[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 34 (Monday, February 22, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 8712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-03558]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9931-86-OEI]
Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: Authorized Program Revision
Approval, State of Hawaii
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's approval of the State of Hawaii's
request to revise/modify certain of its EPA-authorized programs to
allow electronic reporting.
DATES: EPA's approval is effective February 22, 2016.
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 September 8, 2015, the Hawaii Department of Health (HI DOH)
submitted an application titled ``Electronic Permitting Portal'' for
revisions/modifications to its EPA-approved programs under title 40 CFR
to allow new electronic reporting. EPA reviewed HI DOH'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 Hawaii's request to revise/modify its following
EPA-authorized programs to allow electronic reporting under 40 CFR
parts 51-52, 61-63, 65, 70, 122, 144, 146, 240-259, 262, 264-265, 270-
271, 279, 280, 403-471, 745, and 763 is being published in the Federal
Register:
Part 52--Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans;
Part 62--Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for Designated
Facilities and Pollutants;
Part 63--National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
for Source Categories
Part 70--State Operating Permit Programs;
Part 123--EPA Administered Permit Programs: The National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System;
Part 145--State Underground Injection Control Programs;
Part 239--Requirements for State Permit Program Determination of
Adequacy;
Part 271--Approved State Hazardous Waste Management Programs;
Part 281--Technical Standards and Corrective Action Requirements for
Owners and Operators of Underground Storage Tanks;
Part 403--General Pretreatment Regulations For Existing And New
Source Of Pollution;
Part 745--Lead-based Paint Poisoning Prevention in Certain
Residential Structures; and
Part 763--Asbestos.
HI DOH was notified of EPA's determination to approve its
application with respect to the authorized programs listed above.
Matthew Leopard,
Director, Office of Information Collection.
[FR Doc. 2016-03558 Filed 2-19-16; 8:45 am]
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