[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 46 (Friday, March 10, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 13337]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-04759]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[9931-93-OEI]
Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: Authorized Program Revision
Approval, State of North Carolina
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's approval of the State of North
Carolina's request to revise its EPA Administered Permit Programs: The
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System and General
Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Sources of Pollution EPA-
authorized program to allow electronic reporting.
DATES: EPA's approval is effective March 10, 2017.
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 November 3rd 2016, the North Carolina Department of Environment
and Natural Resources (NC DENR) submitted an application titled
Electronic Discharge Monitoring Report System for revision/modification
to its EPA-approved program under title 40 CFR to allow new electronic
reporting. EPA reviewed NC DENR's request to revise its EPA-authorized
Part 123--EPA Administered Permit Programs: The National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System and General Pretreatment Regulations for
Existing and New Sources of Pollution program 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 North Carolina's request to revise its Part
123--EPA Administered Permit Programs: The National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System and General Pretreatment Regulations for Existing
and New Sources of Pollution program to allow electronic reporting
under 40 CFR part 122 is being published in the Federal Register.
NC DENR was notified of EPA's determination to approve its
application with respect to the authorized program listed above.
Matthew Leopard,
Director, Office of Information Management.
[FR Doc. 2017-04759 Filed 3-9-17; 8:45 am]
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