---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 770.8"
title: "40"
number: "770.8"
heading: "Applications, notifications, and reports."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/770.8"
---

# §770.8. Applications, notifications, and reports.

- (a) All applications, notifications, and reports that are required to be submitted to EPA under this subpart must be submitted via the EPA Central Data Exchange (CDX) found at https://cdx.epa.gov.
- (b) If the EPA CDX is unavailable, EPA will so inform EPA TSCA Title VI ABs and TPCs and will make electronic applications and reporting forms available online at http://www.epa.gov/formaldehyde.
- (c)
  - (1) Persons submitting a notice under this rule are subject to EPA confidentiality regulations at [40 CFR part 2](/cfr/40/part2.md), [subpart B](/cfr/40/subpartB.md), except that the certification in [paragraph (c)(2)](#c-2) of this section must also be provided when asserting a claim of confidentiality.
  - (2) In submitting a claim of confidentiality, a person must certify the truth of the following four statements concerning all information which is claimed as confidential:
    - (i) **My company has taken measures to protect the confidentiality of the information.**
    - (ii) I have determined that the information is not required to be disclosed or otherwise made available to the public under any other Federal law.
    - (iii) I have a reasonable basis to conclude that disclosure of the information is likely to cause substantial harm to the competitive position of the person.
    - (iv) I have a reasonable basis to believe that the information is not readily discoverable through reverse engineering.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2697(d).

### Source

Source: 81 FR 89724, Dec. 12, 2016, unless otherwise noted.