[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 4 (Thursday, January 7, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 983-984]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-14]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9099-3]


Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule State Approved Program 
Revision/Modification Approvals: State of Connecticut

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 Connecticut's request 
to revise/modify programs to allow electronic reporting for certain of 
its EPA-authorized programs under title 40 of the CFR.

DATES: EPA's approval is effective January 7, 2010.

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

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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, tribe 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, tribe, 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, 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 22, 2009, the State of Connecticut Department of 
Environmental Protection (CTDEP) submitted an application for its Net 
Discharge Monitoring Report (NetDMR) electronic document receiving 
system for revision or modification of EPA-authorized programs under 
title 40 CFR. EPA reviewed CTDEP'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 Connecticut's request for revision/modification to certain of 
its authorized programs is being published in the Federal Register.
    Specifically, EPA has approved CTDEP'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.
    CTDEP was notified of EPA's determination to approve its 
application with respect to the authorized programs listed above.

    Dated: December 22, 2009.
Lisa Schlosser,
Director, Office of Information Collection.
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