"Secure Data Transfer"
          "Fewer Errors"
"Advanced Technology"
                                     For more Information:

                                  Charles Freeman, Acting Chief
                               Information Exchange Technology Branch
                                       (202)566-1694
                                   freeman.charles@epa.gov
CDX/Exchange Network Help Desk
      1-888-890-1995

      www.epa.gov/cdx
   www. epa.gov/webservices
 www.epa.gov/exchangenetwork
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                                            OFFICE OF
                                            ENVIRONMENTAL
                                            INFORMATION
                                 Publication Number #250-F-05-002
                                       November 2006
                                                                   CDX
                                                                   CENTRAL DATA
                                                                   EXCHANGE
                               -
  Supporting environmental data
exchange among EPA, state and local
 governments, tribes, and the private
  sector over the Environmental
  Information Exchange Network

       www.epa.gov/cdx
    Environmental Information
    exchange
        ^-Network

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EPA's Central Data Exchange (CDX) -
Providing value-added services for
national, regional and state data
exchanges over the Internet

CDX is EPA's gateway for receiving environ-
mental information through the web and also
serves as the as the EPA node on the Environ-
mental Information Exchange Network. Today,
CDX successfully manages thousands of data
submissions from states, tribes, territories, local
municipalities and industry through a Service-
Oriented Architecture.
 CDX Core Services
    Security and Identity Management
    * Identity proofing
    * Virus scanning
    * Procedures for account revocation
    * Registration and authentication processes
    * Encryption support services
    Data Transmission
    * Data delivery to EPA national systems
    * Development and hosting of web forms and
      file upload functions for data submission
    * Notification updates and reports on
      submission status
    * Data transformation
    * Data archival
    Exchange Network Support
    * Registration
    * Security and quality assurance
    * Development of node to node data
      exchanges
    * Web service specifications and code
    * Data transformation
    * Data discovery service
    Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule
    (CROMERR) Compliance
    * Provide services compliant with
      CROMERR for electronic data collection
    User Support
    * Help Desk for CDX general support
    * Dedicated flow support available
CDX at a Glance (FY'06)

-Over 63,000 CDX Users
-31 data flows in production
-14 data flows in development
-Over 88,000 file submissions
  Next Generation CDX Innovations
    Registration Maintenance
    * Allows program offices control over
      registration
    * Reduces money spent on help desk costs

    Business Process Execution
    Language (BPEL)
    * Provides an Open standard, object-oriented
      flow development process
    * Eliminates the hard coding of components
      together

    Generic File Upload Process
    * Provides a master flow with a suite of
      options for building web flows.
    * Meets unique program requirements
    * Utilizes  extended reusable component
      methodology

    CBI Solutions
    * Provides programs restricted to paper
      submissions with an electronic reporting
      option

   i  Acrobat® Forms
    * Provides basic form functions that support
      the capture and later extraction of data via
      CDX
    * Provides a flexible development tool for
      program offices
    * May eliminate additional ICR requirements
CDX Data Flows
 i Air Quality System (AQS)
  Assessment, Cleanup and Redevelopment
  Exchange System (ACRES)
  eBeaches
  Electronic Discharge Monitoring Reports
  (eDMR)
  EnviroFlash
  Environmental Appeals Board
  Electronic Inventory Update Reporting (elUR)
  Facility Registration System (FRS)
  Institutional Controls Tracking System (ICTS)
  Integrated Grants Management System
  (IGMS)
  Certifications and Notifications of Lead-Based
  Paint Abatement Activities
  Long Term 2/Stage 2 Disinfection Byproducts
  (LT2)
  National Emissions Inventory (NEI)
  Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS-CBI)
  Office of Transportation Air Quality Fuels
  Reporting System (OTAQ)
  Permit Compliance System-Interim Data
  Exchange Format (PCS-IDEF)
  Radionuclide National Emissions Standards
  for Hazardous  Pollutants (NESHAPS)
  Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
  Information System (RCRAInfo)
  Risk Management Plan Web Reporting
  Center (RMP*Web RC)
  Safe Drinking Water Accession and Review
  System (SDWARS)
  Safe Drinking Water Information System
  (SDWIS)
  Substance Registry System (SRS)
  Stormwater Electronic Notice of Intent
  (eNOI)
  Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)
  Toxic Substances Control Act Health and
  Safety Data (TSCA HaSD)
  VERIFY
  Water Contamination Information Tool (WCIT)

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