79 FR 48 pgs. 14034-14035 - Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: Authorized Program Revision Approval, State of New Jersey

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Type: NOTICEVolume: 79Number: 48Pages: 14034 - 14035

Docket number: [FRL-9907-72-OA]

FR document: [FR Doc. 2014-05391 Filed 3-11-14; 8:45 am]

Agency: Environmental Protection Agency

Official PDF Version: PDF Version

Pages: 14034, 14035

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9907-72-OA]

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

AGENCY:

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

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

DATES:

EPA's approval is effective on March 12, 2014.

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, seeh.karen@epa.gov .

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

[top] 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, § 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 January 14, 2010, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) submitted an application titled "Regulatory Services Portal (RSP)" for revisions/modifications of its EPA-authorized programs under title 40 CFR. EPA reviewed NJDEP'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 New Jersey's request to revise/modify its following EPA-authorized programs to allow electronic reporting under 40 CFR parts 51 Subpart A, 51 Subpart I, 51 Subpart I, 70.5 and 70.6, 63.7480-7575 and 63.11193-11237, 70.5 and 70.6, 70.6(a)(3)iii(A) & (c)5, 122.21, 142.10(a-h), 171.1 et seq., 261-270 and 273, 262.56(a), 262.42, 262.55, 264.72(b) and 265.72(b), 264.75, 270.11 and 270.42, 370, 372, and 403.12i., is being published in the Federal Register :

Part 52-Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans

Part 63-National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source Categories

Part 70-State Operating Permit Programs

Part 123-EPA Administered Permit Programs: The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

Part 142-National Primary Drinking Water Regulations Implementation

Part 171-Certification of Pesticide Applicators

Part 257-Criteria for Classification of Solid Waste Disposal Facilities and Practices

Part 262-Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste

Part 272-Approved State Hazardous Waste Management Programs

Part 370-Hazardous Chemical Reporting: Community Right-To-Know

Part 372-Toxic Chemical Release Reporting: Community Right-To-Know

Part 403-General Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Source of Pollution

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

Dated: March 4, 2014.

Jeffrey Wells,

Acting Director,Office of Information Collection.

[FR Doc. 2014-05391 Filed 3-11-14; 8:45 am]

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