Reminder to Turn in your CROMERR Subscriber Agreement Form

The next release of the ECMPS Client Tool is scheduled for March 17th. As was mentioned in a previous post on CROMERR, at that time, you will need to have completed your Subscriber Agreement Form in order to be able to log in to the EPA Host System. This is because both the CAMD Business System (CBS) and the ECMPS Client Tool are subject to the Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Regulation (CROMERR). Part of the compliance with CROMERR requires users to complete a Subscriber Agreement Form with wet-ink signature.

In addition, if you are responsible for submitting data from the Client Tool to the EPA, after you have completed your Subscriber Agreement Form, you need to set up five challenge questions. This can be done through CBS.

For more information, consult the previous post on CROMERR.

If you still have questions about CROMERR and completing the Subscriber Agreement Form, contact Karen VanSickle.

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The Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Regulation (CROMERR) is the regulation which stipulates how electronic reporting must be performed for entities which report data to the EPA. Affected entities include regulated entities which must data the EPA for regulatory purposes. This means that CROMERR affects ECMPS stakeholders.

Beginning in March, ECMPS stakeholders will be affected by CROMERR in their use of both the CAMD Business System (CBS) and the ECMPS Client Tool. ECMPS stakeholders will be affected in their used of CBS because several parts of CBS will be redesigned to comply with CROMERR. Regarding the Client Tool, CROMERR will affect the use of the Client Tool in two ways:

1. Beginning with the next release of the Client Tool (scheduled for March 17th), users must have completed a Subscriber Agreement in order to be able to log in to the EPA Host System.


2. In order to be able to submit data through the Client Tool, users must have selected five challenge questions and provided the answers to those challenge questions.
   
   During the submission of data, users will be asked to answer a challenge question in order to verify their identity. The challenge question is similar to questions asked on banking Web sites or other secure Web sites. (E.g., What is your mother's maiden name? or In what city were you born?)

ECMPS Stakeholders need to take the following steps:

1. Complete a subscriber agreement and send it via mail to the EPA. The Subscriber Agreement Form can be downloaded from here. Simply print it out, read and sign the form, and send it to the address on the form.


2. After CBS is updated (scheduled for March 6th), stakeholders will need to log in to CBS and select challenge questions as well as provide answers for those questions.

Stakeholders should bear in mind that once CROMERR is implemented in March, they will not be able to use CBS or submit data through the Client Tool until they have submitted a subscriber agreement and selected challenge questions.

For more information about CROMERR, click here.

Any questions about CROMERR and completing the Subscriber Agreement Form should be directed to Karen VanSickle at EPA (vansickle.karen@epa.gov).

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