[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 221 (Monday, November 17, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68439-68440]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-27118]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9919-39-OEI]
Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: Authorized Program Revision
Approval, State of Connecticut
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA's) approval of the State of Connecticut's request to revise/modify
certain of its EPA-authorized programs to allow electronic reporting.
DATES: EPA's approval is effective November 17, 2014.
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 state, tribal or local
government agencies that receive, or wish to begin receiving,
electronic reports under their EPA-authorized programs must apply to
EPA for a revision or modification 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 May 28, 2013, the Connecticut Department of Energy and
Environmental Protection (CT DEEP) submitted an application titled ``CT
DEEP e-Permitting'' for revisions/modifications of its EPA-authorized
programs under title 40 CFR. EPA reviewed CT DEEP's request to revise/
modify its EPA-authorized programs and, based on this review, EPA
determined that the application met the standards for approval of
authorized program revisions/modifications set out in 40 CFR part 3,
subpart D. In accordance with 40 CFR 3.1000(d), this notice of EPA's
decision to approve Connecticut's request to revise/modify its
following EPA-authorized programs to allow electronic reporting under
40 CFR parts 51, 60-63, 70, 122, 261-262, 264, 266, 268, 270, 280, and
403 is being published in the Federal Register:
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 70--State Operating Permit Programs;
Part 123--EPA Administered Permit Programs: The National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System;
Part 272--Approved State Hazardous Waste Management Programs;
Part 282--Approved Underground Storage Tank Programs; and
Part 403--General Pretreatment Regulations For Existing And New Sources
Of Pollution.
CT DEEP was notified of EPA's determination to approve its
application with respect to the authorized programs listed above.
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Dated: October 9, 2014.
Matthew Leopard,
Acting Director, Office of Information Collection.
[FR Doc. 2014-27118 Filed 11-14-14; 8:45 am]
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