[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 95 (Tuesday, May 16, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 31171]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-12304]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6700-3]


Public Meetings on Electronic Submission of Environmental Reports

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: EPA will hold approximately four public meetings to solicit 
comments on the Agency's proposed rule for the electronic submission of 
environmental reports and the Cross-Media Electronic Reporting and 
Record-keeping Rule (CROMERRR). The meeting will also obtain feedback 
on the design of the Central Receiving Facility (CRF), the system the 
Agency will use to receive reports electronically. In addition, the 
Agency's Integrated Error Correction Process (IECP) will be discussed. 
This notice announces two upcoming meetings. Additional meeting dates 
will be announced through Federal Register notices.

DATES: The meetings will take place:
    1. Tuesday, June 6, 2000, 9 am to 4 pm (CST) at the Ralph H. 
Metcalfe Federal Building, 3rd Floor, 77 West Jackson Street, Chicago, 
IL.
    2. Tuesday, July 11, 2000. 9 am to 4 pm (EST) at Resolve, Inc., 
1255 23rd Street NW, Suite 275, Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Magdalena Evi Huffer (Mail Stop 2823), 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (202) 260-8791; fax number (202) 401-
0182; [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CROMERRR will provide the legal framework 
for electronic reporting and record-keeping under EPA's environmental 
regulations. CROMERRR will apply to most, if not all, reporting and 
record-keeping activities currently required of companies covered by 
EPA regulations and will remove legal obstacles to electronic reporting 
and record-keeping under most EPA regulations. It will ensure that 
these electronic documents will have the same legal and evidentiary 
force as their paper counterparts.
    The (CRF) will be the point of entry for all environmental data 
submitted to the Agency, electronic and paper. The CRF will enable 
automated computer-to-computer data transfer for companies with 
automated environmental systems. It will provide quicker access for 
industry and the public to higher quality data. It will offer 
timesaving efficiencies by offering a single point of entry and common 
procedures for all reporting transactions.
    The IECP for environmental data will build upon existing error 
correction processed in EPA data systems. It will make error correction 
easier, more prominent and accountable. The IECP will improve EPA's 
accountability to individuals and entities that report data to the 
Agency while also improving the Agency's service to the public, which 
relies on the Agency for information about the state of our 
environment.

    Dated: May 1, 2000.
Joseph D. Retzer,
Director, Collection Services Division, Office of Information 
Collection, Office of Environmental Information.
[FR Doc. 00-12304 Filed 5-15-00; 8:45 am]
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