Burden Reduction (BR) Initiative

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This recommendation has not yet been addressed because EPA has been focusing on the 16 priority areas identified by the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS) in summer 2007 and this recommendation is not in a priority area. The recommendation is listed here to ensure that a full set of states’ submissions is accessible.

States' Original Input

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

• Alabama - Reduce quarterly reporting of National Priorities List (NPL) oversight activities to annual reporting. Read Alabama's original submission (PDF) (1 pg, 455K).

• Florida - Reduce frequency of quarterly Superfund Site Assessment reports to semi-annual reporting. The frequency of reporting seems unnecessary at times because the nature of the projects being completed typically requires several months and often there are periods in which little or no measurable activities occur (i.e., waiting for analytical data, site access delays, and issuing work plans and/or reports for high public interest sites where multiple parties are involved). Read Florida's original submission (PDF) (1 pg, 54K).

• Kentucky - Change frequency of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERLA) Preliminary Assessment/ Site Inspection (PA/SI) grant reporting from quarterly to semi-annually. The sites in this program tend to be much longer-term sites and, as such, little or no result can be demonstrated in a quarter. Read Kentucky's original submission (PDF) (1 pg, 48K).