v>EPA — United States Environmental Protection Agency User Guide to the Online Docket for the NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule (Proposal) 10 010 1010 , 'QToioou^, . rm O 1 010010 A ,01 10100. ,010 J? I oN>i July 2013 DCN 0010 EPA Docket Number EPA-HQ-OECA-2009-0274 Available at: http://www.regulations.gov ------- 1.0 OVERVIEW On July 15, 2013, Acting Administrator Bob Perciasepe signed the proposed National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Electronic Reporting Rule for publication in the Federal Register. EPA is requesting comment on the proposed rule and solicits comments and data to inform the final rule. The proposed Clean Water Act (CWA) regulation would require permittees and regulators to use existing, available information technology to electronically report information and data related to the NPDES permit program in lieu of filing written reports. The proposal will also allow better allocation and use of limited program resources and enhance transparency and public accountability by providing regulatory agencies and the public with more timely, complete, accurate, and nationally-consistent sets of data about the NPDES program and potential sources of water pollution. This proposed rule would require that NPDES regulated entities electronically submit the following permit and compliance monitoring information instead of using paper reports: • Discharge Monitoring Reports (DMRs); • General Permit reports (e.g., Notices of Intent to discharge); and • Program reports (e.g., Pretreatment Program Annual Reports). Authorized NPDES programs will also electronically submit NPDES program data to EPA to ensure that there is consistent and complete reporting nationwide, and to expedite the collection and processing of the data, thereby making it more accurate and timely. Importantly, while the proposed rule changes the method by which information is provided (i.e., electronic rather than paper-based), it does not increase the amount of information required from NPDES regulated entities facilities under existing regulations. The benefits of this proposed rulemaking should allow NPDES-authorized programs in states, tribes, and territories to shift precious resources from data management activities to those more targeted to solving water quality and noncompliance issues. This in turn may contribute to increased compliance, improved water quality, and a level playing field for the regulated community. EPA anticipates that the proposed rule will save significant resources for states, tribes, and territories as well as EPA and NPDES permittees, while resulting in a more complete, accurate, and nationally-consistent set of data about the NPDES program. With full implementation, the anticipated savings are: • Authorized State NPDES programs: $28.7 million annually, • NPDES regulated entities: $1.2 million annually, and • EPA: $0.5 million annually. EPA would also incur incremental costs with full implementation of approximately $0.82 million per year. To promote transparency and accountability, EPA intends to make this more complete set of data available to the public, providing communities and citizens with information on facility 1 ------- and government performance that is not currently available. This can serve to elevate the importance of permitting and compliance information and environmental performance within regulated entities, providing opportunity for them to quickly address any potential environmental problems. The proposed rule will also lighten the reporting burden currently placed on the states. Upon successful implementation, the proposed rule would provide states with regulatory relief from reporting associated with the Quarterly Non-Compliance Report (QNCR), the Annual Non-Compliance Report (ANCR), the Semi-Annual Statistical Summary Report, and the biosolids information required to be submitted to EPA annually by states. 2.0 BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON Till DOCKET What is the Docket and How Can I Gain Access to It? EPA Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OECA-2009-0274 is the official docket for EPA's proposed NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule. The official docket consists of the documents specifically referenced in the Federal Register notices of these actions, any public comments received, and other related information. Although it is a part of the official docket, Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute is not included in the materials available to the public. The official public docket is the collection of electronic and hard copy materials that is available for public viewing at the Enforcement and Compliance Docket (OECA Docket) in the EPA Docket Center, (EPA/DC), located in the EPA Headquarters Library, EPA West, Room Number 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC. An electronic version of the public docket is available through a federal-wide electronic docket management system located at www.regulations.gov. You may use the Regulations.gov web site to view public comments, access a listing of the contents of the official docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that are available electronically. Certain documents are not available in the electronic docket system. These documents include but are not limited to copyright-protected material and physical objects such as maps, aerial photographs, colored charts, etc. Although not all docket materials may be available electronically, you may still access any of the publicly available docket materials at the EPA Docket Center. 3.0 Accessing Information in the Docket How do I Find Documents in the Docket? OECA Docket in the EPA Docket Center The official public docket is the collection of electronic and hard copy materials that is available for public viewing at the OECA Docket in the EPA Docket Center, (EPA/DC), located in the EPA Headquarters Library, EPA West, Room Number 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW, 2 ------- Washington, DC. The Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the OECA Docket is (202) 566-1752. You can also contact the OECA Docket via e-mail: docket.oeca@epa.gov. Attention Docket ID No. EPA- HQ-OECA-2009-0274. Regulations.gov Regulations.gov provides online access to most of items in the docket for the NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule. You can use the Regulations.gov to search for documents using all or a portion of the document title or its full Regulations.gov Document ID Number. For example, from the main Regulations.gov webpage you can key in "EPA-HQ-OECA-2009-0274-0001" in main search field on Regulations.gov (see Figure 1) to retrieve the following document: "Meetings: Proof of Concept Demonstration for Electronic Reporting of Clean Water Act Compliance Monitoring Data." 1 1 ¦ " Home Help T regulanons.gov Re Your Voice in Federal Decision-Making Search Participate Today! Submit your comments on proposed regulations and related documents published by the U.S. Federal government. You can also use this site to search and review original regulatory documents as well as comments submitted by others. Input Regulations.gov Document ID number Help improve Federal regulations by submitting your comment^^ here SEARCH for: Rules, Comments, Adjudication or Supporting Documents: EPA-HQ-OECA-2009-0274-0001 * Search » Advanced Search // Tiji . i rp t _ Comments Due Soon fil What s Trending Figure 1: Screenshot ofRegulations.gov Website. 3 ------- You can also use "Advanced Search" on Regulations.gov and a Document Control Number (DCN) to retrieve a particular document. EPA uses the DCN in the preamble to the rule and other supporting documents to individually identify documents in the docket. The following figures show how you can use the "Advanced Search" on Regulations.gov and a DCN to retrieve a particular document from the rulemaking docket. Participate Today! Submit your comments on proposed regulations and related documents published by the U.S. Federal government. You can also use this site to search and review original regulatory documents as well as comments submitted by others. Help improve Federal regulations by submitting your comments. SEARCH for: Rules, Comments, Adjudications or Supporting Documents: Search » Advanced Sear ch L Figure 2: Location of "Advanced Search" on Regulations.gov Website regulahons.gov Your Voice in Federal Decision-Making Home Help Resources T Advanced Search Find Documents Clear All By Keyword or ID: "DCN 0005" Input the DCN identifier from the document you are interested in retrieving from the online docket. Make sure you put the identifier (e.g., DCN 0005) in between double quotation marks as shown in this figure. Also make sure that you input the DCN identifier as "DCN XXXX" with a space between DCN and the number XXXX (along with any necessary leading zeros). That you can comment on ~ Open for Comment By Document Type 1 ~ Notice ~ Proposed Rule ~ Rule ~ Supporting & Related Material ~ Other ~ Public Submission Figure 3: DCN Identifier Input Location on Advanced Search 4 ------- By Docket ID: E PA- H Q- 0 E C A- 2 0 0 9- 0 2 74 By Docket Type Put in the Docket Number here. ~ Rulemaking ~ Nonrulemaking By Docket Subtype: You must select an Agency to search by Docket Subtype By Docket Subtype Level 2: You must select a Docket Subtype to search by Docket Subtype Level 2 Clear All After all done....click "Search Search Figure 4: Input Docket Number in "By Docket ID" Input Field on Advanced Search Search Results Filter Results By... Comment Period @ ~ Open (0) ~ Closed (0) Document Type @ Clear Filter ~ Notice (0) ~ Proposed Rule (1) ~ Rule (0) ~ Supporting & Related Material (1) ~ Other(0) ~ Public Submission (0) Results per page: 25 ~ OH Sort By: Best Match National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Electronic Reporting Rule - Document Contents : ...activlties.VH For more background information regarding the NPDES program, see DON 0005. - - - - VUSee 50 FR 34649. E. Evolution of the NPDES Program In... Proposed Rule by EPA on 07/30)2013 ID: EPA-HQ-OECA-2009-0274-0097 Description of the NPDES Program [DCN 0005]' Click on this link to retrieve the document - Document Contents : ...gov DATE: 17 November 2012 SUBJECT: Description of the NPDES Program [DCN 0005] As authorized by the Clean Water Act, the NPDES permit program controls... Supporting & Related Material by EPA on 07'30.2013 Page 1 of 1 I 0 ID: EPA-HQ-OECA-2009-0274-01 03 Figure 5: Advanced Search Results (Showing the DCN Identifier in the Document Title) 5 ------- NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule Docket Index This user guide provides the index for all documents in docket EPA-HQ-OECA-2009- 0274 (see Table 1 and Attachment 1). Each document has two document identification numbers. One is the Regulations.gov Document ID Number (e.g., EPA-HQ-OECA-2009-0274-0001) that was assigned when EPA added the document to the public version of the docket at Regulations.gov. The second is the document control number (DCN) that was assigned during the development of the regulation (e.g., DCN 0001). EPA uses the DCN identifier in the preamble to the proposed rule and other supporting documents. The DCN appears at the end of the document titles in the Document Title field listed in Regulations.gov (e.g., "Description of the NPDES Program [DCN 0005]"). Public Submissions (comments) that were submitted directly to the docket by the public do not have DCNs but do have Regulations.gov Document ID Numbers and are part of the official docket. You can use "Advanced Search" on Regulations.gov to find these documents by selecting "Public Submission" (see Figure 6) and by inputing the Docket ID (EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274) (see Figure 4). Advanced Search Find Documents Clear All By Keyword or ID: Select this check box to see all public comments on the rulemaking That you can comment on ~ Open for Comment By Document Type ^ ~ Notice ~ Proposed Rule ~ Rule ~ Supporting & Related Material ~ Other 0 Public Submission Figure 6: Selection of "Public Submission" on Advanced Search to View Public Comments on the Rulemaking (Note: Must also input Docket ID - See Figure 4) 6 ------- Table 1: Metadata for NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule Docket Index l-'ickl Name Description DCN Unique document control number (DCN) assigned during the development of the document. This number is included in the title of the document in this docket. Title This is the title of document with the DCN number. Author This is the author of document (Last name, first full name or organization). Author Date Date of publication, issue, edition, or version. Actual date of meeting or telephone call. Source Citation For copyright protected documents, this is a bibliographic citation (without title or author) that you can use to find the document in a library. For materials retrieved from the Internet, "Source Citation" lists the URL. Preamble This field is marked with "Yes" for materials that are referenced in the preamble. Copyrighted © This field is marked with "Yes" for materials that are copyright protected (e.g., books and other published material). These documents are not available through Regulations.gov but are only available in hard copy at the EPA Docket Center (EPA Headquarters Library, EPA West, Room Number 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC). CBI This field is marked with "Yes" for materials that are Confidential Business Information. CBI is not available to the public. Regulations.gov Document ID Number Unique document number assigned when EPA added the document to the official docket. The Document ID Number includes the Docket Number followed by a consecutive document number. How do I use the Docket Index to Find Documents in the Docket? Locate documents in the index and note their Regulations.gov Document ID Number or DCN identifier. Documents available electronically can be accessed through Regulations.gov. Other documents can be reviewed at the OECA Docket in the EPA Docket Center in Washington, DC. See information on the OECA Docket above. You may also be able to locate copyright protected materials (for example, articles from technical publications) at an academic or public library. Confidential Business Information The official docket for the proposed rule does not contain any confidential business information (CBI). Additionally, CBI documents are not available for review by the public, and are not filed in the OECA Docket in the EPA Docket Center. Some documents can be classified as CBI because companies providing the information specifically claimed certain information 7 ------- (e.g., operating or financial data) as CBI. Other documents can be classified as CBI because release of these documents could indirectly reveal information claimed to be confidential. Documents Cited in the Federal Register Notice and Other Key Documents Documents cited in the proposed NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule are listed in Attachment 1 with "Yes" under the column header labeled "Preamble?". How Can I Submit Comments to U.S. EPA Regarding this Rulemaking? Comments on this proposed action must be received on or before 28 October 2013 (90 days after publication of the proposed rule in the Federal Register). Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OECA-2009-0274 by one of the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. • E-mail: docket.oeca@epa.gov, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OECA-2009-0274. • Mail: Send the original and three copies of your comments to: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center, Enforcement and Compliance Docket, Mail Code 2822IT, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OECA-2009-0274. In addition, if applicable, please mail a copy of your comments on the information collection provisions to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attn: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th St. NW, Washington, DC 20503. • Hand Deliver: Deliver your comments to: EPA Docket Center, EPA West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20004, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OECA-2009-0274. Such deliveries are only accepted during the EPA Docket Center's normal hours of operation and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. EPA's policy is that all comments received by the deadline will be included in the public docket without charge, and may be made available online at www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information for which disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The www.regulations.gov website is an "anonymous access" system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you provide it within the body of your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without going through www.regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact 8 ------- information in the body of your comment, and, if applicable, with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters and any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. For additional information about EPA's public docket, please visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at http://www. epa. gov/dockets/. 4.0 Further Information For more information on the proposed NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule, please contact: Mr. John Dombrowksi, Director U.S. EPA Office of Compliance, Enforcement Targeting and Data Division (2222A) 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20460 (202) 566-0742 (telephone) dombrowski.john@epa.gov (e-mail) 9 ------- Attachment 1: NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule Docket Index DCN Title Author Author Date Source Citation Pre- amble? © CBI Regulations.gov Document ID # DCN 0001 Meetings: Proof of Concept Demonstration for Electronic Reporting of Clean Water Act Compliance Monitoring Data [DCN 0001] U.S. EPA 06/23/2011 Federal Register, 76 FR 36919, FRL- 9322-8 Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0001 [Duplicate is 0005] DCN 0002 Advancing E-file Study Phase 1 Report - Achieving the 80% E-file Goal Requires Partnering with Stakeholders on New Approaches to Motivate Paper Filers [DCN 0002] U.S. IRS 09/30/2008 Case Number 08- 1062. Document Number 0206.0210 Yes Yes No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0100 DCN 0003 Electronic Filing, Tax Preparers, and Participation In The Earned Income Tax Credit [DCN 0003] Wojciech Kopczuka, Christian Pop- Eleches 03/11/2005 Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 91, Nr. 7-8 (August 2007) Yes Yes No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0101 DCN 0004 A National Biosolids Regulation, Quality, End Use & Disposal Survey-Final Report [DCN 0004] North East Biosolids and Residuals Association (NEBRA) 07/20/2007 http://www.nebiosoli ds. org/uploads/pdf/Nt lBiosolidsReport- 20July07.pdf No Yes No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0102 DCN 0005 Description of the NPDES Program [DCN 0005] Carey Johnston, EPA/OECA/OC 11/17/2011 Memorandum to Docket Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0103 DCN 0006 Description of Existing NPDES Program Reporting Requirements and Expectations of the States, Territories, and Tribes [DCN 00061 Carey Johnston, EPA/OECA/OC 11/17/2011 Memorandum to Docket Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0104 DCN 0007 ICIS Addendum to the Appendix of the 1985 Permit Compliance System [DCN 0007] Michael M. Stahl, Office of Compliance James A. Hanlon, Office of Wastewater Management, U.S. EPA 11/17/2011 Memorandum to Docket Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0105 DCN 0008 Description of the PCS and ICIS-NPDES [DCN 0008] Carey Johnston, EPA/OECA/OC 11/17/2011 Memorandum to Docket Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0106 DCN 0009 U.S. EPA Administrator Jackson Takes New Steps to Improve Water Quality [DCN 0009] Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator, U.S. EPA 07/02/2009 http://www.epa.gOv/c ompliance/data/result s/performance/ c wa/j a ckson-ltr-cwa- enf.html Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0107 DCN 0010 User Guide to the Online Docket for the NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule (Proposal) [DCN 0010] U.S. EPA, Office of Compliance 07/2013 Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0192 DCN 0011 Case Study: Ohio Environmental Protection Agency's Electronic Discharge Monitoring Report (eDMR) System Reaches 90% Adoption [EPA-305-F-10-00] [DCN 0011] U.S. EPA 04/27/2011 EPA-305-F-10-00, http://www.epa.gOv/c ompliance/resources/ publications/civil/pro grams/cwa/ohiocasest udy.pdf Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0108 Page A-l ------- Attachment 1: NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule Docket Index DCN Title Author Author Date Source Citation Pre- amble? © CBI Regulations.gov Document ID # DCN 0012 Penalty Authority and Digitizing More Paper Return Data Could Increase Benefit [GAO-12-33] [DCN 0012] U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) 10/2011 GAO-12-33, http://www.gao.gOv/p roducts/GAO-12-33 Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0109 DCN 0013 Calculating Software ROI [DCN 0013] Paul Leavoy 06/01/2011 http://www. pollution engineering.com/Arti cles/Feature Article/ BNP GUID 9-5- 2006 A 1000000000 0001059137 Yes Yes No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0099 DCN 0014 White House Forum on Modernizing Government: Overview and Next Steps [DCN 0014] U.S. Executive Office of President 03/2010 http: //www. whitehou se.gov/site s/default/fi les/omb/assets/moder nizing_government/ ModernizingGovern mentO verview. pdf Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0098 DCN 0015 U.S. EPA Uses ofNPDES information [DCN 0015] Carey Johnston, EPA/OECA/OC 11/01/2011 Memorandum to Docket Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0110 DCN 0016 2008 Clean Water Act Annual Noncompliance Report (ANCR) [DCN 0016] U.S. EPA 04/29/2010 httD://www.eDa- echo. ao v/echo/ancr/u s/ Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0111 DCN 0017 U.S. EPA Responses to Public Input Received on Development of the Clean Water Act Enforcement Action Plan [DCN 0017] U.S. EPA 10/15/2009 http://www.epa.gOv/c ompliance//resources/ policies/civil/cwa/ide as- responsestablel 0150 9.pdf Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0112 DCN 0018 NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule Analysis A: Discharge Monitoring Reports [DCN 0018] U.S. EPA 09/23/2010 Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0113 DCN 0019 Electronic Rule Analysis B: General Permit Reports Electronic Reporting [DCN 0019] Shane Rnipschild, EPA/OECA/OC 08/2010 Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0114 DCN 0020 NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule Analysis C: Electronic State NPDES Information Reformatted from Qs & As to Heading Statements [DCN 0020] U.S. EPA 09/13/2010 Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0115 DCN 0021 NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule Analysis E: Annual Compliance Certifications [DCN 0021] U.S. EPA 09/13/2010 Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0116 DCN 0022 NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule Analysis F: Program Reports [DCN 0022] U.S. EPA 09/15/2010 Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0117 DCN 0023 1985 PCS Policy Statement [DCN 0023] Lawrence J. Jensen, Assistant Administrator, U.S. EPA, Office of Water 1985 Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0118 Page A-2 ------- Attachment 1: NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule Docket Index DCN Title Author Author Date Source Citation Pre- amble? © CBI Regulations.gov Document ID # DCN 0024 OMB Control No. 2040-0004 [EPA ICR No. 0229.19] [DCN 0024] Office of Management and Budget, U.S. Executive Office of President http://www.reginfo.g ov/public/do/PRAO MBHistory?ombCont rolNumber=2040- 0004 Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0119 DCN 0025 2009 Clean Water Act Annual Noncompliance Report [DCN 0025] U.S. EPA 03/2011 http://www.epa- echo.gov/echo/ancr/u s/ Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0120 DCN 0026 DMR Data Availability Table from State Review Framework, 2007 to 2009 [DCN 0026] Jerry Lappan, EPA/OECA/OC 05/24/2012 Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0121 DCN 0027 Adoption rate of e-reporting by permittees where states have the option for e-reporting DMRs [DCN 0027] Carey Johnston, EPA/OECA/OC 08/31/2012 Memorandum to Docket Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0122 DCN 0028 Multimedia Dashboard Helps Water Plant Make Better, Faster Decisions [DCN 0028] Renee Bassett 02/2013 Automation World, http: //www. automati onworld. com/print/12 866 No Yes No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0123 DCN 0029 NPDES Information Collection Rulemaking and CAFOs [DCN 0029] U.S. EPA, Office of Water 09/2010 Memorandum to Docket Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0124 DCN 0030 Broadband Adoption and Use in America [DCN 0030] JohnB. Horrigan 02/23/2010 OBI Working Paper Series No. 1, http://hraunfo ss. fc c. g ov/edocs_public/attac hmatch/DOC- 296442Al.pdf Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0125 DCN 0031 1988 Update of PCS Policy Statement/WENDB Data Elements [DCN 0031] William J. Jordan, U.S. EPA 03/23/1988 Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0126 DCN 0032 EPA Needs to Reinforce Its National Pretreatment Program [OIG Report No. 2004-P-00030] [DCN 0032] U.S. EPA, Office of Inspector General 09/28/2004 Report No. 2004-P- 00030 Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0127 DCN 0033 Data? Why do we need that? - Using data to drive collection system maintenance [DCN 0033] Karen M. Morris 05/2011 Water Environment Magazine, Vol. 23, No.5, http: //www. wef. org/p ublications/page_wet. aspx?id= 10115&page =feature No Yes No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0128 DCN 0034 Biosolids Applied To Land: Advancing Standards And Practices [DCN 0034] National Research Council 07/2002 http://www.nap.edu/c atalog.php?record id =10426 Yes Yes No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0129 DCN 0035 Improvements for the Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule [DCN 0035] U.S. EPA, Office of Environmental Information 05/09/2013 Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0130 Page A-3 ------- Attachment 1: NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule Docket Index DCN Title Author Author Date Source Citation Pre- amble? © CBI Regulations.gov Document ID # DCN 0036 The Effect of EDGAR on the Market Reaction to 10-K Filings [DCN 0036] Sharad Asthana, Steven Balsam 2001 Journal of Accounting and Public Policy 20: 349-372 Yes Yes No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0131 DCN 0037 The Enforcement Management System, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (Clean Water Act) [DCN 0037] U.S. EPA 1989 http://www.epa.gOv/c ompliance/resources/ policies/civil/cwa/em scwa-j ensen-rpt.pdf Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0132 DCN 0038 ATTAINS: National Summary: Causes of Impairment in Assessed Rivers and Streams [DCN 0038] U.S. EPA, Office of Water 2013 http://ofmpub.epa.go v/waters 10/attains_na tion cy.control Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0133 DCN 0039 Other Phase-In Options Considered by EPA for Electronic Reporting of NPDES Information to EPA [DCN 0039] Carey Johnston, EPA/OECA/OC 11/17/2011 Memorandum to Docket No No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0134 DCN 0040 Economic Analysis of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Electronic Reporting Proposed Rule [DCN 0040] U.S. EPA, Office of Compliance 06/2013 Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0135 DCN 0041 Meeting Notes from Meeting with IRS on Working with Third-party Commercial Software Providers [DCN 0041] Carey Johnston, EPA/OECA/OC 03/11/2011 Memorandum to Docket Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0136 DCN 0042 Clean Water Act Action Plan [DCN 0042] U.S. EPA 10/15/2009 http://www.epa.gOv/c ompliance/resources/ policies/civil/cwa/acti onplanl01409.pdf No No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0137 DCN 0043 Hack, Mash, & Peer: Crowdsourcing Government Transparency [DCN 0043] Jerry Brito 2008 Columbia Science and Technology Law Review, http://mercatus.org/si tes/default/files/publi cation/Hack_Mash_P eer.pdf No Yes No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0138 DCN 0044 FY 2010 Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) National Program Manager (NPM) Guidance [DCN 0044] U.S. EPA 04/23/2009 http://nepis.epa.gov Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0139 DCN 0045 Report to Congress: Impacts and Control of CSOs and SSO, August [EPA 833-R-04-001] [DCN 0045] U.S. EPA 08/2004 EPA 833-R-04-001, http://cfpub.epa.gov/ npdes/cso/cpolicy_re port2004.cfm Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0140 DCN 0046 Controlling Fats, Oils, and Grease Discharges from Food Service Establishments [EPA-833-F-07-007] [DCN 0046] U.S. EPA 07/2007 EPA-833-F-07-007, http://www.epa.gOv/n pdes/pubs/pretreatme nt_foodservice_fs.pdf Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0141 Page A-4 ------- Attachment 1: NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule Docket Index DCN Title Author Author Date Source Citation Pre- amble? © CBI Regulations.gov Document ID # DCN 0047 Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources: Sewage Sludge Incineration Units. Fact Sheet [DCN 0047] U.S. EPA 2010 http://www.epa.gov/tt n/oarpg/t3/fact_sheet s/ssi atec fs 093010 .pdf Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0142 DCN 0048 WENDB Data Elements for Sludge [DCN 0048] U.S. EPA 01/25/1994 Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0143 DCN 0049 New NPDES Non-Municipal Permit Rating Worksheet [DCN 0049] James A. Elder, U.S. EPA, Office of Water 06/27/1990 http://www.epa.gOv/n pdes/pubs/owmO 116. pdf Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0144 DCN 0050 Revision of NPDES Significant Noncompliance (SNC) Criteria to Address Violations of Non-Monthly Average Limits [DCN 0050] Steven A. Herman, U.S. EPA 09/21/1995 www.epa.gov/compli ance/resources/polici es/civil/federal/revisn pdessnc.pdf Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0145 DCN 0051 Presidential Memoranda - Regulatory Compliance [DCN 0051] U.S. Executive Office of President 01/18/2011 http: //www. whitehou se.gov/the-press- office/2011/01/18/pre sidential-memoranda- regulatory- compliance Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0146 DCN 0052 Information as Environmental Regulation: TRI and Performance Benchmarking, Precursor to a New Paradigm? [DCN 0052] Bradley C. Karkkainen 01/2001 Georgetown Law Journal 89: 257 Yes Yes No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0147 DCN 0053 The Impacts of the "Right to Know" Information Disclosure and the Violation of Drinking Water Standards, [DCN 0053] Lori S. Bennear and Sheila M. Olmstead 2008 JEEM Vol. 50, Iss. 2; pp. 117-130 Yes Yes No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0148 DCN 0054 Effects of Red-Light Camera Enforcement on Fatal Crashes in Large U.S. Cities (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety [DCN 0054] Wen Hu, Anne T. McCartt, Eric R. Teoh 02/2011 http: //www. northfield il. org / documents/poli ce/IIHS Study 2-1- 11.pdf Yes Yes No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0149 DCN 0055 Fundamentals of Successful Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification under a Cap-and-Trade Program [DCN 0055] John Schakenbach, Robert Vollaro, Reynaldo Forte 11/2006 J. Air & Waste Manage.. Assoc., 56:1576-1583 2006 http://www.epa.gOv/a irmarkt/cap- trade/docs/fundament als.pdf Yes Yes No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0150 DCN 0056 ICIS-NPDES Policy Statement [DCN 0056] U.S. EPA 04/30/2007 Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0151 Page A-5 ------- Attachment 1: NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule Docket Index DCN Title Author Author Date Source Citation Pre- amble? © CBI Regulations.gov Document ID # Brandeis Univ. Public Disclosure of Private Information as a Tool for Working Paper DCN 0057 Regulating Environmental Emissions: Firm-Level Responses by Petroleum Refineries to the Toxics Release Inventory [DCN 0057] Linda T. M. Bui 06/2005 Series, http://ideas.repec.org/ p / cen/wpaper/ 05- 13.html Yes Yes No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0152 Water & Wastes DCN 0058 Centralize & Streamline: New Management Platform Helps Louisville Utility With Environmental Data Integration [DCN 0058] Justin Gray, Patrick Fitzgerald, Chase Dabney 05/2012 Digest,, http://www. wwdmag. com/monitoring- systems/centralize- streamline No Yes No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0153 Resources, DCN 0059 Information Technology: The Unsung Hero of Market-Based Environmental Policies [DCN 0059] Bias Perez Henriquez 2004 http://www.rff.org/Pu blications/Pages/Publ icationDetails. aspx?P ublicationID=l 1294 No Yes No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0154 DCN 0060 Sample Data Checks Effluent Quality [DCN 0060] Denise Kearns 09/1993 Environmental Protection No Yes No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0155 DCN 0061 Environmental Information Exchange Network: Exchange Network - Return On Investment And Business Process U.S. EPA 09/05/2006 http://www.exchange network, net/benefits/ Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0156 Analysis Final Report [DCN 0061] ROIReport vl.O.pdf DCN 0062 State of Michigan Department Of Environmental Quality: Electronic Reporting for Wastewater Facilities: Questions And Answers [DCN 0062] Michigan Department Of Environmental Quality https://securel .state. mi.us/e2rs/config/hel pdoc/e2rs_faq.pdf Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0157 DCN 0063 New Enhanced Version - Electronic Discharge Monitoring Report (eDMR) [DCN 0063] Florida Department of Environmental Protection http: //www. dep. state. fl.us/water/wastewate r/wce/edmr/ Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0158 Office of DCN 0064 Economic Analysis of Federal Regulations Under Executive Order 12866, Office of Management and Budget [DCN 0064] Management and Budget, U.S. Executive Office of 01/11/1996 http: //www. whitehou se.gov/omb/inforeg_r iaguide Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0159 President EPA-821 -R-03-002, DCN 0065 Economic Analysis of the Final Revisions to the NPDES and Effluent Guidelines for CAFOs [EPA-821-R-03-002] [DCN 0065] U.S. EPA 2003 http://cfpub.epa.gov/ npdes/docs.cfm?view =allprog&program_i d=7&sort=name#cafo fmalruleandelg No No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0160 Page A-6 ------- Attachment 1: NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule Docket Index DCN Title Author Author Date Source Citation Pre- amble? © CBI Regulations.gov Document ID # DCN 0066 States vote yes to online registration [DCN 0066] Kevin Robillard 04/01/2013 http://www.politico.c om/story/2013/04/onl ine-voting-state s- 89503.html No Yes No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0161 DCNO 067 Processing of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Exemption Determinations Pursuant to 10 USC §130e and 10 USC §2254a [DCN 0067] Michael L. Rhodes, Director, Office of Secretary of Defense, Administration and Management 08/03/2012 http://www.dod.mi1/p ubs/foi/dfoipo/docs/8 -3- 2012_Guidance.pdf Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0162 DCN 0068 Executive Order — Making Open and Machine Readable the New Default for Government Information [DCN 0068] U.S. Executive Office of President 05/09/2013 http: //www. whitehou se.gov/the-press- office/2013/05/09/ex ecutive-order- making-open-and- machine-readable- new-default- government- No No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0163 DCN 0069 Benefits of NPDES Electronic Reporting Tools for the EPA Region 6 Gulf of Mexico Offshore Oil & Gas Permit [DCN 00691 U.S. EPA, Office of Compliance 07/2013 No No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0188 DCN 0070 Environmental Impact and Benefits Assessment for Final Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Construction and Development Category [EPA-821-R-09-012] [DCN 0070] U.S. EPA, Office of Water 11/2009 http://water.epa.gOv/s citech/wastetech/guid e/construction/upload /2008_12_8_guide_c onstruction_files_env ironment.pdf Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0164 DCN 0071 Urban Stormwater Management in the United States [DCN 0071] National Academy of Sciences 2009 http://nap.edu/catalog ,php?record id=1246 5 Yes Yes No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0165 DCN 0072 Environmental and Economic Benefit Analysis of Proposed Revisions to the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Regulation and the Effluent Guidelines for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations [EPA-821-R-01- 0021 [DCN 00721 U.S. EPA, Office of Water 01/2001 http://water.epa.gOv/s citech/wastetech/guid e/cafo/upload/2001 _0 2_13_guide_cafo_C AFO Benefits.pdf Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0166 DCN 0073 EPA's National Hardrock Mining Framework: Appendix B (Potential Environmental Impacts of Hardrock Mining) [DCN 0073] U.S. EPA, Office of Water 09/1997 http://cfpub.epa.gov/ npdes/indpermitting/ mining.cfm Yes No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0167 Page A-7 ------- Attachment 1: NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule Docket Index DCN Title Author Author Date Source Citation Pre- amble? © CBI Regulations.gov Document ID # DCN 0074 Downstream effects of mountaintop coal mining: comparing biological conditions using family- and genus-level macroinvertebrate bioassessment tools [DCN 0074] Gregory J. Pond, Margaret E. Passmore, Frank A. Borsuk, Lou Reynolds, and Carole J. Rose 07/2008 J. N. Am. Benthol. Soc., 2008, 27(3):717-737 Yes Yes No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0168 DCN 0075 Memorandum Documenting Changes to the Proposed NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule Made During E.O. 12866 Review [DCN 0075] Carey Johnston, EPA/OECA/OC 07/2013 No No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0169 DCN 0076 Enabling Lean Water Operations: Transforming Data Into Information is Critical for Driving Efficiency for Renewable Water Resources [DCN 0076] Randy Boyette, Chuck Scholpp, Gabi Miles 01/31/2012 AWWA/WEF Utility Management Conference No No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0170 DCN 0077 Example DMR Instructions: NPDES Permit Program Instructions for the Discharge Monitoring Report Forms (DMRs) Report Year 2010 [DCN 0077] U.S. EPA, Region 1 2010 http://www.epa.gOv/r egionl/enforcement/ water/pdfs/2010- DMR- Instructions.pdf No No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0171 DCN 0078 The Advantages of Proper Data Management [DCN 0078] Graham Holtom 04/2011 Pollution Engineering, http://www.ehsdata.c om/media/pdf/press/p e article_published.p df No Yes No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0172 DCN 0079 Automation Masterplan: SCADA evolves into the operations and information hub of the future. [DCN 0079] Ed Ritchie 05/2012 Water Efficiency, www.waterefficiency .net/WE/Articles/166 91 ,aspx?format=2 No Yes No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0173 DCN 0080 Data Centered: Large Colorado WWTP Reduces Operating Costs With Automated Data Control Systems [DCN 0080] Gabi Miles 05/2011 Water & Wastes Digest, http://www. wwdmag. com/data-centered No Yes No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0174 DCN 0081 Presentation Materials for Proof of Concept Demonstration for Electronic Reporting of Clean Water Act Compliance Monitoring Data [DCN 0081] U.S. EPA, Office of Compliance 07/13/2011 No No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0006 DCN 0082 Tribal Consultation Letter [DCN 0082] Lisa Lund, U.S. EPA, Office of Compliance 11/30/2010 No No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0175 DCN 0083 Environmental Compliance And Enforcement: EPA's Effort to Improve and Make More Consistent Its Compliance and Enforcement Activities [GAO-06-840T ] [DCN 0083] U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) 06/28/2006 GAO-06-840T, http://www.gao.gOv/p roducts/GAO-06- 840T No No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0190 Page A-8 ------- Attachment 1: NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule Docket Index DCN Title Author Author Date Source Citation Pre- amble? © CBI Regulations.gov Document ID # DCN 0084 Water Enforcement Policy, Guidance and Publications [DCN 0084] U.S. EPA http://www.epa.gOv/e nforcement/water/doc uments/ No No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0176 DCN 0085 Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Compliance Monitoring Strategy for the Core Program and Wet Weather Sources [DCN 0085] Granta Y. Nakayama, U.S. EPA 10/17/2007 http://www.epa.gOv/c ompliance/resources/ policies/monitoring/c wa/npdescms.pdf No No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0177 DCN 0086 Stormwater Phase II Final Rule Permitting and Reporting: The Process and Requirements [DCN 0086] U.S. EPA, Office of Water 01/2000 EPA 833-F-011, http://www.epa. aov/n pdes/pubs/fac t2-9.pdf No No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0178 DCN 0087 Office of Wastewater Management - Water Permitting Factsheet [DCN 0087] U.S. EPA, Office of Water http://www.epa.gOv/n pdes/pubs/10 lpape.p df No No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0179 DCN 0088 Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations: EPA Needs More Information and a Clearly Defined Strategy to Protect Air and Water Quality from Pollutants of Concern [GAO-08-944] [DCN 00881 U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) 09/2008 GAO-08-944, http://www.gao.gOv/p roducts/GAO-08-944 No No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0180 DCN 0089 Environmental Protection: EPA-State Enforcement Partnership Has Improved, butEPA's Oversight Needs Further Enhancement [GAO-07-883] [DCN 0089] U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) 07/2007 GAO-07-883, http://www.gao.gOv/p roducts/GAO-07-883 No No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0181 DCN 0090 Clean Water Act: Longstanding Issues Impact EPA's and States' Enforcement Efforts [GAO-10-165T] [DCN 0090] U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) 10/15/2009 GAO-10-165T, http://www.gao.gOv/p roducts/GAO-10- 165T No No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0182 DCN 0091 The Effect of Electronic Reporting of Discharge Monitoring Reports on Clean Water Act Compliance In Ohio [DCN 0091] Gregory B. Siedschlag 04/11/2011 Georgetown University Masters Thesis https://repository.libr ary.georgetown.edu/h andle/10822/553916 No No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0183 DCN 0092 Environmental Compliance And Enforcement: EPA's Effort to Improve and Make More Consistent Its Compliance and Enforcement Activities [GAO-06-840T] [DCN 0092] U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) 06/28/2006 GAO-06-840T, http://www.gao.gOv/p roducts/GAO-06- 840T No No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0184 DCN 0093 Setting Priorities for Addressing Discharges from Separate Sanitary Sewers -1996 (part of the Enforcement Management System) [DCN 0093] U.S. EPA 1996 http://www.epa.gOv/e nforcement/water/doc uments/policies/ssod oc.pdf No No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0185 DCN 0094 Transmittal Memorandum for the CWA Action Plan Implementation Priorities: Changes to Improve Water Quality, Increase Compliance and Expand Transparency [DCN 0094] U.S. EPA 05/11/2011 http://www.epa.gOv/o ecaerth/civil/cwa/cwa enfplan.html No No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0187 Page A-9 ------- Attachment 1: NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule Docket Index DCN Title Author Author Date Source Citation Pre- amble? © CBI Regulations.gov Document ID # DCN 0095 CWA Action Plan Implementation Priorities: Changes to Improve Water Quality, Increase Compliance and Expand Transparency [DCN 0095] U.S. EPA 05/11/2011 http://www.epa.gov/o ecaerth/civil/cwa/cwa enfplan.html No No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0186 DCN 0096 Fact Sheet: Proposed NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule [DCN 0096] U.S. EPA 07/2013 No No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0189 DCN 0097 Information Collection Request (ICR) for the Electronic Reporting of National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Program Data (Proposed Rule) (EPA No. 2468.01, OMB No. 2020-NEW) [DCN 0097] • Appendix A - Regulated Entity Burden and Cost • Appendix B - State Permitting Authority Burden and Cost • Appendix C - EPA Headquarters and EPA Region Burden and Cost U.S. EPA 07/2013 No No No EPA-HQ-OECA- 2009-0274-0191 Page A-10 ------- |