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+---
+title: `echor: An R package to obtain pollutant discharge data`
+tags:
+  - R
+  - API
+  - environmental data
+  - Environmental Protection Agency
+authors:
+  - name: Michael P. Schramm
+    orcid: 0000-0003-1876-6592
+    affiliation: 1
+affiliations:
+  - index: 1
+    name: Texas Water Resources Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
+date:
+bibliography: paper.bib
+---
+
+# Summary
+
+
+
+# References