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First Interim Release for ICIS 2.0 Implemented Today
TO: ICIS State NPDES and Federal Users, Expanded ICIS-NPDES/PCS Steering
Committee, and other ICIS interested persons:
In Fiscal Year 2007, EPA is planning to implement quarterly interim releases to
ICIS 2.0 to improve performance and enhance the system. We are pleased to
announce that the first interim quarterly release has been implemented today.
This interim release includes the following improvements:
Alternative Method for Entering Discharge Monitoring Reports (DMRs)
Per request of our users, there is now a second, alternative method for
entering DMRs: the current Parameter View and the new Form View. The new DMR
Form View is similar to the PCS EDMR PCS-ADE data entry screen and mirrors the
actual DMR Preprint. It was designed for "heads down" data entry and does not
prepopulate fields like the Parameter View. The design and testing of this new
DMR functionality was done with participation from several of our current
direct user states and regions (New York, Indiana, Maryland, Utah, Nevada,
Hawaii, Region 1, Region 4, Region 6, Region 8, and Region 9). Thanks to
everyone for their help in designing and testing the new DMR Form View entry
method.
System Performance Improvements
The Permit Re-issuance and the Change Compliance Tracking functionality has
been optimized to increase their performance. While there has been no change
to functionality for these screens, users will observe that these screens will
perform faster. We are also working to optimize the current Add Limits
functionality is in progress. Since this optimization will significantly
improve Limit data entry, it will be implemented as soon as it is completed
rather than be held for the January interim quarterly release.
Federal FIFRA, TSCA and EPCRA §313 Enforcement and Compliance now in ICIS.
All FY2007 and future FIFRA, TSCA and EPCRA §313 compliance and enforcement
activities and accomplishments will now be officially tracked in ICIS.
Additional values have been added to the ICIS compliance monitoring type to
cover these three inspection programs. This will eliminate the need for double
data entry with the legacy system, the FIFRA/TSCA Tracking System (FTTS) and
the National Compliance Data Base (NCDB). FTTS/NCDB will continue to operate
in the regions and HQ with a more limited scope focused on the aggregate state
pesticide grant accomplishments. For more information on this change, see my
memorandum of September 29, 2006, distributed electronically by David Meredith
on that date.
Assorted Fixes
We also fixed a variety of priority user reported problems in the system. And
we made some required security improvements (not visible to the user.) A list
of all the fixes will be available soon under the System Administration folder
in the ICIS Reporting Module.
If you have any questions about this release, please contact ICIS User Support
on 202/564-7756 or at .
David A. Hindin, Director
Enforcement Targeting and Data Division
Office of Compliance
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
202-564-1300.