Benefits of Electronic Reporting

The NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule moves EPA and states into the 21st Century by:

• providing EPA and states the ability to strategically address the most serious water pollution problems while using limited resources efficiently

• supporting the goal of providing better protection of the nation’s waters

• enhancing transparency by providing a timelier, complete, more accurate, and nationally-consistent set of data about the NPDES program

• saving time and resources for permittees, states, tribes, territories, and the U.S. Government

• expanding EPA's efforts to provide more data to the public

• taking advantage of advances in information technology

• supporting the EPA-wide effort to move from paper to electronic reporting

• increasing data accuracy

• improving compliance

EPA 是美国环境保护署（U.S Environmental Protection Agency）的英文缩写。它的主要任务是保护人类健康和自然环境，总部设在华盛。EPA直接由总统领导，自1970年以来的30多年里，EPA一直在为给全美人民创造一个整洁的健康环境而努力。

EPA注册是什么？

EPA是一个项目的概念，不是单纯的测试或者认证项目。需要根据产品性质制定方案。

EPA注册必须是美国当地居民或者公司进行申请，针对美国以外的一切公司，都不能直接申请。所以像我们中国的厂家申请，则必须委托美国代理人进行。美国代理人必须是在美国有永久居住权的个人或者EPA授权的代理公司。