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Federal Register Notices
On December 24, 2008, a final rule (FR) (PDF) (4 pp, 58 K) to extend the current Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Regulation (CROMERR) deadline for authorized programs (states, tribes, or local governments) with existing electronic document receiving systems became effective. Under §3.1000(a)(3) of CROMERR, authorized program applicants that have an existing electronic document receiving system now have until January 13, 2010, to submit their applications for EPA approval of their system under CROMERR.
CROMERR Federal Register Notice Preamble and Regulation (PDF) (43 pp, 520 K)
Final regulation and preamble as published in the Federal Register on October 13, 2005.
CROMERR Concurrent Federal Register Notice (PDF) (2 pp, 72 K)
Federal Register notice, published October 13, 2005, designating existing EPA systems to continue receiving electronic
reports for two years.
Announcements
- “CROMERR 101”- TBD
OIC will present another session of the "CROMERR 101" training Webcast, designed to introduce state, tribe and local government staff to CROMERR, and to the CROMERR approval process. CROMERR 101 includes an overview of the rule, the CROMERR requirements for preparing an application for CROMERR approval, and a detailed presentation of the CROMERR standards for e-reporting systems, including an introduction to the CROMERR "Checklist" with system approaches that EPA has currently approved as CROMERR-compliant. The session also provides an opportunity for participants to share their e-reporting plans with the group and to raise any questions or issues that will affect their compliance with the rule. To register for this session, please contact Sara Samson, an EPA contractor with Innovate! Inc., at (703) 922-9090 x712 or by email ssamson@innovateteam.com. Please provide the names, organizations and email addresses for you and any additional participants from your organization. If you have already signed up for this session with Adele Vogelgesang, the ECOS CROMERR co-chair, you do not need to register again. Materials and audio/web information will be distributed the week before the session.
OIC provides various forms of follow-up to these web and audio sessions, including response to individual questions, consults, and informal review of draft applications. If interested, please refer to contact information. - January 13, 2010 is the deadline to submit applications for EPA approval of existing electronic reporting programs.
Applications submitted using the 40 CFR Part 3 approval process must be sent to:
Andrew Battin, Deputy Director, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information, Office of Information Collection, at one of the following addresses:- For U.S. Postal Service deliveries to 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W. Mail Code: 2821T Washington, DC 20460;
or - For overnight courier/mail deliveries to 1301 Constitution Avenue, N.W. 6th Floor, #6130, Washington, DC 20460,
- Phone: (202) 566-1630.
Also, please submit an electronic courtesy copy to TRC@epa.gov.
- For U.S. Postal Service deliveries to 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W. Mail Code: 2821T Washington, DC 20460;