(1) If the department has adopted a rule, or, if the department has issued a permit or license that includes a provision or condition allowing submission of an electronic record pursuant to this subchapter in lieu of submission of a paper document, a person who submits an electronic record pursuant to the rule, permit, or license shall submit the record to the department's electronic record receiving system that is appropriate for the particular record, or an authorized EPA electronic record receiving system, such as EPA's NetDMR system, that meets the requirements of 40 CFR Part 3, EPA's Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Regulation, and that is appropriate for the particular record.

(2) All electronic records submitted pursuant to this subchapter must bear a valid electronic signature of a signatory if the signatory would be required to sign the paper document for which the electronic record is substituted.

(3) A person submitting an electronic record pursuant to this subchapter is legally bound, obligated, or responsible by the submittal and content of the record to the same extent as by the submittal and content of the paper document for which the electronic record is substituted.