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Pesticide Data Submitters List (PDSL)

Introduction | PDSL Files | How to Use the PDSL | Explanations of Codes | Error Corrections

Introduction

The Pesticide Data Submitters List is a compilation of names and addresses of registrants who wish to be notified and offered compensation for use of their data. It was developed to assist pesticide applicants in fulfilling their obligation as required by sections 3(c)(1)(f) and 3(c)(2)(D) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and 40 CFR Part 152 sub part E regarding ownership of data used to support registration.

All pesticides sold or distributed in the United States must be registered by EPA, based on scientific studies showing that they can be used without posing unreasonable risks to people or the environment. When applying for registration of a pesticide product, a registrant may develop and submit the required data, cite all previously submitted data, or cite selected data. When an applicant cites data previously submitted by another pesticide registrant, the applicant must make a valid offer to pay compensation to the owner of that data. The Data Submitters List contains the names and addresses of companies who submitted data relating to certain pesticide chemicals who wish to receive such offers.

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PDSL Files (Current Edition: March 31, 2008)

Note: All file sizes provided below are approximations.

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How to Use the PDSL

The listing consists of two files: DSLMAIN.PDF is a sequential list of data submitters sorted by chemical code number. DSLCHEM.PDF is an index to the chemical code numbers arranged alphabetically by chemical name.

Since many chemical names are too long to be handled easily, the Agency has assigned a chemical code number for every active chemical ingredient. This six-digit number (including zeroes) appears under the heading "code number" to the left of the chemical name in file DSLCHEM.PDF. The user should determine the code for a particular chemical from this list and then look in the DSLMAIN.PDF file for that particular chemical code.

DSLMAIN.PDF is a sequential list by chemical code of all companies who have submitted data concerning that particular chemical since December 31, 1969. If a chemical does not appear on the sequential list, it is an indication that (a) no data have been submitted for that active ingredient since December 31, 1969, or (b) data submitters have asked to have their names withdrawn from the listing so that no correspondence regarding compensation would be sent to them.

Explanations of Codes

In the DSLMAIN.PDF file, the type of data is indicated by 'XX' under one of the following codes: EU, AT, EC, FW, EF, or OT. The codes indicate the types of data involved. An explanation of these codes follows:

EU  indicates exclusive use - Where new chemical (new active ingredients) have been registered since September 30, 1978, the listing designates the applicable data as "exclusive use data" in accordance with section 3(c)(1)(D)(i) of FIFRA. The requestor must write directly to the submitter listed for written permission to use the data.
AT  indicates that the applicant has submitted acute toxicity data where the substance tested was a formulated end-use product rather than a technical grade or manufacturing-use product (including acute oral, dermal, inhalation, primary eye and dermal sensitization).
EC  indicates that the data submitter has submitted environmental chemistry field studies where the substance tested was required to be the formulated end-use product rather than a technical grade of manufacturing-use product.
EF  indicates that the data submitter has submitted efficacy data.
FW  indicates that the data submitter has submitted fish and wildlife field studies, where the substance tested was required to be a formulated end-use product rather than a technical grade or manufacturing-use product.
OT  indicates that the data submitter has submitted other data, which may be product or residue chemistry, subacute and chronic toxicity data, acute toxicity data using a technical or manufactur- ing-use product, and/or other fish and wildlife and environmental chemistry studies than set forth above.

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Error Corrections

If users find an error or omission in the updated list, they should notify the Agency in writing of the error and what corrections are necessary. Please address such corrections to:

John Jamula (jamula.john@epa.gov)
Information Technology and Resource Management Division
Office of Pesticide Programs (7504P)
Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20460
Ph: 703-305-6426
Fax: 703-305-7670

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