Scope & Objectives

The CER Committee will focus on the potential and process of:

• Determine the benefits to all industry segments

• Provide industry definitions (including questions and answers) and process flows

• Develop a standard format for data communications

• Establishing relationships to existing data elements

• Developing a business workflow and providing industry definitions for all entities involved in this process

• Developing new message types, code lists and/or fields (as needed) to facilitate facilitate required reporting message formats

• Invite non-CIECA organizations and companies to join us in this development, including:

  • Paint Mix Scale Systems

  • Paint Booth Systems

  • Body Shop Management Systems

  • Electric Utility Metering Systems

  • Gas Utility Metering Systems

  • Waste Hauler E-Manifesting Systems

  • Paint Distributors

• The objective of the committee is to define standard implementations for data exchange of regulatory reporting, permitting, licensing, and verification acknowledgements between participants. The committee will focus on:

  • Defining codes and standards to be used in the implementation of regulatory compliance

  • Supporting data elements established under existing federal, state and local regulations

  • Determining the benefits to all industry segments

  • Establishing compliance implementation guides

Operating Guidelines

• Incorporate all potential business entities in the business processes

• Work with the group to respond to group goals and timelines

• Provide an open working relationship within the Committee while respecting the antitrust guidelines and other regulatory community standards

Background

The purpose of this committee is to define business information passing between parties as it relates to the collision repair and related industries.  We are asking for responses and feedback from the industry at-large relative to the work the committee has done to date, and to emphasize the importance of continued work in this area. 

The first objective will be to develop a single focus of the committee’s scope, objectives and goals.  It is evident that a framework has already begun that can drive future progress, and success will be dependent upon an expanded active participation. 

The first objective will be to increase membership to accomplish this task. It will also be to develop a single focus of the committee’s scope, objectives and goals.  It is evident that a framework has already begun that can drive future progress, and success will be dependent upon an expanded active participation. 

Today there are approximately 22,000 environmental type agencies and jurisdictions in the nation. It would be a monumental task to attempt to standardize reporting for these 22,000 agencies.  The effort to produce a “Global Harmonized System” has not been successful, but continues to be a regulatory format. The framework for which has already been established by federal, state, tribal and local government authorities. 

The Committee recognizes the federal government has standardized reporting to it from multiple agencies in the CROMERR (Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Regulation) standard. The Next-Generation-Compliance (Next Gen) initiative of the EPA is included in our scope of work. 

The Compliance Committee is chartered with developing electronic business standards that can be adopted and implemented by collision repair facilities, insurance carriers, third party administrators, suppliers, consumers, and related collision industry members and their associations.  The participants in this Committee may represent competing companies whose conduct is subject to the federal antitrust laws of the United States, the European Union and other nations.  Keeping in mind the commitment of the respective companies to comply with those laws. The CIECA Committee will follow their antitrust statement that there will be no discussions relating to any agreements to set prices, to fix terms of sale, to divide or allocate markets in any manner or to refuse to deal with third parties.

Mission

The mission of the CIECA Compliance Committee is to develop standards to electronically exchange data between parties concerning the security, verification and validation of regulatory compliance documents, including the use of commercial emails, online advertising and consumer privacy. 

CIECA’s CER (Combined Environmental Reporting) Committee’s goal is to develop the following approach:

• Develop a standard “reporting interface” based on the federal standard (CROMERR) and the standard of California CERS (California Environmental Reporting System)

• The Committee would NOT attempt to address the reporting formats of the individual agencies

• Develop a standard centered around the EPA Policy Statement on E-Reporting issued September 30, 2013 www.epa.gov/compliance/policy-statement-e-reporting-epa-regulations and reflected in the Combined Air Emissions Reporting Project https://www.epa.gov/e-enterprise/e-enterprise-combined-air-emissions-reporting-caer

Industry Segments

Repair Facilities

Regulatory Authorities

Compliance Inspectors

Paint Provider

Insurance Companies

Government Agencies Affected

DOC - Department of Commerce

DOE - Department of Energy

DOT - Department of Transportation

DOL - Department of Labor

EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

FDIC - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

FTC - Federal Trade Commission

NFPA - National Fire Protection Association

NIC - National Insurance Commission

NRC - National Regulatory Commission

OSHA - Occupational Safety and Health Administration

SLT - State, Local and Tribal Governments

For a complete list of CIECA’s identified Industry Segments and definitions; please visit Industry Segments