[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 13 (Thursday, January 21, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3463-3464]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-1103]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9104-9]


Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule State 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, under regulations for 
Cross-Media Electronic Reporting, of the State of North Carolina's 
request to revise its EPA-authorized program to allow electronic 
reporting.

DATES: EPA's approval is effective January 21, 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 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 get 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, 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 October 15, 2008, the State of North Carolina Department of 
Environment and Natural Resources (NCDENR) submitted an application for 
its Integrated Build Environment for Application Management (IBEAM) 
electronic document receiving system

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for revision of its EPA-authorized program under title 40 CFR. EPA 
reviewed NCDENR's request to revise its EPA-authorized program and, 
based on this review, EPA determined that the application met the 
standards for approval of authorized program revisions 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 for revision to 
its authorized program is being published in the Federal Register.
    Specifically, EPA has approved the State of North Carolina's 
request to revise its Part 52--Approval and Promulgation of 
Implementation Plans authorized program for electronic reporting of air 
emissions information under 40 CFR part 51, for electronic submissions 
that do not include an electronic signature, but instead provide for a 
handwritten signature on a separate paper submission report.
    NCDENR was notified of EPA's determination to approve its 
application with respect to the authorized program listed above.

    Dated: January 7, 2010.
Lisa Schlosser,
Director, Office of Information Collection.
[FR Doc. 2010-1103 Filed 1-20-10; 8:45 am]
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