[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 79 (Monday, April 27, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19081-19082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-9578]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8896-9]


Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule State Approved Program 
Revision/Modification Approval: State of Louisiana

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's approval, under regulations for 
Cross-Media Electronic Reporting, of the State of Louisiana's request 
to revise/modify their EPA-authorized National Pollutant Discharge 
Elimination System (NPDES) State Program Requirements and General 
Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Sources of Pollution 
programs to allow electronic reporting for those programs.

DATES: EPA's approval is effective April 27, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Evi Huffer, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information, Mail Stop 
2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566-
1697, [email protected], or David Schwarz, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information, Mail Stop 
2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566-
1704, [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. Under Subpart D of CROMERR, 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 get EPA 
approval. Subpart D also provides standards for such approvals based on 
consideration of the electronic document receiving systems that the 
State, tribal, or local government will use to implement the electronic 
reporting. Additionally, in 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, tribal 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, tribal 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

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receiving systems that meet the applicable Subpart D requirements.
    On December 17, 2008, the State of Louisiana Department of 
Environmental Quality (LDEQ) submitted an application for their Net 
Discharge Monitoring Report (NetDMR) electronic document receiving 
system addressing revisions/modifications to their EPA-authorized 40 
CFR Part 123--NPDES State Program Requirements and Part 403-General 
Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Sources of Pollution 
approved programs.
    EPA has reviewed LDEQ's request to revise their EPA-authorized 
programs and, based on this review, EPA has determined that the 
application for the programs and specific reports identified in this 
Notice meet 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 LDEQ's 
request for revision/modification to their authorized programs is being 
published in the Federal Register. Specifically, EPA has approved 
LDEQ's request for revision/modification to the following authorized 
programs to allow electronic reporting for the specified reports: 40 
CFR Part 123--NPDES State Program Requirements and Part 403--General 
Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Sources of Pollution 
programs for electronic reporting of discharge monitoring report 
information submitted under 40 CFR Parts 122 and 403.
    LDEQ was notified of EPA's determination to approve its application 
with respect to the authorized programs and reports listed above in a 
letter dated 04/16/2009.

    Dated: April 16, 2009.
Lisa Schlosser,
Director, Office of Information Collection.
[FR Doc. E9-9578 Filed 4-24-09; 8:45 am]
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