Each year, producers will be required to submit an annual report. At least once every five years, or more as needed, producers will be required to submit a battery management plan and pay a fee. Alternatives include requiring producers to email all their documents for staff to manually import to an Access database for storing the data associated with the program. This would be a very disorganized approach, leaving room for human error. Access is also limited in functionality and is not a central location, making it difficult to share with Enforcement once requirements take effect. Furthermore, there is no other alternative for billing producers.

This project will support program implementation by providing the regulated community with a centralized place for submitting required forms and paying their fees all in one place. The DEP benefits from having a central location to bill producers and store all the data associated with battery management plans and annual reports.