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Compliance

Final NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule Fact Sheet

Fact sheet explaining the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Electronic Reporting Rule. This rule requires replacing several paper-based Clean Water Act (CWA) NPDES permitting and compliance monitoring reporting requirements with electronic reporting.

The fact sheet provides information on the purpose of the rule, benefits and implementation.

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