[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 127 (Thursday, July 2, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38196-38197]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-16253]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

 [FRL-9926-02-OEI]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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

DATES: EPA's approval is effective July 2, 2015.

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

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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 February 25, 2015, the South Dakota Department of Environment 
and Natural Resources (SD DENR) submitted an application titled 
``National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System e-Reporting Tool'' 
for revisions/modifications of its EPA-authorized programs under title 
40 CFR. EPA reviewed SD DENR'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 South Dakota's request to revise/modify its following EPA-
authorized programs to allow electronic reporting under 40 CFR parts 
122, 403, and 503 is being published in the Federal Register:
    Part 123--EPA Administered Permit Programs: The National Pollutant 
Discharge Elimination System; Part 403--General Pretreatment 
Regulations For Existing And New Source Of Pollution; and Part 501--
State Sludge Management Program Regulations.
    SD DENR was notified of EPA's determination to approve its 
application with respect to the authorized programs listed above.

Matthew Leopard,
Director, Office of Information Collection.
[FR Doc. 2015-16253 Filed 7-1-15; 8:45 am]
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