Burden Reduction (BR) Initiative

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In August 2007, EPA released its first progress report on the Burden Reduction Initiative. In March 2008, EPA released a second progress report in draft form only. EPA has tried to maintain consistency between this site and the earlier progress reports because the primary audiences for this report - state and EPA personnel working on the Initiative - are familiar with the previous reports. In some instances, however, it was necessary to deviate from them. E31 is one of those instances.

This recommendation was added to this site by separating it from Recommendation E26 - Reduce frequency of National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Quarterly Non-compliance Report (QNCR). That is because Illinois' original state submission recommended that quarterly reporting under NPDES and SDWA should be reduced. Since two separate parts of EPA address NPDES and SDWA reporting, the original state submission was separated into two recommendations. This newly created recommendation focuses soley on SDWA now.

E31 is not yet addressed on this site because EPA has been focusing on the 16 priority areas. Still, it is listed here to ensure that the Agency provides a full list of all states' submissions.

States' Original Input

Related recommendations submitted by states during the October 2006 data call by EPA:

• Illinois - Reporting frequency for the quarterly non-compliance report for SDWA should be reduced to annual. Since this data is stored in the Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), EPA staff can review it at any frequency determined necessary. Read Illinois' original submission (PDF) (1 pg, 56K).