[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 237 (Friday, December 9, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76970-76971]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-31656]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9504-3]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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

DATES: EPA's approval is effective December 9, 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 July 8, 2011, the Montana Department of the Environmental 
Quality (MT DEQ) submitted an application for its Network Discharge

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Monitoring Report (NetDMR) electronic document receiving system for 
revision of its EPA-authorized program under title 40 CFR. EPA reviewed 
MT DEQ'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 Montana's request for revision to its 40 CFR part 
123- National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) State 
Program Requirements EPA-authorized program for electronic reporting of 
information submitted under 40 CFR part 122 is being published in the 
Federal Register.
    MT DEQ was notified of EPA's determination to approve its 
application with respect to the authorized program listed above.

    Dated: December 1, 2011.
Andrew Battin,
Director, Office of Information Collection.
[FR Doc. 2011-31656 Filed 12-8-11; 8:45 am]
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