## MEMORA**NDUM**

TO: Public Record for the NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule

EPA Docket Number EPA

- HQ

- OECA

- 2009

-0274 (www.regulations.gov) FROM: Carey A. Johnston, P.E.

USEPA/OECA/OC ph: (202) 566 1014 johnston.carey@epa.gov DATE: 4 June 2014 SUBJECT: Notes from State Technical Workgroup Meeting ( 2 9 May 2 014) [DCN 0138]

**Overview** This was the elevent h meeting for the EPA

- state technical workgroup, which is discuss ing key issues related to the proposed NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule (eRule) . These discussions are informing the forthcoming supplemental Federa l Register notice and they will continue beyond the publication of the supplemental notice to help EPA address state comments. EPA participants will include the OECA eRule Team as well as representatives from EPA’s Office of Water and Office of Environmental Information. Technical workgroup members are listed below in Table s 1 and 2. The agenda for this meeting is also provided below. EPA is summariz ing the notes from these discussions for the docket in order to provide transparency on EPA’s outreach during the rulemaking process . The OECA eRule team will also be available for any other stakehold er group that would like to discuss the eRule. **Meeting Notes** This meeting provided a demonstration of EPA’s CROMERR shared services that can be leveraged by states, tribes, and local governments to achieve CROMERR compliance . Attached to these meeting notes is the presentation. More information on these shared services, including a recorded demonstration of these services, is available at: http://www.exchangenetwork.net/shared

- cromerr- services

- ipt/

. EPA’s proposed NPDES Electronic Reporting rule requires electronic submissions to be compliant with EPA’s CROMERR requirements (40 CFR 3). The four categories of CROMERR requirements are: ( 1) registration and account management; (2) identity management; (3) signature device ; and (4) signature ceremony/copy of record . The demonstration was led by Chuck Freeman , EPA Office of Environmental Information, ( 202 ) 566

- 1694, freeman.charles@epa.gov, and Greg Mitchell , EPA Office of Environmental Information, ( 919 ) 541

-48 23 , mitchell.greg@epa.gov

.

### Next Steps

The next technical workgroup meeting is June 5th

. **Agenda**
1pm Introduction/Roll Call
1: 10 D emonstration of CROMERR Shared Services 2: 3 0 End of Call

**Quick Reminder** 

 The technical workgroup is not a formal decision

- making body. The workgroup is expected to develop, research, and evaluate options for consideration by EPA and state senior management.

 There are no formal quorum rules for the workgroup. Scheduled teleconferences will proceed with whichever workgroup members call in to participate.

 There will be no formal voting or consensus of the workgroup. Instead, the workgroup is expected to try to develop recommendations reflecting their various perspectives, not achieve consensus.

 Summaries of the workgroup’s discussions will be prepared for and reviewed by the workgroup, for presentation to EPA senior management and other states and the rulemaking record. The discussions summaries will outline the major el ements of the discussions, areas of agreement and any dissenting views.

### Table 1: State Technical Workgroup Members

**Main Contact State or** 

**Organization Main Contact**  **Email State/Org.**  **Present? (Yes/No)**  Sean Rolland ACWA srolland@acwa

- us.org 

### Yes Karen Lechner AK karen.lechner@alaska.gov 

### No Christy Monk AL cvm@adem.state.al.us 

### No Eric Cleckler ec leckler@adem.state.al.us Glenda Dean gld@adem.state.al.us Teresa Marks

AR marks@adeq.state.ar.us


### Yes Pat Goff goff@adeq.state.ar.us Mo S hafii shafii@adeq.state.ar.us Karen Bassett bassett@adeq.state.ar.us David Ramsey ramsey@adeq.state.ar.us Ellen Carpenter carpenter@adeq.state.ar.us Wendy LeStarge AZ lestarge.wendy@azdeq.gov 

### Yes Robin B elley belley.robin@azdeq.gov David Lelsz lelsz.david@azdeq.gov; Andy Putnam CO andrew.putnam@state.co.us goff@adeq.state.ar.us 

### Yes Elisa Willard elisa.willard@state.co.us Bob Zimmerman DE robert.zimmerman@state.de.us stephanie.bower@state.de.us 

### No Beth Graves ECOS bgraves@ecos.org 

### Yes Chris Klena FL chris.m.klena@dep.state.fl.us 

### Yes J essica K leinfelter jessica.kleinfelter@dep.state.fl.us E dward S mith edward.c.smith@dep.state.fl.us F rances Carpenter frances.carpenter@dnr.state.ga.us Tom Easterly IN teasterl@idem.in.gov ckoontz@idem.in.gov 

### Yes Jeremy Chenevert jcheneve@idem.in.gov Ed Dillingham KS edillingham@kdheks.gov 

### No Shelly Shores

- Miller sshoresm@kdheks.gov Shawn H okanson KY shawn.hokanson@ky.gov 

### Yes Ruth Wallace MO ruth.wallace@dnr.mo.gov 

### No Tamara D ahl MN tamara.dahl@state.mn.us 

### Yes G reg J ackson MS greg_jackson@deq.state.ms.us 

### No John Murphy NEIWPCC jmurphy@neiwpcc.org 

### No Jason Lonardo NJ jason.lonardo@dep.state.nj.us 

### No Julio Collazo julio.collazo@dep.state.nj.us**Main Contact State or**  **Organization Main Contact**  **Email State/Org.**  **Present? (Yes/No)**  Robert Wither NY rewither@gw.dec.state.ny.us 

### Yes Joseph DiMura jxdimura@gw.dec.state.ny.us Shellie Chard

- McClary OK shellie.chard

- mcclary@deq.ok.gov 

### Yes Roy Walker roy.walker@deq.ok.gov D avid P ruitt david.pruitt@deq.ok.gov Jim B illings OR billings.jim@deq.state.or.us 

### Yes Sean Furjanic PA sefurjanic@pa.gov 

### No Kent Woodmansey SD kent.woodmansey@state.sd.us 

### Yes Tim F lor tim.flor@state.sd.us A lbert S pangler albert.spangler@state.sd.us Lawrence Bunting TN l awrence. b unting@TN.gov 

### No Kim Wilson TX kim.wilson@tceq.texas.gov 

### Yes Lynley D oyen lynley.doyen@tceq.texas.gov K imberly S hepard kimberly.shepard@tceq.texas.gov Jeff Studenka UT jstudenka@utah.gov 

### No Jerome Brooks VA jerome.brooks@deq.virginia.gov 

### Yes P hani Eturu phani.eturu@deq.virginia.gov Stephen Bernath WA sber461@ecy.wa.gov 

### No Nancy Kmet nkme461@ecy.wa.gov 

### Table **2 :**  EPA Technical Workgroup Members

**Name EPA Office**  **Email Present?**  **(Yes/No)** Lisa Lund OECA/OC/IO lund.lisa@epa.gov No John Dombrowski OECA/OC/ETDD dombrowski.john@epa.gov Yes Andy Hudock OECA/OC/ETDD hudock.andrew@epa.gov Yes Rochele Kadish OECA/OC/ETDD kadish.rochele@epa.gov Yes Carey Johnston OECA/OC/ETDD johnston.carey@epa.gov Yes Jackie Clark OW/OWM/WPD clark.jackie@epa.gov Yes Roy Chaudet OEI/OIC/IESD chaudet.roy@epa.gov Yes Chuck Freeman OEI/OIC/IESD freeman.charles@epa.gov Yes Greg Mitchell OEI/OIC/IESD mitchell.greg@epa.gov Yes Nathan Wilkes OEI/OIC/IESD wilkes.nathan@epa.gov Yes Aditi Prabhu OGC/WLO prabhu.aditi@epa.gov Yes Glynis Hill OP/ORPM/PRAD hill.glynis@epa.gov Yes