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Resources for Test Order Recipients
The following is a compilation of information available to assist individuals who have received test orders (i.e., requests to submit data) in complying with test order requirements:
- Assay Information
- Test Order Response and Status Tracking
- How to Submit Information in Response to an EDSP Test Order/Data Call-In
- Published Information
- Chemicals for Screening
Assay Information
- EDSP Tier 1 Assays: Considerations for Use in Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessments (PDF) (16 pp, 278K, About PDF)
- Tier 1 Screening Battery
- EDSP Tier 1 Screening Battery Test Guidelines (Harmonized Test Guidelines Series 890)
- Standard Evaluation Procedures (SEPs)
- Data Entry Spreadsheet Templates (DESTs)
- Study Profile Templates (also known as Data Evaluation Record Templates)
- Technical Questions/Answers about the Tier 1 Screening Assays
- Peer Review of Tier 2 Tests
Test Order Response and Status Tracking
- Status of EDSP Test Orders/DCIs (PDF) (53 pp, 555K, About PDF)
- Status of EDSP OSRI: Order Recipient Submissions and EPA Responses (PDF) (8 pp, 83K, About PDF)
- October 21, 2009 Federal Register Notice: Describes the order in which EPA issued test orders requiring Tier 1 screening for the first group of 67 chemicals. Test orders were issued between October 2009 and February 2010. EDSP Tier 1 screening data required to satisfy an order and OSRI submitted to the Agency are due within two years of the date of issuance of the order.
How to Submit Information in Response to an EDSP Test Order/Data Call-In
What's New About EDSP Submissions to EPA?
- Pre-assigned MRID Numbers (PDF) (1 pp, 56K, About PDF) for each chemical
- Electronic submission via CD
- Submission by Consortium Number, if applicable (See MRID table (PDF) (1 pp, 56K, About PDF))
Submissions must include the following identification information:
- Chemical Review Manager (CRM) and Pesticide Registration Review Division (PRD-EDSP) (e.g., John Smith, PRD-EDSP)
- Consortium number and/or EDSP number(s)
- Pre-assigned Master Record Identification (MRID) number
Locate the assigned CRMs in the Status of EDSP Test Orders/DCIs table (PDF) (53 pp, 555K, About PDF). Consortium number and/or EDSP number(s) and MRIDs can be found in the MRID table (PDF) (1 pp, 56K, About PDF).
Options for submitting information in both paper and electronic formats are described below:
- Option 1 - Paper - Recipients of EDSP Test Orders/Data Call-Ins may submit responses to the Agency in paper. EPA accepts paper submissions of information as outlined in PR Notice 86-5 and the Pesticide Registration Manual -- aka the "Blue Book". Generally, order recipients must provide (3) copies of each document (the Agency will also accept one (1) paper copy of each document and a CD or DVD with PDF copies of each submitted document).
- Preferred Option 2 - Electronic - eSubmission via Specially-Formatted CD/DVD - EPA currently accepts registration packages for Pesticide registrations (under FIFRA Section 3) via what is known as eSubmission using a specially formatted (XML) CD or DVD. Information on electronic submission of pesticides is available, as well as an e-Submission XML Guidance Document for Pesticide Registration Packages - Version 4.4 (67 pp, 467k, About PDF). Deliver the DVD/CD to EPA. United States Postal Service (USPS) delivery is not recommended at this time due to delays caused by the sterilization of all incoming mail. The package should be labeled as follows:
Document Processing Desk (E-Sub PRD-EDSP)
U.S. EPA - Office of Pesticide Programs S-4900
2777 S. Crystal Drive
Arlington, VA 22202
Published Information
- Policies and Procedures for the EDSP
- Administrative Order Exempting A. radiobacter from EDSP Screening and Testing
- EDSP Comprehensive Management Plan (PDF) (29 pp, 429K, About PDF)
- EDSP21 Workplan Summary (PDF) (6 pp, 791K, About PDF)
- Federal Register Notice - Weight-of-Evidence Guidance Document; Notice of Availability
- Weight-of-Evidence: Evaluating Results of EDSP Tier 1 Screening to Identify the Need for Tier 2 Testing
- Federal Register Notice - Draft Weight of Evidence Guidance: Evaluating Results Of EDSP Tier 1 Screening to Identify Candidate Chemicals for Tier 2 Testing
- Draft for Public Comment - Weight of Evidence Guidance: Evaluating Results Of EDSP Tier 1 Screening to Identify Candidate Chemicals for Tier 2 Testing (PDF) (10 pp, 83K, About PDF)