Form 3520-12 CDX

Office of Transportation and Air
Quality Fuels Registration
(OTAQREG)

How to Add a New Fuel or Fuel Additive Product
under 40 CFR Part 79 in OTAQREG
This job aid is designed to provide a high-level overview of this task so that you can start using the redesigned OTAQREG
system as quickly as possible.

Job Aid

Before you begin:
1.

You must have a Central Data Exchange (CDX) account

2. You must be logged into the CDX OTAQREG program service
3.

You must be the Responsible Corporate Officer or a delegated user of a registered company
with a 4-digit EPA Company ID

4. You must have the Fuel Product and Additive Editor role
For help with these steps, see the documentation on EPA’s Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance
Help website:
https://www.epa.gov/fuels-registration-reporting-and-compliance-help

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EPA-420-B-21-017
April 2021

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Initiate the Request
1. Click the Company ID

My Companies

2. Select Manage Fuel and Additive

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Products
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Company ID
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Company Name
Test Biodiesel Manufacturer Company

Vieiu Compillly lnfonnalion
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Man age User Associalioos,

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Address

My Roles

123 Main Street,

• Company Editor

Anywhere , AL 12345, US

• RCO
• Fuel Product And Additive
Editor

Edil Oornpanry ln.fcmnation
Edil Program Types an:d Aclivities

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Ma:nage Reports
RCO Updale Rent by We ight lowest

IPerc.ent lby Weight Hi'gllest

Perot.>nt by Weight Average

tllethocl of A nrivati on i nform ati on p rovide<:!?

If no cl.aim is ma1: , tt e ic formalior. may be maa:, avail.able to lhe pub K>without furtlt:,r ootice.
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Add Small Business
Provisions and Grouping
Information

Certain sma b ~si esses q alif!{ for e:iremi::io s from he
-effects ies 9 requiremei;1s. [f you believe you may qualify as a small business, please ind.cate it belOY1 so
ttat 111e ma.y de,enmine if:rau quaflfy for tte Small B ~• ess Provision. a.s described in 40 CF~ Part 71l.5&.

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Is, thi s f uel re,gis lra ti m1 far a smal l bu sin es s? •

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1. Answer Yes or No to Small Business
Provisions

Grouping Information

2. Answer Yes or No to Grouping
Information

lfyou do oot q afrt1 foT a sma] uco· ;;,ss provision, you musi be a memba- of a :es · -~ group ap opria .e for ~·our fael or eatable of s ppying the appropriate ealtt­
effects tes'. irforma.oon, as require:! y 40 C.CR "'art 711.56.

3. Select Yes agree to CBI statement
4. Click Save & Continue

Are you a member of a tes!i ri g group?

If you do oot qilalify as a sm

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ropria1e hea 1h-efecls est in'ormation.

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Confide 1ial Business Information

Do :,011 ass.ert a co11fiden liialily cl aim on the Grnup[ng in formation provided?'

lf no olaim is ma1re, tJ-. e informaoor. may be made availa.ble to ,he pub ic: without f rtner notice_

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Fuel arid Fuel Addilive Plrodu:ct Managernet1I

Fuel arid Fuel Additive Products

Fuel Products

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3. Enter the Commercial Name into the
Name field

Additive Informa~on

Commarc·- 1Name(s)

4. Answer Yes or No to Primary Name
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5. Select the Method of Use

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Aerosol

Fuel yp:5.

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2. Provide Concentration Information
3. Select CBI Information
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Ethanol l>esi'!)n atio n:

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Fuel Su type

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BaseHne Gasd[ne 0

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.,,a age Additives for Company Test Part 19 [13-118]

Add Additive Registration

Chemical Comll"', - io

Chermcal Composiion

Add the Chemical
Composition

P ":"a se prO"rd-: 1he info rmation reque.s ~ed belcw,. lf tti e chemical CO'Tlposriion of a.r:y additi -ve listed below is not kr own, full disc losure of th e chemical process of manufa cture
must be attache-o, as required by 40 C"R Part 79 21

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Confide :ial Busine.;;s Information

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Additive Information

M anageAdditives for Company Test Part 79 [13.88]

AadAdditive Registratior

A.dditi

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.~I Fuel A.dd -'.ive In ·ormation

Additional Additive I nfonnatioo

Im • ri ties

If any imi:,urity preseni r :he add1ive c mently be

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2. Select CBI Information

Confide :ial Business Information

3. Answer Analytical Technique

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an dfor meas111re i ls c o noonkalio rn i n Elca,s,o li n e and/o r d iesel tuel. as req,ui re-d by 40 CFR Part 79.21 ?

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Confide ;ial Business Information

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on t he Ana lytica I iech n iq u e i nfor matio n pro'ii dedr?

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Additive Information

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Do you h aYe any inform aticm ~vetoped by ar foryou concerni n'l!J ·11te m echall'lisms o,f ac.tion ofthis f ue!I
additive ; reactia ns betw-n fui-s fuel addit ive an d gasolin e am!for diesel ruel; the iden ofieailion and
measurement of the emission produ cts af fflti s. tu~ a.d'd il ive w he,n u sed i n gasolin e andla r dj ese,I fu el; lite
effects of thi s. fuel addit ive 0 11 all emissions; t he toxi city and any other publ ic h eallh or welfar e effe,cls of
Ille emission prod 11cts orthl s fuel add ilive; andfor Ille effects. of t he em is s.ion pro duels an the
perfor m a nee oI emrs.sio n carn tta I devices or s.-ystem s?

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1. Answer Mechanism of Action

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Rela : ling I forma,io

Is, t hi s addi tive a r elabe l of an addi tive c urrent ly reg;istere,cl under 40 CFR Part 79 ?·

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