[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 25, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30342-30343]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-12948]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9311-3]


Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: Authorized Program Revision 
Approval, State of Ohio

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's approval of the State of Ohio's 
request to revise certain of its EPA-authorized programs to allow 
electronic reporting.

DATES: EPA's approval is effective May 25, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Evi Huffer, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Office of Environmental

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Information, Mail Stop 2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566-1697, [email protected], U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information, 
Mail Stop 2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, 
or 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. 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 obtain 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 December 9, 2010, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 
submitted a consolidated application for its eBusiness Center 
electronic document receiving system for revision/modification of its 
EPA-authorized programs under title 40 CFR. EPA reviewed Ohio EPA's 
request to revise 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 Ohio's request for revision to its Part 
403-General Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Sources of 
Pollution EPA-authorized programs for electronic reporting of 
Industrial and Publicly Owned Treatment Works reports under 40 CFR part 
403 is being published in the Federal Register.
    Ohio EPA was notified of EPA's determination to approve its 
application with respect to the authorized program listed above.

    Dated: May 20, 2011.
Arnold E. Layne,
Acting Director, Office of Information Collection.
[FR Doc. 2011-12948 Filed 5-24-11; 8:45 am]
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