MEMORANDUM

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 (29 May 2014) [DCN 0138]

Overview 

This was the eleventh meeting for the EPA-state technical workgroup, which is 

discussing key issues related to the proposed NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule (eRule). These 

discussions are informing the forthcoming supplemental Federal 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 Tables 1 and 2. The agenda for this meeting is also provided below. EPA is 

summarizing 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 stakeholder 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) 

541-4823, mitchell.greg@epa.gov.
Next Steps

The next technical workgroup meeting is June 5th. 

Agenda

1pm Introduction/Roll Call 

1:10 Demonstration of CROMERR Shared Services 

2:30 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 elements 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

Eric Cleckler ecleckler@adem.state.al.us No

Glenda Dean gld@adem.state.al.us

Teresa Marks

AR

marks@adeq.state.ar.us

Yes

Pat Goff goff@adeq.state.ar.us

Mo Shafii 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

Robin Belley belley.robin@azdeq.gov Yes

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

Jessica Kleinfelter jessica.kleinfelter@dep.state.fl.us

Edward Smith edward.c.smith@dep.state.fl.us

Frances 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 Hokanson KY shawn.hokanson@ky.gov Yes

Ruth Wallace MO ruth.wallace@dnr.mo.gov No

Tamara Dahl MN tamara.dahl@state.mn.us Yes

Greg Jackson 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

Roy Walker roy.walker@deq.ok.gov Yes

David Pruitt david.pruitt@deq.ok.gov

Jim Billings OR billings.jim@deq.state.or.us Yes

Sean Furjanic PA sefurjanic@pa.gov No

Kent Woodmansey

SD

kent.woodmansey@state.sd.us

Tim Flor tim.flor@state.sd.us Yes

Albert Spangler albert.spangler@state.sd.us

Lawrence Bunting TN lawrence.bunting@TN.gov No

Kim Wilson

TX

kim.wilson@tceq.texas.gov

Lynley Doyen lynley.doyen@tceq.texas.gov Yes

Kimberly Shepard kimberly.shepard@tceq.texas.gov

Jeff Studenka UT jstudenka@utah.gov No

Jerome Brooks

VA

jerome.brooks@deq.virginia.gov

Yes

Phani 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