EPA finalizes rule to modernize CWA reporting for utilities, municipalities

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EPA finalizes rule to modernize CWA reporting for utilities, municipalities

WASHINGTON, DC, Sept. 25, 2015 -- Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a rule to modernizeClean Water Act (CWA) reporting for municipalities, industries and other facilities. The final rule will require regulated entities and state and federal regulators to use existing, available information technology to electronically report data required by the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program instead of filing written paper reports.

EPA estimates that, once the rule is fully implemented, the 46 states and the Virgin Islands Territory that are authorized to administer the NPDES program will collectively save approximately $22.6 million each year as a result of switching from paper to electronic reporting. The final rule will make facility-specific information, such as inspection and enforcement history, pollutant monitoring results, and other data required by NPDES permits accessible to the public through EPA's website.

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