[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 245 (Monday, December 22, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76327-76328]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-29483]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9920-57-OEI]
Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: Authorized Program Revision
Approval, State of Minnesota
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's approval of the State of
Minnesota's request to revise/modify certain of its EPA-authorized
programs to allow electronic reporting.
DATES: EPA's approval is effective December 22, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Seeh, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information, Mail Stop
2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,
[[Page 76328]]
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, 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. Once an authorized
program has EPA's approval to accept electronic documents under certain
programs, CROMERR 3.1000(a)(4) requires that the program keep EPA
apprised of any changes to laws, policies, or the electronic document
receiving systems that have the potential to affect the program's
compliance with CROMERR 3.2000.
On June 24, 2014, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
submitted an amended application titled ``Minnesota Pollution Control
Agency Regulatory Services Portal'' for revisions/modifications of its
EPA-approved electronic reporting program under its EPA-authorized
programs under title 40 CFR to allow new electronic reporting. EPA
reviewed MPCA'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 Minnesota's request
to revise/modify its following EPA-authorized programs to allow
electronic reporting under 40 CFR parts 51, 60-61, 63, 65, 68, 70-72,
74-75, 79-80, 82, 86, 89-92, 94, 122, 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 Standard 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 72--Permits Regulation;
Part 74--Sulfur Dioxide OPT-INS;
Part 75--Continuous Emissions Monitoring;
Part 79--Registration of Fuels and Fuel Additives;
Part 80--Registration 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 Non-road Compression-
Ignition Engines;
Part 90--Control Of Emissions From Non-road Spark-Ignition Engines at
Or Below 19 Kilowatts;
Part 91--Control of Emissions from Marine Spark-Ignition Engines;
Part 94--Control of Emissions from Marine Compression-Ignition Engines;
Part 123-- State Program Requirements;
Part 271--Requirements for Authorization of State Hazardous Waste
Programs;
Part 282--Approved Underground Storage Tank Programs; and
Part 403--General Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Sources
of Pollution.
MPCA was notified of EPA's determination to approve its application
with respect to the authorized programs listed above.
Matthew Leopardreyreh,
Acting Director, Office of Information Collection.
[FR Doc. 2014-29483 Filed 12-19-14; 8:45 am]
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