40 CFR § 3.10 - What are the requirements for electronic reporting to EPA?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s3.10"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 3.10 - What are the requirements for electronic reporting to EPA?"
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "3.10"
section_name: "What are the requirements for electronic reporting to EPA?"
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "3"
part_name: "CROSS-MEDIA ELECTRONIC REPORTING"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 136 to 136y; 15 U.S.C. 2601 to 2692; 33 U.S.C. 1251 to 1387; 33 U.S.C. 1401 to 1445; 33 U.S.C. 2701 to 2761; 42 U.S.C. 300f to 300j-26; 42 U.S.C. 4852d; 42 U.S.C. 6901-6992k; 42 U.S.C. 7401 to 7671q; 42 U.S.C. 9601 to 9675; 42 U.S.C. 11001 to 11050; 15 U.S.C. 7001; 44 U.S.C. 3504 to 3506."
regulatory_source: "70 FR 59879, Oct. 13, 2005, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "3"
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# 3.10 What are the requirements for electronic reporting to EPA?
(a) A person may use an electronic document to satisfy a federal reporting requirement or otherwise substitute for a paper document or submission permitted or required under other provisions of Title 40 only if:
(1) The person transmits the electronic document to EPA's Central Data Exchange, or to another EPA electronic document receiving system that the Administrator may designate for the receipt of specified submissions, complying with the system's requirements for submission; and
(2) The electronic document bears all valid electronic signatures that are required under paragraph (b) of this section.
(b) An electronic document must bear the valid electronic signature of a signatory if that signatory would be required under Title 40 to sign the paper document for which the electronic document substitutes, unless EPA announces special provisions to accept a handwritten signature on a separate paper submission and the signatory provides that handwritten signature.