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RIN: 2025-AA07

Publication ID: Fall 2005

Title: Cross-Media Electronic Reporting (ER) and Recordkeeping Rule (CROMERRR)
Abstract: As proposed, the Cross-Media Electronic Reporting (ER) and Recordkeeping Rule (CROMERRR) was intended to provide a uniform legal framework for paperless electronic reporting and recordkeeping, including electronic signature/certification, across EPA's environmental compliance programs. Based on public comment, however, EPA now plans to focus on finalizing the electronic reporting components of proposed CROMERRR, and to defer further action on the electronic recordkeeping components until a later time. Under current plans, the final electronic reporting (ER) rule will address electronic reporting by companies regulated under all of EPA's programs: Air, water, pesticides, toxic substances, wastes, and emergency response. The final rule would remove existing regulatory obstacles to electronic reporting, and it would set requirements for companies choosing to report electronically. In addition, the rule would set the conditions for allowing electronic reporting under State, tribal or local environmental programs that operate under EPA authorization. The final ER rule is intended to make electronic reporting as simple, efficient, and cost-effective as possible for regulated companies, while ensuring that a transition from paper to electronic reporting does not compromise EPA's compliance and enforcement programs. Consequently, the Agency's strategy is to impose as few specific requirements as possible, and to keep those requirements neutral with respect to technology, so the rule will pose no obstacles to adopting new technologies as they emerge. To ensure that authorized programs at the State, tribal, and local levels meet EPA's electronic reporting goals, the final ER rule would specify a set of criteria that these programs must satisfy as they initiate electronic reporting. In response to public comments, EPA is also planning to include provisions for a streamlined process for EPA to review and approve authorized program revisions or modifications to allow electronic reporting.
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 3 (New) 40 CFR 9 (Revision)
Legal Authority: PL 104-13 PL 105-277

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	08/31/2001	66 FR 46162
Final Action	10/00/2005

Additional Information: SAN No. 4270; Formerly listed as RIN 2020-AA41.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
Agency Contact: Evi Huffer Environmental Protection Agency Office of Environmental Information 2823T, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:202 566-1697 Fax:202 566-1684 Email: Huffer.Evi@epamail.epa.gov David Schwarz Environmental Protection Agency Office of Environmental Information 2136T, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:202 566-1704 Email: Schwarz.David@epamail.epa.gov