[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 80 (Tuesday, April 26, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24604-24605]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-09574]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL_9944-27-OEI]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's approval of the State of Alabama's 
request to revise/modify its General Pretreatment Regulations for 
Existing and New Sources of Pollution EPA-authorized program to allow 
electronic reporting.

DATES: EPA's approval is effective April 26, 2016.

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 October 14, 2014, the Alabama Department of Environmental 
Management (ADEM) submitted an amended application titled ``Electronic 
Environmental Data Exchange Reporting System'' for revision/
modification to its EPA-approved pretreatment program under title 40 
CFR to allow new electronic reporting. EPA reviewed ADEM's request to 
revise/modify its EPA-authorized Part 403--General Pretreatment 
Regulations for Existing and New Sources of Pollution and, based on 
this review, EPA determined that the application met the standards for 
approval of authorized program revision/modification 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 Alabama's request to revise/modify its Part 
403--General Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Sources of 
Pollution to allow

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electronic reporting under 40 CFR parts 403-471 is being published in 
the Federal Register.
    ADEM was notified of EPA's determination to approve its application 
with respect to the authorized program listed above.

Matthew Leopard,
Director, Office of Information Collection.
[FR Doc. 2016-09574 Filed 4-25-16; 8:45 am]
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