Industries Urge EPA To Overhaul E-Reporting Policies To Reduce Burdens

摘要

Major energy, chemical and other industry groups are urging EPA to overhaul a slew of current and proposed electronic reporting (e-reporting) rules for air, water and toxics as part of the agency's retrospective review of its policies, arguing that the current plans to streamline reporting could instead increase burdens for the industries. The American Petroleum Institute (API) in recent comments said that while it supports the increased use of electronic reporting, "the potential resource savings is significantly diminished, if not eliminated, by EPA's continuing inability to provide the necessary instructions and related reporting tools," especially for a waste e-manifest system that the agency is developing under the Resource Conservation & Recovery Act (RCRA).