Office of Transportation and Air
Quality Fuels Registration
(OTAQREG)

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How to Register a New Company as Initial
Registration Submissions

This job aid is designed to provide a high-level overview of the process for registering a new company as Initial
Registration Submissions in OTAQREG so that you can start using the new functionality as quickly as possible.

The Initial Registration Submissions business activity is intended for use by companies that will need to securely submit
additional registration documentation (e.g. renewable fuel producers, biointermediate producers) before registering with
their ultimate business activities.

Before you begin:

l. You must have a Central Data Exchange (CDX) account

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. qov/fuels-reqistration-reportinq-and-compl iance-help

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How to Register a New
Company as Initial
Registration Submissions

Associate To Existing Company

Welcome to OTAQReg,

Click Create 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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How to Register a New
Company as Initial
Registration Submissions

Review Company Name arid Location

information

If you are the RCO of the company:

Answer Yes to question "Are you the
Responsible Corporate Officer for this
company?"

Enter RCO Title

Click Save and Continue

Company Name and Location

Note: Address must be a street address and not a PO box. If you are entering
an international address that has no postal code, enter "00000" for Postal
Code.

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Company Name *

Company Name Inc
Street Address: *

123 Main St

Street Address (Line 2):

City: *	State/Province: *

I Fairfax	| Virginia	*»¦

Postal Code: * Country: *

| 22030	| | UNITED STATES

If you are not the RCO of the company:

Answer No to question "Are you the
Responsible Corporate Officer for this
company?"

9 Enter RCO Email

10, Click Save and Continue

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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 @ Yes Q No

RCO CDX User ID: ©

RCO Name:

UserJD

First Last

RCO Title: *

RCO Phone:

1 Title

(123) 456-7890

RCO Email: *

RCO Fax:

First. Last@company.com



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
ompany? #



O Yes © No

RCO Email: *

First.Last@company.com

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11 Answer Yes to question "Are you required
to submit Engineering Reviews (ER) via
ER Webforrn and/or documents via
DCFuels in order to register your
company activities?"

Click Save & Continue

Answer as appropriate to question "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."

1 z Click Save & Continue

Program Type and Business Activities





Are you required to submit Engineering Reviews (ER) via ER Webform and/or documents via DCFuels in O Yes O No



M Back I i Save Save & Continue N

Additional Company/User Role Associations

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.





M Back 1

± Save

Save & Continue H

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How to Register a New
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Registration Submissions

15- Review the Company Request

If you are the RCO of the company:
16 Click Sign and Submit

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Company Request

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Request Information

Request ID: COM-32055

Created On: 08/23/2022

Request Type: New Company

Modified On: 08/23/2022

Request Status: Draft

Requestor ID: User J D

Company Name: Company Name Inc [1234]

Requestor Name: First Last

Submission: Initial



Requested Company Details







Company ID: 1839

City: Fairfax



Company Name: Company Name Inc [1234]

State: VA



Street Address: 123 Main St

Postal Code: 22030



Street Address 2:

Country: US



If you are not the RCO of the company:

Click Submit and Notify RCO

The request will appear in the My Requests
section of your home page with the status
Awaiting RCO Signature

K Home Page H Back X Cancel

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Request
Request ID Type

Request Subject

Submitted By

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Date Last jf
Updated	Status

COM-32056 New Company Company Name Inc -1234

User ID

08/23/2022 Awaiting RCO Signature

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If you are the RCO of the company (cont'dh
ig Click Accept

20,Use the eSignature Widget to sign the
request

21 The request will appear in the My
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.

eSignature Widget

1. Authentication
Log into CDX
User:

UserJD

Password:

Show Password

2. Verification
Question:

What Is your favorite movie?
Answer:

3. Sign File

Show Answer y

Correct Answer

My Requests

Pending Withdrawn Rejected
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Request 10

* COM-238

Request Type

New Company

Request Subject
Company Name Inc

Submitted By
User ID

Filter Requests:

Date Last Updated

04/07/2020

I: Status

Awaiting Initial
Review

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