Document ID: EPA_FRDOC_0001-26783
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: Authorized Program Revision Approval, State of Indiana
Posted Date: 2021-04-30T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 82 (Friday, April 30, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22960-22961]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-09005]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-10019-08-OMS]

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

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 Indiana'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 April 30, 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

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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 July 21, 2020, the Indiana Department of Environmental 
Management (IDEM) submitted an application titled IDEM Modernized 
Enterprise System for revisions/modifications to its EPA-approved 
programs under title 40 CFR to allow new electronic reporting. EPA 
reviewed IDEM's request to revise/modify its EPA-authorized programs 
and, based on this review, EPA determined that the applications 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 Indiana's request 
to revise/modify its following EPA-authorized programs under 40 CFR 
parts 60, 63, 70, 123, 403, 271 and 281, to allow electronic reporting 
under 40 CFR parts 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 70, 122, 125, 403-471, 260-270, 
272-279, and 280 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 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 403: General Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Sources 
of Pollution Reporting under CFR 403-471
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

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

    Dated: February 19, 2021.
Jennifer Campbell,
Director, Office of Information Management.
[FR Doc. 2021-09005 Filed 4-29-21; 8:45 am]
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