Entering and Retrieving EPA NPDES Oversight Inspections in ICIS-NPDES
November 7, 2006
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Select the Federal Statute in this case, CWA.
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Enter the appropriate Law Section information (e.g., Section 402)
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Select the NPDES Facility Interest by clicking Facilities and searching for the
facility. If the facility/site is a typical major or a minor permittee, click on the facility
that has the correct NPDES permit number to link it to the inspection. If the
facility/site is subject to a general permit, is an unpermitted discharger, or an NPDES
permit number does not exist in ICIS, a NPDES permit record will need to be created
and the appropriate facility information entered into the database. More specific
directions can be found in the ICIS Training Manual.
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Under the Compliance Monitoring Category, select Alternative
Inspection/Monitoring
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Under Region, select the appropriate regional or HQ office (i.e., Agency Type: U.S.
EPA or Regional)
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Type in a Compliance Monitoring Activity Name (e.g., ABC Chemical)
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Under the Compliance Monitoring Type, select Oversight
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Enter the planned or actual start and end dates
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Under Compliance Monitoring Action Reason, select the appropriate option that
applies to the oversight inspection (core, selected monitoring action, agency priority,
random inspection, citizen complaint). If you don't know the reason, ask the firstline supervisor.
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Under Compliance Monitoring Agency Type, select U.S. EPA
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Under Compliance Monitoring Agency Name, select Environmental Protection
Agency
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Select the following answers (from the drop down menus) to the four following
questions:
1. If state, local or tribal lead, did EPA assist? Answer is NO.
2. Was this a state, federal or joint inspection? Answer “joint” if both the state and EPA
were present. Answer "federal" if only EPA was present.
3. If joint what was the purpose? Answer is “Oversight purposes”
4. Which party has the lead? Answer is “EPA”. The lead is not the “State” for Oversight
Inspections.
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Do NOT enter data for data fields pertaining to the Inspection Conclusion Data Sheet
(ICDS), Compliance Monitoring Action Outcome, and the Inspection Rating Code.
These data fields do not apply to EPA oversight inspections.
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Regions should complete the data fields associated with SIC/NAICS codes, National
Priority, Regional Priority, Media Monitored, Multimedia Indicator, and the Number
of Days or Hours to conduct the inspection.
Data Retrieval: The ICIS-NPDES Ad Hoc report pulls on the Compliance Monitoring
Type "Oversight", and the Agency Types: U.S. EPA and Regional to retrieve EPA
oversight inspections from ICIS-NPDES.