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Register or Update a Fuel or Fuel Additive
Request under 40 CFR Part 79
On this page:
Required Systems
Step 1: Check if your Company under 40 CFR Part 80 is registered in OTAQREG
Step 2: Register as a New User
Step 3: Register or Update a Company in OTAQREG
Step 4: Create, Update or Deactivate a Fuel Product
Step 5: Add Facility Information

Required Systems
The Part 79 Fuels Program requires the use of the following registration
system:
OTAQREG: Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ) Fuels
Registration

Related Topics
FFARS Guidelines

System Updates for Fuels Registration

Registered Companies and
Facilities in Part 80 Fuels
Programs

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Step 1: Check if your Company
under 40 CFR Part 80 is
registered in OTAQREG

1. Check the Registered Companies and Facilities
List
To check if your company is already registered in OTAQREG under Part
80, please see a list of registered companies here:
https://www.epa.gov/fuels-registration-reporting-and-compliance-

Diesel Fuel Standards

Part 80 Pending Registration
List

Help Topics

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Job Aids for OTAQREG

Responsible Corporate Officers (RCOs) of companies
Users delegated by an RCO to view or submit registration or reporting
data within the EPA system
Note: If you are already associated to a registered company in OTAQREG,
please go to Step 3: Add or Update a Company in OTAQREG, line item 1.

1. Create a CDX Account and Complete an
Electronic Signature Agreement
All EPA Fuels Program registration and reporting systems are accessed
through the Central Data Exchange (CDX).

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System Updates for Fuels
Registration

FFARs Guidelines

For instructions on how to create a CDX Account, see: Creating a CDX Account

2. Associate your CDX Account to a company in OTAQREG
For existing companies, new users can request a “user association." For instructions on creating a user association, see:
How to Become a Delegated User of a Registered Company in OTAQREG (PDF) (4 pp, 609 K, June 2018, EPA-420-B-18032)
If you cannot find your company in OTAQREG, please see Step 3: Add or Update a Company in OTAQREG, line item 1.

Step 3: Register or Update a Company in OTAQREG
Companies that must be registered include:
Producers, importers, and exporters of:
Renewable Fuels (as defined under the Renewable Fuel Standard Program)

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Producers or importers of:
Gasoline, Reformulated Gasoline, Pentane, Ethanol Denaturant, or Oxygenates
Diesel fuel that is used to power highway vehicles and/or non-road engines and equipment
Renewable Identification Number (RIN) marketers and traders (under the Renewable Fuel Standard Program)
Oxygenate blenders
Independent laboratories
Independent third-party companies that conduct audits of renewable fuel production under the Quality Assurance Plan
(QAP) Program

1. Follow instructions in appropriate job aid based on Step 1
If your company is already registered in OTAQREG, see How to Associate a 40 CFR Part 79 Company to a 40 CFR Part 80
and/or 1090 Company in OTAQREG (PDF) (9 pp, 521 K, April 2021, EPA-420-B-21-018)
Once your company is associated in OTAQREG, you must update your roles in order to make changes under 40 CFR
Part 79. See How to Edit Delegated User Roles in OTAQREG (PDF) (7 pp, 383 K, December 2020, EPA-420-B-20-061)
If your company is NOT registered in OTAQREG, see How to Register a New Company Subject to 40 CFR Part 79 & 40 CFR
Part 80 and/or 1090 in OTAQREG (PDF) (9 pp, 619 K, April 2021, EPA-420-B-21-020)

Step 4: Create, Update or Deactivate a Fuel or Fuel
Additive Product
Create a New Fuel or Fuel Additive Request in OTAQREG
For fuel or fuel additive manufacturers submitting a new fuel or fuel additive request in OTAQREG, see How to Add a
New Fuel or Fuel Additive Product in OTAQREG (PDF) (24 pp, 1 MB, April 2021, EPA-420-B-21-017)

Update a Fuel or Fuel Additive Product in OTAQREG
For fuel or fuel additive manufacturers submitting an update request to a fuel or fuel additive product in OTAQREG,
see How to Update a Fuel or Fuel Additive Product in OTAQREG (PDF) (24 pp, 1 MB, April 2021, EPA-420-B-21-021)

Deactivate a Fuel or Fuel Additive Product in OTAQREG
For fuel or fuel additive manufacturers submitting a deactivation request for a fuel or fuel additive product in
OTAQREG, see How to Deactivate a Fuel Product in OTAQREG (PDF) (5 pp, 284 K, April 2021, EPA-420-B-21-019)

Step 5: Add Facility Information
If Applicable, Add New Facility Information in OTAQREG
For fuel manufacturers adding new facility information into OTAQREG, see Page 6 in, How to Register a New
Company under 40 CFR Part 80 in OTAQREG (PDF) (15 pp, 892 K, December 2020, EPA-420-B-20-058)

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