Electronic Reporting Requirements for Certain Information under the Toxic Substances Control Act
Final Rule
On December 4, 2013 EPA finalized a rule to require electronic reporting of certain information submitted to the Agency under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The final rule follows two previous rules requiring similar electronic reporting of information submitted to EPA (for TSCA Chemical Data Reporting and for Pre-Manufacture Notifications), and is intended to save time, improve data quality and increase efficiency.
Specifically, the final rule requires 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 relating to section 5 notices sent to EPA before April 6, 2010,
- TSCA section 8(a) Preliminary Assessment Information Rule (PAIR) submissions, and
- TSCA section 8(d) health and safety studies.
Submitters will be required to use EPA’s Central Data Exchange (CDX), the Agency's electronic reporting site. Learn more about CDX. Learn more about electronic data reporting under TSCA:
How to report electronically
Under the final rule, submitters are required to:
- First register to use EPA's agency wide Chemical Data Exchange (CDX) portal for submitting information in a secure manner.
- Once registered and in CDX, users will select the Chemical Safety and Pesticide Programs (CSPP) portion of the site.
- From this area of the site, users will access a Web-based TSCA reporting tool, called the Chemical Information Submission System (CISS). Data submissions pursuant to TSCA sections 4 and 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 Program are able to add "Submission for Chemical Safety and Pesticide Program (CSPP)" to their current registration.
This 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.
Subject to e-reporting
Under the final rule, electronic reporting is 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 Report Form (PDF)
Section 4 Enforceable Consent Agreements (ECAs)
- Study plans
- Reports Modification of study plans
- Modification of test schedules
Section 5 Notices of Commencement of Manufacture or Import ("NOCs") and support documents relating to TSCA section 5 Notices sent to EPA before April 6, 2010
- Correspondence
- Amendments
- Test data
Section 8(a) Preliminary Assessment Information (PAIR)
Manufacturer's Report Form 7710-35 (PDF)
- 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
Other resources
CDX Registration Process
- CDX CSPP Registration User Guide (PDF)(226 pp, 7.0 MB, About PDF)
CSPP User Guides
- Section 4 Test Rules and Enforceable Consent Agreements
- Section 8 (a) Preliminary Assessment Information
- Section 8 (d) Health and Safety Studies
- Section 8 Electronic Reporting
CSPP Webinar Materials
December 12, 2013, EPA presented a webinar of the TSCA section 4 and 8 reporting. See the slide presentation (PDF).
December 5, 2012, EPA presented a webinar of on the enhanced CDX registration website and process. See the slide presentation (PDF).
Help with CDX and the CISS Reporting Tool:
- 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 about EPA's TSCA e-reporting requirements, please contact Katherine Sleasman at 202-564-7716 or e-mail sleasman.katherine@epa.gov.