[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 134 (Monday, July 14, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40755-40756]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-16410]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9913-66-OEI]
Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: Authorized Program Revision
Approval, Commonwealth of Kentucky
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA's) approval of the Commonwealth of Kentucky's request to revise/
modify certain of its EPA-authorized programs to allow electronic
reporting.
DATES: EPA's approval is effective August 13, 2014 for the Commonwealth
of Kentucky's National Primary Drinking Water Regulations
Implementation program, if no timely request for a public hearing is
received and accepted by the Agency, and on July 14, 2014 for the
Commonwealth of Kentucky's other authorized programs addressed by this
notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Seeh, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information, Mail Stop
2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566-
1175, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 13, 2005, the final Cross-Media
Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR) was published in the Federal
Register (70 FR 59848) and codified as part 3 of title 40 of the CFR.
CROMERR establishes electronic reporting as an acceptable regulatory
alternative to paper reporting and establishes requirements to assure
that electronic documents are as legally dependable as their paper
counterparts. Subpart D of CROMERR requires that states, tribes or
local government agencies that receive, or wish to begin receiving,
electronic reports under their EPA-authorized programs apply to EPA for
revisions or modifications of those programs and obtain EPA approval.
Subpart D provides standards for such approvals based on consideration
of the electronic document receiving systems that the state, tribe, or
local government will use to implement the electronic reporting.
Additionally, Sec. 3.1000(b) through (e) of 40 CFR part 3, subpart D
provides special procedures for program revisions and modifications to
allow electronic reporting, to be used at the option of the state,
tribe or local government in place of procedures available under
existing program-specific authorization regulations. An application
submitted under the subpart D procedures must show that the state,
tribe or local government has sufficient legal authority to implement
the electronic reporting components of the programs covered by the
application and will use electronic document receiving systems that
meet the applicable subpart D requirements.
On January 14, 2010, the Kentucky Department for Environmental
Protection (KY DEP) submitted an application under 40 CFR part 3,
subpart D, for revisions/modifications of its EPA-authorized programs
listed below to allow specified electronic reporting. The application,
titled ``Electronic Reporting System,'' was subsequently amended on
December 20, 2010, and again on May 17, 2012. Based on EPA's review of
KY DEP's application, EPA determined that it met the 40 CFR part 3,
subpart D standards
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for approval of authorized program revisions/modifications. In
accordance with 40 CFR 3.1000(d), EPA is publishing this notice of the
Agency's approval of Kentucky's request to allow electronic reporting
as specified in its application by revising/modifying its EPA-
authorized programs under the following parts of title 40 of the CFR:
Part 52--Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans,
Part 60--Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources,
Part 61--National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants,
Part 63--National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
for Source Categories,
Part 65--Consolidated Federal Air Rule,
Part 68--Chemical Accident Prevention Provisions,
Part 70--State Operating Permit Programs,
Part 71--Federal Operating Permit Programs,
Part 72--Permits Regulation,
Part 74--Sulfur Dioxide OPT-INS,
Part 75--Continuous Emission Monitoring,
Part 79--Registration of Fuels and Fuel Additives,
Part 80--Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives,
Part 82--Protection of Stratospheric Ozone,
Part 86--Control of Emissions from New and IN-USE Highway Vehicles
and Engines,
Part 89--Control of Emissions from New and IN-USE Nonroad
Compression-Ignition Engines,
Part 90--Control of Emissions from Nonroad Spark-Ignition Engines
at or Below 19 Kilowatts,
Part 91--Control of Emissions from Marine Spark-Ignition Engines,
Part 92--Control of Air Pollution from Locomotives and Locomotive
Engines,
Part 94--Control of Emissions from Marine Compression-Ignition
Engines,
Part 123--National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
State Program Requirements,
Part 142--National Primary Drinking Water Regulations,
Part 147--State Underground Injection Control Programs,
Part 272--Approved State Hazardous Waste Management Programs,
Part 281--Approval of State Underground Storage Tank Programs,
Part 403--General Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New
Sources of Pollution, and
Part 503--Standards for the Use or Disposal of Sewage Sludge.
KY DEP was notified of EPA's determination to approve its
application with respect to the authorized programs listed above.
Also, in today's notice, EPA is informing interested persons that
they may request a public hearing on EPA's action to approve the
Commonwealth of Kentucky's request to revise its authorized public
water system program under 40 CFR part 142, in accordance with 40 CFR
3.1000(f). Requests for a hearing must be submitted to EPA within 30
days of publication of today's Federal Register notice. Such requests
should include the following information:
(1) The name, address and telephone number of the individual,
organization or other entity requesting a hearing;
(2) A brief statement of the requesting person's interest in EPA's
determination, a brief explanation as to why EPA should hold a hearing,
and any other information that the requesting person wants EPA to
consider when determining whether to grant the request;
(3) The signature of the individual making the request, or, if the
request is made on behalf of an organization or other entity, the
signature of a responsible official of the organization or other
entity.
In the event a hearing is requested and granted, EPA will provide
notice of the hearing in the Federal Register not less than 15 days
prior to the scheduled hearing date. Frivolous or insubstantial
requests for a hearing may be denied by EPA. Following such a public
hearing, EPA will review the record of the hearing and issue an order
either affirming today's determination or rescinding such
determination. If no timely request for a hearing is received and
granted, EPA's approval of the Commonwealth of Kentucky's request to
revise its part 142 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations
Implementation program to allow electronic reporting will become
effective 30 days after today's notice is published, pursuant to
CROMERR section 3.1000(f)(4).
Dated: July 2, 2014.
Matthew Leopard,
Acting Director, Office of Information Collection.
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