80 FR 26254 - Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: Authorized Program Revision Approval, State of Florida

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 88 (May 7, 2015)

This notice announces EPA's approval of the State of Florida's request to revise/modify certain of its EPA-authorized programs to allow electronic reporting.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 88 (Thursday, May 7, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26254-26255]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-10989]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's approval of the State of Florida's 
request to revise/modify certain of its EPA-authorized programs to 
allow electronic reporting.

DATES: EPA's approval is effective May 7, 2015.

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

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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 February 25, 2015, the Florida Department of Environmental 
Protection (FDEP) submitted an application titled ``National Pollutant 
Discharge Elimination System e-Reporting Tool (NeT)'' for revisions/
modifications of its EPA-authorized programs under title 40 CFR. EPA 
reviewed FDEP'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 Florida's request 
to revise/modify its following EPA-authorized programs to allow 
electronic reporting under 40 CFR parts 122, 403, and 503 is being 
published in the Federal Register:

Part 123--EPA Administered Permit Programs: The National Pollutant 
Discharge Elimination System
Part 403--General Pretreatment Regulations For Existing And New Source 
Of Pollution
Part 501--State Sludge Management Program Regulations

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

Matthew Leopard,
Acting Director, Office of Information Collection.
[FR Doc. 2015-10989 Filed 5-6-15; 8:45 am]
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