[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 137 (Wednesday, July 19, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 33122]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-15164]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[9965-03-OEI]
Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: Authorized Program Revision
Approval, Territory of U.S. Virgin Islands
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's approval of the Territory of U.S.
Virgin Islands' request to revise its EPA Administered Permit Programs:
The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System EPA-authorized
program to allow electronic reporting.
DATES: EPA's approval is effective July 19, 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 July 7, 2017, the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Planning &
Natural Resources (VI DPNR) submitted an application titled ``NPDES e-
Reporting Tool'' for revision to its EPA-approved program under title
40 CFR to allow new electronic reporting. EPA reviewed VI DPNR's
request to revise its EPA-authorized Part 123--EPA Administered Permit
Programs: The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 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 U.S. Virgin Islands' request
to revise its Part 123--EPA Administered Permit Programs: The National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System program to allow electronic
reporting under 40 CFR parts 122 and 125 is being published in the
Federal Register.
VI DPNR 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. 2017-15164 Filed 7-18-17; 8:45 am]
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