From the environmental community side, that means enforcement. From the business side that means communication and regulatory efficiency. Enforcement tends to win this battle. However, at some point, every constituent of EPA must realize that improvements in data gathering also help improve the environment. Better communications help.
Regulatory flexibility can also help.
The primary benefit of consolidated reporting is that fewer man-hours will be spent reporting data to the government and fewer hours will be spent by the agency in processing the data once it is received. However, there are other benefits that have environmental significance. Consolidated reporting has the additional benefit of giving the business the opportunity to look at a larger picture of chemical use. Small companies are able to manage the entire company at once. Likewise, if chemical data and use is managed as a whole, problems and opportunities become more evident.