NPDES Initial Recipient Opt Out Notice

Under the final National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Electronic Reporting Rule, NPDES-regulated entities are required to submit NPDES program data to the designated initial recipient, as defined in 40 CFR 127.2(b) (see 22 October 2015; 80 FR 64064). The term “initial recipient” means the governmental entity, either the authorized state, territory, or tribe, or EPA, who first receives the NPDES program data listed in Appendix A to 40 CFR 127. The initial recipient designation is made separately for each state and by each NPDES data group, which is defined in 40 CFR 127.2(c). EPA is using the initial recipient term to help NPDES-regulated entities properly identify the recipient for their electronic NPDES program data submissions. The initial recipient provision will also help ensure that authorized NPDES programs and EPA are properly sharing these NPDES program data with each other.

The following states have informed EPA that they wish to opt out of being the initial recipient for all or some NPDES data groups:

• Georgia Initial Recipient Opt Out Notice (pdf) (696.46 KB)
• Nebraska Initial Recipient Opt Out Notice (pdf) (164.07 KB)
• New Jersey Initial Recipient Opt Out Notice (pdf) (50.96 KB)
• North Carolina Initial Recipient Opt Out Notice (pdf) (235.17 KB)
• Oregon Initial Recipient Opt Out Notice (pdf) (111.95 KB)
• Rhode Island Initial Recipient Opt Out Notice (pdf) (750.46 KB)
• Tennessee Initial Recipient Opt Out Notice (pdf) (305.04 KB)