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notification unless there are changes to 

the reported information; EPCRA 

section 304 notification happens only 

when a release occurs from a facility. 

Total estimated burden: 222,856 

hours (per year) (includes LEPCs (or 

TEPCs) and SERCs (or TERCs)). This 

figure will be updated to account for 

any changes in O&M costs, burden and 

number of respondents during the 60- 

day OMB review period. Burden is 

defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $11.67 million 

(per year), including $8,470 annual 

operations and maintenance (O&M) 

costs. This figure will be updated to 

account for any changes in O&M costs, 

burden and number of respondents 

during the 60-day OMB review period. 

There are no capital costs associated 

with this ICR. 

Changes in estimates: The number of 

facilities subject to section 302 is 

95,000, which is the same as in the 

previous ICR. The reduction in burden 

of approximately 25 percent (36,600 

hours annually) for activities related to 

section 304 reporting requirements for 

facilities is attributable to a decrease in 

the number of release notifications 

reported to the National Response 

Center for the previous three years, 

which EPA assumes will apply to the 

three years of this ICR renewal. In 

addition, EPA corrected a few minor 

calculation errors. Changes in estimated 

costs are attributable to updated wage 

rates and a reduction in estimated O&M 

costs. Any additional change in burden 

or cost resulting from the 60-day OMB 

review period will be described and 

explained in this section when the 

updated ICR Supporting Statement is 

completed. 

Donna Salyer, 

Director, Office of Emergency Management. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8719–01–OMS] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Office of Mission Support 

(OMS), Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of a modified system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency’s (EPA), Office of 

Information Management (OIM) is 

giving notice that it proposes to modify 

a system of records pursuant to the 

provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974. 

Central Data Exchange-Customer 

Registration Subsystem (CDX–CRS) is 

being modified to officially change from 

Central Data Exchange Customer 

Registration Subsystem (CDX–CRS). The 

new name for the system will be called 

Central Data Exchange (CDX). 

Additionally, CDX will leverage cloud 

resources. 

DATES: Persons wishing to comment on 

this system of records notice must do so 

by September 17, 2021. Modified 

routine uses for this modified system of 

records will be effective September 17, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OMS–2020–0139, by one of the 

following methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Email: docket_oms@epa.gov. Include 

the Docket ID number in the subject line 

of the message. 

Fax: 202–566–1752. 

Mail: OMS Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code: 2822T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460. 

Hand Delivery: OMS Docket, EPA/DC, 

WJC West Building, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460. Such deliveries are only 

accepted during the Docket’s normal 

hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OMS–2020– 

0139. The EPA’s policy is that all 

comments received will be included in 

the public docket without change and 

may be made available online at https:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Controlled Unclassified 

Information (CUI) or other information 

for which disclosure is restricted by 

statute. Do not submit information that 

you consider to be CUI or otherwise 

protected through https://

www.regulations.gov. The https://

www.regulations.gov website is an 

‘‘anonymous access’’ system for the 

EPA, which means the EPA will not 

know your identity or contact 

information. If you submit an electronic 

comment, the EPA recommends that 

you include your name and other 

contact information in the body of your 

comment. If the EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

the EPA may not be able to consider 

your comment. If you send an email 

comment directly to the EPA without 

going through https://

www.regulations.gov, your email 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the internet. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. For additional information 

about the EPA public docket, visit the 

EPA Docket Center homepage at https:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the https:// 

www.regulations.gov index. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, e.g., CUI or other 

information for which disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

will be publicly available only in hard 

copy. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either 

electronically in https:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the OMS Docket, EPA/DC, WJC West 

Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 

Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. The 

Public Reading Room is normally open 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday excluding legal holidays. 

The telephone number for the Public 

Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and 

the telephone number for the OMS 

Docket is (202) 566–1752. 

Temporary Hours During COVID–19 

Out of an abundance of caution for 

members of the public and our staff, the 

EPA Docket Center and Reading Room 

are closed to the public, with limited 

exceptions, to reduce the risk of 

transmitting COVID–19. Our Docket 

Center staff will continue to provide 

remote customer service via email, 

phone, and webform. We encourage the 

public to submit comments via https:// 

www.regulations.gov/ or email, as there 

may be a delay in processing mail and 

faxes. Hand deliveries and couriers may 

be received by scheduled appointment 

only. For further information on EPA 

Docket Center services and the current 

status, please visit us online at https:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S. 

EPA, Attn: Joe Carioti, U.S. EPA, 

Information Exchange Services Branch, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW (Mail Code 

2824T), Washington, DC 20460, Tel: 

202–564–6413, Email: carioti.joe@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

information contained in records 

maintained in the CDX system are used 

to verify the identity of the individual, 


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inform users of the conditions and terms 

of using CDX, allow individual users to 

establish an account on CDX, provide 

individual users access to their CDX 

account for electronically filing 

compliance data or exchanging other 

forms of environmental data, allow 

individual users to customize, update or 

terminate their account with CDX, 

renew or revoke an individual user’s 

account on CDX, support the CDX help 

desk functions, investigate possible 

fraud and verify compliance with 

program regulations, and initiate legal 

action against an individual involved in 

program fraud, abuse, or 

noncompliance. CDX records will be 

used to facilitate registering CDX system 

users, issuing a username and password, 

and subsequently, verifying an 

individual’s identity as he/she seeks to 

gain routine access to his/her account. 

In some cases, the user verification 

process will require EPA to contact the 

employer, based on the registration 

information provided by the user. The 

system has secondary uses that include 

using the established username to 

facilitate tracking service calls or emails 

from the user in the event that there is 

a change in registration status or the 

user has a problem with CDX; offering 

the user new CDX service options, and 

facilitating the retrieval of user actions 

(e.g., historical submissions and help 

tickets); and events while on the CDX 

system. 

The records may also be subsequently 

used for auditing or other internal 

purposes of the EPA, including but not 

limited to instances where enforcement 

of the conditions of using CDX are 

necessary; investigation of possible 

fraud involving a registered user; 

litigation purposes related to 

information reported to the agency; 

contacting the individual in the event of 

a system modification; a change to CDX; 

or modification, revocation or 

termination of user’s access privileges to 

CDX. 

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER: 

Central Data Exchange (CDX), EPA– 

52. 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

Unclassified. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

The CDX system is located at U.S. 

EPA National Computer Center, 109 

T.W. Alexander Drive, Research 

Triangle Park, NC 27711; additional 

locations include cloud environments 

located in Microsoft Azure East US 1, 

East US 2 and Central US along with 

other partner sites in Virginia. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S): 

Joe Carioti, Branch Chief, U.S. EPA, 

Information Exchange Services Branch, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW (Mail Code 

2824T), Washington, DC 20460. Tel: 

202–564–6413, Email: carioti.joe@

epa.gov. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

In accordance with the Government 

Paperwork Elimination Act (44 U.S.C. 

3504), EPA’s electronic compliance 

filing and environmental data exchange 

system will enable the ‘‘acquisition and 

use of information technology, 

including alternative information 

technologies that provide for electronic 

submission, maintenance, or disclosure 

of information as a substitute for paper 

and for the use and acceptance of 

electronic signatures.’’ Section 

3504(a)(1)(B)(vi) of Title 44, United 

States Code. Authority is additionally 

regulated by the CROss-Media 

Electronic Reporting Rule (40 CFR part 

3), as a regulatory alternative to paper 

reporting. 

PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM: 

CDX is EPA’s portal for electronically 

exchanging environmental data with 

external customers. Users with CDX 

accounts may choose to engage in 

secure, electronic filing of 

environmental documents as permitted 

under the Government Paperwork 

Elimination Act (GPEA).The 

information is also used to provide 

authenticated, protected access to the 

CDX system, thereby protecting CDX 

and CDX users from potential harm 

caused by individuals with malicious 

intentions gaining unauthorized access 

to the system. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY

SYSTEM: 

This system contains records on all 

individuals that have either attempted 

to register or have registered to obtain 

an account to use CDX for electronically 

exchanging data with EPA. Registered 

users of CDX may include 

representatives of industry, government 

or laboratories exchanging information 

with EPA through CDX. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

This system contains records for 

individuals’ name, self- assigned 

username and security question, work 

title, work address and related work 

contact information (e.g., phone 

numbers, email address), supervisors’ 

name and related contact information, 

information related to the EPA reporting 

program the individual is planning to 

electronically file or report under (e.g., 

EPA program ID # and EPA program 

role), and the method of reporting (e.g., 

web browser, file exchange). In cases 

where individuals are asked to 

electronically ‘‘sign’’ certain EPA forms, 

CDX may request additional information 

items from an individual in order to 

safeguard their account and create secret 

questions/answers that only the 

individual should know. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Information is obtained from 

individuals who have had or seek to 

have their identity authenticated. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

The routine uses below are both 

related to and compatible with the 

original purpose for which the 

information was collected. The 

following general routine uses apply to 

this system (73 FR 2245): 

A. Disclosure for Law Enforcement 

Purposes: Information may be disclosed 

to the appropriate Federal, State, local, 

tribal, or foreign agency responsible for 

investigating, prosecuting, enforcing, or 

implementing a statute, rule, regulation, 

or order, if the information is relevant 

to a violation or potential violation of 

civil or criminal law or regulation 

within the jurisdiction of the receiving 

entity. 

B. Disclosure Incident to Requesting 

Information: Information may be 

disclosed to any source from which 

additional information is requested (to 

the extent necessary to identify the 

individual, inform the source of the 

purpose of the request, and to identify 

the type of information requested,) 

when necessary to obtain information 

relevant to an agency decision 

concerning retention of an employee or 

other personnel action (other than 

hiring,) retention of a security clearance, 

the letting of a contract, or the issuance 

or retention of a grant, or other benefit. 

C. Disclosure to Requesting Agency: 

Disclosure may be made to a Federal, 

State, local, foreign, or tribal or other 

public authority of the fact that this 

system of records contains information 

relevant to the retention of an employee, 

the retention of a security clearance, the 

letting of a contract, or the issuance or 

retention of a license, grant, or other 

benefit. The other agency or licensing 

organization may then make a request 

supported by the written consent of the 

individual for the entire record if it so 

chooses. No disclosure will be made 

unless the information has been 

determined to be sufficiently reliable to 

support a referral to another office 

within the agency or to another Federal 

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administrative, personnel, or regulatory 

action. 

D. Disclosure to Office of Management 

and Budget: Information may be 

disclosed to the Office of Management 

and Budget at any stage in the 

legislative coordination and clearance 

process in connection with private relief 

legislation as set forth in OMB Circular 

No. A–19. 

E. Disclosure to Congressional Offices: 

Information may be disclosed to a 

congressional office from the record of 

an individual in response to an inquiry 

from the congressional office made at 

the request of the individual. 

F. Disclosure to Department of Justice: 

Information may be disclosed to the 

Department of Justice, or in a 

proceeding before a court, adjudicative 

body, or other administrative body 

before which the Agency is authorized 

to appear, when: 

1. The Agency, or any component 

thereof; 

2. Any employee of the Agency in his 

or her official capacity; 

3. Any employee of the Agency in his 

or her individual capacity where the 

Department of Justice or the Agency 

have agreed to represent the employee; 

or 

4. The United States, if the Agency 

determines that litigation is likely to 

affect the Agency or any of its 

components, 

Is a party to litigation or has an 

interest in such litigation, and the use 

of such records by the Department of 

Justice or the Agency is deemed by the 

Agency to be relevant and necessary to 

the litigation provided, however, that in 

each case it has been determined that 

the disclosure is compatible with the 

purpose for which the records were 

collected. 

G. Disclosure to the National 

Archives: Information may be disclosed 

to the National Archives and Records 

Administration in records management 

inspections. 

H. Disclosure to Contractors, 

Grantees, and Others: Information may 

be disclosed to contractors, grantees, 

consultants, or volunteers performing or 

working on a contract, service, grant, 

cooperative agreement, job, or other 

activity for the Agency and who have a 

need to have access to the information 

in the performance of their duties or 

activities for the Agency. When 

appropriate, recipients will be required 

to comply with the requirements of the 

Privacy Act of 1974 as provided in 5 

U.S.C. 552a(m). 

I. Disclosures for Administrative 

Claims, Complaints and Appeals: 

Information from this system of records 

may be disclosed to an authorized 

appeal grievance examiner, formal 

complaints examiner, equal 

employment opportunity investigator, 

arbitrator or other person properly 

engaged in investigation or settlement of 

an administrative grievance, complaint, 

claim, or appeal filed by an employee, 

but only to the extent that the 

information is relevant and necessary to 

the proceeding. Agencies that may 

obtain information under this routine 

use include, but are not limited to, the 

Office of Personnel Management, Office 

of Special Counsel, Merit Systems 

Protection Board, Federal Labor 

Relations Authority, Equal Employment 

Opportunity Commission, and Office of 

Government Ethics. 

J. Disclosure to the Office of Personnel 

Management: Information from this 

system of records may be disclosed to 

the Office of Personnel Management 

pursuant to that agency’s responsibility 

for evaluation and oversight of Federal 

personnel management. 

K. Disclosure in Connection With 

Litigation: Information from this system 

of records may be disclosed in 

connection with litigation or settlement 

discussions regarding claims by or 

against the Agency, including public 

filing with a court, to the extent that 

disclosure of the information is relevant 

and necessary to the litigation or 

discussions and except where court 

orders are otherwise required under 

section (b)(11) of the Privacy Act of 

1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(11). 

The two routine uses below (L and M) 

are required by OMB Memorandum M– 

17–12. 

L. Disclosure to Persons or Entities in 

Response to an Actual or Suspected 

Breach of Personally Identifiable 

Information: To appropriate agencies, 

entities, and persons when (1) the 

Agency suspects or has confirmed that 

there has been a breach of the system of 

records, (2) the Agency has determined 

that as a result of the suspected or 

confirmed breach there is a risk of harm 

to individuals, the Agency (including its 

information systems, programs, and 

operations), the Federal Government, or 

national security; and (3) the disclosure 

made to such agencies, entities, and 

persons is reasonably necessary to assist 

in connection with the Agency’s efforts 

to respond to the suspected or 

confirmed breach or to prevent, 

minimize, or remedy such harm. 

M. Disclosure To Assist Another 

Agency in Its Efforts To Respond to a 

Breach of Personally Identifiable 

Information: To another Federal agency 

or Federal entity, when the Agency 

determines that information from this 

system of records is reasonably 

necessary to assist the recipient agency 

or entity in (1) responding to a 

suspected or confirmed breach or (2) 

preventing, minimizing, or remedying 

the risk of harm to individuals, the 

recipient agency or entity (including its 

information systems, programs, and 

operations), the Federal Government, or 

national security, resulting from a 

suspected or confirmed breach. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF

RECORDS: 

These records are maintained 

electronically on computer storage 

devices such as computer disks. The 

computer storage devices are located at 

U.S. EPA National Computer Center, 

109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research 

Triangle Park, NC 27711, on cloud 

resources and partner sites. Backups 

will be maintained at a disaster recovery 

site. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF

RECORDS: 

Records are retrievable by the CDX 

username, program ID number, all or 

part of the individual’s name, phone 

number, and email address. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND

DISPOSAL OF RECORDS: 

The EPA will retain and dispose of 

these records in accordance with 

National Archives and Records 

Administration General Records 

Schedule 20, Item 1.c. This 0097 

schedule provides disposal 

authorization for electronic files and 

hard copy printouts created to monitor 

system usage, including but not limited 

to log-in files, audit trail files, system 

usage files, and cost-back files used to 

access charges for system use. Records 

will be deleted or destroyed according 

to EPA Records Schedule 0097. 

ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL

SAFEGUARDS: 

Security controls used to protect 

personal sensitive data in Central Data 

Exchange (CDX) are commensurate with 

those required for an information 

system rated moderate for 

confidentiality, integrity, and 

availability, as prescribed in NIST 

Special Publication, 800–53, ‘‘Security 

and Privacy Controls for Information 

Systems and Organizations,’’ Revision 4. 

1. Administrative Safeguards: The 

system will be operated and maintained 

by EPA or organizations under contract 

with the EPA (henceforth referred to as 

‘‘EPA’’). EPA has minimized the risk of 

unauthorized access to the system by 

establishing a secure environment for 

exchanging electronic information. 

3. Physical Safeguards: Physical 

access to the data system housed within 

the facility is controlled by a 


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computerized badge reading system, 

and the entire complex is patrolled by 

security during non-business hours. The 

computer system offers a high degree of 

resistance to tampering and 

circumvention. Multiple levels of 

security are maintained with the 

computer system control program. 

4. Logical Access Safeguards 

(Technical): The individual registering 

for CDX will generate a self-assigned 

passwords that will be stored in CDX, 

but it will only be accessible to the 

registering individual. To restore 

passwords additional secrets will be 

provided by individual and validated 

along with email or other out-of-band 

factor such as registered mobile phone 

using a 1-time passphrase. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Individuals seeking access to 

information in this system of records 

about themselves are required to 

provide adequate identification (e.g., 

driver’s license, military identification 

card, employee badge or identification 

card). Additional identity verification 

procedures may be required, as 

warranted. Requests must meet the 

requirements of EPA regulations that 

implement the Privacy Act of 1974, at 

40 CFR part 16. 

CONTESTING RECORDS PROCEDURES: 

Requests for correction or amendment 

must identify the record to be changed 

and the corrective action sought. 

Complete EPA Privacy Act procedures 

are described in EPA’s Privacy Act 

regulations at 40 CFR part 16. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

Any individual who wants to know 

whether this system of records contains 

a record about him or her, should make 

a written request to the Attn: Agency 

Privacy Officer, MC 2831T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, 

DC 20460, privacy@epa.gov. 

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

HISTORY: 

Notice of a New System of Records 

[Federal Register Vol 67, No. 52 

(Monday, March 18, 2002)] Amendment 

to System of Records Notice [Federal 

Register Vol 68, No. 235 (Monday, 

December 8, 2003)]. 

Vaughn Noga, 

Senior Agency Official for Privacy. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2021–0424; FRL–8721–01– 

OCSPP] 

Electronic Option for Submitting 

Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgement 

Statement of Unregistered Pesticides 

Under the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide and Rodenticide Act; Notice 

of Availability 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the 

availability of an electronic option for 

submitting the Foreign Purchaser 

Acknowledgement Statement (FPAS) for 

unregistered pesticides as required 

under the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 

(FIFRA). As an alternative to the 

hardcopy approach, which is still 

available, EPA is also now accepting the 

required notifications electronically 

using EPA’s electronic document 

submission system, the Central Data 

Exchange (CDX). Use of CDX to prepare 

and submit the required notifications to 

EPA will help streamline and reduce the 

administrative costs and burdens 

associated with submitting paper-based 

statements for both the submitters and 

the Agency. 

DATES: An FPAS may be submitted 

electronically using CDX as of August 

18, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: The docket for this action, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2021–0424, is 

available online at http://

www.regulations.gov or in-person at the 

Office of Pesticide Program Docket (OPP 

Docket), Environmental Protection 

Agency Docket Center (EPA/DC), 

(28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460–0001. The 

Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 

a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays. The 

telephone number for the Public 

Reading Room is (202) 566–1744. 

Please note that due to the public 

health concerns related to COVID–19, 

the EPA/DC and Reading Room is 

closed to visitors with limited 

exceptions. The staff continues to 

provide remote customer service via 

email, phone, and webform. For the 

latest status information on the EPA/DC 

and docket access, visit https://

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical information contact: Zoe 

Emdur, Office of Program Support, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460–0001: Telephone number: (703) 

347 0529; email address: emdur.zoe@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you manufacture, process, 

import, or distribute in commerce 

chemical substances and mixtures. The 

following North American Industrial 

Classification System (NAICS) codes 

have been provided to assist you and 

others in determining whether this 

action might apply to certain entities. 

Potentially affected entities may 

include, but are not limited to the 

following: 

• Basic Chemical Manufacturing 

(NAICS 3251); 

• Resin, Synthetic Rubber, and 

Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and 

Filaments Manufacturing (NAICS 3252); 

• Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other 

Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing 

(NAICS 3253); and 

• Other Chemical Product and 

Preparation Manufacturing (NAICS 

3251). 

If you have any questions regarding 

the applicability of this action to a 

particular entity, consult the technical 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

B. What action is the Agency taking? 

The Agency is announcing the 

availability of an electronic option for 

use by those who must submit an FPAS 

under FIFRA 17(a)(2). EPA is providing 

an electronic option as part of the 

broader Federal government efforts to 

move to modern, electronic methods of 

information collection, which 

streamline processes and reduce overall 

burdens for all involved. 

Currently, an FPAS can only be 

submitted to the Agency in hardcopy 

using regular mail, requiring the Agency 

to manually scan and process 

submissions. The modernization of the 

FPAS process will allow the option for 

users to prepare and submit their 

notifications to the Agency 

electronically using a web-based 

application. To file electronically, 

submitters must use the EPA provided 

application. To access the application, 

users must complete a one-time 

registration with EPA’s CDX (https://

cdx.epa.gov/). CDX is the Agency’s 

portal for submitting information to EPA 

in a secure online manner. Electronic 

submissions of an FPAS will be done 

via the Pesticide Submission Portal 

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