The 16 Priority Areas

In the summer of 2007, the states identified 16 priority areas on which to focus. Under the 16 priority areas are a total of 45 unique, consolidated recommendations, made up of approximately 130 of the more than 200 state recommendations. The 16 Priority Areas are:

Priority Areas, sorted by code
Code	Priority Area	Recommendation
Priority Area 1	Regional Clean Air Act (CAA) Section 105 Grant Reporting
A2		Reduce Reporting Frequency for Clean Air Act (CAA) Section 105 Grant Reporting
Priority Area 2	CAA Prevention of Significant Deterioration/New Source Review (PSD/NSR) and Section 112(g) Reporrting
A6		Eliminate Report on "No Determinations" Under CAA Section 112(g) Reports
A7		Eliminate Report on PSD/NSR Non-Applicability Determinations
Priority Area 3	Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 303(d) and 305(b) Integrated Reports
W16		Keep CWA Sections 303(d) and 305(b) Reports Separate
W30		Reduce Frequency of 303(d) and 305(b) Reports
Priority Area 4	CWA Non-Point Source Report
W22		Streamline Non-Point Source Report
W24		Harmonize Water Reports with Different Reporting Periods and Frequencies
Priority Area 5	Compliance Reporting Under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
E4		Eliminate NPDES Annual Noncompliance Report (ANCR)
E12		Eliminate NPDES Semi-Annual Statistical Summary
E26		Reduce Frequency of NPDES Quarterly Non-compliance Report (QNCR)
W4		Eliminate Quarterly Electronic Permit Issuing Forecasting Tool (E-PIFT) Report
W23		Reduce Reporting on Draft Major and Minor NPDES Permits
Priority Area 6	Integrated Compliance Information System/Permit Compliance System (ICIS/PCS) Requirements
E1		Reduce ICIS Data Requirements
E2		Reduce Data Elements in ICIS' Required Integrated Compliance Information System Data Elements (RIDE)
E3		Streamline Data Requirements in NetDMR for NPDES Discharge Monitoring Reports (DMR)
Priority Area 7	Duplicate Enforcement Reporting
E5		Eliminate Reporting Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Priorities (RECAP) Report
E6		Eliminate or Reduce Frequency of CAA, CWA, and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Quarterly Watch List
E14		Eliminate Annual Monitoring Report Under CAA Section 105
E16		Eliminate Requirement to Submit NPDES Enforcement Documents
E17		Eliminate Significant Industrial User (SIU) Semi-Annual and Annual Reports
E24		Use the Performance Partnership Agreement (PPA) for Enforcement Reporting
E27		Eliminate the Annual Public Water System (PWS) Compliance Report
E29		Consider State Notices of Violation (NOVs) to be Formal Actions
Priority Area 8	Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) Web Interface
E7		Improve Data Management in ECHO
E10		Eliminate Reports that can be Retrieved from PCS or ECHO
Priority Area 9	Performance Partnership Grants (PPG)/PPA Categorical Grant Reporting
G5		Eliminate Reporting on State-Based or Other Programs Not Federally Funded
G6		Reduce PPA/PPG Reporting Frequency
G9		Streamline PPA/PPG Reporting Requirements
Priority Area 10	CWA Section 319 Grant Reporting
W15		Eliminate Annual Summary of CWA Sections 106 and 319 Quarterly Reports
W18		Modify CWA Section 319 Grant Reporting and Tracking System (GRTS)
W36		Reduce Frequency of CWA Section 319 Reporting
Priority Area 11	Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Utilization Reporting
G7		Reduce Reporting Frequency on Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Utilization
Priority Area 12	Underground Injection Control (UIC) Reports
W17		Streamline UIC Reports
W26		Provide Funds or Reduce Requirements for Class V UIC Well Report
Priority Area 13	CAA National Emissions Inventory (NEI) Reporting
A1		Eliminate Duplicative NEI Reporting
A12		Streamline NEI Reporting
Priority Area 14	CAA Inspection & Maintenance (I/M) Program Reporting
A10		Reduce Reporting Frequency of the I/M Semi-Annual Report
A21		Reduce Data Elements Required in I/M Reporting
Priority Area 15	Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS)
W1		Streamline Reporting In or Related to SDWIS
W3		Streamline Significant Noncompliance Reporting in SDWIS
W27		Improve Data Sharing with SDWIS
W31		Use SDWIS for All Water-Related Reporting
W33		Use SDWIS to Collect Sanitary Survey Plans Data
W34		Use SDWIS for Operator Certification Program Reporting
Priority Area 16	Quarterly Grant Reports
G8		Reduce Reporting Frequency for Smaller Grants and Programs

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