82 FR 13337 - Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: Authorized Program Revision Approval, State of North Carolina

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 46 (March 10, 2017)

This notice announces EPA's approval of the State of North Carolina's request to revise its EPA Administered Permit Programs: The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System and General Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Sources of Pollution EPA- authorized program to allow electronic reporting.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 46 (Friday, March 10, 2017)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[9931-93-OEI]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's approval of the State of North 
Carolina's request to revise its EPA Administered Permit Programs: The 
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System and General 
Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Sources of Pollution EPA-
authorized program to allow electronic reporting.

DATES: EPA's approval is effective March 10, 2017.

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 receiving systems 
that meet the applicable subpart D requirements.
    On November 3rd 2016, the North Carolina Department of Environment 
and Natural Resources (NC DENR) submitted an application titled 
Electronic Discharge Monitoring Report System for revision/modification 
to its EPA-approved program under title 40 CFR to allow new electronic 
reporting. EPA reviewed NC DENR's request to revise its EPA-authorized 
Part 123--EPA Administered Permit Programs: The National Pollutant 
Discharge Elimination System and General Pretreatment Regulations for 
Existing and New Sources of Pollution 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 North Carolina's request to revise its Part 
123--EPA Administered Permit Programs: The National Pollutant Discharge 
Elimination System and General Pretreatment Regulations for Existing 
and New Sources of Pollution program to allow electronic reporting 
under 40 CFR part 122 is being published in the Federal Register.
    NC DENR was notified of EPA's determination to approve its 
application with respect to the authorized program listed above.

Matthew Leopard,
Director, Office of Information Management.
[FR Doc. 2017-04759 Filed 3-9-17; 8:45 am]
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