[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 80 (Tuesday, April 26, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24604-24605]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-09574]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL_9944-27-OEI]
Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: Authorized Program Revision
Approval, State of Alabama
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's approval of the State of Alabama's
request to revise/modify its General Pretreatment Regulations for
Existing and New Sources of Pollution EPA-authorized program to allow
electronic reporting.
DATES: EPA's approval is effective April 26, 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. Once an authorized
program has EPA's approval to accept electronic documents under certain
programs, CROMERR Sec. 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 Sec. 3.2000.
On October 14, 2014, the Alabama Department of Environmental
Management (ADEM) submitted an amended application titled ``Electronic
Environmental Data Exchange Reporting System'' for revision/
modification to its EPA-approved pretreatment program under title 40
CFR to allow new electronic reporting. EPA reviewed ADEM's request to
revise/modify its EPA-authorized Part 403--General Pretreatment
Regulations for Existing and New Sources of Pollution and, based on
this review, EPA determined that the application met the standards for
approval of authorized program revision/modification 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 Alabama's request to revise/modify its Part
403--General Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Sources of
Pollution to allow
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electronic reporting under 40 CFR parts 403-471 is being published in
the Federal Register.
ADEM was notified of EPA's determination to approve its application
with respect to the authorized program listed above.
Matthew Leopard,
Director, Office of Information Collection.
[FR Doc. 2016-09574 Filed 4-25-16; 8:45 am]
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