Press Release - Monday, January 23, 2006
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Illinois EPA announces incentive for eDMR program registration
SPRINGFIELD --- The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has launched a new incentive for wastewater treatment operators to file their reports electronically by making available grants of $500 for Internet connections or computer equipment.
The project is being funded by $50,000 of total grant money received from the U.S. EPA and provides an incentive for new users of the online system for electronic submission of Discharge Monitoring Reports.
"We are hopeful this will particularly encourage more of our smaller systems with limited resources to take advantage of the efficiency of electronic reporting and reduce paperwork for them and the Illinois EPA," said Illinois EPA Director Doug Scott.
The IEPA will distribute $500 to 100 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) facilities that register to use the system during the first half of the calendar year 2006. The $500 award can be utilized on costs associated with the eDMR system, such as computer equipment, Internet connection, etc. It can also be used for other costs associated with the operation and maintenance of the NPDES permitted facility.
All NPDES permitted facilities are eligible to receive the incentive payment provided they are first-time users who registered to use the eDMR system between January 1 and June 30, 2006. In July 2006, 100 registrants will be randomly selected from the total number received during the six-month period. Those selected facilities must agree to continue using the eDMR system for a minimum of two years.
The Electronic Discharge Monitoring Report (eDMR) system is a paperless Internet-based reporting system designed to assist with NPDES DMR reporting requirements. There is no charge to use the eDMR system, and participation is voluntary.
The eDMR system reduces the amount of paperwork, and is more efficient with its improved speed and accuracy in reporting, and the convenient form completion. The program, which began in April 2004, has seen over 1,000 new users since its inception.
For more information or to register for the eDMR system, please visit www.epa.state.il.us/water/edmr.
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