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Pesticide News Story: EPA Electronic Dockets Move to new Federal-wide Electronic Docket System
For Release: November 23, 2005
EPA’s electronic public docket and comment system, EDOCKET, is being replaced by an enhanced federal government-wide electronic docket management and comment system, the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS). This new system provides public access to federal regulatory information by providing a one-stop, Internet site for the public to search, view, download, and submit comments on all federal rulemakings and selected non-rulemaking materials.
During the transition from EDOCKET to the new system, the public may not have access to EPA dockets through the Internet for the next few days. If docket materials are not available on the Internet, you should refer to the relevant Federal Register document for information on viewing docket materials at EPA's docket facility. You should also refer to the relevant Federal Register document for information on alternative methods of submitting comments and for information about contacting the appropriate EPA docket facility.
After EPA completes the transition to the federal-wide system, go to www.regulations.gov to access EPA dockets. Using the "advanced docket search" option, first narrow your search by selecting "EPA" under the "Agency" field, and then you can locate the EPA docket using the Docket ID number identified in the relevant Federal Register document, as well as other key information. Follow the on-line instructions to access this docket, view documents in the docket, and/or submit comments.
Links to EDOCKET from current Web pages will be redirected to the new system as of Monday, November 28.