Permitting

The Environmental Data Standards Council (EDSC) chartered the Permitting Data Standard Action Team to identify and define the major areas of permitting information, and to develop a data standard that could be used for the exchange of permitting data among environmental agencies and other entities. The Permitting Data Standard presented below is not intended to be a system design or to cover every detail of permitting data that are currently exchanged or managed; instead, it focuses on core information common across most program areas and organizations. The standard is not intended to constrain what information an agency chooses to collect, nor does it constitute a reporting requirement. It merely defines a standardized way to organize and exchange key information if agencies choose to exchange that information. This State/EPA data standard was approved by the Environmental Data Standards Council on December 20, 2001 and by the Agency on April 25, 2002.

• Standard Data Elements for Permitting