[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 5, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 20700]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-10332]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8900-6]


Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule State Authorized Program 
Revision/Modification Approvals: State of Delaware

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's approval, under regulations for 
Cross-Media Electronic Reporting, of the State of Delaware's request to 
revise/modify programs to allow electronic reporting for certain of 
their EPA-authorized programs.

DATES: EPA's approval is effective May 5, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Evi Huffer, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information, Mail Stop 
2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566-
1697, [email protected], or David Schwarz, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information, Mail Stop 
2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566-
1704, [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. Under 
subpart D of CROMERR, 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 get 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, in 
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 August 21, 2008, the State of Delaware Department of Natural 
Resources and Environmental Control (DEDNREC) submitted an application 
for their Online Reporting System (ORS) electronic document receiving 
system for revision or modification of EPA-authorized programs under 40 
CFR parts 51, 60, 122, and 271. EPA reviewed DEDNREC's request to 
revise/modify their 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 DEDNREC's request for revision/modification to 
certain of their authorized programs is being published in the Federal 
Register.
    Specifically, EPA has approved DEDNREC's request for revisions/
modifications to the following of their authorized programs to allow 
electronic reporting under 40 CFR parts 51, 61, 122, 261-265:
     Part 51--Requirements for Preparation, Adoption, and 
Submittal of Implementation Plans;
     Part 60--Standards of Performance for New Stationary 
Sources;
     Part 123--National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 
(NPDES) State Program Requirements; and
     Part 271--Requirements for Authorization of State 
Hazardous Waste Programs.
    DEDNREC was notified of EPA's determination to approve its 
application with respect to the authorized programs listed above in a 
letter dated April 23, 2009.

    Dated: April 23, 2009.
Lisa Schlosser,
Director, Office of Information Collection.
[FR Doc. E9-10332 Filed 5-4-09; 8:45 am]
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