Resources for Recipients of Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program Test Orders
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
- EDSP Tier 1 Screening Battery
- EDSP Tier 1 Screening Battery Test Guidelines (Harmonized Test Guidelines Series 890)
- Standard Evaluation Procedures (SEPs) and Data Entry Spreadsheet Templates (DESTs)
- Study Profile Templates (also known as Data Evaluation Record Templates)
- Technical Clarifications about the EDSP Tier 1 Assays
Test Order Response and Status Tracking
- Status of EDSP Test Orders/DCIs
- Status of EDSP OSRI: Order Recipient Submissions and EPA Responses
- 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
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. Consortium number and/or EDSP number(s) and MRIDs can be found in the MRID table.
Information can be submitted electronically as an e-Submission. Electronic submissions of pesticide data are made through the Pesticide Submission Portal (PSP), accessed through EPA’s Central Data Exchange (CDX) Network and requires user registration. Information on electronic submission is available here and CDX can be accessed directly here.
Published Information
- Policies and Procedures for the EDSP
- Administrative Order Exempting A. radiobacter from EDSP Screening and Testing
- EDSP Comprehensive Management Plan
- EDSP21 Workplan Summary
- 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