Office ofTransportation andAir How to Enable RCO E-Signature Capabilities in Quality Fuels Registration OTAQREG (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. 

Before you begin: 

JobAid 

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 of a registered company with a 4-digit EPA 

Company ID in CDX OTAQREG 

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 

EPA-420-B-18-033 

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How to Enable RCO E-SignatureCapabilities 

in OTAQREG 

1. Login to the Central Data Exchange (CDX): https://cdx.epa.gov/ 

 If you do not have a CDX account, you must create one before 

continuing this process. To watch a short tutorial on registering with 

CDX, see the following URL: https://www.epa.gov/fuels-registrationreporting-and-compliance-help/tutorial-creating-cdx-account 

2. Click Fuels Programs Registration 

3. OTAQREG will attempt to match the email associated with your CDX 

account to the email addresses of registered RCOs. All registered 

companies with your email address entered in the RCO information 

will appear on your Home screen. 

4. If a company for which you are the RCO is NOT displayed on your 

Home screen, then the email address you registered with CDX does 

NOT match the email address entered in the RCO information for that 

company in OTAQREG.You must associate your CDX email with the 

company in OTAQREG. (Continue to Step 5 on next page.) 

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&EPA OTAQ Registration Home Create New Company Associate To Existing Company 

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. 

Select this option if your Company has not been registered and 

does not have a 4-digit OTAQ ID number 

Search Results 

Show 10 • entries 

Company Id 

1226 

Register New Company 

Company Name and Location 

Company Name: 

My Registered Company 

Street Address: 

123 Main St. 

Street Address (Line 2): 

City: 

Anywhere 

Postal Code: 

00000 

Country: 

UNITED STATES 

h Company Name 

My Registered Company 

Select this option to search for your Company that has been 

registered and has a 4-digit OTAQ ID Number 

Search for Existing Company 

State: 

G 1abama 

Search 

Address 

123 Main St. 

Anywhere, AL 00000 

Filter Companies 

Actions 

Select 

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How to Enable RCO E-SignatureCapabilities 

in OTAQREG (cont.) 

5. To associate your CDX ID with a registered company and enable your 

RCO e-signature capabilities, click Associate to Company. 

6. Enter the company name and location and click Search 

7. Locate your company, and click Select in the Actions column 

Steps continue on next slide...

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Do you want to request a change in this company's Responsible Corporate Officer? 

Are you the Responsible Corporate Officer for this company? * 

Reason for Change: • 

Comments: • 

Current RCO Information 

RCO CDX User ID: 8 

DARREN.ALDERMAN 

RCO Title: 

coo 

RCO Email: 

current.rco@test.com 

RCO Name: 

Darren Alderman 

RCO Phone: 

3378675309 

RCO Fax: 

New RCO Information 

RCO CDX User ID: 8 

NEWRCO.USERID 

RCO Title: * 

CEO 

RCO Email: 

new.rco@test.com 

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RCO Name: 

Your Name Here 

RCO Phone: 

3185309867 

RCO Fax: 

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in OTAQREG (cont.) 

8. Answer Yes for the question “Do you want to request a change in this

company's Responsible Corporate Officer?”

9. Answer Yes to the question “Are you the Responsible Corporate

Officer for this company?”

10.Enter the email address that is registered with CDX 

11.Click Save and Continue 

12.Select Other (No Engineering Review) in the Reason for Change field 

13.Add comment 

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14.Click Sign and Submit 

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We have a new RCO. 

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My Pending Requests 

Show 10 " entries 

Request ID Request Type 

RCO-4761 Update RCO 

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. 

Request Subject 

new.rco@test.com 

eSignature 1/1/iclget 

1. Authentication 

Log into COX 

User: 

DARREN.ALDERMAN 

Password: 

Show Password B 

welcome Darren Alderman 

Submitted By 

DARREN.ALDERMAN 

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2. Verification 

Question: 

What was your first pet's name? 

Answer: 

Show Answer E3 

Correct Answer 

3. Sign File 

Filter Requests: new.rec 

Date Last Updated lf Status 

06/12/2018 

How to Enable RCO E-SignatureCapabilities 

in OTAQREG (cont.) 

15.Click Accept 

16.Use the eSignature Widget to sign the request 

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17. 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. 

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