Signatories and Certifications

Each permit application, discharge monitoring report, compliance report, and any other report or notification required by 360 CMR 10.000 or a permit or order issued thereunder shall be signed by an authorized representative of the Person submitting the application or report, and shall be certified as accurate. The Authority may, in a manner specified by the Authority and in compliance with 40 CFR Part 3: Electronic Reporting, allow an application or report to be submitted by electronic means and shall require a verified electronic signature of an authorized representative of the Person submitting the application or report, and shall be certified as accurate. An authorized representative shall be an individual described in 40 CFR § 403.12(l). The Authority may require documents submitted pursuant to 360 CMR 10.000 to contain a certification consistent with the following: I certify under the penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information submitted. Based upon my inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system, or those persons directly responsible for gathering the information, the information submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, true, accurate, and complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information. If the Authority requires that discharge monitoring reports be submitted to it by electronic means, and/or authorizes the submission of such reports directly from laboratories used by the Person responsible for submitting the report, it shall require a certification similar to the above certification from the Person, authorizing submissions directly from the laboratory.