Phase 2 of Pesticide Submission Portal: Expanded Functionality for Electronic Submission of Pesticide Applications to EPA
For Release: February 23, 2016
EPA is releasing Phase 2 of the Pesticide Submission Portal, the Web-based system for electronic submission of pesticide applications to EPA. Today’s action is the second step in a phased approach that will ultimately lead to EPA’s ability to accept all pesticide applications electronically, a move that will help modernize the pesticide registration process, increase operational efficiencies and reduce paper waste.
EPA has expanded the functionality of the portal by increasing the types of actions associated with distributor product applications that can be submitted, to include:
- Adding an alternate brand name
- Cancelling a distributor product
- Cancelling all distributor products
- Reinstating a distributor product
Phase 2 also allows submission of responses to Data Call-Ins (DCIs). The following activities responding to product-specific DCIs (PDCIs) and generic DCIs (GDCIs) issued under pesticide reregistration or registration review can now be submitted to EPA using the portal:
- Acknowledgment of receipt of DCI (new DCIs issued after release of Phase 2 only)
- Initial 90-day response to DCI (new DCIs issued after release of Phase 2 only)
- Data submissions responding to DCI requirements (for all DCIs)
EPA will continue to accept DCI-response submissions via paper but encourages applicants to take advantage of this new, more efficient option.
The portal is accessed through EPA’s Central Data Exchange (CDX) Network and requires user registration. Registrants currently submitting CDs or DVDs using the e-Dossier downloadable tool or their own builder tools based on EPA’s XML guidance may use the portal and forego the courier costs of sending to EPA.
A user guide, FAQs and other tools to help registration applicants submit electronic applications are available on the CDX Network.