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3 50 FR 37835 (Sept. 18, 1985) and 84 FR 5347 

(Feb. 21, 2019). 

4This Act transferred to, and vested in, the 

Secretary of Energy the power marketing functions 

of the Secretary of the Department of the Interior 

and Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) under the 

Reclamation Act of 1902 (ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388), 

as amended and supplemented by subsequent laws, 

particularly section 9(c) of the Reclamation Project 

Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C. 485h(c)) and section 5 of the 

Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s); and 

other acts that specifically apply to the projects 

involved. 

5 In compliance with the National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 

4321–4347; the Council on Environmental Quality 

Regulations for implementing NEPA (40 CFR parts 

1500–1508); and DOE NEPA Implementing 

Procedures and Guidelines (10 CFR part 1021). 

TABLE 3—SUMMARY OF LAP CHARGE COMPONENTS

Current charges under 

rate schedule L–F11 as of January 1, 

2018 

Proposed charges under 

rate schedule L–F12 as of January 1, 

2023 Percent 

change 

Base 

component 

Drought 

adder 

component 

Total 

charge 

Base 

component 

Drought 

adder 

component 

Total 

charge 

Firm Capacity ($/kilowatt-month) ........................... $4.12 $0 $4.12 $4.36 $0.44 $4.80 16.5 

Firm Energy (mills/kWh) ........................................ 15.72 0 15.72 16.63 1.68 18.31 16.5 

Sale of Surplus Products 

The Sale of Surplus Products rate 

schedule is formula-based, providing for 

LAP Marketing to sell LAP surplus 

energy and capacity products. If LAP 

surplus products are available, as 

specified in the rate schedule, the 

charge will be based on market rates 

plus administrative costs. The customer 

will be responsible for acquiring 

transmission service necessary to 

deliver the product(s) for which a 

separate charge may be incurred. The 

proposed Rate Schedule, L–M3, 

continues to allow for the sale of energy, 

frequency response, regulation, and 

reserves. 

Legal Authority 

Existing DOE procedures for public 

participation in power and transmission 

rate adjustments (10 CFR part 903) were 

published on September 18, 1985, and 

February 21, 2019.3 The proposed 

action is a major rate adjustment, as 

defined by 10 CFR 903.2(d). In 

accordance with 10 CFR 903.15(a) and 

10 CFR 903.16(a), RMR will hold public 

information and public comment 

forums for this rate adjustment. RMR 

will review and consider all timely 

public comments at the conclusion of 

the consultation and comment period 

and adjust the proposal as appropriate. 

The rates will then be approved on an 

interim basis. 

WAPA is establishing the formula 

rates for LAP in accordance with section 

302 of the DOE Organization Act (42 

U.S.C. 7152).4

By Delegation Order No. 00–037.00B, 

effective November 19, 2016, the 

Secretary of Energy delegated: (1) The 

authority to develop power and 

transmission rates to WAPA’s 

Administrator; (2) the authority to 

confirm, approve, and place such rates 

into effect on an interim basis to the 

Deputy Secretary of Energy; and (3) the 

authority to confirm, approve, and place 

into effect on a final basis, or to remand 

or disapprove such rates to FERC. By 

Delegation Order No. S1–DEL–S4–2022, 

effective March 14, 2022, the Secretary 

of Energy also delegated the authority to 

confirm, approve, and place such rates 

into effect on an interim basis to the 

Under Secretary for Science (and 

Innovation). By Redelegation Order No. 

S4–DEL–OE1–2021–2, effective 

December 8, 2021, the Under Secretary 

for Science (and Innovation) redelegated 

the authority to confirm, approve, and 

place such rates into effect on an 

interim basis to the Assistant Secretary 

for Electricity. By Redelegation Order 

No. 00–002.10–05, effective July 8, 

2020, the Assistant Secretary for 

Electricity further redelegated the 

authority to confirm, approve, and place 

such rates into effect on an interim basis 

to WAPA’s Administrator. This 

redelegation order, despite predating the 

December 2021 and March 2022 

delegations, remains valid. 

Availability of Information 

All brochures, studies, comments, 

letters, memorandums, or other 

documents that RMR initiates or uses to 

develop the proposed formula rates will 

be available for inspection and copying 

at the Rocky Mountain Regional Office 

located at 5555 East Crossroads 

Boulevard, Loveland, Colorado. Many of 

these documents and supporting 

information are also available on RMR’s 

website at: www.wapa.gov/regions/RM/ 

rates/Pages/2023-Rate-Adjustment--- 

Firm-Power.aspx. 

Ratemaking Procedure Requirements 

Environmental Compliance 

WAPA is in the process of 

determining whether an environmental 

assessment or an environmental impact 

statement should be prepared or if this 

action can be categorically excluded 

from those requirements.5

Determination Under Executive Order 

12866 

WAPA has an exemption from 

centralized regulatory review under 

Executive Order 12866; accordingly, no 

clearance of this notice by the Office of 

Management and Budget is required. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on May 4, 2022, by 

Tracey A. LeBeau, Administrator, 

Western Area Power Administration, 

pursuant to delegated authority from the 

Secretary of Energy. That document, 

with the original signature and date, is 

maintained by DOE. For administrative 

purposes only, and in compliance with 

requirements of the Office of the Federal 

Register, the undersigned DOE Federal 

Register Liaison Officer has been 

authorized to sign and submit the 

document in electronic format for 

publication, as an official document of 

the Department of Energy. This 

administrative process in no way alters 

the legal effect of this document upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on May 18, 

2022. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Western Area Power Administration 

Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program— 

Eastern Division-Rate Order No. 

WAPA–203 

AGENCY: Western Area Power 

Administration, DOE. 


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1Order Confirming and Approving Rate 

Schedules on a Final Basis, FERC Docket No. EF18– 

2–000, 163 FERC ¶ 62,039 (2018). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed firm power 

service and sale of surplus products 

formula rates. 

SUMMARY: The Upper Great Plains 

Region (UGP) of the Western Area 

Power Administration (WAPA) 

proposes revised formula rates for the 

Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program— 

Eastern Division (P–SMBP—ED) firm 

power, firm peaking power service, and 

sale of surplus products. The existing 

formula rates for these services, under 

Rate Schedules P–SED–F13, P–SED– 

FP13, and P–SED–M1, expire on 

December 31, 2022. UGP is proposing to 

update the formula rates for firm power 

service under Rate Schedule P–SED– 

F14, firm peaking power service under 

Rate Schedule P–SED–FP14, and sale of 

surplus products under Rate Schedule 

P–SED–M2, effective January 1, 2023, 

through December 31, 2027. 

DATES: A consultation and comment 

period will begin May 25, 2022 and end 

August 23, 2022. UGP will present a 

detailed explanation of the proposed P– 

SMBP—ED formula rates and other 

modifications at a public information 

forum that will be held on June 15, 

2022, at 8:30 a.m. MDT to no later than 

10:30 a.m. MDT. UGP will host a public 

comment forum on June 29, 2022, at 

11:00 a.m. MDT to no later than noon 

MDT. 

The public information forum and the 

public comment forum will be 

conducted via WebEx. Instructions for 

participating in the forums will be 

posted on UGP’s website at least 14 days 

prior to the public information and 

comment forums at: www.wapa.gov/ 

regions/UGP/Rates/Pages/2023-firmrate-adjustment.aspx. 

UGP will accept comments any time 

during the consultation and comment 

period. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

requests to be informed of Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) 

actions concerning the proposed rates 

submitted by WAPA to FERC for 

approval should be sent to: Lloyd Linke, 

Regional Manager, Upper Great Plains 

Region, Western Area Power 

Administration, 2900 4th Avenue North, 

6th Floor, Billings, MT 59101–1266, or 

email ugpfirmrate@wapa.gov. UGP will 

post information about the proposed 

formula rates and written comments 

received to its website at: 

www.wapa.gov/regions/UGP/rates/ 

Pages/2023-firm-rate-adjustment.aspx. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Linda Cady-Hoffman, Rates Manager, 

Upper Great Plains Region, Western 

Area Power Administration, 2900 4th 

Avenue North, 6th Floor, Billings, MT 

59101–1266, telephone (406) 255–2920, 

email cady@wapa.gov orugpfirmrate@

wapa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 

16, 2018, FERC confirmed and approved 

Formula Rate Schedules P–SED–F13, P– 

SED–FP13, and P–SED–M1, under Rate 

Order No. WAPA–180, on a final basis 

through December 31, 2022.1 These 

schedules apply to firm power, firm 

peaking power service, and the sale of 

surplus products. 

UGP intends the proposed formula 

rates to go into effect January 1, 2023. 

The proposed formula rates would 

remain in effect until December 31, 

2027, or until WAPA supersedes or 

changes the formula rates through 

another public rate process pursuant to 

10 CFR part 903, whichever occurs first. 

The proposed formula rates would 

provide sufficient revenue to recover 

annual operation, maintenance, and 

replacement (OM&R) expenses, interest 

expense, irrigation assistance, and 

capital repayment requirements while 

ensuring repayment of the project 

within the cost recovery criteria set 

forth in Department of Energy (DOE) 

Order RA 6120.2. For more information 

on the proposed rates, please see the 

customer brochure located on UGP’s 

website at: www.wapa.gov/regions/UGP/ 

rates/pages/2023-firm-rate 

adjustment.aspx. 

Firm Power and Firm Peaking Power 

Services 

The P–SMBP Fiscal Year 2021 Power 

Repayment Study (PRS) revenue 

requirement and current water 

conditions are the determining factors 

for this proposed rate adjustment. 

The base component costs for the P– 

SMBP have increased primarily due to: 

(1) Increased OM&R from WAPA and 

the generating agencies; (2) increased 

purchase power, including during the 

severe winter weather event in February 

2021 (Winter Storm Uri); (3) pricing 

volatility; and (4) the loss of certain 

balancing authority revenues for 

services that WAPA no longer provides 

after joining the Western Energy 

Imbalance Service Market. Winter Storm 

Uri was not a water or generation issue; 

therefore, its costs only impact the base 

component. 

The driver behind the P–SMBP 

drought adder component increase is 

the Army Corps of Engineers Annual 

Operating Plan projecting less than 

average generation for the next several 

years in the P–SMBP mainstem dams. 

Uncertainties with water inflows, hydro 

generation, and replacement energy 

prices continue to pose potential risks 

for meeting firm power contractual 

commitments. 

The net effect of these adjustments to 

the base and drought adder components 

results in an overall increase to the P– 

SMBP—ED rate. A comparison of the 

current and proposed revenue 

requirements is shown in Table 1: 

TABLE 1—SUMMARY OF CURRENT AND PROPOSED REVENUE REQUIREMENTS

Firm power service 

Current under 

P–SED–F13 as of 

January 1, 2018 

(in million $) 

Proposed under 

P–SED–F14 as of 

January 1, 2023 

(in million $) 

Percent change 

P–SMBP—ED Revenue Requirement) ..................................................................... $230.1 $268.4 16.6 

Pick-Sloan—WD 1 ...................................................................................................... 50.8 58.6 15.4 

1The Pick-Sloan—WD revenue requirement is recovered by the Loveland Area Projects rate schedules, which are to be adjusted accordingly 

in proposed Rate Order No. WAPA–202. 

Under the current rate methodology, 

rates for PSMBP—ED firm power and 

firm peaking power service are designed 

to recover an annual revenue 

requirement that includes investment 

repayment, interest, purchase power, 

OM&R, and other expenses within the 

allowable period. The annual revenue 

requirement continues to be allocated 

equally between demand and energy. 

A comparison of the current and 

proposed rates is shown in Table 2: 


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2 50 FR 37835 (Sept. 18, 1985) and 84 FR 5347 

(Feb. 21, 2019). 3This Act transferred to, and vested in, the 

Secretary of Energy the power marketing functions 

of the Secretary of the Department of the Interior 

and the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) under 

the Reclamation Act of 1902 (ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 

388), as amended and supplemented by subsequent 

laws, particularly section 9(c) of the Reclamation 

Project Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C. 485h(c)) and section 

5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s); 

and other acts that specifically apply to the projects 

involved. 

TABLE 2—SUMMARY OF CURRENT AND PROPOSED RATES

Firm power service 

Current under 

P–SED–F13/ 

P–SED–FP13 

as of 

January 1, 

2018 

Proposed 

under 

P–SED–F14/ 

P–SED–FP14 

as of 

January 1, 

2023 

Percent 

change 

P–SMBP—ED Composite Rate (mills/kilowatt-hour) .................................................................. 24.00 27.91 16.3 

Firm Demand ($/kilowatt-month) ................................................................................................. $5.25 $6.20 18.1 

Firm Energy (mills/kilowatt-hour) ................................................................................................. 13.27 15.27 15.1 

Firm Peaking Demand ($/kilowatt-month) ................................................................................... $4.75 $5.70 20.0 

Firm Peaking Energy 1 (mills/kilowatt-hour) ................................................................................. 13.27 15.27 15.1 

1Firm Peaking Energy is normally returned. This charge will be assessed in the event Firm Peaking Energy is not returned. 

As a part of the current and proposed 

rate schedules, UGP provides a formulabased adjustment of the drought adder 

component, with an annual increase of 

up to 2 mills per kilowatt-hour (kWh) 

each year. The 2 mills/kWh cap places 

a limit on the amount the drought adder 

component can be adjusted upward 

relative to associated drought costs 

included in the drought adder formula 

rate for any one-year cycle. Continuing 

to identify the firm power service 

revenue requirement using base and 

drought adder components will assist 

UGP in the presentation of future 

impacts of droughts, demonstrate 

repayment of drought-related costs in 

the PRS, and allow UGP to be more 

responsive to changes caused by 

drought-related expenses. UGP will 

continue to charge and bill its customers 

firm power and firm peaking power 

service rates for energy and demand, 

which are the sum of the base and 

drought adder components. 

The proposed adjustment updates the 

base component with present costs from 

a revenue requirement of $230.1 million 

to $235.4 million and increases the 

drought adder revenue requirement. For 

rate year 2023 the drought adder 

revenue requirement increases from 

zero to $33.0 million. 

A comparison of the current and 

proposed components is shown in Table 

3: 

TABLE 3—SUMMARY OF P–SMBP—ED CHARGE COMPONENTS

Current charges under rate schedules P–SED– 

F13 and P–SED–FP13 as of January 1, 2018 

Proposed charges under rate schedules P–SED– 

F14 and P–SED–FP14 as of January 1, 2023 Percent 

change Base 

component 

Drought adder 

component Total charge Base component 

Drought adder 

component Total charge 

Firm Demand ($/kilowatt-month) ................... $5.25 $0.00 $5.25 $5.45 $0.75 $6.20 18.1 

Firm Energy (mills/kWh) ................................ 13.27 0.00 13.27 13.36 1.91 15.27 15.1 

Firm Peaking Demand ($/kilowatt-month) .... $4.75 $0.00 $4.75 $5.00 $0.70 $5.70 20 

Firm Peaking Energy 1 (mills/kWh) ............... 13.27 0.00 13.27 13.36 1.91 15.27 15.1 

1Firm peaking energy is normally returned. This charge will be assessed in the event firm peaking energy is not returned. 

Sale of Surplus Products 

The Sale of Surplus Products rate 

schedule is formula based, providing for 

P–SMBP—ED Marketing to sell P– 

SMBP—ED surplus energy and demand 

products. If P–SMBP—ED surplus 

products are available, as specified in 

the rate schedule, the charge will be 

based on market rates plus 

administrative costs. The customer will 

be responsible for acquiring 

transmission service necessary to 

deliver the product(s) for which a 

separate charge may be incurred. The 

proposed Rate Schedule, P–SED–M2, 

continues to allow for the sale of energy, 

frequency response, regulation, and 

reserves. 

Legal Authority 

Existing DOE procedures for public 

participation in power and transmission 

rate adjustments (10 CFR part 903) were 

published on September 18, 1985, and 

February 21, 2019.2 The proposed 

action is a major rate adjustment, as 

defined by 10 CFR 903.2(d). In 

accordance with 10 CFR 903.15(a) and 

10 CFR 903.16(a), UGP will hold public 

information and public comment 

forums for this rate adjustment. UGP 

will review and consider all timely 

public comments at the conclusion of 

the consultation and comment period 

and adjust the proposal as appropriate. 

The rates will then be approved on an 

interim basis. 

WAPA is establishing the formula 

rates for P–SMPB—ED in accordance 

with section 302 of the DOE 

Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7152).3

By Delegation Order No. 00–037.00B, 

effective November 19, 2016, the 

Secretary of Energy delegated: (1) The 

authority to develop power and 

transmission rates to WAPA’s 

Administrator; (2) the authority to 

confirm, approve, and place such rates 

into effect on an interim basis to the 

Deputy Secretary of Energy; and (3) the 

authority to confirm, approve, and place 

into effect on a final basis, to remand or 

to disapprove such rates to FERC. By 

Delegation Order No. S1–DEL–S4–2022, 

effective March 14, 2022, the Secretary 

of Energy also delegated the authority to 

confirm, approve, and place such rates 

into effect on an interim basis to the 

Under Secretary for Science (and 

Innovation). By Redelegation Order 

No.S4–DEL–OE1–2021–2, effective 

December 8, 2021, the Under Secretary 

for Science (and Innovation) redelegated 


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4 In compliance with the National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 

4321–4347; the Council on Environmental Quality 

Regulations for implementing NEPA (40 CFR parts 

1500–1508); and DOE NEPA Implementing 

Procedures and Guidelines (10 CFR part 1021). 

1EPA authorized Oregon to administer the 

NPDES program on September 26, 1973. See EPA 

website, ‘‘NPDES State Program Authority,’’ at 

https://www.epa.gov/npdes/npdes-state-programauthority. 

the authority to confirm, approve, and 

place such rates into effect on an 

interim basis to the Assistant Secretary 

for Electricity. By Redelegation Order 

No.00–002.10–05, effective July8, 2020, 

the Assistant Secretary for Electricity 

further redelegated the authority to 

confirm, approve, and place such rates 

into effect on an interim basis to 

WAPA’s Administrator. This 

redelegation order, despite predating the 

December 2021 and March 2022 

delegations, remains valid. 

Availability of Information 

All brochures, studies, comments, 

letters, memorandums, or other 

documents that UGP initiates or uses to 

develop the proposed formula rates will 

be available for inspection and copying 

at the Upper Great Plains Regional 

Office, located at 2900 4th Avenue 

North, 6th Floor, Billings, Montana. 

Many of these documents and 

supporting information are also 

available on UGP’s website at: 

www.wapa.gov/regions/UGP/rates/ 

Pages/2023-firm-rate-adjustment.aspx. 

Ratemaking Procedure Requirements 

Environmental Compliance 

WAPA is in the process of 

determining whether an environmental 

assessment or an environmental impact 

statement should be prepared or if this 

action can be categorically excluded 

from those requirements.4

Determination Under Executive Order 

12866 

WAPA has an exemption from 

centralized regulatory review under 

Executive Order 12866; accordingly, no 

clearance of this notice by the Office of 

Management and Budget is required. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on May 4, 2022, by 

Tracey A. LeBeau, Administrator, 

Western Area Power Administration, 

pursuant to delegated authority from the 

Secretary of Energy. That document, 

with the original signature and date, is 

maintained by DOE. For administrative 

purposes only, and in compliance with 

requirements of the Office of the Federal 

Register, the undersigned DOE Federal 

Register Liaison Officer has been 

authorized to sign and submit the 

document in electronic format for 

publication, as an official document of 

the Department of Energy. This 

administrative process in no way alters 

the legal effect of this document upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on May 18, 

2022. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9795–01–OECA] 

NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule 

Implementation: Notice of Initial 

Recipient Designation for Oregon 

Department of Environmental Quality 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of approval. 

SUMMARY: This Federal Register 

document provides notice of the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency’s 

(EPA) approval of the Oregon 

Department of Environmental Quality as 

the initial recipient for electronic data 

reporting under the NPDES Electronic 

Reporting Rule (‘‘NPDES eRule’’), 

effective December 6, 2021, for all 

National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) data 

groups except for ‘‘No. 4—Sewage 

Sludge/Biosolids Annual Program 

Reports.’’ Oregon Department of 

Environmental Quality cannot be the 

initial recipient for this data group as 

EPA is the authorized NPDES program 

for the Federal biosolids program. 

DATES: This approval was effective 

December 6, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information, please contact 

Mr. Carey A. Johnston, Office of 

Compliance (mail code 2222A), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, 

DC, 20460; email address: 

johnston.carey@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

promulgated the NPDES Electronic 

Reporting Rule (‘‘NPDES eRule’’) in 

2015 to modernize Clean Water Act 

reporting for municipalities, industries, 

and other facilities by converting to an 

electronic data reporting system (see 22 

October 2015; 80 FR 64064). The NPDES 

eRule requires regulated entities and 

state and Federal regulators to use 

existing, available information 

technology to electronically report data 

required by the National Pollutant 

Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) 

permit program instead of filing written 

paper reports. EPA amended this rule in 

2020 to provide itself and states with 

more time to develop and deploy 

electronic reporting tools (see 2 

November 2020; 85 FR 69189). 

This switch from paper to electronic 

reporting saves time and resources for 

permittees, states, tribes, territories, and 

the U.S. Government while increasing 

data accuracy, improving compliance, 

and supporting EPA’s goal of providing 

better protection of the Nation’s waters. 

The NPDES eRule helps provide greater 

clarity on who is and who is not in 

compliance and enhances transparency 

by providing a timelier, complete, more 

accurate, and nationally-consistent set 

of data about the NPDES program. 

The NPDES eRule requires each 

authorized NPDES program to decide 

whether to use EPA’s electronic 

reporting tools or to use their own 

electronic reporting tools.1 Authorized 

states can make this decision or defer 

this decision to EPA. The governmental 

entity, either the state or EPA, that 

makes this decision is the ‘‘initial 

recipient.’’ The NPDES eRule requires 

EPA to publish on its website and in the 

Federal Register a listing of the initial 

recipients for electronic NPDES 

information from NPDES-regulated 

facilities by state, tribe, and territory 

and by NPDES data group. EPA 

published this initial listing on 

September 9, 2016 (see 81 FR 62395). 

The NPDES eRule also requires EPA to 

publish on its website and in the 

Federal Register a revised listing of 

initial recipients upon specified changes 

to the list of initial recipients (see 40 

CFR 127.27(c)–(f)). 

The NPDES eRule allows an 

authorized NPDES program to seek EPA 

approval to change the initial recipient 

status for one or all of the NPDES data 

groups from EPA to the authorized 

NPDES program. 40 CFR 127.27(e). To 

make this switch, the authorized NPDES 

program must send a request to EPA. 

This request must identify the specific 

NPDES data groups for which the 

authorized NPDES program would like 

to be the initial recipient of electronic 

NPDES information, a description of 

how its data system will be compliant 

with the NPDES eRule and the CrossMedia Electronic Reporting Rule 

(CROMERR) (40 CFR part 3), and the 

date or dates when the authorized 

NPDES program will be ready to start 

receiving this information. The Oregon 


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