DEQ ePortal System - Air Compliance Branch

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• What is e-signature approval, and how do I get it?
  • Most forms that can be electronically submitted using DEQ's ePortal system require that prior "e-signature" approval be granted to your account before a completed form is submitted.  This is necessary for your online submission to have the same force as if you signed a paper copy of the submission.  In order to obtain e-signature approval, you must first fill out, sign, and mail to DEQ the Electronic Signature Agreement (ESA) form.  This form binds your name and signature to your account in the ePortal system.

     

    Although you can fill out an ePortal form that requires e-signature approval prior to obtaining the approval, you will not be able to actually submit the form until your account has been authorized for this.  DEQ attempts to provide approval within two weeks of receiving the ESA form, and you will be notified by email when your ePortal account has been authorized for e-signature submissions.  The notification will be sent to the email address of your ePortal account.

     

    After your ePortal account has been authorized for e-signature submissions, you will need to establish a set of security questions for your account.  You will have to answer a random selection of your security questions whenever you submit a form that requires e-signature approval.  The ePortal system will remind you of the need to set up your security questions by displaying an alert symbol next to your account name in the ePortal menu bar when you are signed in.  To set the security questions, click on your user name to access your account Profile page, and then click on the link labeled "Manage identifying questions and answers".  You will not be able to complete an e-signature submission until you have established your security questions.

     

    You only need to submit the ESA form once to obtain e-signature approval in both the DEQ ePortal system and SLEIS (State & Local Emissions Inventory System), provided that you have used the same email address for both accounts.

     

    The Electronic Signature Agreement form must be filled out and signed, and the original copy must be mailed or delivered to DEQ.  (The address is provided in the form.)  Photocopies, scanned images, faxes, and other facsimiles will not suffice.

     

    A copy of the Electronic Signature Agreement form can be found here: 

    https://eportal.adeq.state.ar.us/webfiles/ADEQ/ADEQ_ElectronicSignatureAgreement.pdf