diff --git a/app/main/views/notifications.py b/app/main/views/notifications.py
index e41708b8c..ce66707f3 100644
--- a/app/main/views/notifications.py
+++ b/app/main/views/notifications.py
@@ -10,10 +10,15 @@ from flask import (
     stream_with_context,
     url_for,
 )
+from flask_login import current_user
 
 from app import current_service, job_api_client, notification_api_client
 from app.main import main
 from app.notify_client.api_key_api_client import KEY_TYPE_TEST
+from app.s3_client.s3_csv_client import (
+    delete_report,
+    report_upload,
+)
 from app.utils import (
     DELIVERED_STATUSES,
     FAILURE_STATUSES,
@@ -144,19 +149,38 @@ def download_notifications_csv(service_id):
     file_time = datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %I:%M:%S %p")
     file_time = f"{file_time} {get_user_preferred_timezone()}"
 
+    csv = generate_notifications_csv(
+        service_id=service_id,
+        job_id=None,
+        status=filter_args.get("status"),
+        page=request.args.get("page", 1),
+        page_size=10000,
+        format_for_csv=True,
+        template_type=filter_args.get("message_type"),
+        limit_days=service_data_retention_days,
+    )
+
+    # START asynchronous reporting block
+    csv_file = "".join(csv)
+    file_location = f"reports/{service_id}/{current_user.id}/{service_data_retention_days}/report.csv"
+
+    # TODO these are some capabilities we will probably need when
+    # report generation becomes asynchronous.
+
+    # old_content = report_download(file_location)
+    # current_app.logger.info(f"OLD CONTENT IS {old_content}")
+    # reports = get_downloadable_reports(current_user.id, service_id)
+
+    # TODO these are to support asynchronous report generation.
+    # Leaving them commented in so they get exercised.
+    delete_report(file_location)
+    report_upload(file_location, csv_file)
+    # END asynchronous reporting block
+
+    # TODO eventually we want to remove this, when reports become fully asynchronous
+    # The UI should be retrieving the report elsewhere via the download_report() method call
     return Response(
-        stream_with_context(
-            generate_notifications_csv(
-                service_id=service_id,
-                job_id=None,
-                status=filter_args.get("status"),
-                page=request.args.get("page", 1),
-                page_size=10000,
-                format_for_csv=True,
-                template_type=filter_args.get("message_type"),
-                limit_days=service_data_retention_days,
-            )
-        ),
+        stream_with_context(csv),
         mimetype="text/csv",
         headers={
             "Content-Disposition": 'inline; filename="{} - {} - {} report.csv"'.format(
diff --git a/app/s3_client/s3_csv_client.py b/app/s3_client/s3_csv_client.py
index 195ea3032..dd24cd76a 100644
--- a/app/s3_client/s3_csv_client.py
+++ b/app/s3_client/s3_csv_client.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import os
 import uuid
 
+import boto3
 from flask import current_app
 
 from app.s3_client import (
+    AWS_CLIENT_CONFIG,
     get_s3_contents,
     get_s3_metadata,
     get_s3_object,
@@ -63,3 +65,70 @@ def set_metadata_on_csv_upload(service_id, upload_id, **kwargs):
 
 def get_csv_metadata(service_id, upload_id):
     return get_s3_metadata(get_csv_upload(service_id, upload_id))
+
+
+def report_upload(file_location, report_content):
+    bucket_name = current_app.config["CSV_UPLOAD_BUCKET"]["bucket"]
+    access_key = current_app.config["CSV_UPLOAD_BUCKET"]["access_key_id"]
+    secret_key = current_app.config["CSV_UPLOAD_BUCKET"]["secret_access_key"]
+    region = current_app.config["CSV_UPLOAD_BUCKET"]["region"]
+
+    utils_s3upload(
+        filedata=report_content,
+        region=region,
+        bucket_name=bucket_name,
+        file_location=file_location,
+        access_key=access_key,
+        secret_key=secret_key,
+    )
+    current_app.logger.info(f"Succcessfully uploaded report to {file_location}")
+
+
+def report_download(file_location):
+    current_app.logger.info(f"Downloading report from {file_location}")
+    bucket_name = current_app.config["CSV_UPLOAD_BUCKET"]["bucket"]
+    access_key = current_app.config["CSV_UPLOAD_BUCKET"]["access_key_id"]
+    secret_key = current_app.config["CSV_UPLOAD_BUCKET"]["secret_access_key"]
+    region = current_app.config["CSV_UPLOAD_BUCKET"]["region"]
+
+    return get_s3_contents(
+        get_s3_object(bucket_name, file_location, access_key, secret_key, region)
+    )
+
+
+def delete_report(file_location):
+    current_app.logger.info(f"Deleting report from {file_location}")
+    bucket_name = current_app.config["CSV_UPLOAD_BUCKET"]["bucket"]
+    access_key = current_app.config["CSV_UPLOAD_BUCKET"]["access_key_id"]
+    secret_key = current_app.config["CSV_UPLOAD_BUCKET"]["secret_access_key"]
+    region = current_app.config["CSV_UPLOAD_BUCKET"]["region"]
+
+    obj = get_s3_object(bucket_name, file_location, access_key, secret_key, region)
+    if obj is None:
+        return None
+    return obj.delete()
+
+
+def get_downloadable_reports(user_id, service_id):
+    prefix = f"reports/{service_id}/{user_id}/"
+    bucket_name = current_app.config["CSV_UPLOAD_BUCKET"]["bucket"]
+    access_key = current_app.config["CSV_UPLOAD_BUCKET"]["access_key_id"]
+    secret_key = current_app.config["CSV_UPLOAD_BUCKET"]["secret_access_key"]
+    region = current_app.config["CSV_UPLOAD_BUCKET"]["region"]
+
+    session = boto3.Session(
+        aws_access_key_id=access_key,
+        aws_secret_access_key=secret_key,
+        region_name=region,
+    )
+    s3 = session.client(
+        "s3",
+        config=AWS_CLIENT_CONFIG,
+    )
+
+    response = s3.list_objects_v2(Bucket=bucket_name, Prefix=prefix)
+    object_keys = []
+    if "Contents" in response:
+        for obj in response["Contents"]:
+            object_keys.append(obj["Key"])
+    return object_keys