[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 159 (Monday, August 17, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 50025]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-17818]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-10013-58-OMS]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the Environmental Protection Agency's 
(EPA) approval of the State of Kansas's 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 17, 2020.

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, 
miller.shirley@epa.gov.

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 December 3, 2019, the Kansas Department of Health and 
Environment (KDHE) submitted an application titled KEIMS (Kansas 
Environmental Information Management System) for revisions/
modifications to its EPA-approved programs under title 40 CFR to allow 
new electronic reporting. EPA reviewed KDHE'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 Kansas's request to revise/modify its following EPA-authorized 
programs to allow electronic reporting under 40 CFR parts 122, 125, 
240-249, 260-270, 272-279, 280, and EPCRA Sections 302-304, 311-313 is 
being published in the Federal Register:

Part 123: EPA-Administered Permit Programs: the National Pollutant 
Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Reporting under CFR 122 & 125
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
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (SARA Title 111/
CRTK) Reporting under EPCRA Sections 302-304, 311-313
KDHE was notified of EPA's determination to approve its application 
with respect to the authorized programs listed above.

    Dated: August 10, 2020.
Jennifer Campbell,
Acting Director, Office of Information Management.
[FR Doc. 2020-17818 Filed 8-14-20; 8:45 am]
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