Document ID: EPA-HQ-OARM-2005-0002-0004
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2005-10-21T04:00Z

EPA
DATA
STANDARDS
ICR
CHECKLIST
(
For
use
during
Information
Collection
Request
initiation
or
renewal
applications)

Please
complete
the
attached
data
standards
checklist
and
include
it
with
your
ICR
application.
You
also
need
to
include
the
most
recent
version
of
instructions
developed
to
accompany
the
collection
form
when
applicable.
This
checklist
is
intended
for
internal
EPA
use
only.

EPA
has
had
a
data
standards
program
for
several
years
and
has
adopted
six
standards
through
various
mechanisms,
including
the
former
Agency
Chief
Information
Officer
and
the
Quality
and
Information
Council:
Calendar
Date,
Business
Classification,
Latitude/
Longitude,
Facility
Identification,
Chemical
Identification
and
Biological
Taxonomy.
The
data
standards
documents
are
posted
on
EPA's
Environmental
Data
Registry
(
EDR)
at
<
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edr>
in
the
Data
Standards
section.
EPA
programs
that
collect
data
in
these
areas
may
need
to
modify
their
data
systems,
which
may
in
turn
require
that
modifications
be
made
to
the
ICRs
supporting
the
data
collection.
For
example,
if
a
program
system
shares
data
that
include
latitude
and
longitude,
the
Latitude/
Longitude
Data
Standard
and
its
associated
business
rules
require
that
a
minimum
number
of
Method,
Accuracy
and
Description
(
MAD)
codes
accompany
these
data.
In
the
ICR,
this
may
entail
changes
to
the
supporting
statement
or
revised
figures
for
burden
hours
and
costs.

EPA's
Reinventing
Environmental
Information
(
REI)
Action
Plan
(
November
25,
1997;
available
at
<
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
rei/
about/
aptoc.
htm>)
requires
implementation
of
these
EPA
data
standards
by
specific
dates.
All
of
the
standards
must
be
implemented
by
FY
2003
for
any
system
developed
after
February
28,
1998
in
addition
to
EPA's
national
program
systems:

°
Permit
Compliance
System
(
PCS)
°
National
Compliance
Database
(
NCDB)
°
OECA
Docket
(
Docket)
°
RCRA
Information
System
(
RCRIS)
°
Aerometric
Information
Retrieval
System/
Air
Quality
Subsystem
(
AIRS/
AQS)
°
AIRS/
Air
Facility
Subsystem
(
AFS)
°
Biennial
Reporting
System
(
BRS)
°
CAA
112(
r)
Risk
Management
Plan
Information
System
(
RMP*
Info)
°
CERCLA
Information
System
(
CERCLIS
3)
°
Safe
Drinking
Water
Information
System
(
SDWIS)
°
Toxics
Release
Inventory
System
(
TRIS)
°
STOrage
and
RETrieval
of
Water
Quality
Data
(
STORET)
°
Envirofacts
(
EF)
Data
Warehouse
(
Note:
The
names
of
these
systems
are
as
they
appeared
in
the
REI
Action
Plan.
Some
of
these
systems
have
since
been
modernized
and
may
now
be
renamed,
e.
g.,
RCRIS
and
BRS
are
referred
to
as
RCRAInfo.)
Other
systems
will
need
to
conform
as
part
of
their
normal
re­
engineering
and
system
redesign
cycles.

Please
complete
the
Data
Standards
ICR
Checklist
attached,
and
if
you
would
like
further
details
contact
Sara
Hisel
McCoy
at
hisel­
mccoy.
sara@
epa.
gov
or
Rebecca
Kane
at
kane.
rebecca@
epa.
gov
or
visit
the
EDR.
Data
Standards
Information
Collection
Request
Checklist
Name:
Brain
Long
Office:
OARM/
OAM
Telephone
Number:
202­
564­
4737
ICR
Title:
Monthly
Progress
Reports
EPA
ICR
Number:
1039.10
OMB
Control
Number:
2030­
0005

Y
X

N
Does
this
ICR
support
the
collection
of
information
that
is
or
will
be
uploaded
and
maintained
in
a
database?

If
no,
then
your
review
is
complete.
If
yes,
please
enter
the
name
of
the
database
or
system
that
this
ICR
supports:
.

Y

N
Did
this
system
exist
prior
to
March
1998?

If
no,
when
did
your
system
begin
operation?

Does
this
ICR
support
the
collection
of
data
elements
in
the
following
areas?
Yes
No
Uncertain
Calendar
Date
(
Data
elements
that
represent
a
calendar
date)

Business
Classification
(
Standard
Industrial
Classification
Code
(
SIC)/
North
American
Industry
Classification
System
(
NAICS)
B
data
elements
that
classify
business
activities
including
industry
classifications,
product
classifications,
and
product
codes)

Facility
Identification
(
Data
elements
that
identify
the
location,
affiliated
organization,
industrial
business
activity,
and
environmental
interests
of
a
facility
site,
e.
g.,
street
address)

Latitude/
Longitude
(
Data
elements
used
for
recording
horizontal
and
vertical
coordinates
and
associated
metadata
that
define
a
point
on
Earth)

Biological
Taxonomy
(
Data
elements
that
represent
biological
organisms
in
the
collection,
analysis
and
exchange
of
environmental
data)

Chemical
Identification
(
Data
elements
that
represent
chemical
substances
regulated
or
monitored
by
EPA)