Assigning Agents

An Agent is someone authorized to act on behalf of a Primary Representative or an Alternate Representative. Agents can be given the following varying levels of authority, and a person may be designated as more than one type of Agent. In addition, a Representative may assign more than one person the same Agent type.

CAMD encourages representatives to use the CAMD Business System (CBS) to assign and/or remove ECMPS agents.

However, if they choose to use the paper form to assign or remove ECMPS agents, they MUST attach a CBS-generated list of Facilities and Units to which the agent type applies. We are requiring that they generate the list from CBS to avoid Plant Code and Unit ID discrepancies. The CBS-generated list includes 'Select All' and 'Remove All' options, as well as a full list of facilities and units assigned to a specific representative. This list must be printed, and the checkboxes must be checked manually. If the list of Facilities and Units is not attached to the form when CAMD receives it, the ECMPS agents cannot be assigned. See instructions for Agent Assignment Form PDF (5 pp., 31 K, About PDF) | Word (5 pp., 75 K) for more details.

Types of Agents

Source Management - An Agent who is given the authority to perform the following using the CAMD Business System (CBS): exempt units from programs (new and retired unit exemptions); add or edit facility, unit, owner, operator, representative information (Certificates of Representation); provide facility contact information; or assist with issues relating to the applicability of a unit to a given program.

Allowance Trading - An Agent who has the authority to perform allowance transfers using CBS.

General Account Management - An Agent who is given the authority to perform the following using CBS: add or edit account information for existing general accounts, representative and binding party information; or add a new general account.

Compliance - An Agent who is given the authority to perform the following annual compliance-related tasks using CBS: submit annual compliance certifications (if required); submit allowance deduction information; and submit common stack allowance deduction information.

Retrieve Monitoring Plan, QA and Emissions Data - An Agent who has the authority to retrieve monitoring plan, QA and emissions data from the EPA host system, and load it into their Emissions Collection and Monitoring Plan System (ECMPS) Client Tool. Retrieve agents have access to all facilities and units for a representative, since they are only able to retrieve data from the EPA host system, but CANNOT submit to the EPA host system.

Submit Monitoring Plan Data - An Agent who has the authority to submit monitoring plan data from the ECMPS Client Tool up to the EPA host system, for all units for which that responsibility has been assigned.

Submit Monitoring Plan and QA Data - An Agent who has the authority to submit monitoring plan and QA data from the ECMPS Client Tool up to the EPA host system, for all units for which that responsibility has been assigned. If you assign a person as a Submit Monitoring Plan and QA Data agent, you do not need to also assign the person as a Submit Monitoring Plan Data agent.

Submit Monitoring Plan, QA and Emissions Data - An Agent who has the authority to submit monitoring plan, QA and emissions data from the ECMPS Client Tool up to the EPA host system, for all units for which that responsibility has been assigned. If you assign a person as a Submit Monitoring Plan, QA, and Emissions Data agent, you do not need to also assign the person as a Submit Monitoring Plan Data or Submit Monitoring Plan and QA Data agent.

Note that the Primary Representative is legally responsible for actions taken by his/her Agents or actions taken by Agents of the Alternate Representative.