[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 84 (Thursday, April 30, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23960-23961]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-09131]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the Environmental Protection Agency's 
(EPA) approval of the State of South Carolina's request to revise/
modify certain of its EPA-authorized programs to allow electronic 
reporting.

DATES: EPA approves the authorized program revisions/modifications as 
of April 30, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shirley M. Miller, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information, Mail Stop 
2824T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566-
2908, [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

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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.
    On April 15, 2019, the South Carolina Department of Health and 
Environmental Control (SCDHEC) submitted an application titled South 
Carolina e-Permitting for revisions/modifications to its EPA-approved 
programs under title 40 CFR to allow new electronic reporting. EPA 
reviewed SCDHEC'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 Carolina's 
request to revise/modify its following EPA-authorized programs to allow 
electronic reporting under 40 CFR parts 60, 61, 63, 64, 70, 122, 125, 
233, 240, 241, 243, 246, 247, 254, 255, 256, 257, 260, 261, 262, 263, 
264, 265, 266, 268, 270, 272, 273, 279, 280, and 403 is being published 
in the Federal Register:

    Part 63: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants 
for Source Categories (NESHAP MACT/Clean Air Act Title Ill) Reporting 
under CFR 61, 63 & 65 Part 70: State Operating Permit Programs (Clean 
Air Act Title V) Part 123: EPA-Administered Permit Programs: The 
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
    Part 233: ``404'' State Program Regulations (Ocean Dumping) 
Reporting under CFR 233
    Part 239: Requirements for State Permit Program Determination of 
Adequacy (RCRA Subtitle C)
    Part 271: Requirements for Authorization of State Hazardous Waste 
Programs (RCRA Subtitle C)
    Part 281: Technical Standards and Corrective Action Requirements 
for Owners and Operators of Underground Storage Tanks (UST)
    Part 403: General Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New 
Sources of Pollution
    SCDHEC was notified of EPA's determination to approve its 
application with respect to the authorized programs listed above.

    Dated: April 24, 2020.
Yvonne Lee,
Acting Director, Office of Information Management.
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