[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 134 (Monday, July 14, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40755-40756]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-16410]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9913-66-OEI]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA's) approval of the Commonwealth of Kentucky's request to revise/
modify certain of its EPA-authorized programs to allow electronic 
reporting.

DATES: EPA's approval is effective August 13, 2014 for the Commonwealth 
of Kentucky's National Primary Drinking Water Regulations 
Implementation program, if no timely request for a public hearing is 
received and accepted by the Agency, and on July 14, 2014 for the 
Commonwealth of Kentucky's other authorized programs addressed by this 
notice.

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) 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 states, tribes or 
local government agencies that receive, or wish to begin receiving, 
electronic reports under their EPA-authorized programs apply to EPA for 
revisions or modifications 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 Kentucky Department for Environmental 
Protection (KY DEP) submitted an application under 40 CFR part 3, 
subpart D, for revisions/modifications of its EPA-authorized programs 
listed below to allow specified electronic reporting. The application, 
titled ``Electronic Reporting System,'' was subsequently amended on 
December 20, 2010, and again on May 17, 2012. Based on EPA's review of 
KY DEP's application, EPA determined that it met the 40 CFR part 3, 
subpart D standards

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for approval of authorized program revisions/modifications. In 
accordance with 40 CFR 3.1000(d), EPA is publishing this notice of the 
Agency's approval of Kentucky's request to allow electronic reporting 
as specified in its application by revising/modifying its EPA-
authorized programs under the following parts of title 40 of the CFR:
    Part 52--Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans,
    Part 60--Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources,
    Part 61--National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants,
    Part 63--National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants 
for Source Categories,
    Part 65--Consolidated Federal Air Rule,
    Part 68--Chemical Accident Prevention Provisions,
    Part 70--State Operating Permit Programs,
    Part 71--Federal Operating Permit Programs,
    Part 72--Permits Regulation,
    Part 74--Sulfur Dioxide OPT-INS,
    Part 75--Continuous Emission Monitoring,
    Part 79--Registration of Fuels and Fuel Additives,
    Part 80--Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives,
    Part 82--Protection of Stratospheric Ozone,
    Part 86--Control of Emissions from New and IN-USE Highway Vehicles 
and Engines,
    Part 89--Control of Emissions from New and IN-USE Nonroad 
Compression-Ignition Engines,
    Part 90--Control of Emissions from Nonroad Spark-Ignition Engines 
at or Below 19 Kilowatts,
    Part 91--Control of Emissions from Marine Spark-Ignition Engines,
    Part 92--Control of Air Pollution from Locomotives and Locomotive 
Engines,
    Part 94--Control of Emissions from Marine Compression-Ignition 
Engines,
    Part 123--National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) 
State Program Requirements,
    Part 142--National Primary Drinking Water Regulations,
    Part 147--State Underground Injection Control Programs,
    Part 272--Approved State Hazardous Waste Management Programs,
    Part 281--Approval of State Underground Storage Tank Programs,
    Part 403--General Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New 
Sources of Pollution, and
    Part 503--Standards for the Use or Disposal of Sewage Sludge.
    KY DEP was notified of EPA's determination to approve its 
application with respect to the authorized programs listed above.
    Also, in today's notice, EPA is informing interested persons that 
they may request a public hearing on EPA's action to approve the 
Commonwealth of Kentucky's request to revise its authorized public 
water system program under 40 CFR part 142, in accordance with 40 CFR 
3.1000(f). Requests for a hearing must be submitted to EPA within 30 
days of publication of today's Federal Register notice. Such requests 
should include the following information:
    (1) The name, address and telephone number of the individual, 
organization or other entity requesting a hearing;
    (2) A brief statement of the requesting person's interest in EPA's 
determination, a brief explanation as to why EPA should hold a hearing, 
and any other information that the requesting person wants EPA to 
consider when determining whether to grant the request;
    (3) The signature of the individual making the request, or, if the 
request is made on behalf of an organization or other entity, the 
signature of a responsible official of the organization or other 
entity.
    In the event a hearing is requested and granted, EPA will provide 
notice of the hearing in the Federal Register not less than 15 days 
prior to the scheduled hearing date. Frivolous or insubstantial 
requests for a hearing may be denied by EPA. Following such a public 
hearing, EPA will review the record of the hearing and issue an order 
either affirming today's determination or rescinding such 
determination. If no timely request for a hearing is received and 
granted, EPA's approval of the Commonwealth of Kentucky's request to 
revise its part 142 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations 
Implementation program to allow electronic reporting will become 
effective 30 days after today's notice is published, pursuant to 
CROMERR section 3.1000(f)(4).

    Dated: July 2, 2014.
Matthew Leopard,
Acting Director, Office of Information Collection.
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