69222 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 216 / Monday, November 9, 2015 / Notices 

Dated: November 3, 2015. 

Rebecca M. Clark, 

Acting Director, Office of Ground Water and 

Drinking Water. 

[FR Doc. 2015–28494 Filed 11–6–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL_9926–07–OEI] 

Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: 

Authorized Program Revision 

Approval, State of Alabama 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

approval of the State of Alabama’s 

request to revise/modify certain of its 

EPA-authorized programs to allow 

electronic reporting. 

DATES: EPA’s approval is effective 

[Insert date of publication in the Federal 

Register]. 

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: 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 programspecific 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 20, 2010, the Alabama 

Department of Environmental 

Management (ADEM) submitted an 

application titled ‘‘Electronic 

Environmental Data Exchange Reporting 

System’’ 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 EPAauthorized 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 

122 and 264, is being published in the 

Federal Register: 

Part 123—EPA Administered Permit 

Programs: The National Pollutant 

Discharge Elimination System; and 

Part 272—Approved State Hazardous 

Waste Management Programs. 

ADEM was notified of EPA’s 

determination to approve its application 

with respect to the authorized programs 

listed above. 

Matthew Leopard, 

Director, Office of Information Collection. 

[FR Doc. 2015–28365 Filed 11–6–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL_9931–89–OEI] 

Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: 

Authorized Program Revision 

Approval, State of Maine 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

approval of the State of Maine’s request 

to revise/modify certain of its EPAauthorized programs to allow electronic 

reporting. 

DATES: EPA’s approval is effective 

November 9, 2015. 

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: 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 programspecific 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 11, 2015, the Maine 

Department of Environmental Protection 

(ME DEP) submitted an application 

titled ‘‘National Network Discharge 

Monitoring Report System’’ for 

revisions/modifications to its EPAapproved stormwater and pretreatment 

programs under title 40 CFR to allow 

new electronic reporting. EPA reviewed 

ME DEP’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 Maine’s 

request to revise/modify its following 

EPA-authorized programs to allow 

electronic reporting under 40 CFR parts 


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