[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 88 (Monday, May 10, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24864-24865]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-09793]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-10022-08-OMS]
Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: Authorized Program Revision
Approval, State of New Hampshire
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 New Hampshire'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 May 10, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shirley M. Miller, CROMERR Program
Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Information
Management, 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 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 September 17, 2020, the New Hampshire Department of
Environmental Services (NHDES) submitted two applications titled NH
Online Forms (nForm) and State and Local Emissions Inventory System
(SLEIS) for revisions/modifications to its EPA-approved programs under
title 40 CFR to allow new electronic reporting. EPA reviewed NHDES's
request to revise/modify its EPA-authorized programs and, based on this
review, EPA determined that the applications 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 New Hampshire's request to revise/modify
its following EPA-authorized programs to allow electronic reporting
under 40 CFR parts 52, 60, 62, 63, 70, 142, 145, 239, 271, 281, and 763
to allow electronic reporting under 40 CFR parts 50-52, 60-65, 70, 141,
144, 146, 240-259, 260-270, 272-280 and 763 is being published in the
Federal Register:
Part 52: Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans (SIP/
Clean Air Act Title II) Reporting under CFR 50-52
Part 60: Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources (NSPS/
CAR/Clean Air Act Title III) Reporting under CFR 60 & 65
Part 62: Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for Designated
Facilities and Pollutants (NSPS/Clean Air Act Title III--Hospital/
Medical) Reporting under CFR 62
Part 63: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
for Source Categories (NESHAP MACT/Clean Air Act Title III) Reporting
under CFR 61, 63 & 65
Part 70: State Operating Permit Programs (Clean Air Act Title V)
Reporting under CFR 64 & 70
Part 142: National Primary Drinking Water Regulations
Implementation (NPDWR) Reporting under CFR 141
Part 145: State Underground Injection Control Programs (UIC)
Reporting under CRF 144 & 146
Part 239: Requirements for State Permit Program Determination of
Adequacy (RCRA Subtitle C) Reporting under CFR 240-259
Part 271: Requirements for Authorization of State Hazardous Waste
Programs (RCRA Subtitle C) Reporting under CFR 260-270, 272-279
Part 281: Technical Standards and Corrective Action Requirements
for Owners and Operators of Underground Storage Tanks (UST) Reporting
under CFR 280
Part 763: Asbestos Reporting under CFR 763NHDES was notified of
EPA's determination to approve its application with respect to the
authorized programs listed above.
Also, in this notice, EPA is informing interested persons that they
may request a public hearing on EPA's action to approve the State of
New Hampshire'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 this 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 this determination or rescinding such determination.
If no timely request for a hearing is received and granted, EPA's
approval of the State
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of New Hampshire's request to revise its part 142--National Primary
Drinking Water Regulations Implementation program to allow electronic
reporting will become effective 30 days after this notice is published,
pursuant to CROMERR section 3.1000(f)(4).
Dated: May 3, 2021.
Jennifer Campbell,
Director, Office of Information Management.
[FR Doc. 2021-09793 Filed 5-7-21; 8:45 am]
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