NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule Supplemental Notice

On July 30, 2013, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed the NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule that 

would require electronic reporting instead of current paper-based NPDES reports. This action would modernize 

NPDES reporting, save time and resources for regulated entities and regulatory agencies, better protect the 

Nation’s waters by improving compliance, and provide the public with access to information that affects their 

communities. The proposal would enhance transparency and accountability by providing regulatory agencies and 

the public with more timely, complete, accurate, and nationally-consistent data about the NPDES program and 

potential sources of water pollution. The benefits of this proposed rulemaking should allow NPDES-authorized 

This spreadsheet provides an example of the data EPA uses for its Economic Analysis supporting this rulemaking. 

Stakeholders that wish to provide comments and information to EPA as part of the notice and comment 
Facility Data Permit Data

Compliance 

Monitoring Data

**Description of Data Families

Facility Data

Permit Data

Compliance Monitoring Data

DMR Data

Violation Data

Program Report Data

Enforcement Action Data

Documents compliance monitoring activities at permitted facilities. This family of data gene

inspection type, and dates associated with the inspection. 

Includes effluent monitoring data provided by NPDES facilities. DMR information includes da

and other data about the effluent discharge.

Includes data associated with violations such as single event, effluent, and compliance sched

Includes program reports submitted for NPDES subprograms including: CAFOs, pretreatmen

sanitary sewer overflows, combine sewer overflows, and bypass events.

Includes data regarding the enforcement action itself (e.g., documenting reason for deleting 

penalties. 

Includes data such as name, street and mailing address of the regulated entity and a contact 

Includes basic permit information, tracking of a permit’s issuance, narrative permit conditio

Number of Minutes to Enter a Single D

User Type (Batch, 

State Hybrid, Direct)

Enter the average number of minutes it currently takes to enter a data element electronically. 

Estimates can be for a single data element or total time divided by the number of data elements for each data family (see des

Please provide detailed basis for the above estimates. For example, if the estimates are based on dividing the total amount o

elements entered, specify the total time and number of data elements. Also provide any assumptions.

Include only the time it takes to enter the data elements including time to research and locate the data; exclude time associa

associated with data entry.

Enter inputs into blue shaded cells.
DMR Data Violation Data

Program Report 

Data

Enforcement 

Action Data

s. This family of data generally includes information associated with inspections such as 

MR information includes data elements regarding pollutant concentrations, wastewater flow, 

uent, and compliance schedule violations. 

uding: CAFOs, pretreatment, biosolids, sewer overflows, and MS4). Sewer overflows include 

menting reason for deleting an action) as well as associated compliance schedules and 

ulated entity and a contact name. 

, narrative permit conditions such as permit schedules, and permitted features (outfalls).

Minutes to Enter a Single Data Element Electronically**

or each data family (see descriptions below).

ividing the total amount of time for electronic data entry by the number of data 

data; exclude time associated with data collection or other activities not directly 
Do you have an e-DMR system? (Y/N)

Do you have an e-NOI system? (Y/N)

Enter data in blue shaded cells regarding current/existing use of electronic reporting systems for NPDES permittees.

Percent of major individual permittees:

Percent of non-major individual permittees:

Percent of major general permittees:

Percent of non-major general permittees:

If yes, what percent of permittees use the system?

State:

User type (batch, hybrid, direct):

If yes, what percent of permittees use the system?

Percent of major individual permittees:

Percent of non-major individual permittees:

Percent of major general permittees:

Percent of non-major general permittees:
r NPDES permittees.
Please provide detailed basis for the above estimates, including any assumptions.

Enter data in blue shaded cells regarding the time it takes to compile and submit compliance reports.

State:

User type (batch, hybrid, direct):

Number of hours to compile and submit Annual Non-Compliance Report (ANCR):

Number of hours to compile and submit the Quarterly Non-Compliance Report (QNCR):

Number of hours to compile and submit the Semi-Annual Statistical Summary Report (SASS):

Costs or burden should represent those needed to expand batch system databases to store all Appendix A data and update th

data entry. Please indicate the additional number of data elements that your state will need to incorporate.

Enter data in blue shaded cells regarding the cost or burden (IT labor) needed to upgrade existing batch systems under the ru

Please provide detailed basis for the above estimates, including any assumptions.

State:

User type (should be batch only):

Additional costs:

Additional burden:

Number of data elements:
ppendix A data and update the user interface screens for 

 batch systems under the rule.
Labor Category Burden (hours)

Please provide detailed basis for the above estimates, including any assumptions.

Enter data in blue shaded cells regarding the cost or burden needed for CROMERR approval for use of EPA's electronic report

Costs or burden should represent those needed to expand batch system databases to store all Appendix A data and update th

Please indicate the additional number of data elements that your state will need to incorporate.

State:

User type (batch, hybrid, direct):
se of EPA's electronic reporting system.

ppendix A data and update the user interface screens for data entry.