Proposed Rule to Require Electronic Reporting for Sections 4, 5, 8(a), and 8(d) of TSCA

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Overview
Data Requirements Subject to the Proposed Rule
How You Would Report: CDX and the CISS Reporting Tool
Resources
1. CDX and E-reporting for TSCA Section 4

Overview

On April 13, 2012, EPA proposed a rule to require electronic reporting (55 p., 192 kb.) About PDF)of certain information submitted to the Agency under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Sections 4, 5 8(a) and 8(d). The proposed rule follows two recent rules requiring similar electronic reporting of information submitted to EPA (for Chemical Data Reporting and for Pre-Manufacture Notifications), and is intended to save time, improve data quality and increase efficiency.

Specifically, the proposed rule would require electronic submission of data and other information for:

TSCA Section 4 Test Rules
TSCA Section 5 Notices of Commencement of Manufacture or Import (“NOCs”) and support documents
TSCA Section 8(a) Preliminary Assessment Information Rule (PAIR), and
TSCA Section 8(d) Health and Safety Studies

Data Requirements Subject to the Proposed Rule

Under the proposal, electronic reporting would be required for the following information:

Section 4 Test Rules

Study plans
Study results
Letters of intent to conduct testing
Extension requests
Modification requests
Exemption requests
Hearing requests
Dioxins/Furans Form (PDF) (9 p., 409 kb.) About PDF)

Section 4 Enforceable Consent Agreements (ECA):

Study plans
Reports
Modification of study plans
Modification of test schedules

Section 5 Notices of Commencement of Manufacture or Import (“NOCs”) and support documents

Correspondence
Amendments
Test data

Section 8(a) Preliminary Assessment Information

Manufacturer’s Report Form 7710-35

Section 8(d) Health and Safety Studies:

Full study reports
Ongoing studies
Initiated studies
Robust summaries
Studies previously sent to other federal agencies without confidentiality claims
Requests for extension of time
Requests for withdrawal of a chemical from a rule

How You Would Report: CDX and the CISS Reporting Tool

Under the proposed rule, submitters would be required to:

First register to use EPA's agencywide Chemical Data Exchange (CDX) portal for submitting information in a secure manner

Helpful Hints for CDX Registration and Submission of the e-reporting (PDF) (10 p., 41 kb.) About PDF)
Register for Central Data Exchange (CDX)

Once registered and in CDX, users would select the Chemical Safety and Pesticide Programs (CSPP) portion of the site
From this area of the site, users would access a newly-created Web-based reporting tool, called the Chemical Information Submission System (CISS)
Data submissions pursuant to TSCA section 8 will be available under the CISS reporting tool

Note: users who have previously registered with CDX to submit data under TSCA section 5 or for the Toxics Release Inventory TRI-ME will be able to add the "Submission for Chemical Safety and Pesticide Program (CSPP)" CDX to their current registration.

EPA developed CISS for use in submitting data electronically to the Agency; CISS will become available when this proposal becomes a final rule. This new reporting tool is compatible with Windows, Mac, Linux, and UNIX based computers, and uses “Extensible Markup Language” (XML) specifications for efficient data transmission across the Internet.

The CISS Web reporting tool:

Provides user-friendly navigation
Works with CDX to secure online communication
Creates a completed Portable Document Format (PDF) for review prior to submission
Enables data, reports and other information to be submitted easily as PDF attachments or in other electronic formats, such as XML

Resources

CDX and E-reporting for TSCA Section 4.

Cancelled: TSCA Section 4 eReporting tool demonstration webinar. Due to scheduling issues, this webinar has been cancelled. A future rescheduling date has not been determined. We apologize for any inconvenience.

CDX Registration Process

December 5, 2012, EPA presented a webinar of on the enhanced CDX registration website and process. The slide presentation is available here (PDF).(56 pp., 2.8 mb.) About PDF)

For Help with CDX:

If you have technical issues or problems regarding the CISS reporting tool or CDX registration, please contact the CDX Help Desk at helpdesk@epacdx.net or 888-890-1995
For general questions on TSCA reporting, contact the TSCA hotline at 202/554-1404 or e-mail tsca-hotline@epa.gov. International callers who wish to contact the Help Desk should call 970-494-5500
If you have programmatic questions, please contact Katherine Sleasman at 202-564-7716 or e-mail sleasman.katherine@epa.gov