Chemical Weapons Convention Regulations: Electronic Submission of Declarations and Reports Through the Web-Data Entry System for Industry (Web-DESI)

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published an interim rule, on December 30, 1999, that established the Chemical Weapons Convention Regulations (CWCR) to implement the provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) affecting U.S. industry and other U.S. persons. The CWCR include requirements to report certain activities, involving Scheduled chemicals and Unscheduled Discrete Organic Chemicals, and to provide access for on-site verification by international inspectors of certain facilities and locations in the United States. This interim final rule amends the CWCR by adding instructions on how to obtain authorization from BIS to make electronic submissions of declarations and reports through the Web-Data Entry System for Industry (Web-DESI), which can be accessed on the CWC Web site at http://www.cwc.gov. The rule also establishes procedures for the assignment and use of passwords for facilities, plant sites and trading companies (USC password) and procedures for the assignment and use of Web-DESI user accounts.