Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 80 / Tuesday, April 26, 2016 / Notices 24597 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL_9942–93–OEI] 

Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: 

Authorized Program Revision 

Approval, State of Louisiana 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

approval of the State of Louisiana’s 

request to revise its National Primary 

Drinking Water Regulations 

Implementation EPA-authorized 

program to allow electronic reporting. 

DATES: EPA’s approval is effective May 

26, 2016 for the State of Louisiana’s 

National Primary Drinking Water 

Regulations Implementation program, if 

no timely request for a public hearing is 

received and accepted by the Agency. 

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 February 8, 2016, the Louisiana 

Department of Health and Hospitals 

(LDHH) submitted an application titled 

Compliance Monitoring Data Portal for 

revision to its EPA-approved drinking 

water program under title 40 CFR to 

allow new electronic reporting. EPA 

reviewed LDHH’s request to revise its 

EPA-authorized program and, based on 

this review, EPA determined that the 

application met the standards for 

approval of authorized program revision 

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 

Louisiana’s request to revise its Part 

142—National Primary Drinking Water 

Regulations Implementation program to 

allow electronic reporting under 40 CFR 

part 141 is being published in the 

Federal Register. 

LDHH was notified of EPA’s 

determination to approve its application 

with respect to the authorized program 

listed above. 

Also, in today’s notice, EPA is 

informing interested persons that they 

may request a public hearing on EPA’s 

action to approve the State of 

Louisiana’s 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 Louisiana’s 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. 2016–09576 Filed 4–25–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9945–70–OA] 

Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities 

Committee 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, Public Law 92–463, the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

gives notice of a meeting of the Farm, 

Ranch, and Rural Communities 

Committee (FRRCC). The FRRCC is a 

policy-oriented committee that provides 

policy advice, information, and 

recommendations to the EPA 

Administrator on a range of 

environmental issues and policies that 

are of importance to agriculture and 

rural communities. 

The purpose of this meeting is to draft 

and review recommendations regarding 

how EPA can best create a framework 

for facilitating collaborative and 

innovative partnerships, building upon 

existing resource protection efforts to 

promote soil health, particularly as it 

relates to water and air and to 

adaptation of a changing climate. 

DATES: The Farm, Ranch, and Rural 

Communities Committee will hold an 

open meeting on Wednesday, May 25, 

2016, from 9:00 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. and 

Thursday, May 26, 2016 from 9:00 a.m. 

until 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

EPA One Potomac Yard, 2777 Crystal 

Dr., Arlington VA, 22202, Room 4370/ 

80 fourth floor. The meeting is open to 

the public, with limited seating on a 

first-come, first-served basis. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donna Perla, Acting Designated Federal 

Officer, perla.donna@epa.gov, 202–564– 

0184, U.S. EPA, Office of the 

Administrator (1101A), Room 2415, 

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