== Meeting Schedule ==
Conference Calls
ECOS 2010 Spring Meeting
March 23, 2010
7:30 - 9:00 am PDT
Sausalito, CA
Agenda
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Past DMWG Meetings:
February 22, 2010 Conference Call
Agenda
January 11, 2010 Conference Call
Agenda
November 30, 2009 Conference Call
Agenda
September 21, 2009
Whitefish, Montana
Meeting Agenda
Meeting Notes
Presentations:
Lisa Schlosser - EPA OEI Update
Melanie Morris (MissDEQ) - ICIS NPDES
Mitch West - Exchange Network Update
January 26, 2009 Conference Call
Meeting Notes
Draft Resolution for Spring Meeting
2008 ECOS Annual Meeting
September 21, 2008; Branson, MO
DMWG Agenda; Meeting Notes (09-21-08)
ECOS approved two resolutions sponsored and supported by the DMWG. Go to the Resolutions section below and click to read: Resolution 08-16: Long-Term Financing for the National Environmental Information Exchange Network and Resolution 08-17: State/EPA Environmental Information Management and Technology Leadership Council
2008 ECOS Spring Meeting
New Orleans, LA
Agenda; Draft Meeting Notes
Environmental Information and Technology Leadership Council
All EITLC Meeting Agendas, Notes, and Issues are now posted on the EITLC Wiki
EITLC Organizational Meeting Materials
Steering Committee Conference Call
March 11, 2009
Agenda;Meeting Notes
Governance Charter
Revised 2009 Issue List
Initial Organizational Meeting
December 10, 2008
Phoenix, AZ
Agenda; Meeting Notes
Interim Governance Charter
2009 Draft Issue List
Issues:
ICIS-NPDES
EPA's Response to ECOS' May and July 2009 Letters
August 7, 2009 EPA Letter from AA for OECA Cynthia Giles and Acting AA for OEI Linda Travers.
ECOS Letters to Administrator Jackson on ICIS-NPDES Data Exchange Alternatives
ECOS sent a follow-up letter to Administrator Lisa Jackson on July 29 expressing states' continued concern with both the selection of a data exchange alternative for ICIS and with the policy process. Read or download: July 29, 2009 ECOS Letter to Adm. Jackson.
ECOS sent comments in a May 29, 2009 letter to U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson in support of the States' position that EPA erred in its conclusion in the analysis of alternative approches for exchanging data with ICIS. The comments stem from a recent EPA request to States for input on the ICIS Alternatives Analysis for exchanging data with ICIS-NPDES. The Integrated Compliance Information System (ICIS) supports the information needs of the national enforcement and compliance program as well as the unique needs of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program. According to EPA, ICIS will integrate data that is currently located in several separate data systems.
The ECOS letter transmitted individual state ten-year estimates of costs to implement and maintain ICIS-NPDES Data Exchange Alternatives and urged the agency to adopt an approach consistent with Alternative 2. Read or download: ECOS May 29 letter to Administrator Jackson.
ECOS Urges U.S. EPA to Reconsider Preferred Alternative on ICIS Data Exchange
On November 14, 2008 the Co-Chairs of the ECOS Data Management Work Group (DMWG) sent a letter to U.S. EPA expressing concerns with the findings in the recently published Alternatives Analysis for exchanging information between state compliance information systems and EPA’s Integrated Compliance Information System (ICIS). The letter expresses the concerns with the data management burden associated with the proposed approach and encourages EPA to work with the states to further refine the design of the ICIS data exchange mechanism so that state cost concerns are adequately addressed. Click on Letters (below) to view a copy of the letter.
Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR)
Application deadline was January 13, 2010
Federal Register Notice: Extension of Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule Deadline
CROMERR Applications by States - ECOS Map (2-22-10)
Need Help? The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality welcomes you to visit their CROMERR website: http://www.cromerr.net
EPA CROMERR Map September 14, 2009
EPA (Giles-Travers) Response Letter to ECOS (Gieselman)
September 18, 2009 EPA Response - CROMERR
ECOS Planning Committee Letter to AA for OECA Giles on CROMERR
The ECOS Planning Committee sent an August 20 letter to EPA Assistant Administrator for the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assistance, Cynthia Giles, expressing the difficulties some states are having with EPA's security expectations for electronic submissions under CROMERR. Read or download the letter: August 20, 2009 CROMERR
DMWG Chair Letter to States (May 20, 2009)
ECOS Letter to USEPA Outlining State Concerns (May 22, 2007)