[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51667-51668]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-18077]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-10112-01-OMS]


Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: Authorized Program Revision 
Approval, Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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

DATES: EPA approves the authorized program revisions/modifications as 
of August 23, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shirley M. Miller, 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 October 19, 2021, the Wyoming Department of Environmental 
Quality (WYDEQ) submitted an application titled shared services 
integrated into CDX system for revisions/modifications to its EPA-
approved programs under title 40 CFR to allow new electronic reporting. 
EPA reviewed WYDEQ'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 WYDEQ's 
request to revise/modify its following EPA-authorized programs to allow 
electronic reporting under 40 CFR 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

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 Part 70: State Operating Permit Programs (Clean Air Act Title 
V) Reporting under CFR 64 & 70
 Part 123: EPA-Administered Permit Programs: the National 
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Reporting under CFR 122 
& 125
 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

    WYDEQ was notified of EPA's determination to approve its 
application with respect to the authorized programs listed above.

    Dated: August 17, 2022.
Jennifer Campbell,
Director, Office of Information Management.
[FR Doc. 2022-18077 Filed 8-22-22; 8:45 am]
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