[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 103 (Tuesday, June 1, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29261-29262]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-11414]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-10022-09-OMS]


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

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 Alabama'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 June 1, 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 August 19, 2020, the Alabama Department of Environmental 
Management (ADEM) submitted an application titled Alabama Web Portal 
for revisions/modifications to its EPA-approved programs under title 40 
CFR to allow new electronic reporting. EPA reviewed ADEM'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 Alabama's request to revise/modify its following 
EPA-authorized programs to allow electronic reporting under 40 CFR 
parts 60, 63, 70, 123, 142, 145, 403, 239, 271, 281, and Emergency 
Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (SARA Title III/CRTK) is being 
published in the Federal Register:

Part 60: Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources (NSPS/CAR/
Clean Air Act Title III) Reporting under CFR 60 & 65
Part 63: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for 
Source

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Categories (NESHAP MACT/Clean Air Act Title III) Reporting under CFR 
61, 63 & 65
Part 70: State Operating Permit Programs (Clean Air Act Title V) 
Reporting under CFR 64 & 70
Part 123: EPA-Administered Permit Programs: The National Pollutant 
Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Reporting under CFR 122 & 125
Part 142: National Primary Drinking Water Regulations Implementation 
(NPDWR) Reporting under CFR 141
Part 145: State Underground Injection Control Programs (UIC) Reporting 
under CRF 144 & 146
Part 403: General Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Sources 
of Pollution Reporting under CFR 403-471
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 III/
CRTK) Reporting under EPCRA Sections 302-304, 311-313

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

    Dated: May 4, 2021.
Jennifer Campbell,
Director, Office of Information Management.
[FR Doc. 2021-11414 Filed 5-28-21; 8:45 am]
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