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Gaining Access to the EPA Portal
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Logging into a community
This Quick Reference Guide provides information on:
• Establishing a Portal account for those individuals who do not have epa.gov email
address, and LAN account
• Gaining access to a community.
If you do not have an epa.gov email and LAN account, start at Gaining Access to the Portal,
within this document.
NOTE: If you do not have BOTH and epa.gov email address and a LAN account you must
complete the Self Registration process in the Portal to gain access.
If you do have an epa.gov email and LAN account you do not need to request access to the
Portal. Go to Logging into the Portal within this document.
Gaining Access to the Portal
Individuals who do not have an epa.gov email address and LAN account need to request access
to the EPA Portal. To do this, so to: http://portal.epa.gov and click on Request Access to
the EPA Portal,
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Login Instructions
If you have an epa.gov email address and LAN account, log in using the following: Usei Name = your LAN id and Password = your LAN password.
If you DO NOT have an epa.gov email addiess and LAN account you will need to request access to the Poital using the "Request Access to the EPA Portal" link below.
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Figure 1: Request Access to the EPA Portal
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Self Registration
To obtain an account on the EPA Portal, you must be a business partner or affiliate who has business with the Environmental Protection Agency. Please fill out the following information and click submit to request access to the EPA Portal.
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ALL FIELDS ARE REQUIRED
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Select the Community
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Figure 2: Self Registration Form
The Self Registration page (Figure 2) is displayed. Make sure to complete all fields on the
form including an EPA Sponsor who can verify your business need to access the Portal. You
will also need to select a primary community. This community should be the one that is also
part of your business need to access the Portal.
Once you complete and submit the form it will be routed to the Community Manager (of your
primary Community) for approval. If you do not receive an email notification containing your
user name and password within 24 hours, notify the EPA Customer Support Center at 1-866-
411-4EPA or epacallcenter@epa.gov.
Note for the Environmental Science Connector (ESC) Community: At successful conclusion
of the registration process, the person is added to the Portal database. At this time, an ESC
Project Manager may add/invite the user to a specific ESC project however, the user will not
have access to the project until they have requested and received approval into the ESC
community. See Request Access to Additional Communities, within this document.
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Logging into the Portal
If you have an epa.gov email address and LAN account or you have received a confirmation
email containing your log-in information (user id and password) you can now log into the
Portal.
Go to: http://portal.epa.gov and enter your User Name and Password on the Login screen and
click Login (Figure 3). (For users with an epa.gov email, your Portal User Name is your LAN id
and your Portal password is your LAN password) if you have any problems logging into the
Portal, contact the EPA Customer Call Center at 1 -866-411-4EPA or epacallcenter@epa.gov.
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Login Instructions
If you hove an epa.gov email address and LAN account, log in using the following: User Name = youi LAN id and Password = youi LAN password.
If you DO NOT have an epa.gov email address and LAN account you will need to request access to the Poital using the "Request Access to the EPA Portal" link below.
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If you do not have an epa.gov email address, please click on the appropriate link below.
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Need Assistance? Call the EPA Customer Support Center at 1-866-411-4EPA or email at EPACallCenter@epa.gov
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Figure 3: EPA Portal Log-in Screen
If this is the first time you have logged-in after completing the self registration form, you will
be prompted to change your password (Figure 4). You will enter a new password, of your
choice, that is 8 characters long and should contain at least one number.
Change Password
Enter your old password and a new password. Confirm your new password to make sure you entered it correctly
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Figure 4: Password Change Screen
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After changing your password, the Portal will require you to enter your new password to log
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Request Access to Additional Communities
After logging into the Portal (See) you can request access to additional communities (Figure 6)
by clicking Request Access to a Community, beneath the welcome banner."
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provided by default.
EPA employees automatically have access to the General Pages, EPA Employee Pages, Air
Analysis, ITGSS READ, Environmental Science Connector, Geospatial, and the Office of
Emergency Management communities.
Pages provided by default for internal affiliates (users with an epa.gov email and LAN
account, but who are not EPA employees) are: the General Pages, Air Analysis, and ITGSS
READ. Access to all other communities must be requested (Figure 6).
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For external users (those without an epa.gov email and LAN account), only the General Pages
(excluding the Employee Page), Air Analysis, and ITGSS READ can be viewed.
Additional communities may also be requested (Figure 6).
Select Communities

Select Groups
The following list represents the communities that are available to you on the EPA Portal. To join
a community, check the box next to the community name. To leave a community, remove the
check from the box next to the name. For communities requiring authorization, you will be
notified via email when your enrollment in the community is approved. You can join and leave
multiple communities at one time. When you are satisfied with your selection, press the 'save
subscription1 button below. Note: There is a 10 minute delay before you can view the selected
groups in the portal.
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To request access to an additional Community:
A. Click inside the check box next to a community name. (Note: in this example, the user is
requesting access to the "Environmental Science Connector")
B. Click the "Save Groups" button. (Figure 7)
Your request to the community is forwarded to the Community Manager. You will receive an
email message when the Community Manager has either approved or denied your request.
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Accessing a Community
Once the Community Manager has granted access to the community, log into the Portal (See
Logging into the Portal). The following screen is displayed and now includes the name of the
approved community. (Note: In this example, the user has just been granted access to the
Environmental Science Connector) See the left navigator bar (Figure 8).
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Welcome to EPA's Environmental Science Connector
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The Environmental Science Connector is a password protected research and xafflTi?
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and other tools to your desktop. The Environmental Science Connector is an idea
place to customize, coordinate and monitor progress of environmental projects ar J
to share information with other scientists.
Facilitating the Work of Scientists
Scientists can centrally manage their projects, download datasets and models,
track the history of their work and share their results with other researchers. The
Environmental Science Connector's Desktop Library provides customized access
to a variety of scientific journals and research publications. Science Search
provides an integrated search across a variety of resources.
Collaboration
A comprehensive set of collaboration tools to meet the needs of research groups
is included which allow scientists to:
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Request Access to the
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Some communities are accessible via a direct URL. The Environmental Science Connector is
one such community and uses the URL http://portal.epa.gov/ESC. When using the direct
URL, the login screen is included on the ESC home page (Figure 9).
When you access the Environmental Science Connector for the first time, you will be
presented with a pop-up for Online Help (Figure 10). You can close or minimize the online
help pop-up and start using the Connector.
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