[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 21, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64904-64905]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-22672]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9926-08-OEI]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's approval of the State of Alaska's 
request to revise/modify its EPA Administered Permit Programs: The 
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System EPA-authorized program 
to allow electronic reporting.

DATES: EPA's approval is effective September 21, 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

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receiving systems that meet the applicable subpart D requirements.
    On August 8, 2016, the Alaska Department of Environmental 
Conservation (ADEC) submitted an application titled ``National 
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System'' for revision/modification to 
its EPA-approved program under title 40 CFR to allow new electronic 
reporting. EPA reviewed ADEC's request to revise/modify its EPA-
authorized Part 123--EPA Administered Permit Programs: The National 
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System program 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 Alaska's request to revise/modify its Part 
123--EPA Administered Permit Programs: The National Pollutant Discharge 
Elimination System program to allow electronic reporting under 40 CFR 
part 122 is being published in the Federal Register.
    ADEC 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. 2016-22672 Filed 9-20-16; 8:45 am]
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