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consent decree from persons who were 

not named as parties or interveners to 

the litigation in question. EPA or the 

Department of Justice may withdraw or 

withhold consent to the proposed 

consent decree if the comments disclose 

facts or considerations that indicate that 

such consent is inappropriate, 

improper, inadequate, or inconsistent 

with the requirements of the Act. Unless 

EPA or the Department of Justice 

determines that consent to this consent 

decree should be withdrawn, the terms 

of the decree will be affirmed. 

II. Additional Information About 

Commenting on the Proposed Consent 

Decree 

A. How can I get a copy of the consent 

decree? 

The official public docket for this 

action (identified by Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OGC–2015–0430) contains a 

copy of the proposed consent decree. 

The official public docket is available 

for public viewing at the Office of 

Environmental Information (OEI) Docket 

in the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center Public Reading Room is open 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, 

and the telephone number for the OEI 

Docket is (202) 566–1752. 

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available through 

www.regulations.gov. You may use 

www.regulations.gov to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the official 

public docket, and to access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

system, key in the appropriate docket 

identification number then select 

‘‘search.’’ 

It is important to note that EPA’s 

policy is that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing online at www.regulations.gov 

without change, unless the comment 

contains copyrighted material, 

information that is claimed as 

confidential business information (CBI), 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Information 

claimed as CBI and other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute 

is not included in the official public 

docket or in the electronic public 

docket. EPA’s policy is that copyrighted 

material, including copyrighted material 

contained in a public comment, will not 

be placed in EPA’s electronic public 

docket but will be available only in 

printed, paper form in the official public 

docket. Although not all docket 

materials may be available 

electronically, you may still access any 

of the publicly available docket 

materials through the EPA Docket 

Center. 

B. How and to whom do I submit 

comments? 

You may submit comments as 

provided in the ADDRESSES section. 

Please ensure that your comments are 

submitted within the specified comment 

period. Comments received after the 

close of the comment period will be 

marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to 

consider these late comments. 

If you submit an electronic comment, 

EPA recommends that you include your 

name, mailing address, and an email 

address or other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD ROM you submit. This 

ensures that you can be identified as the 

submitter of the comment and allows 

EPA to contact you in case EPA cannot 

read your comment due to technical 

difficulties or needs further information 

on the substance of your comment. Any 

identifying or contact information 

provided in the body of a comment will 

be included as part of the comment that 

is placed in the official public docket, 

and made available in EPA’s electronic 

public docket. If EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

EPA may not be able to consider your 

comment. 

Use of the www.regulations.gov Web 

site to submit comments to EPA 

electronically is EPA’s preferred method 

for receiving comments. The electronic 

public docket system is an ‘‘anonymous 

access’’ system, which means EPA will 

not know your identity, email address, 

or other contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

In contrast to EPA’s electronic public 

docket, EPA’s electronic mail (email) 

system is not an ‘‘anonymous access’’ 

system. If you send an email comment 

directly to the Docket without going 

through www.regulations.gov, your 

email address is automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the official public 

docket, and made available in EPA’s 

electronic public docket. 

Dated: June 25, 2015. 

Lorie J. Schmidt, 

Associate General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2015–16511 Filed 7–2–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9926–60–OEI] 

Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: 

Authorized Program Revision 

Approval, State of Kansas 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

approval of the State of Kansas’ request 

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

reporting. 

DATES: EPA’s approval is effective 

August 5, 2015 for the State of Kansas’ 

National Primary Drinking Water 

Regulations Implementation program, if 

no timely request for a public hearing is 

received and accepted by the Agency, 

and on July 6, 2015 for the State of 

Kansas’ other authorized programs. 

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, 

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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 4, 2010, the Kansas 

Department of Health and Environment 

(KDHE) submitted an application titled 

‘‘Department of Health and 

Environment Enterprise System’’ for 

revisions/modifications of its EPAauthorized programs under title 40 CFR. 

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’ request to revise/modify its 

following EPA-authorized programs to 

allow electronic reporting under 40 CFR 

parts 51, 70–71, 122, 141, 144, 146, 257, 

258, 262, 264–266, 268, 270, 403, 412, 

and 437, is being published in the 

Federal Register: 

Part 52—Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans; 

Part 70—State Operating Permit 

Programs; 

Part 71—Federal Operating Permit 

Programs; 

Part 123—EPA Administered Permit 

Programs: The National Pollutant 

Discharge Elimination System; 

Part 142—National Primary Drinking 

Water Regulations Implementation; 

Part 145—State Underground Injection 

Control Programs; 

Part 239—Requirements for State Permit 

Program Determination of 

Adequacy; 

Part 272—Approved State Hazardous 

Waste Management Programs; 

Part 403—General Pretreatment 

Regulations for Existing and New 

Sources of Pollution; and 

Part 437—The Centralized Waste 

Treatment Point Source Category. 

KDHE was notified of EPA’s 

determination to approve its application 

with respect to the authorized programs 

listed above. 

Also, in this notice, EPA is informing 

interested persons that they may request 

a public hearing on EPA’s action to 

approve the State of Kansas’ request to 

revise its authorized public water 

system program under 40 CFR part 142, 

in accordance with 40 CFR 3.1000(f). 

Requests for a hearing must be 

submitted to EPA within 30 days of 

publication of today’s Federal Register 

notice. Such requests should include 

the following information: (1) The 

name, address and telephone number of 

the individual, organization or other 

entity requesting a hearing; 

(2) A brief statement of the requesting 

person’s interest in EPA’s 

determination, a brief explanation as to 

why EPA should hold a hearing, and 

any other information that the 

requesting person wants EPA to 

consider when determining whether to 

grant the request; 

(3) The signature of the individual 

making the request, or, if the request is 

made on behalf of an organization or 

other entity, the signature of a 

responsible official of the organization 

or other entity. 

In the event a hearing is requested 

and granted, EPA will provide notice of 

the hearing in the Federal Register not 

less than 15 days prior to the scheduled 

hearing date. Frivolous or insubstantial 

requests for hearing may be denied by 

EPA. Following such a public hearing, 

EPA will review the record of the 

hearing and issue an order either 

affirming today’s determination or 

rescinding such determination. If no 

timely request for a hearing is received 

and granted, EPA’s approval of the State 

of Kansas’ request to revise its part 

142—National Primary Drinking Water 

Regulations Implementation program to 

allow electronic reporting will become 

effective 30 days after today’s notice is 

published, pursuant to CROMERR 

section 3.1000(f)(4). 

Matthew Leopard, 

Director, Office of Information Collection. 

[FR Doc. 2015–16314 Filed 7–2–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9930–07–Region–3] 

Delegation of Authority to the 

Commonwealth of Virginia To 

Implement and Enforce Additional or 

Revised National Emission Standards 

for Hazardous Air Pollutants and New 

Source Performance Standards 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of delegation of 

authority. 

SUMMARY: On May 7, 2015, the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

sent the Commonwealth of Virginia 

(Virginia) a letter acknowledging that 

Virginia’s delegation of authority to 

implement and enforce National 

Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air 

Pollutants (NESHAP) and New Source 

Performance Standards (NSPS) had been 

updated, as provided for under 

previously approved delegation 

mechanisms. To inform regulated 

facilities and the public of Virginia’s 

updated delegation of authority to 

implement and enforce NESHAP and 

NSPS, EPA is making available a copy 

of EPA’s letter to Virginia through this 

notice. 

DATES: On May 7, 2015, EPA sent 

Virginia a letter acknowledging that 

Virginia’s delegation of authority to 

implement and enforce NESHAP and 

NSPS had been updated. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of documents 

pertaining to this action are available for 

public inspection during normal 

business hours at the Air Protection 

Division, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103– 

2029. Copies of Virginia’s submittal are 

also available at the Virginia 

Department of Environmental Quality, 

629 East Main Street, Richmond, 

Virginia 23219. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ray 

Chalmers, (215) 814–2061, or by email 

at chalmers.ray@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 

12, 2015, Virginia notified EPA that 

Virginia had updated its incorporation 

by reference of Federal NESHAP and 

NSPS to include many such standards, 

as they were published in final form in 

the Code of Federal Regulations dated 

July 1, 2014. On May 7, 2015, EPA sent 

Virginia a letter acknowledging that 

Virginia now has the authority to 

implement and enforce the NESHAP 

and NSPS as specified by Virginia in its 

notice to EPA, as provided for under 

previously approved automatic 

delegation mechanisms. All 

notifications, applications, reports and 

other correspondence required pursuant 

to the delegated NESHAP and NSPS 

must be submitted to both the US EPA 

Region III and to the Virginia 

Department of Environmental Quality, 

unless the delegated standard 

specifically provides that such 

submittals may be sent to EPA or a 

delegated State. In such cases, the 

submittals should be sent only to the 

Virginia Department of Environmental 

Quality. A copy of EPA’s letter to 

Virginia follows: 

‘‘Michael G. Dowd, Director, Air 

Division, Virginia Department of 

Environmental Quality, 629 East Main 

Street, P.O. Box 1105, Richmond, 

Virginia 23218 

Dear Mr. Dowd: 

The United States Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) has previously 

delegated to the Commonwealth of 


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