[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 177 (Friday, September 12, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 54707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-21821]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL9916-54-OEI]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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

DATES: EPA's approval is effective September 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) 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. Once an authorized 
program has EPA's approval to accept electronic documents under certain 
programs, CROMERR Sec.  3.1000(a)(4) requires that the program keep EPA 
apprised of any changes to laws, policies, or the electronic document 
receiving systems that have the potential to affect the program's 
compliance with CROMERR Sec.  3.2000.
    On January 31, 2013, the North Dakota Department of Health (ND DOH) 
submitted an amended application titled ``Electronic Reporting 
Information System'' for revisions/modifications of its EPA-approved 
electronic reporting program under its EPA-authorized programs under 
title 40 CFR to allow new electronic reporting. EPA reviewed ND DOH'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 North Dakota's request to revise/modify 
its following EPA-authorized programs to allow electronic reporting 
under 40 CFR Parts 51, 60-63, 70, 122, 146, 262, 264-266, 268, 270, 
280, and 403, is being published in the Federal Register:
    Part 52--Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans;
    Part 62--Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for Designated 
Facilities and Pollutants;
    Part 70--State Operating Permit Programs;
    Part 123--EPA Administered Permit Programs: The National Pollutant 
Discharge Elimination System;
    Part 147--State Underground Injection Control Programs;
    Part 272--Approved State Hazardous Waste Management Programs; and
    Part 281--Approval of State Underground Storage Tank Programs;
    Part 403--General Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New 
Sources of Pollution.
    ND DOH was notified of EPA's determination to approve its 
application with respect to the authorized programs listed above.

    Dated: August 27, 2014.
Matthew Leopard,
Acting Director, Office of Information Collection.
[FR Doc. 2014-21821 Filed 9-11-14; 8:45 am]
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