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## U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Central Data Exchange

CSPP CDX Registration GuideCSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12 , 2011 

### T able of Contents

List of Exhibits

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List of Tables

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1 Introduction

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2 System Requirements

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2.1 Supported Browser s

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2.2 Screen Resolution

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3 CSPP User Registration Process

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3 .1 Overview

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3.2 CDX Home Page

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3.3 Terms and Conditions

................................ ................................ ................................ ... 6

3.4 User Information

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3.5 Organization Information

................................ ................................ ............................ 10

3.6 Add Program

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3.7 Role Information

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3.8 EPA Facility Information

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3.9 Identity Verification Process

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3.10 CDX Electronic Signature Agreement (ESA)

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3.11 CDX Online Registration Completion

................................ ................................ .......... 30

3 .12 Registration Notifications

................................ ................................ ............................ 31

4 Logging In

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5 Reset Password

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6 For Existing Users

................................ ................................ ................................ ............ 43

6.1 Edit Current Account Profiles

................................ ................................ ...................... 43

6.2 Add New Employer Profile

................................ ................................ .......................... 51

6.3 The CDX User Inbox

................................ ................................ ................................ .. 54

Appendix A. List of Acronyms

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### List of Exhibits

Exhibit 3

- 1: CDX Web Home Page

................................ ................................ .............................. 5

Exhibit 3

- 2: CDX Web Terms and Conditions Agreement Scroll 1

................................ ............... 7

Exhibit 3

- 3: CDX W eb Terms and Conditions Agreement Scroll 2

................................ ............... 8

Exhibit 3

- 4: CDX Registration

– User Information

................................ ................................ ...... 10

Exhibit 3

- 5: CDX Registration

– Organization Information

................................ ......................... 11

Exhibit 3

- 6: CDX Registration

– Add Program Scroll 1

................................ .............................. 12

Exhibit 3

- 7: CDX Registration

– Add Program Scroll 2

................................ .............................. 13

Exhibit 3

- 8: CDX Registration

- Add Program ID

................................ ................................ ....... 14

Exhibit 3

- 9: CDX Registration: Add Authorized Official Role

................................ ...................... 15

Exhibit 3

- 10: CDX Registration: Add Support Role

................................ ................................ .... 17

Exhibit 3

- 11: CDX Registration

– CSPP Support

................................ ................................ ....... 17

Exhibit 3

- 12: CDX Registration

– CSPP Support

................................ ................................ ....... 18

Exhibit 3

- 13: Add Program ID

................................ ................................ ................................ .... 19

Exhibit 3

- 14: CDX Registration

– Search EPA Facilities

................................ ............................ 20

Exhibit 3

- 15: CDX Registration

– Search EPA Facilities Search Results

................................ ... 20

Exhibit 3

- 16: CDX Registration

– FRS Create New Facility

................................ ....................... 21

Exhibit 3

- 17: CDX Registration

– LexisNexis Identity Proofing

................................ .................. 22

Exhibit 3

- 18: CDX Registration

– LexisNexis Data Collection

................................ .................... 23

Exhibit 3

- 19: CDX Registration

– LexisNexis Results

................................ ................................ 24

Exhibit 3

- 20: CDX Regis tration

– eSIG

- PIN Entry CROMERR 20

- 5

- 1 Question/Answer

........... 26

Exhibit 3

- 21: CDX Registration

– eSIG

- PIN Entry CROMERR 20

- 5

- 1 Confirmation

.................. 27

Exhibit 3

- 22: CDX Registration

– Electronic CDX ESA

................................ .............................. 28

Exhibit 3

- 23: CDX Registration

– CROMERR eSignature Widget

................................ .............. 29

E xhibit 3

- 24 : CDX Registration

- Paper CDX ESA

................................ ................................ ..... 30

Exhibit 3

- 25: CDX Registration

– Online Registration Completion

................................ ............. 31

Exhibit 3

- 26 : CDX Registration

– Welcome to EPA CDX E

- mail

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Exhibit 3

- 27: CDX Registration

– CDX Registration Approval E

- mail

................................ ......... 32

Exhibit 3

- 28: CDX Registration

– CDX Registration Confirmation Request E

- mail

.................... 32

Exhibit 4

- 1: CDX Registration

– CDX Home

................................ ................................ .............. 34

Exhibit 4

- 2: CDX Registration

– CDX Login

................................ ................................ ............... 35

Exhibit 4

- 3: CDX Registration

– CSPP Program Link on the Authorized Official MyCDX Screen 36

Ex hibit 4

- 4: CDX Registration

– CSPP Program Link on the Support MyCDX Screen

............... 37

Exhibit 5

- 1: CDX Registration

– Login Screen/Forgot Password Link

................................ ........ 38

Exhibit 5

- 2: CDX Registration

– Password Reset Screen 1

................................ ....................... 39

Exhibit 5

- 3: CDX Registration

– Password Reset Screen 2

................................ ....................... 39

Exhibit 5

- 4: CDX Registration

– Password Reset

................................ ................................ ...... 40

Exhibit 5

- 5: CDX Registration

– Password Reset Confirmation E

- mail

................................ ...... 41CSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12 , 2011 Exhibit 5

- 6: CDX Registration

– Change System Password

................................ ...................... 42

Exhibit 6

- 1: CDX Registration

– Edit Current Account Profiles link

................................ ............ 43

Exhibit 6

- 2: CDX Registration

– Edit Organization Profiles

................................ ........................ 44

Exhibit 6

- 3: CDX Registration

– Edit Organization

................................ ................................ ..... 45

Exhibit 6

- 4 : Add Program Page

– Scroll 1

................................ ................................ ................. 46

Exhibit 6

- 5: Add Program Page

– Scroll 2

................................ ................................ ................. 47

Exhibit 6

- 6: CDX Registration

– List of User Roles and Statuses

................................ .............. 48

Exhibit 6

- 7: CDX Registration

– Deactivation Confirmation Pop

- up Window

............................. 48

Exhibit 6

- 8: CDX Registration

– Addit ional Registration Data

................................ .................... 49

Exhibit 6

- 9: CDX Registration

– Add Role

................................ ................................ ................. 49

Exhibit 6

- 10: CDX Registration

– CSPP Support Authorized Official User ID

............................ 50

Exhibit 6

- 11: CDX Registration

– CSPP Support Authorized Official Organization Selection

..... 51

Exhibit 6

- 12: CD X Registration

– Add New Employer Profile link

................................ .............. 52

Exhibit 6

- 13: CDX Registration

– Add Organization

................................ ................................ ... 53

Exhibit 6

- 14: CDX Registr ation

– View New Organizations

................................ ....................... 54

Exhibit 6

- 15: CDX Registration

– How to Access User Inbox

................................ .................... 55

Exhibit 6

- 16: CDX Registration

– User Inbox

................................ ................................ ............. 56

Exhibit 6

- 17: CDX Registration

– Inbox View: Unread messages

................................ .............. 56

Exhibit 6

- 18: Inbox view: Read messages

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### List of Tables

Table 3

- 1: Authorizing Official Application Access

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Table 3

- 2: Support Applica tion Access

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1 This page is intentionally blank.CSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

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### 1 I ntroduction

The Central Data Exchange (CDX) is a system used for many electronic environmental data submissions to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). CDX a llows users submitting

data to the EPA to register for the specific program of interest. This Registration Guide describes the registration process and information requirements associated with S ubmissions for

the Chemical Safety and Pesticide Programs (CS PP).

Registration in the CDX CSPP program will allow you to submit information required by programs run by the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP).

EPA is developing the ability for secure electronic submission s through CDX for a v ariety of OCSPP reporting requirements. The Chemical Data Reporting (CDR), Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP), and Pre

- Manufacture Notice (PMN) applications are a few examples of the types of submissions that are or will be available for electro nic reporting through

CDX.

More information about each of these EPA programs is available at the following websites:

**•** CDR: www.epa.gov/cdr

**•** EDSP: www.epa.gov/endo

**•** PMN: www.epa.gov/oppt/newchems

**•** CDX: www.epa.gov/cdxCSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

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### 2 System Requirements

In order to use CDX, the following is required :

**•** An e

- mail account

**•** Java Script enabled web browser

**•** Inter net access

**•** Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 or higher

2.1 Supported Browsers

**•** Internet Explorer 7 or above

**−** Go to the following link to download:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en

- US/intern et

- explorer/downloads/ie

**•** Mozilla Firefox 3.5 or above

**−** Go to the following link to download:

http://www.mozilla.com/en

- US/firefox/all

- older.html

**•** Safari 4 or above

**−** Go to the following li nk to download:

http://support.apple.com/kb/dl877

**•** Google Chrome

**−** Go to the following link to download:

http://www.google.com/chrome

2.2 Screen Resolution

Screen resolution should be set to 1024 x 768 or greaterCSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

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### 3 CSPP User Registration Process

3.1 Overview

The CDX Web site is an application used by EPA programs and various stakeholders to manage environmental data transmitted to the EPA in order to meet EPA reportin g requirements. As part of the CDX Web application, the User Registration component is used to facilitate user access to a program. Within the User Registration component, program offices have the ability to define the roles and information required by new users to complete the registration process. The following section s describe the CDX Web user registration process for the following CSPP roles:

**•** Primary Authoriz ed Official

**•** Primary Support

**•** Secondary Authoriz ed Official

**•** Secondary Support

3.2 CDX Home Page

The ‘ Central Data Exchange ‘ Home ’ p age is the landing screen from which you have the ability to access and interact with CDX ( Exhibit 3

- 1 )

. The CDX home screen can be accessed by the following link: http://cdx.epa.gov/epa_home.asp

, and provides the user with the following

features:

**•** Log in : If you already have an existing CDX account , you may log in to the system by

clicking the ‘Log in to CDX’ button located within the head er section.

**•** Registration : If you do not have a CDX account

, click the ‘Register with CDX’ button to

begin the registration process outlined later in this chapter.

**•** Welcome Announcement : This text area provides welcome text that is visible to all users

who visit CDX.

**•** Important A lerts : The alerts appear ing in the ‘ Notice ’ box provide s you with system or

program

- specific information.

**•** Warning Notice / Privacy Policy: The ‘W arning N otice and P rivacy Policy’ statement s are

displayed on the CDX ‘ Home ’ page to ensu re that you are aware of the Terms of U se for the CDX system

, whether you decide to log in to

, or register with

, the system.CSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

5 The following figure shows the screen capture for the CDX Web ‘ Home ’ page:

Exhibit 3

- 1 : CDX Web Home PageCSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

6 3.3 Terms and Conditions

After choosing to register, the CDX ‘ Terms and Conditions ’ screen (see Exhibit 3

- 2 and Exhibit

3

- 3 ) is displayed documenti ng th e following minimum Terms and C ond itions :

**•** Acceptance of warning and p rivacy policies

**•** Choosing a complex password

**•** P rotecting your password

**•** N otifying CDX of possible misuse of account

**•** L imiting di stribution of CDX software

**•** Agreement to notify CDX of chan ges in duties

You can accept the T erms and C ondi tions by clicking the ‘I Accept’ button or cancel the registra tion by clicking the ‘I Decline’ button. Once you ha ve accepted the registration

agreement, you will be redirected to proceed with the registrati on process.CSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

7 The following figure s show the screen capture s for the ‘ Terms and Conditions ’ a greement:

Exhibit 3

- 2 : CDX Web Terms and Conditions Agreement Scroll 1CSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

8 Exhibit 3

- 3 : CDX Web Terms and Conditions Agreement Scroll 2CSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

9 3.4 User Information

The ‘ User Information ’ screen collects the following information:

**•** Prefix

**•** First Name (required)

**•** Middle Initial

**•** Last Name (required)

**•** Suffix

**•** User Name (required)

**•** Passw ord (required)

**•** Re

- enter Password (required)

**•** Secret Question (required)

**•** Secret Answer (required)

After all required information has been entered

, click the ‘Next’ button at the bottom of the page (see Exhibit 3

- 4 )

. It is important that you carefully note the input for the ‘User Name ’ and

‘Password’ field s , as you will be prompted for this information during the CSPP submission process and will need to provide an exact match for authentication.

The ‘S ecret Q uestion ’ a nd ‘Secret A nswer ’ are of your choosing and are for authentication in the event you forget your password and need to reset it.CSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

10 The following figure shows the screen capture for the ‘ User Information ’ screen :

Exhibit 3

- 4 : CDX Registration

– User Information

3.5 Organization Information

The ‘ Organization Information ’ screen collects the following information:

**•** Organization Name (required)

**•** Registrant’s Work Mailing Address 1 (required)

**•** Registran t’s Work Mailing Address 2

**•** City (required)

**•** State/Province (required)

**•** Z ip /Postal Code (required)

**•** Country (required)CSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

11 **•** E

- mail (required)

**•** Phone Number (required)

**•** Phone Number Extension

After all required information has been entered

, click the ‘Next’ button at the bottom of the page (see Exhibit 3

- 5 )

.

The following figure shows the screen capture for the ‘Organization Information’ screen:

Exhibit 3

- 5 : CDX Registration

– O rganization InformationCSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

12 3.6 Add Program

The ‘ Add Program ’ screen displays a list of open programs from which you can choose. Select

the radio button next to the ‘ Submissions for Chemical Safety and Pesticide Programs (CSPP)’ option from the list and click the ‘Next’ button (see Exhibit 3

- 6 ). T he selection on this page will

determine the information you must enter on subsequent pages.

The following figures show the screen captures for the ‘Add Program’ screen:

Exhi bit 3

- 6 : CDX Registration

– Add Program Scroll 1CSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

13 Exhibit 3

- 7 : CDX Registration

– Add Program Scroll 2

3.7 Role Information

The CDX application allows ap plications to define user roles that can be selected during registration. After clicking the ‘Next’ button on the ‘ Add Program ’ page, the ‘ Add Program ID ’ page will appear and will allow you to register as the Authorized Official or Support for your organi zation (see Exhibit 3

- 8 ).

The following figure shows the screen capture for the ‘ Add Program ’ screen :CSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

14 Exhibit 3

- 8 : CDX Registration

- Add Program ID

3.7.1 CSPP User R ole: Authorized Official

CSPP allows you to choose to register for one of two Authorized Official roles as detailed below:

Primary Authorized Official: The P rimary AO is the person legally responsible for the CSPP

submission. The AO

, typically

, is a senior official for the reporting company and may be the supervisor of the person (or persons) completing the form

. An AO can also be a third party, such as an attorney or consultant, who is legally authorized to respond on behalf of the company.

A Primary AO is the only user who can start a new form, or reopen a completed form to begin the amendment process, and is the only user who can electronically sign and submit a form. Primary AOs can also assign Supports to edit and complete forms on his or her behalf.

Se condary Authorized Official: There are specific modules within CSPP that allow for a collaborative submission between two submitters. This combined or joint submission consists of a Primary Submitter and Secondary Submitter both providing and submitting in formation that is applicable to the submission.

A Secondary AO is the only user who can start a new secondary/joint form, or reopen a completed form to begin the amendment process, and is the only person who can electronically sign and submit a form. Sec ondary AOs are legally responsible for the information submitted to

EPA and can assign Supports to edit and complete forms on his or her behalf.CSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

15 The following table displays applications to which each AO has access:

Table 3

- 1 : Authorizing Official Application Access

Role Applications

Primary Authorizing Official CDR, EDSP , PMN

Secondary Authorizing Official CDR , PMN

You may select the Primary Authorized Official or Secondary Authorized Official user role from

the ‘ Program ID Type ’ drop

- down menu (see Exhibit 3

- 9 ) . AOs are required to provide facility

information in the ‘ Facility ID ’ field, which can be accessed by clicking the ‘Search EPA

Facilities’ button. Select ing this button will launch a new window from which you can search for facilities within EPA (see Section 3.8 ). After the facility information is provided, click the

‘Finished’ button and then you have the optio n to use the electronic identity verification process (see Section 3.8 ).

The following figure shows the screen capture for adding the Authorized Official role:

Exhibit 3

- 9 : CDX Registration: Add Authorized Official Role

3.7.2 CSPP User Role: Support

CSPP allows you to choose to register for one of two Support roles as detailed below:CSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

16 Primary Support: Primary Supports can edit a submission that is created by the Prima ry AO

. Primary Support users are only allowed to edit submissions that the Primary AO has granted him

or her access. Primary Support users do not have any access rights to create or submit a form. Once the Primary AO creates a form, they will provide the P rimary Support with a passphrase to access the submission and complete all sections of the form. Once the Primary Support has finished completing the form, the Primary AO will access the submission, review it , and submit

it

. Secondary Support: There are sp ecific modules within CSPP that allow for a collaborative submission between two submitters. This combined or joint submission consists of a Primary Submitter and Secondary Submitter both providing and submitting information that is applicable

to the submi ssion.

Secondary Supports can edit a secondary/joint submission that is created by the Secondary AO. Secondary Support users are only allowed to edit submissions that the Secondary AO has granted him or her access. Secondary Support users do not have acc ess rights to create or submit a joint submission. Once the Secondary AO creates a joint submission, they will provide the Secondary Support user with a passphrase to access the submission and complete all sections of the form. Once the Secondary Support h as finished completing the form, the Secondary AO will access the
submission, review it , and submit it

. The following table displays applications to which each Support has access:

Table 3

- 2 : Support Applicatio n Access

Role Applications

Primary Support CDR, EDSP , PMN

Secondary Support CDR , PMN

You may select the Primary Support or Secondary Support user role from the ‘ Program ID Type ’ drop

- down menu . Supports are not required to provide a Facility ID, but mu st provide an AO ’s User ID and organization information after clicking the ‘Finished’ button (see Exhibit 3

- 10

, Exhibit 3

- 11 and Ex hibit 3

- 12 ).CSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

17 The following figure shows the screen capture for adding the Support r ole:

Exhibit 3

- 10 : CDX Registration: Add Support Role

The following figure s show the screen capture s for the ’CSPP Su pport’ screens :

Exhibit 3

- 11 : CDX Registration

– CSPP SupportCSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

18 Exhibit 3

- 12 : CDX Registration

– CSPP Support

3.8 EPA Facility Information

If applicable, AOs are required to provide facility information. Click the ‘Search EPA Facilities’

button on the ‘ Add Program ID ’ screen to launch the F acility R egistration S ystem (FRS) search

service that allows you to search for existing EPA facilities. If the facility inf ormation cannot be
found, you have the opportunity to create a facility and submit the information for review and inclusion in FRS. The facility search, search results, and creation pages are displayed in Exhibit

3

- 13 and Exhibit 3

- 14

,
Exhibit 3

- 15 , and Exhibit 3

- 16

. To ensure search results are returned within optimal processing
timeframes, populate at least two search fields.CSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

19 The following figure shows the screen capture for the ‘Add Program ID’ screen:

Exhibit 3

- 13 : Add Program IDCSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

20 The following figures show the screen captures f or the ‘ Search EPA Facilities ’ screens :

Exhibit 3

- 14 : CDX Registration

– Search EPA Facilities

Exhibit 3

- 15 : CDX Registration

– Search EPA Facilities Sea rch ResultsCSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

21 Exhibit 3

- 16 : CDX Registration

– FRS Create New Facility

3.9 Identity Verification Process

Applicable only to the AO user role, a fter providing the facility information , you will be given

the option to use the electronic identity verification process. The CDX Web application provides an identity verification service called LexisNexis, which is a third

- party service that verifies the user's identity, organization information, and association to an organization. I f you choose to proceed with the electronic verification process, you must click the ‘Proceed to LexisNexis’ button (see Exhibit 3

- 17 ). The LexisNexis service will launch a new web browser window and navigate a user away from CDX to collect additional Personally Identifiable Information (PII)

that CDX does not collect

. The LexisNexis Data Collection window, in Exhibit 3

- 18 below, displays the user and

orga nization information collected by CDX and is not editable. The window also displays text fields in which you must provide the necessary PII information y for LexisNexis to complete the identity validation. After completing the information, you will be redi rected back to CDX Web where the validation results will be given (see Exhibit 3

- 19 ).

If you choose not to utilize LexisNexis and you click the ‘Sign Paper Form’ button , CDX will proceed to the existing paper proce ssing option and instruct you to print, sign, and mail any identity proofing documentation

.CSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

22 The following figure shows the screen capture for the ‘LexisNexis Identity Proofing’ screen :

Exhibit 3

- 17 : CDX Registration

– LexisNexis Identity ProofingCSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

23 The following figure shows the screen capture for the ‘ LexisNexis Data Collection ’ screen :

Exhibit 3

- 18 : CDX Registration

– LexisNexis D ata CollectionCSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

24 The following figure shows the screen capture for the ‘ LexisNexis Results ’ screen :

Exhibit 3

- 19 : CDX Registration

– LexisNexis Results

After navigating back to CDX from LexisNexis, one of the following four scenarios may occur:

1. You successfully validate to the standards after clicking the ‘Complete LexisNexis

Validation’ button. You can electronically sign the ESA at this point

. 2. You unsucces s fully validate to meet the minimum standards after clicking the ‘Complete

LexisNexis Validation’ button. If your identity proofing failed, you can only sign the paper ESA. If the organization or user

- organization association fails, then you have up to five (5) itimes to improve your score for valida tion.

3. You choose to sign the paper ESA by clicking the ‘Opt out of LexisNexis Validation’

button.

4. You choose to discontinue the registration process by clicking the ‘Cancel Additional CDX Registration’ button. You must contact your Registration Maintenance Account Manager (RMAM) to obtain access to the program role requested.

3.10 CDX Electronic Signature Agreement (ESA)

As an AO user, i f you have not previously provided an electronic signature agreement (ESA) for

CSPP , you will be prompted to sign an ESA , which can be signed electronically or manually. The following sections provide more detail about each option.

3.10.1 Electronic ESA

Applicable only to AO’s, CDX provides twenty (20) questions to help validate your identity.

You will choose five (5) questions and provi de answers for each. The questions that you selectCSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

25 should be easy for you to remember, but difficult for someone e lse to guess. Y ou will be required

to answer one of these five (5) question s upon submitting any CSPP application forms . The question will be r andomly chosen by the system. This method of identity validation is referred to

as ‘CROMERR 20

- 5

- 1.’ If you pass LexisNexis validation and choose to sign the ESA electronically, the application will verify that the CROMERR 20

- 5

- 1 security question and

ans wers have been set.

If these have been set, you will be directed to the ESA (see Section 3.10.1 ). If these have not
been set, you will be directed to a page to provide five (5) secret questions and answers befo re proceeding to the ESA page (see Exhibit 3

- 20 and Exhibit 3

- 21 ). The CROMERR 20

- 5

- 1 process must be completed before you can electronically sign the CDX (or CSPP ) ESA or sponsor letter. You must click the ‘Save Answers’ button after providing five (5) secret questions and answers. To complete the process, you must click the ‘Continue’ button on the confirmation

page. You will receive an email confirmation of your 20

- 5

- 1 qu estions.

If you choose the paper ESA application process, the 20

- 5

- 1 questions will not be displayed. If

you need to electronically sign an ESA at a later time, you will be required to provide your 20

- 5

- 1 questions and answers before signing electronically

.CSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

26 The following figure shows the screen capture for the CROMER R 20

- 5

- 1 Question and Answer

on the ’eSIG

- PIN Entry’ screen :

Exhibit 3

- 20 : CDX Registration

– eSIG

- PIN Entry CROMERR 20

- 5

- 1 Question/AnswerCSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

27 The following figure shows the screen capture for the CROMERR 20

- 5

- 1 Confirmation on the

‘eSIG

- PIN Entry’ screen :

Exhibit 3

- 21 : CDX Registration

– eSIG

- PIN Entry CROMERR 20

- 5

- 1 Confirmation

After you complete the 20

- 5

- 1 process, review the ESA, and click the ‘Sign Electronically’ button, the application will launch the CDX CROMERR widget. As part of the CDX CROMERR widget process, you will be required to re

- validate your user name and password, provid e the answer to your CROMERR 20

- 5

- 1 Question /Answer, and officially sign the ESA (see Exhibit 3

- 22 and Exhibit 3

- 23 )

.
When you officially sign the ESA, a copy of the ESA, along with the your electronic signature

, is

stored in the CDX CROMERR archives.CSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

28 The following figure shows the screen capture for the electronic ‘ CDX ESA ’ screen :

Exhibit 3

- 2 2 : CDX Registration

– Electronic CDX ESACSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

29 The following figure shows the screen capture for the CROMERR eSignature Widget :

Exhibit 3

- 23 : CDX Registration

– CROMERR eSignature Widget

3.10.2 Paper ESA

If you do not wish to leverage the LexisNexis process or are unable to be properly validated to meet the minimum requirements for the program
, you will be required to follow the existing paper ESA process

. The paper process allows you to print the ESA, provide a wet ink signat ure, and mail the signed ESA to the EPA.

If needed, a copy of the ESA form will be saved in your MyCDX Inbox for future reference and reprinting.

If you choose the paper ESA application process, the 20

- 5

- 1 questions will not be displayed. If you need to el ectronically sign an ESA at a later time, you will be required to provide their 20

- 5

- 1 questions and answers before the electronic signing.

The following figure shows the screen capture for the paper ‘ CDX ESA ’ screen :CSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

30 Exhibit 3

- 24 : CDX Registration

- Paper CDX ESA

3.11 CDX Online Registration Completion

After signing (or printing) the ESA, t he registration completion page will appear and indicate

that you, the registrant

, will receive an email confirming rece ipt of information. After clicking
the ‘Finished’ button, you will be redirected to your MyCDX landing page where you may access the CSPP application(s). You can access the application role when you have either passed the LexisNexis identity validation and signed the ESA electronically or received approval

confirmation about your paper ESA application.CSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

31 The following figure shows the screen capture for the ‘Online Registration Completion’ screen :

Exhibit 3

- 25 : CDX Registration

– Online Registration Completion

3.12 Registration Notifications

After completing the registration process, you will receive confirmation of successful registration ( see Exhibit 3

- 25 ) . If you chos e the paper ESA option, you will receive a confirmation email

when your role has been approved (see Exhibit 3

- 26 ).

The following figure s show the screen capture s for the r egistration n otification emails:

Exhibit 3

- 26 : CDX Registration

– Welcome to EPA CDX E

- mailCSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

32 Exhibit 3

- 27 : CDX Registration

– CDX Registration Approval E

- mail

Exhibit 3

- 28 : CDX Registration

– CDX Registration Confirmation Request E

- mailCSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

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### 4 Logging In

You can log in to CDX by navigating to the CDX home page and clicking the ‘Login to CDX’ button in the header (see Exhibit 4

- 1 ). If you are on any other screen within the system (e.g.,

‘ About CDX ’ screen ), you will have to click the ‘Account Login’ link located in the left column.

Whichever way you choose to log in, the system will take you to the login screen (se e Exhibit

4

- 2 ). You can log in using the CDX credentials established during CDX r egistration. For issues regarding a forgotten password, please refer to the ‘Reset Password’ portion of this guide ( s ee Section 5 ).CSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

34 The following figure shows the screen capture for the CDX ‘ Home ’ page:

Exhibit 4

- 1 : CDX Registration

– CDX HomeCSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

35 The following figure shows the screen captur e for the CDX ‘ Login ’ screen :

Exhibit 4

- 2 : CDX Registration

– CDX Login

The AOs are shown a link for ‘CSPP: Primary Authorized Official’ or ‘CSPP: Secondary

Authorized Official’ ( see Exhibit 4

- 3 ) while Support s are shown a link for ‘CSPP: Primary Support’ or ‘CSPP: Secondary Support’ ( see Exhibit 4

- 4 ). Depending on your user role, you will click on the applicable link to a ccess the Chemical Information Submission System ( CISS ) application.CSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

36 The following figure shows the screen capture for the Authorized Official MyCDX screen :

Exhibit 4

- 3 : CDX Registration

– CSPP Program Link on the Authorized Official MyCDX
ScreenCSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

3 7 The following figure shows the screen capture for the Support MyCDX screen :

Exhibit 4

- 4 : CDX Registration

– CSPP Program Link on the Support MyCDX ScreenCSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

38 

### 5 Rese t Password

In the event that you forget your password, a ‘ Forgot Password? ’ link is available on the ‘ Login ’

screen ( see Exhibit 5

- 1 ).

The following figure shows the screen capture for the ‘ Login ’ screen / ’ Forgot Pa ssword ?’ link:

Exhibit 5

- 1 : CDX Registration

– Login Screen /Forgot Password Link

The ‘ Forgot Password? ’ link directs you to the ‘ Password Reset ’ screen ( see Exhib it 5

- 2 ) where

you are asked to enter your registered email address and user name.CSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

39 The following figure shows the screen capture for the ‘ Password Reset ’ screen 1:

Exhibit 5

- 2 : CDX Registration

– Password R eset Screen 1

At this point, you will be prompted to provide an answer to a security question previously set during the registration process. This can be seen in Exhibit 5

- 3 below.

The following figure shows the screen capture for the ‘ Password Reset ’ scre e n 2:

Exhibit 5

- 3 : CDX Registration

– Password Reset Screen 2CSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

40 After you click the ‘Submit’ button to confirm your password reset request, the screen illustrated

in Exhibit 5

- 4 will appear confirming that your account has been reset to allow you to create a new password , as well as an e

- mail confirmation as seen in Exhibit 5

- 5

. The system

- generated

email will contain a link, which will direct you to a screen allowing you to create a new password. The following figure shows the screen capture for the ‘ Password Reset ’ screen :

Exhibit 5

- 4 : CDX Registration

– Password ResetCSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

41 The following figure shows the screen capture for the p assword r eset c onfirmation e

- mail:

Exhibit 5

- 5 : CDX Registration

– Password Reset Confirmation E

- mail

Click the link located in the email to navigate to the ‘Change System Password’ screen (see

Exhibit 5

- 6 )

. Once on the ‘Change System Password’ screen, enter a new password in the ‘New Password’ text field and retype it i nto the ‘Re

- enter New Password’ text field

. Click the ‘Submit’

button to navigate back to your main ‘MyCDX’ screen

.CSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

42 The following figure shows the screen capture for the ‘ Change System Password ’ screen :

Exhibit 5

- 6 : CDX Registration

– Change System PasswordCSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

43 

### 6 For Existing Users

The following section covers the editing of account information for existing users. You must log in to CDX ( Section 4 of this guide) to navigate to the MyCDX screen . From thi s page, you can change information related to your user account, profile, program, and company.

6.1 Edit Current Account Profiles

From the MyCDX page, click the ‘ Edit Current Account Profiles ’ link (seen in Exhibit 6

- 1 ) to edit organization information, add a new program, or view user roles and statuses.

The following figure shows the screen capture for the ‘ Edit Current Account Profiles ’ link:

Exhibit 6

- 1 : CDX Registrat ion

– Edit Current Account Profiles link

6.1.1 Edit Organization Contact Info

The ‘ Edit Current Account Profiles ’ link seen above takes you to the ‘ Edit Organization Profiles ’

screen seen in Exhibit 6

- 2 below. This p age contains three hyper links: the ‘ Edit Organization

Contact Information ’ link, ‘ Add New Program ’ link, and ‘ List Roles ’ link

. The pages for each of these hyperlinks are described in the following sections.CSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

44 The following figure shows the screen capture f or the ‘ Edit Organization Profiles ’ screen :

Exhibit 6

- 2 : CDX Registration

– Edit Organization Profiles

6.1.2 Edit Organization Contact Information

The ‘ Edit Organization ’ section allows users to change any in formation related to their organization, such as add ress, e

- mail, and phone number. You can navigate to this section by clicking the ‘Edit Organization Contact Information’ link on the ‘Edit Organization Profiles’ screen. After making the necessary edits, click the ‘Save’ button’ to save your changes.CSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

45 The following figure shows the screen capture for the ‘ Edit Organization ’ screen :

Exhibit 6

- 3 : CDX Registration

– Edit Organization

6.1.3 Add New Program

To add an additional program, users can navigate to the ‘ A dd Program’ screen ( see Exhibit 6

- 4 ) by clicking the ‘Add New Program’ link from the ‘Edit Organization Profiles ’ screen ( see Exhibit 6

- 2 ).

The original program for which you registered ( CSPP , in this case) will no longer appear in the list. To add one of the listed programs, simply select the radio button next to the desired item and

click the ‘A dd ’ button to save. The ‘Ca ncel’ button will navigate you back to ‘ Ed it Organization

Profiles’ screen

.CSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

46 The following figure shows the screen capture for the Add Program page:

Exhibit 6

- 4 : Add Program Page

– Scroll 1CSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

47 Exhibit 6

- 5 : Add Program Page

– Scroll 2

6.1.4 List Roles

The ‘ List Roles ’ link allows you view all of your roles in the system for your specific organization as well as the current statuses (active, awaiting approval, deact ivated) of these roles.

Exhibit 6

- 6 below shows the screen for a user that is both an Authorized Official and a Support.

From this page, you will have the option to edit or deactivate the roles in the list. If you deactivate a role in the list, you must provide confirmation in the pop

- up box (see Exhibit 6

- 7 ).

T he ‘OK’ button will deactivate the chosen role. The ‘Cancel’ button will remove the pop

- up box and no action will be taken

.CSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

48 The following figure shows the screen capture for the u ser r oles and s tatuses:

Exhibit 6

- 6 : CDX Registration

– List of User Roles and Statuses

The following figure shows the screen capture for the d eactivation c onfirmation p op

- up w indow:

Exhibit 6

- 7 : CDX Registration

– Deactivation Confirmation Pop

- up Window

If you are a Support

, you can view details of the AO’s registration information by clic king the

‘ Reg. Data ’ link. A new window will appear with these details.

R oles can only be approved by the Registration Account Manager.CSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

49 The following figure shows the screen capture for the ‘Additional Registration Data ’

information :

Exhibit 6

- 8 : CDX Registration

– Additional Registration Data

6.1.4.1 Add New Role

You may add a new role for yourself by clicking the ‘ Add New CSPP Role/Program ID ’ link,

which will take you to the screen seen below.

The follo wing figure shows the screen capture for the ‘ Add Role ’ page:

Exhibit 6

- 9 : CDX Registration

– Add RoleCSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

50 You may register a second role as a Support or an AO

. If you are registering a Support role , you wil l be asked to provide the User ID of the AO under

which you will be registering. After doing so, you will choose the appropriate organization

associated with the AO you have specified. These screens will be identical to those seen in

Exhibit 6

- 10 : CDX Registration

– CSPP Support Authorized Official User ID and Exhibit 6

- 11

.

The following figure shows the screen capture for the ‘CSPP Support’ Authorized Official User

ID scre en :

Exhibit 6

- 10 : CDX Registration

– CSPP Support Authorized Official User IDCSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

51 The following figure shows the screen capture for the ‘CSPP Support’ Authorized Official Organization Selection screen :

Exhib it 6

- 11 : CDX Registration

– CSPP Support Authorized Official Organization
Selection

If you wish to add a nother role , you will be required to fill out and send in all required forms again (essentially re

- register) to be approved for this role. The necessary form(s) will automatically be generated.

This method may only be used to register for another role for the current organization under

which you are already registered

. To add another role for a separate organization, you must add a new employer profile ( Section 6.2 of this guide).

Note: For the CSPP program, you should always enter the value ‘N/A’ into the ‘ID’ field.

6.2 Add New Employer Profile

The ‘Add New E mployer Profile’ link ( see Exhibit 6

- 12 ) may be used to add a new organization

and/or role to your profile. This link will direct you to a form where you can input information for a new organization ( see Exhibit 6

- 13 ).CSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

52 The following figure shows the screen capture for the ‘ Add New Employer Profile’ link:

Exhibit 6

- 12 : CDX Registration

– Add New Employer Profile linkCSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

53 The following figure shows the screen capture for the ‘ Add Organization ’ screen :

Exhibit 6

- 13 : CDX Registration

– Add Organization

After completing this form, you will se e the page pictu red in Exhibit 6

- 4 and you will be asked to provide the program for this role and organization. You can choose the same program (CSPP)

or a new one. You will then be prompted to choose a user role: Authorized Official or S upport. When this process has been completed, you will need to send in all mandatory forms and be approved again by the Registration Account Manager.

The change will be reflected in your account profile on the ‘Edit Organization Profiles’ page. As

seen in Exhibit 6

- 14 below , a new organization has been added to this user’s profile.CSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

54 The following figure shows the screen capture for viewing n ew o rganizations:

Exhibit 6

- 14 : CDX Registration

– View New Organizations

6.3 The CDX User Inbox

Your CDX user Inbox can be accessed two ways

- via the link on the left

- hand navigation pane or the notification on the MyCDX user homepage. This notification, as seen in Exhibit 6

- 15 below, displays the number of unread messages that currently exist in the inbox.CSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

55 The following figure shows the screen capture for the ‘ Inbox ’ links:

Exhibit 6

- 15 : CDX Registration

– How to Access User InboxCSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

56 6.3.1 Viewing and Sorting the User Inbox

A sample view of a user Inbox can be seen below in Exhibit 6

- 16 . This inbox contains four (4) messages, thre e (3) of which are new.

Exhibit 6

- 16 : CDX Registration

– User Inbox

Messages in the Inbox can be sorted by status (new or read), sender, subject, or date. To sort by one of these options, click the title header of that column and the messages will automatically sort in ascending order (for sender, subject, or date). Clicking the column header again will sort messages in descending order.

An envelope icon ( ) denotes a new (unread) message in the Inbox

. By default, the column

header will read ‘ all

, ’ meaning that it is showing all messages in the Inbox . Clicking this header
will change the text ‘ all ’ to show the un

- opened envelope icon ( ) . The Inbox will now display only un

- read messages, as seen in Exhibit 6

- 17

Exhibit 6

- 17 : CDX Registration

– Inbox V iew: Unread messagesCSPP CDX Registration Guide December 12, 2011

57 If clicked again, the un

- opened envelope icon will change into an opened envelope icon ( ),

and the Inbox will now display only previously read messages. A sample Inbox can be seen in

Exhibit 6

- 18: Inbox view: Read messages

Exhibit 6

- 18 : Inbox view: Read m essages

Finally, the I nbox will return to the default ‘ all ’ display if the column header is clicked again.

Selecting a message can be done by clicking the checkbox associated with the desired message. Messages must be selected before attempting to dele te or download an attached file. To select all, click the header checkbox located in the grey header section.

Attachments may also be downloaded by opening the message and clicking the file link located

within

.
6.3.2 Messages in the user Inbox

The items in the system Inbox will be similar to those received at the e

- mail address you provided during registration

. While the message and title are subject to change, y ou can expect to see some of the following messages in your CDX inbox:

**•** Subject: Welcome to CDX

– Thi s message is received upon CDX registration welcoming you

to the Central Data Exchange.

**•** Subject: CSPP ESA is attached

– As part of the registration process, you will be required to

print and sign an Electronic Signature Agreement (ESA). A digital copy of t his form is available for download from this message in your user Inbox

.

**•** Subject: eSIG

- PIN Questions Answered

– This message is to inform you that you have

successfully established your 20

- 5

- 1 question and answer sets. The e

- mail contains the five questio ns you have chosen, but for security purposes, does not include your answers.

**•** Subject: Authorized Official Verification Form or Support Verification Form

– When you

have signed up as (or ha ve added a role as) an Authorized Official or a Support

, you wil l need to go through a verification process and be approved by the EPA

. A digital copy of this verification form will be available for reference or printing in this Inbox message.

**•** Subject: You successfully signed a document

– This message will appear afte r you have

successfully submitted a form with the CSPP tool. It informs you that you ha ve successfully signed a document with CROMERR.CSPP CDX Registration Guide December 9, 2011

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### Appendix A. List of Acronyms

The following is a list of acronyms used in this document.

Acronym/Term Definition

CDR C hemical Data Reporting

CDX Central Data Exchange

CISS Chemical Information Submission System

CoR Copy of Record

CROMERR Cross

- Media Electronic Reporting Regulation

CSPP Chemical Safety and Pesticides Program

ECMS Enterprise Content Management System

EDSP Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

ESA Electronic Signature Agreement

IE Internet Explorer

OPPT Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics

PII Personally Identifiable Information

PMN Pre

- Manufacture Notice

SRN Submission Report Number

SSL S ecure S ocket L ayer

TSCA Toxic Substances Control Act

UI U ser I nterface

WSDL Web services description languageCSPP CDX Registration Guide December 9, 2011

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### Appendix B. Comments Matrix

Comment

Number Section and Page OPPT Comment CGI Response

1. Ent ire Document Make sure all links are correct Incorporate Change

2. Table of Contents Link the words in the TOC to the page, not just the numbers Incorporate Change

3. Introduction Change introduction text to supplied
text from OPPT Incorporate Change