5900-318 Gasoline Sulfur Allotment Transfer/Conversion Report

OMB Control No. 2060-0437

Expires April 30, 2014

Company Gasoline Sulfur Annual Report Instructions

Gasoline Sulfur Allotment Transfer/Conversion Report

Report Form ID: GSC0200

Use Overhead ID: OH-GSC01

A company must submit a separate Allotment Transfer/Conversion Report for each transaction of allotments it conducts during a given averaging period. Also, a single transaction may be of only one allotment type for a single creation year.

No.	Field Name	Units	Field Formats, Codes, & Special Instructions
6.	Creation Year		YYYY; Number. The year the original allotments were generated.
7.	A/C Type		AAA; Character. Allotment/Credit (A/C) Type. Enter the appropriate allotment description code from the following list. AA0: original Type A allotment AA1: Type A allotment transferred once AA2: Type A allotment transferred twice AB0: original Type B allotment AB1: Type B allotment transferred once AB2: Type B allotment transferred twice Sellers – enter the allotment description code which describes the allotments as you had owned them. Buyers – increment the allotment description code to the next value; the value as you will own them. (e.g. if you purchased 10 AB0 allotments, you will own them as 10 AB1 allotments)
8.	Transaction Date		MM/DD/YYYY; Character. The date the allotment transaction was completed.
9.	Transaction Type		AAA; Character. Indicate whether you are the buyer (receiver) or the seller (source) of allotments in this transaction. BUY: buyer (receiver) SEL: seller (source)
10.	Transaction Quantity	ppm- gallons	999999999999; Number. Allotments involved in the transaction.
11.	Partner CoID		AAAA; Character. The Company ID for the entity you have conducted the transaction with.

12.

Partner FacID

AAAAA; Character. The Facility ID for the entity you have conducted the transaction with. Fill with ‘00000' unless converting allotments into credits. Then use the appropriate Facility ID.

Electronic Submission Sample Record: GSC0200,O,02/21/2001,2000,1234,2000,AB1,09/14/2000,BUY,50000,9876,00000

Examples:

1. Transfer of allotments from one company to another.

Company 1111 transfers 5000, 2004, Type A original (AA0) allotments to company 2222 on March 28, 2005. Following are samples of GSC0200 -- Gasoline Sulfur Allotment Transfer/Conversion Reports for the transaction described.

Company 1111

GSC0200,O,02/23/2006,2005,1111,2004,AA0,03/28/2005,SEL,5000,2222,00000

Company 2222

GSC0200,O,02/23/2006,2005,2222,2004,AA1,03/28/2005,BUY,5000,1111,00000

In addition to the GSC0200 reports, the companies would also reflect the transfer of allotments in GSC0100, Gasoline Sulfur Allotment Banking Reports. The banking report, however, would report the net result of all transactions, by allotment type and creation date, that took place over the entire averaging period.

2. Convert allotments into credits.

Company 1111 converts 10000, 2003, Type A original (AA0) allotments into credits assigned to facility 12345 on July 4, 2005. The company would submit a GSC0200 -- Gasoline Sulfur Allotment Transfer/Conversion Report while the facility would submit a GSF0200 Gasoline Sulfur Credit Transfer/Conversion Report. Following is the sample company report.

Company 1111

GSC0200,O,02/19/2006,2005,1111,2003,AA0,07/04/2005,SEL,10000,1111,12345

Facility 12345

See the corresponding facility report example with form GSF0200.

In addition to the GSC0200 and GSF0200 reports, the company and facility would also reflect the conversion of allotments into credits in the GSC0100, Gasoline Sulfur Allotment Banking Report and GSF0100, Gasoline Sulfur Credit Banking & Allotment Generation Report respectively. The

banking reports, however, would report the net result of all transactions, by allotment/credit type and creation date, that took place over the entire averaging period.

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EPA Form 5900-318

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