The report would have to be based on data obtained through sound scientific methodologies and processes and would have to be submitted to the Governor, the Legislature, and the Senate and House Appropriations subcommittees on environmental quality and natural resources. The first report would have to be submitted by March 1, 2000, and subsequent reports by March 1 of each year. The annual reports would have to be made available to the public electronically and in paper format upon request. In preparing the annual report, the DEQ would have to monitor efforts undergoing in other states and nationally to establish uniformity among environmental indicators that might be included within the report.