[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 48 (Wednesday, March 12, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14034-14035]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-05391]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9907-72-OA]
Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: Authorized Program Revision
Approval, State of New Jersey
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's approval of the State of New
Jersey's request to revise/modify certain of its EPA-authorized
programs to allow electronic reporting.
DATES: EPA's approval is effective on March 12, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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)
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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 obtain 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, 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 January 14, 2010, the New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection (NJDEP) submitted an application titled ``Regulatory
Services Portal (RSP)'' for revisions/modifications of its EPA-
authorized programs under title 40 CFR. EPA reviewed NJDEP'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 New Jersey's request to revise/modify its following
EPA-authorized programs to allow electronic reporting under 40 CFR
parts 51 Subpart A, 51 Subpart I, 51 Subpart I, 70.5 and 70.6, 63.7480-
7575 and 63.11193-11237, 70.5 and 70.6, 70.6(a)(3)iii(A) & (c)5,
122.21, 142.10(a-h), 171.1 et seq., 261-270 and 273, 262.56(a), 262.42,
262.55, 264.72(b) and 265.72(b), 264.75, 270.11 and 270.42, 370, 372,
and 403.12i., is being published in the Federal Register:
Part 52--Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans
Part 63--National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants for Source Categories
Part 70--State Operating Permit Programs
Part 123--EPA Administered Permit Programs: The National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
Part 142--National Primary Drinking Water Regulations
Implementation
Part 171--Certification of Pesticide Applicators
Part 257--Criteria for Classification of Solid Waste Disposal
Facilities and Practices
Part 262--Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste
Part 272--Approved State Hazardous Waste Management Programs
Part 370--Hazardous Chemical Reporting: Community Right-To-Know
Part 372--Toxic Chemical Release Reporting: Community Right-To-
Know
Part 403--General Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New
Source of Pollution
NJDEP was notified of EPA's determination to approve its
application with respect to the authorized programs listed above.
Dated: March 4, 2014.
Jeffrey Wells,
Acting Director, Office of Information Collection.
[FR Doc. 2014-05391 Filed 3-11-14; 8:45 am]
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