Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Regulation

This site explains EPA's Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Regulation (CROMERR). This regulation sets performance-based, technology-neutral standards for systems that states, tribes, and local governments use to receive electronic reports from facilities they regulate under EPA-authorized programs, and requires program modifications or revisions to incorporate electronic reporting. CROMERR also addresses electronic reporting directly to EPA. For more information please visit the About CROMERR Web page.

CROMERR ALERT

Upcoming CROMERR Activities for Authorized Programs

“CROMERR 101”- Wednesday, May 13, 2009, 10:00 am – 4:30 pm (est)
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 register by May 11, 2009 providing the names, organization and email address 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.

CROMERR Question/Answer Call – Tuesday, May 27, 2009, 3:00-4:00 pm (est)
OIC will host another CROMERR Question and Answer session for states, tribes, and local governments subject to CROMERR to call in with any questions they have about the rule, its implementation, or the application process. Please register by May 26, 2009 with Sara Samson, an EPA contractor with Innovate! Inc., at (703) 922-9090 x712 or by email ssamson@innovateteam.com. If you have already registered with Adele Vogelgesang, the ECOS CROMERR co-chair, via her CROMERR Contacts method, you do not need to register again.

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.

Federal Register Notices - CROMERR Federal Register Notice documents

Fact Sheets - Information about how CROMERR affects agencies, submission reports and EPA offices in headquarters and Regions

Tools for States, Tribes, and Local Governments - Information about approval of program modifications, system requirements, definitions and answers to FAQs

Tools for EPA Programs - Tools and templates to document system conformance and satisfy additional application requirements

Checklists from EPA-Approved Applications - Examples of EPA-approved application checklists which describe how the electronic document receiving system meets the applicable §3.2000 CROMERR requirements, and the application documents which provide an overview of the systems and the electronic submissions received by the systems.

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