[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 21]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR159.156]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 159--STATEMENTS OF POLICIES AND INTERPRETATIONS--Table of Contents
 
     Subpart D--Reporting Requirements for Risk/Benefit Information
 
Sec. 159.156   How information must be submitted.

    A submission under FIFRA section 6(a)(2) must be delivered as 
specified in either paragraph (a) or (b) of this section, and must meet 
the other requirements of this section:
    (a) Be mailed by certified or registered mail to the following 
address, or such other address as the Agency may subsequently specify in 
writing:

Document Processing Desk--6(a)(2), Office of Pesticide Programs--7504C, 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460.

    (b) Be delivered in person or by courier service or by such other 
methods as the Agency deems appropriate to the following address, or to 
such other address as the Agency may subsequently specify in writing: 
Document Processing Desk--6(a)(2), Office of Pesticide Programs, Room 
266A, Crystal Mall 2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, 
Virginia 22202.
    (c) Include a cover letter which contains the information requested 
in paragraphs (d) and (e) of this section, and a prominent statement 
that the information is being submitted in accordance with FIFRA section 
6(a)(2).
    (d) Contain the name of the submitter, registrant name and 
registration number, date of transmittal to EPA, the type of study or 
incident being reported under Secs. 159.165 through 159.195, and a 
statement of why the information is considered reportable under this 
part.
    (e) Identify the substance tested or otherwise covered by the 
information (including, if known, the EPA registration number(s) to 
which the information pertains, and if known, the CAS Registry Number).
    (f) In reporting incidents, provide the data listed in Sec. 159.184, 
to the extent such information is available.
    (g) In submitting scientific studies, follow the procedures set 
forth in Sec. 158.32 of this chapter.
    (h) If the information is part of a larger package being submitted 
in order to comply with another provision of FIFRA (e.g., sections 
3(c)(2)(B), 4(e)(1)(E)), identify in the transmittal the individual 
studies being submitted under this part.
    (i) If a claim of confidentiality is made under FIFRA section 10 for 
information relating to any part of a study or incident report contained 
in the submission, follow the procedures set forth in Sec. 158.33 of 
this chapter regarding the identification and segregation of information 
claimed to be confidential.
    (j) If a submission includes a study subject to the flagging 
requirements of Sec. 158.34 of this chapter, comply with the 
requirements of that section, and, if the flagging statement is 
positive, identify it as 6(a)(2) information in the transmittal.
    (k) If a submission is a follow-up to an earlier study or incident 
report submitted to EPA, the transmittal must state that fact, and must 
cite the earlier submission, as follows:
    (1) If the earlier submission was a study to which EPA assigned a 
Master Record Identifier number (MRID), cite the MRID.
    (2) If the previous submission was an incident report to which no 
MRID number was assigned, cite the date of the initial submission of the 
incident information or report.