[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 4 (Thursday, January 7, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1110-1111]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-00057]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-10016-65-OMS]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA) approval of the State of Tennessee'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 January 7, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shirley M. Miller, CROMERR Program 
Manager, 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 September 3, 2020, the Tennessee Department of Environmental 
Conservation (TDEC) submitted an application titled MyTDEC Forms for 
revisions/modifications to its EPA-approved programs under title 40 CFR 
to allow new electronic reporting. EPA reviewed TDEC's request to 
revise/modify its EPA-authorized programs and, based on this review, 
EPA determined that the applications 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 the State of Tennessee's request to revise/modify 
its following EPA-authorized programs under 40 CFR parts 123 and 403, 
to allow electronic reporting under 40 CFR parts 122, 125, and 403-471, 
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 403: General Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New

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Sources of Pollution Reporting under CFR 403-471

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

    Dated: December 11, 2020.
Jennifer Campbell,
Office Director, Office of Information Management.
[FR Doc. 2021-00057 Filed 1-6-21; 8:45 am]
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