46438 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 153 / Friday, August 8, 2014 / Notices 

recommendations on: Great Lakes 

protection and restoration policy; long 

term goals and objectives for Great 

Lakes protection and restoration; annual 

priorities to protect and restore the 

Great Lakes that may be used to help 

inform budget decisions; and issues 

addressed by the Great Lakes 

Interagency Task Force. Inquiries may 

be directed to Rita Cestaric, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 77 

W. Jackson, Chicago, IL 60604, Email 

address: cestaric.rita@epa.gov, 

Telephone number: (312) 886–6815. 

Dated: July 23, 2014. 

Cameron Davis, 

Senior Advisor to the Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2014–18834 Filed 8–7–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9914–81–OEI] 

Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: 

Authorized Program Revision 

Approval, State of Arkansas 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

approval of the State of Arkansas’ 

request to revise/modify certain of its 

EPA-authorized programs to allow 

electronic reporting. 

DATES: EPA’s approval is effective 

August 8, 2014. 

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 October 15, 2013, the Arkansas 

Department of Environmental Quality 

(ADEQ) submitted an application titled 

‘‘Arkansas Department of 

Environmental Quality Electronic Portal 

System’’ for revisions/modifications of 

its EPA-authorized programs under title 

40 CFR. EPA reviewed ADEQ’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 Arkansas’ request to revise/ 

modify its following EPA-authorized 

programs to allow electronic reporting 

under 40 CFR parts 51, 70–71, 122, 144, 

146, 262, 264–265, 270–271, and 279 is 

being published in the Federal Register: 

Part 52—Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans; 

Part 70—State Operating Permit 

Programs; 

Part 123—EPA Administered Permit 

Programs: The National Pollutant 

Discharge Elimination System; 

Part 147—State Underground Injection 

Control Programs; and 

Part 272—Approved State Hazardous 

Waste Management Programs. 

ADEQ was notified of EPA’s 

determination to approve its application 

with respect to the authorized programs 

listed above. 

Dated: July 30, 2014. 

Matthew Leopard, 

Acting Director, Office of Information 

Collection. 

[FR Doc. 2014–18824 Filed 8–7–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9914–80–OEI] 

Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: 

Authorized Program Revision 

Approval, State of California 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA’s) approval of the State of 

California’s request to revise its EPA 

Administered Permit Programs: The 

National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System EPA-authorized 

program to allow electronic reporting. 

DATES: EPA’s approval is effective on 

August 8, 2014. 

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 

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