On April 6 of last year, EPA issued a final rule initiating a two-year phaseout of the use of paper and optical disc (e.g., CD) to submit TSCA Section 5 new chemical notices to EPA. Year one is now complete, meaning that companies may no longer submit new chemical notices (including premanufacture notices (PMNs)), or the often voluminous accompanying support documents, on paper to EPA. Companies must now submit these notices using either EPA's Central Data Exchange (CDX) or optical disc. After April 6, 2012, the phaseout will be complete, and optical discs will no longer be accepted. All submitters from that point forward will have to use CDX.
Click here to view EPA's news release. Click here to view the April 6, 2010, final rule.