[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 191 (Friday, October 2, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59772-59773]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-25119]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9920-73-OEI]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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

DATES: EPA's approval is effective November 2, 2015 for the State of 
Georgia'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 October 2, 2015 for the State of 
Georgia's other authorized programs.

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

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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 Georgia Department of Natural Resources 
(GA DNR) submitted an application entitled Georgia Environmental 
Protection Division Online System for revisions/modifications to its 
EPA-authorized programs under title 40 CFR. EPA reviewed GA DNR'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 Georgia's request to revise/modify its 
following EPA-authorized programs to allow electronic reporting under 
40 CFR parts 51, 52, 60, 61, 63, 65, 68, 70, 71, 72, 74, 75, 79, 82, 
86, 90, 91, 92, 94, 122, 123, 141, 146, 239, 262, 264, 266, 268, 270, 
280, 403, and 437, is being published in the Federal Register:

Part 52--Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans;
Part 60--Standards of Performance For New Stationary Sources;
Part 62--Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for Designated 
Facilities and Pollutants;
Part 65--Consolidated Federal Air Rule, 70--State Operating Permit 
Programs;
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 82--Protection of Stratospheric Ozone;
Part 86--Control of Emissions from New and IN-USE Highway Vehicles and 
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--EPA Administered Permit Programs: The National Pollutant 
Discharge Elimination System;
Part 142--National Primary Drinking Water Regulations Implementation;
Part 145--State Underground Injection Control Programs;
Part 239--Requirements for State Permit Program Determination of 
Adequacy;
Part 272--Approved State Hazardous Waste Management Programs;
Part 281--Technical Standards and Corrective Action Requirements for 
Owners and Operators of Underground Storage Tanks;
Part 403--General Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Sources 
of Pollution;
Part 745--Lead-based Paint Poisoning Prevention in Certain Residential 
Structures.
    GA DNR 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 State 
of Georgia'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 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 State of Georgia'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).

Matthew Leopard,
Director, Office of Information Collection.
[FR Doc. 2015-25119 Filed 10-1-15; 8:45 am]
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