Integrated Compliance Information System-National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-014604",
  "term": "Integrated Compliance Information System-National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "The first phase of the Integrated Compliance Information Systems (ICIS) development is to support the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program - ICIS-NPDES, the data for which have been stored in the outdated Permit Compliance system. The main components of the NPDES program are the issuance and enforcement of permits that facilities require before discharging wasterwater into any surface water body. The ICIS-NPDES data exchange allows state, tribe and EPA regional users to provide NPDES data to EPA in an XML format, check the results, and correct common errors that may occur to their submissions.",
  "abbreviation": "ICIS-NPDES",
  "subject": "Information management and systems",
  "references": [
    "Exchange Network Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/integrated-compliance-information-system-national-pollutant-discharge-system/"
}