# User Guide to the Online Docket for the NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule (Proposal)

July 2013 DCN 0010 EPA Dock et Number EPA - HQ - OECA - 2009 - 0274

Available at: http:// www.regulations.gov

## ______________________________________________________________ ________________ 1 1.0 OVERVIEW On J uly 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 com ments 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 progr am 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, accurat e, 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 in stead 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 N PDES 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 shi ft 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 communi ty. 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 al so 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 in formation on facility

## ______________________________________________________________ ________________ 2 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 q uickly 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 asso ciated 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 THE DOCKET What is the Docket and How Can I Gain Access to It? EPA Docket ID No. EPA
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- 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 t hese 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 E PA 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 us e 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 doc ket 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 A CCESSING 

# I NFORMATION IN THE 

# D OCKET 

## 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 h ard 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,

## ______________________________________________________________ ________________ 3 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
- mai l: docket.oeca@epa.gov , Attention Docket ID No. EPA
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- 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
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- 0001 ” in main search field on Reg ulations.gov ( see Figure 1) to retrieve the following document: “ Meetings: Proof of Concept Demonstration for Electronic Reporting of Clean Water Act Compliance Monitoring Data .”

Figure 1: Screenshot of Regulations.gov Website .

## ______________________________________________________________ ________________ 4 You can also use “Advan ced 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 s u p p o r t i n g documents t o i n d i v i d u a l l y i d e n t i f y d o c u m e n t s i n t h e d o c k e t . The following figures show how y ou can use the “Advanced Search” on Regulations.gov a n d a D C N to retrieve a particular document f

r o m t h e r u l e m a k i n g d o c k e t .

Figure 2 : Location of “Advanced Search” on Regulations.gov Website

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i e r I nput Location on Advanced Search

## ______________________________________________________________ ________________ 5 Figure 4 : Input Docket Number in “By Docket ID” Input Field on Advanced Search

Figure 5 : A d v a n c e d S e a r c h R e s u l t s ( S h o w i n g t h e D C N I d e n ti fi er i n t h e D o c u m e n t T i t l e )

## ______________________________________________________________ ________________ 6 N PDES Electronic Reporting Rule Doc ket Index This user guide provides the index for all documents in docket EPA
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- 0001 ) that was assigned when EPA added the document to the public version of the doc ket 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 ap pears 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 b ut do have Regulations.gov Document ID Numbers and are part of the official docket . You can use “Advan ced Search” on Regulations.gov t o find these documents by s e l e c t i n g “Public Submission” ( s e e F i g u r e 6 ) a n d b y i n p u t i n g t h e D o c k e t I D ( EPA
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Figure 6 : S e l e c t i o n o f “ P u b l i c S u b m i s s i o n ” on Advanced Search t o V i e w P u b l i c C o m m e n t s o n t h e R u l e m a k i n g ( N o t e : M u s t a l s o i n p u t D o c k e t I D

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## ______________________________________________________________ ________________ 7 Table 1: Metadata for NPDES Electronic Reporting R ule Docket Index Field 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 t itle of document with the DC N number. Author This is the a uthor 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, t his 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 refer enced 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 har d 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 Inf ormation 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 do cuments can be classified as CBI because companies providing the information specifically claimed certain information

## ______________________________________________________________ ________________ 8 (e.g., operating or financial data) as CBI. Other documents can be classified as CBI because release of these documents could indirectly r eveal 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 “P reamble?”. 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, id entified by Docket ID No. EPA
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- line instructions for submitting comments. E
- mail: docket.oeca@epa.gov , Attention Dock et ID No. EPA
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- 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 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460, Attention Docket ID No. EPA
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- 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
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- 0274. Such deliveries are only ac cepted 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, a nd 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 st atute. 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 pu blic docket and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact

## ______________________________________________________________ ________________ 9 information in the body of your comment, and, if applicable, with any disk or CD
- ROM you submit. If EPA canno t 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 F URTHER 

# I NFORMATION 

## For more information on the proposed NPDES Electroni c 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 )

## Attachment 1: NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule Docket Index

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- 1 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 0 6 / 2 3/2011 F ederal Register, 76 FR 36919 , FRL
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- 0001 [Duplicate is 0005] DCN 0002 Advancing E
- file Study Phase 1 Report
- Achieving the 80%

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- file Goal Requires Partnering with Stakeholders on New Approaches to Motivate Paper Fil ers [DCN 0002] U.S. IRS 09/30/2008 Case Number 08
- 1062. Document Number 0206.0210 Yes Yes No EPA
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- 0100 DCN 0003 Electronic Filing, Tax Preparers, and Participation In The

Earned Income Tax Credit [DCN 0003] Wojciech Kopczuka, Christian P op Eleches 03/11/2005 Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 91, Nr. 7
- 8 (August 2007) Yes Yes No EPA
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- 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
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- 0102 DCN 0005 Description of the NPDES Program [DCN 0005] Carey Johnston , EPA/OECA/OC 11/17/2011 Memorandum to Docket Ye s No No EPA
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- 0103 DCN 0006 Description of Existing NPDES Program Reporting

Requirements and Expectations of the States, Territories, and Tribes [DCN 0006] Carey Johnston , EPA/OECA/OC 11/17/2011 Memorandum to Docket Yes No No EPA
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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
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- 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
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- 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/cwa/ja ckson
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- 0107 DCN 0010 User Guide to the Online Docket for the

NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule (Proposal) [ DCN 0010] U.S. EPA , Office of Compliance 0 7 / 2 0 1 3 Yes No No EPA
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- 019 2 DCN 0011 Case Study: Ohio Environmental Protection Agency's

Electronic Discharge Monitoring Report (eDMR) System Reaches 90% Adoption [EPA
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- 00] [DCN 0011] U.S. EPA 04/27/2011 EPA
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- 2 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 Incre ase Benefit [GAO
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- 33] [DCN 0012] U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) 10/2011 GAO
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- 33 , http://www.gao.gov/p roducts/GAO
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DCN 0013 Calculating Software ROI [DCN 0013] Paul Leavoy 06/01/2011 http://www.pol lution engineering.com/Arti cles/Feature_Article/ BNP_GUID_9
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DCN 0014 White House Forum on Modernizing Government: Overview

and Next Steps [DCN 0014] U.S. Executive Office of President 03/2 010 http://www.whitehou se.gov/sites/default/fi les/omb/assets/moder nizing_government/ ModernizingGovern mentOverview.pdf Yes No No EPA
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- 0098 DCN 0015 U.S. EPA Uses of NPDES information [DCN 0015] Carey Johnston , EPA/OECA/OC 11/ 0 1/2011 Memora ndum to Docket Yes No No EPA
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- 0110 DCN 0016 2008 Clean Water Act Annual Noncompliance Report

(ANCR) [DCN 0016] U.S. EPA 04/29/2010 http://www.epa
echo.gov/echo/ancr/u s/ Yes No No EPA
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DCN 0017 U.S. EPA Responses t o 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 responsestable10150 9.pdf Yes No No EPA
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- 0112 DCN 0018 N PDES Electronic Reporting Rule Analysis A: Discharge

Monitoring Reports [DCN 0018] U.S. EPA 09/23/2010 Yes No No EPA
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- 0113 DCN 0019 Electronic Rule Analysis B: General Permit Reports

Electronic Reporting [DCN 0019] Shane Knipschild , EPA/ OECA/OC 08/2010 Yes No No EPA
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- 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
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- 01 15 DCN 0021 NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule Analysis E: Annual

Compliance Certifications [DCN 0021] U.S. EPA 09/13/2010 Yes No No EPA
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- 0116 DCN 0022 NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule Analysis F: Program

Reports [DCN 0022] U.S. EPA 09/15/2 010 Yes No No EPA
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- 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
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- 3 DCN Title Author Author Date Source Citation Pre amble? © CBI Regulations.gov Document ID # DCN 0024 OMB Control No. 2040
- 0004 [EPA ICR No. 022 9.19] [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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 0123 DCN 0029 NPDES Information Collection Rulemaking and CAFOs

[DCN 0029] U.S. E PA , Office of Water 09/2010 Memorandum to Docket Yes No No EPA
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- 0124 DCN 0030 Broadband Adoption and Use in America [DCN 0030] John B. Horrigan 02/23/ 2010 OBI Working Paper Series No. 1 , http://hraunfoss.fcc.g ov/edocs_public/attac hmatc h/DOC
296442A1.pdf Yes No No EPA
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- 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
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- 0126 DCN 0032 EPA Needs to Reinforce Its National Pretreatment Program

[OIG Report No. 2004
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DCN 0033 Data? Why do we need that?
- Using data to drive collection

system mainten ance [DCN 0033 ] Karen M. Morris 05/2 011 Water Environment Magazine, Vol. 23, No.5, http://www.wef.org/p ublications/page_wet. aspx?id=10115&page =feature No Yes No EPA
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DCN 0034 Biosolids Applied To Land: Advancing Standards And

Practic es [DCN 0034] National Research Council 07/2002 http://www.nap.edu/c atalog.php?record_id =10426 Yes Yes No EPA
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- 0129 DCN 0035 Improvements for the Cross
- Media Electronic Reporting Rule

[DCN 0035] U.S. EPA, Office of Environmental Informati on 05/09/2013 Yes No No EPA
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- 4 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
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Filings [DCN 0036] Sharad Asthana, Steven Balsam 2001 Journal of Accounting and Public Policy 20: 349
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- 013 1 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 - jensen
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- 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/waters10/attains_na tion_cy.control Yes No No EPA
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- 0133 DCN 0039 Other Phase
- In Option s 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
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- 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
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- 0135 DCN 0041 Meeting Notes from Meeting with IRS on Working with

Third
- party Commercial Software Providers [DCN 0041] Car ey Johnston, EPA/OECA/OC 03/11/2011 Memorandum to Docket Yes No No EPA
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- 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 onplan101409.pdf No No No EPA
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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
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DCN 0044 FY 2010 Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) National Program Manager (NPM) Guidance [DCN 0044] U.S. EPA 0 4/23/2009 http://nepis.epa.gov Yes No No EPA
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- 0139 DCN 0045 Report to Congress: Impacts an d Control of CSOs and SSO, August [ EPA 833
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- 001 ] [DCN 0045] U.S. EPA 08/2004 EPA 833
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- 001, http://cfpub.epa.gov/ npdes/cso/cpolicy_re port2004.cfm Yes No No EPA
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- 0140 DCN 0046 Controlling Fats, Oils, and Grease Discharges from Food Service Establishments [ EPA
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- 5 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
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- 0142 DCN 0048 WENDB Data Elements for Sludge [DCN 0048] U.S. EPA 0 1/25/1994 Yes No No EPA
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- 0143 DCN 0049 New NPDES Non
- Municipa l Permit Rating Worksheet [DCN 0049 ] James A. Elder, U.S. EPA, Office of Water 0 6/27/1990 http://www.epa.gov/n pdes/pubs/owm0116. pdf Yes No No EPA
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- 0144 DCN 0050 Revision of NPDES Significant Noncompliance (SNC) Criteria to Address Violati ons of Non
- Monthly Average Limits [DCN 0050] Steven A. Herman, U.S. EPA 0 9/21/1995 www.epa.gov/compli ance/resources/polici es/civil/federal/revisn pdessnc.pdf Yes No No EPA
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DCN 0051 Presidential Memoranda
- Regulatory Compliance [DCN 0051] U.S. Executive Office of President 0 1/18/2011 http://www.whitehou se.gov/the
- press office/2011/01/18/pre sidential
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DCN 0052 Information as Environmental Regulation: TRI and Performan ce Benchmarking, Precursor to a New Paradigm? [DCN 0052] Bradley C. Karkkainen 01/2001 Georgetown Law Journal 89: 257 Yes Yes No EPA
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- 0147 DCN 0053 The Impacts of the “Right to Know” Information Disclosure and the Violation of Drinking Wa ter Standards, [DCN 0053] Lori S. Bennear and Sheila M. Olmstead 2008 JEEM Vol. 50, Iss. 2; pp. 117
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- 0148 DCN 0054 Effects of Red
- Light Camera Enforcement on Fatal Crashes in Large U.S. Cities (Insurance Institute for H ighway Safety [DCN 0054] Wen Hu , Anne T. McCartt , Eric R. Teoh 0 2/2011 http://www.northfield il.org/documents/poli ce/IIHS_Study_2
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DCN 0055 Fundamentals of Successful Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification und er 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
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DCN 0056 IC IS
- NPDES Policy Statement [DCN 0056 ] U.S. EPA 04/30/2007 Yes No No EPA
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- 6 DCN Title Author Author Date Source Citation Pre amble? © CBI Regulations.gov Document ID # DCN 0057 Public Disclosure of Private Information as a Tool for Regulating Environmental Emissions: Firm
- Level Responses by Petroleum Refineries to the Toxics R elease Inventory [DCN 0057] Linda T. M. Bui 06/ 2005 Brandeis Univ. Working Paper Series, http://ideas.repec.org/ p/cen/wpaper/05
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DCN 0058 Centralize & Streamline: New Management Platform Helps Louisville Utilit y With Environmental Data Integration [DCN 0058 ] Justin Gray, Patrick Fitzgerald, Chase Dabney 05/ 2012 Water & Wastes Digest,, http://www.wwdmag. com/monitoring
systems/centralize
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DCN 0059 Information Technol ogy: The Unsung Hero of Market
- Based Environmental Policies [DCN 0059 ] Blas Pérez Henríquez 2004 Resources, http://www.rff.org/Pu blications/Pages/Publ icationDetails.aspx?P ublicationID=11294 No Yes No EPA
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- 0154 DCN 0060 Sample Data Checks Effluent Quality [DCN 0060 ] Denise Kearns 09/ 1993 Environmental Protection No Yes No EPA
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- 0155 DCN 0061 Environmental Information Exchange Network: Exchange Network

– Return On Investment And Business Process Analysis Final Report [DCN 0 061] U.S. EPA 0 9/ 0 5/2006 http://www.exchange network.net/benefits/ ROIReport_v1.0.pdf Yes No No EPA
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- 0156 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://secure1.state. mi.us/e2rs/config/hel pdoc/e2rs_faq.pdf Yes No No EPA
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- 0157 DCN 0063 New Enhanced Version

– Electronic Discharge Monitoring Report (eDMR) [DCN 0063] Florida Dep artment of Environmental Protection http://www.dep.state. fl.us/water/wastewate r/wce/edmr/ Yes No No EPA
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- 0158 DCN 0064 Economic Analysis of Federal Regulations Under Executive Order 12866, Office of Management and Budget [DCN 0064] Offic e of Management and Budget, U.S. Executive Office of President 0 1/11/1996 http://www.whitehou se.gov/omb/inforeg_r iaguide Yes No No EPA
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DCN 0065 Economic Analysis of the Final Revisions to the NPDES and Effluent Guidelines for CAFOs [ EPA
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- 002 ] [DCN 0065] U.S. EPA 2003 EPA
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- 002, http://cfpub.epa.gov/ npdes/docs.cfm?view =allprog&program_i d=7&sort=name#cafo finalruleandelg No No No EPA
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- 7 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 0 4/ 0 1/2013 http://www.politico.c om/story/2013/04/onl ine
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- states 89503.html No Yes No EPA
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DCN0 067 Processing of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Exemption Determinations Pursuant to 10 USC §130e and 10 USC §2254a [DC N 006 7] Michael L. Rhodes, Director, Office of Secretary of Defense, Administration and Management 0 8/ 0 3/2012 http://www.dod.mil/p ubs/foi/dfoipo/docs/8

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DCN 0068 Executive Order
-- Making Open and Ma chine Readable the New Default for Government Information [DCN 0068] U.S. Executive Office of President 0 5/ 0 9/ 20 13 h ttp://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
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DCN 0069 Benefits of NPDES Electronic Reporting Tools for the EPA Region 6 Gulf of Mexico Of fshore Oil & Gas Permit [DCN 0069] U.S. EPA, Office of Compliance 07/ 2013 No No No EPA
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DCN 0070 Environmental Impact and Benefits Assessment for Final Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Construction and Development Category [ EPA
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- 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
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DCN 0071 Urban Stormwater Management i n the United States [DCN 0071] National Academy of Sciences 2009 http://nap.edu/catalog .php?record_id=1246

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- 0165 DCN 0072 Environmental and Economic Benefit Analysis of Proposed Revisions to the National Pollutant Discharg e Elimination System Regulation and the Effluent Guidelines for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations [ EPA
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- 002 ] [DCN 0072] 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_Benef

its.pdf Yes No No EPA
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- 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.cf m Yes No No EPA
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- 8 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. B orsuk, Lou Reynolds, and Carole J. Rose 07/ 2008 J. N. Am. Benthol. Soc., 2008, 27(3):717

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DCN 0075 Memorandum Documenting Changes to the Proposed NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule Made During E.O. 12866 Review [DCN 0 075] Carey Johnston, EPA/OECA/OC 07/ 2013 No No No EPA
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- 0169 DCN 0076 Enabling Lean Water Operations: Transforming Data Into Information is Critical for Driving Efficiency for Renewable Water Resources [DCN 00 7 6 ] Randy Boyette, Chuck Sch olpp, Gabi Miles 01/ 31 / 2012 AWWA/WEF Utility Management Conference No No No EPA
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- 0170 DCN 0077 Example DMR Instructions: NPDES Permit Program Instructions for the Discharge Monitoring Report Forms (DMRs) Report Year 2010 [DCN 007 7] U.S. E PA, Region 1 2010 http://www.epa.gov/r egion1/enforcement/ water/pdfs/2010
- DMR
Instructions.pdf No No No EPA
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DCN 0078 The Advantages of Proper Data Management [DCN 00 7 8 ] Graham Holtom 04/ 2011 Pollution Engineering, http://www.ehsdata. c om/media/pdf/press/p e_article_published.p df No Yes No EPA
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DCN 0079 Automation Masterplan: SCADA evolves into the operations and information hub of the future. [DCN 00 7 9 ] Ed Ritchie 05/2 012 Water Efficiency, www.waterefficiency .net/ WE/Articles/166 91.aspx?format=2 No Yes No EPA
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- 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
- ce ntered No Yes No EPA
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- 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
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- 0006 DCN 0082 Tribal Consultation Letter [DCN 0082 ] Lisa Lund, U.S. EPA, Office of Compliance 11/30/2010 No No No EPA
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- 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 00 83 ] U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) 06/28/2006 GAO
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- 840T , http://www.gao.gov/p roducts/GAO
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- 840T No No No EPA
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- 9 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
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- 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
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- 0177 DCN 0086 Stormwater Phase II Final Rule Permitting and Reporting: The Proc ess and Requirements [DCN 0086 ] U.S. EPA , Office of Water 01/2000 EPA 833
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- 011 , http://www.epa.gov/n pdes/pubs/fact2
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- 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/101pape.p df No No No EPA
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- 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
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- 944 ] [DCN 0088 ] U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) 09/2008 GAO
- 08
- 944 , http://www.gao.gov/p roducts/GAO
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- 944 No No No EPA
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- 0180 DCN 0089 Environmental Protection : EPA
- State Enforcement Partnership Has Improved, but EPA’s Oversight Needs Further Enhancement [ GAO
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- 883 ] [DCN 0089 ] U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) 07/2007 GAO
- 07
- 883 , ht tp://www.gao.gov/p roducts/GAO
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- 883 No No No EPA
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- 018 1 DCN 0090 Clean Water Act : Longstanding Issues Impact EPA’s and States’ Enforcement Efforts [ GAO
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- 165T ] [DCN 0090 ] U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) 10/15/2009 GAO
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- 165T , http://www.gao.gov/p roducts/GAO
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- 165T No No No EPA
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DCN 0091 The Effect o f Electronic Reporting o f Discharge Monitoring Reports o n 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/1082 2/553916 No No No EPA
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DCN 0092 Environmental Compliance And Enforcement: EPA's Effort to Improve and Make More Consistent Its Compliance and Enforcement Activities [ GAO
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- 840T ] [DCN 0092 ] U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) 06/28/2006 GAO
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- 840T , http://www.gao.gov/p roducts/GAO
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- 840T No No No EPA
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- 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
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- 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
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- 10 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
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- 0186 DCN 0096 Fact Sheet: Proposed NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule [DCN 0096 ] U.S. EPA 07/2013 No No No EPA
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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 a nd Cos t 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
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