diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 1a8b888415..9fd45f8931 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ url = https://github.com/ekluzek/ccs_config_cesm.git
 #url = https://github.com/ESMCI/ccs_config_cesm.git
 #fxtag = ccs_config_cesm1.0.79
 #branch = nvidia-hackathon-26
-fxtag = 5cb53b38ed26c896747ce22596f0b7e6186b58f0
+fxtag = e8acd6f93abd80ff8868e563576437ec647afa1e
 fxrequired = ToplevelRequired
 # Standard Fork to compare to with "git fleximod test" to ensure personal forks aren't committed
 fxDONOTUSEurl = https://github.com/ESMCI/ccs_config_cesm.git
diff --git a/ccs_config b/ccs_config
index 5cb53b38ed..e8acd6f93a 160000
--- a/ccs_config
+++ b/ccs_config
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 5cb53b38ed26c896747ce22596f0b7e6186b58f0
+Subproject commit e8acd6f93abd80ff8868e563576437ec647afa1e
diff --git a/src/main/CMakeLists.txt b/src/main/CMakeLists.txt
index fc324efeb9..e828f2a710 100644
--- a/src/main/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ list(APPEND clm_sources
   column_varcon.F90
   decompMod.F90
   filterColMod.F90
+  FilterDataBaseType.F90
   FireMethodType.F90
   glc2lndMod.F90
   glcBehaviorMod.F90
diff --git a/src/main/FilterDataBaseType.F90 b/src/main/FilterDataBaseType.F90
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..68405ae637
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/FilterDataBaseType.F90
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+module FilterDataBaseType
+  implicit none
+  private
+  public :: filtered_data_base_type
+type , abstract :: filtered_data_base_type
+  private
+  integer, private :: num_filter
+  Integer, pointer, private :: filter(:)
+contains
+   procedure , public :: InitDataBase
+   procedure(InitData_interface) , public, deferred :: InitData
+   procedure , public :: ReInitDataBase
+   procedure(ReInitData_interface) , public, deferred :: ReInitData
+   procedure , public :: ValidateFiltersMatch
+   procedure(CompressData_interface) , public, deferred :: CompressData
+   procedure(DecompressData_interface) , public, deferred :: DecompressData
+end type filtered_data_base_type
+
+  abstract interface
+
+  subroutine InitData_interface(this)
+    import :: filtered_data_base_type
+    class(filtered_data_base_type), intent(inout) :: this
+  end subroutine InitData_interface
+
+  subroutine ReInitData_interface(this)
+    import :: filtered_data_base_type
+    class(filtered_data_base_type), intent(inout) :: this
+  end subroutine ReInitData_interface
+
+  subroutine CompressData_interface(this)
+    import :: filtered_data_base_type
+    class(filtered_data_base_type), intent(inout) :: this
+  end subroutine CompressData_interface
+
+  subroutine DecompressData_interface(this)
+    import :: filtered_data_base_type
+    class(filtered_data_base_type), intent(inout) :: this
+  end subroutine DecompressData_interface
+
+  end interface
+
+contains
+
+  subroutine ValidateFiltersMatch(this)
+    class(filtered_data_base_type), intent(in) :: this
+  end subroutine ValidateFiltersMatch
+
+  subroutine InitDataBase(this)
+    class(filtered_data_base_type), intent(in) :: this
+  end subroutine InitDataBase
+
+  subroutine ReInitDataBase(this)
+    class(filtered_data_base_type), intent(in) :: this
+  end subroutine ReInitDataBase
+
+end module FilterDataBaseType