[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 149 (Wednesday, August 3, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 46798]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-19696]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9447-2]


Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: Authorized Program Revision 
Approvals, Commonwealth of Kentucky

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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

DATES: EPA's approval is effective August 3, 2011.

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], 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 20, 2010, the Kentucky Department for Environmental 
Protection (KY DEP) submitted an application for its Net Discharge 
Monitoring Report (NetDMR) electronic document receiving system for 
revision/modification of its EPA-authorized programs under title 40 
CFR. EPA reviewed KY DEP'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 Kentucky's 
request for revision to its 40 CFR Part 123- National Pollutant 
Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) State Program Requirements and 
part 403-General Pretreatment Regulations For Existing And New Sources 
Of Pollution EPA-authorized programs for electronic reporting of 
discharge monitoring report information submitted under 40 CFR parts 
122 and 403 is being published in the Federal Register.
    KY DEP was notified of EPA's determination to approve its 
application with respect to the authorized programs listed above.

    Dated: July 28, 2011.
Arnold E. Layne,
Acting Director, Office of Information Collection.
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