending
Pending
ABC BIODIESEL
111 ABC BIODIESEL ST
ARLINGTON, VA 21212
ARLINGTON COUNTY
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Facility Name and Location
Facility Contact Information
How to add new facility
(cont.)
Enter the following Facility Contact
Information
¦	Name
¦	Title
¦	Phone
¦	Email
Click Save and Continue
Steps continue on next slide...
Note: Address 1 may not be a PO Box. If you are entering an international
address that has no postal code, enter "00000"
Facility Name:
ABC BIOOIESEL
Street Address:
111 ABC BIODIESEL ST
Street Address (Line 2):
City:	State:
ARLINGTON	VA
Postal Code:	Country:
91,17	UNITED STATES
Please provide the Contact Name, Title. Email and Phone number as
described in 80.76
Name: *
John Smith
Title: *	Phone: *
Manager	2026661666
Email: *	Fax:
jsmith@abcbiodiesel. com
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| I Facility Program Types and Activities
How to add new facility
(cont.)
14 Select applicable Facility Program Types
arid Activities
Click Save and Continue
Select applicable Facility Record
Storage option
Click Save & Continue
18	Select applicable Renewable Facility
Information
19	Click Save and Continue
Does this facility produce or import Gasoline, Reformulated Gasoline, Pentane, Certified Ethanol Denaturant,
Oxygenates, or renewable fuel (such as Ethanol), or blend Oxygenates (such as Ethanol)? *
Business Activities For Gas/Ethanol Program Type
Ethanol Producer o
Renewable Fuel Producer ©
Does this facility produce or import Diesel fuel that is used to power highway vehicles and/or non-road
engines and equipment, including renewable diesel fuel (such as Biodiesel)? *
«' Yes o No
O Yes ® No
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Facility Record Storage
Are facility records stored on-site, off-site, or both as defined in 80.76?
On-Site?
Off-Site?
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2 ?1 Renewable Facility Information
Renewable Facility - GHG Threshold Information
The activities previously selected require that you register a Renewable Facility. Please provide the information requested below, and subsequent pages.
Is this facility subject to the 20% GHG Threshold as referenced in 80.1403?
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Add new fuel pathway
i Click Add RFS Pathway
2. Enter the following pathway information:
¦	Fuel Code
¦	Process Code
¦	Feedstock Code(s)
Fuel Type Code
¦	Co-Product Code(s), as
applicable
Enter capacity
Click Add FFARs Product (as applicable)
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Facility Pathways
Add RFS Pathway
? pathways
Show 10
Pathway Information
Fuel Code: *
Biodiesel (EV 1.5) (20)
Process Code: *
Trarisesterification, Dedicated Renewable Biomass Facility (180)
Feedstock Codes: *
* Biogenic Waste Oils/Fats/Greases (160) - Animal fat / Tallow
Fuel Type Code: *
Biomass-based Diesel (D4)
Co-Product Codes:
Select a CoProduct Code...
Permitted Capacity (gallons):
Actual Peak Capacity (gallons):

100
Nameplate Capacity (gallons):
Siogas/Electricity - Contracted Volume (gallons):





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Add new fuel
pathway (cont.)
Select Product Type
6 Enter FFARs ID or Product Name
Click Search
8 Click Select
g Click Save
Pathway Information
FFARS Product Search
Product Type: * • Fuel Additive
r
FFARS
ID:

FFARS Product
Name:
product
Please select your registered product from the search results below. If your product is not yet registered, you will need to register
the product first and edit this pathway's information once your new company registration has been approved.
Show 10 ~ entries
Filter Fuels/Additives:
FFARS ID H Product Name
Actions
535411111

535411411
Select
550211113
Select
550211412
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Select
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Review and submit request
Click Save and Review
If vou are the RCO of the company:
2 Click Sign and Submit
If vou are not the RCO of the
company:
Click Submit and Notify RCO
If you are the RCO, continue to next slide for
instructions...
Facility Registrations






Show 10 * entries



Filter Facilities
ID
Name
Type
Status
Location
Actions
OTAQREG10034140
ABC BIODIESEL
• Gas/Ethanol
New
111 ABC BIODIESEL ST
ARLINGTON. VA 21212
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Request History



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Date/Time
Description

12/17/2018 3:07 PM
Request Status changed from NONE to Draft by GUCHENWU_RCO.

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Review and submit
request(cont-)
Click Accept
Use the eSignature Widget to sign the
request
The request will appear in the My
Pending Requests section of your home
page with the status Awaiting Initial
Review
You will receive an email notification when
EPA reviews and activates the request.
I certify, under penalty of law that the information provided in
this document is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, true,
accurate, and complete. I am aware that there are significant
penalties for submitting false information, including the
possibility of fines and imprisonment for knowing violations.
eSignalure Widget
1. Authentication
Log into CDX
User:
JSmithCDXID
Password:
Show Password U
Welcome
2. Verification
Question:
What is the first and middle name of
your oldest sibling?
Answer:
3. Sign File
Show Answer J
Correct Answer
My Pending Requests

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