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Priority Area 6:
Integrated Compliance Information System for the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (ICIS-NPDES) & Permit Compliance System (PCS) Requirements
- FY2002: OECA began an effort to modernize PCS by creating ICIS-NPDES.
- 2006: An ICIS-NPDES Expanded Steering Committee (ESC) was formed that includes representatives from the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS) and Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators (ASIWPCA). The ESC held three face-to-face meetings in 2006 to discuss the architecture and data requirements for ICIS-NPDES.
- 10/2006: OECA initiated the ICIS-NPDES Batch Integrated Project Team (IPT) to allow batch data transfer into ICIS-NPDES. Participants include staff and managers from 26 states, 6 regions, OECA, and EPA’s Office of Environmental Information (OEI). IPT supported the development and testing of batch data transfer for the NPDES Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR). (This group conducts monthly conference calls.)
- 04/30/2007: A draft ICIS-NPDES Policy Statement was sent to states and other stakeholders for review. The Policy Statement outlined how OECA was planning to develop and implement ICIS-NPDES.
- 09/12/2007: In a letter to ECOS, OECA conveyed that EPA had decided to proceed with a rulemaking rather than a final ICIS-NPDES Policy Statement in order to collect more formalized comments on the design of the database.
- 04/22/2008: EPA’s Regulatory Policy Officer approved commencement of the NPDES Program Management Information Rule.
- As of May 2008: 22 states, 2 tribes and 9 territories are successfully using ICIS-NPDES.
- 10/14/2008: OECA held a public listening session to aid in writing the rule.
- Fall/Winter 2009: EPA expects to publish the proposed NPDES Program Management Information Rule (to collect data in ICIS-NPDES) and open a formal comment period.
- Fall/Winter 2010 : EPA expects to publish the final NPDES Program Management Information Rule.
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