[Federal Register: June 8, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 108)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule State Authorized Program 
Revision Approval: State of Utah

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's approval, under regulations for 
Cross-Media Electronic Reporting, of the State of Utah's request to 
revise certain of their EPA-authorized programs to allow electronic 
reporting.

DATES: EPA's approval is effective June 8, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Evi Huffer, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information, Mail Stop 
2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566-
1697, huffer.evi@epa.gov, or David Schwarz, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information, Mail Stop 
2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566-
1704, schwarz.david@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. Under Subpart D of CROMERR, 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 get 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, in 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 December 23, 2008, the State of Utah Department of Environmental 
Quality (UTDEQ) submitted an application for their Net Discharge 
Monitoring Report (NetDMR) electronic document receiving system 
application for revision of their EPA-authorized 40 CFR Part 123--NPDES 
State Program Requirements.
    EPA has reviewed UTDEQ's request to revise their EPA-authorized 
program and, based on this review, EPA has determined that the 
application for the program identified in this Notice meet 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 UTDEQ's request for 
revision to their authorized program is being published in the Federal 
Register. Specifically, EPA has approved Utah's request for revision to 
their 40 CFR Part 123--NPDES State Program Requirements authorized 
program for electronic reporting of discharge monitoring report 
information.
    UTDEQ was notified of EPA's determination to approve its 
application with respect to the authorized program listed above in a 
letter dated May 28, 2009.

    Dated: May 28, 2009.
Lisa Schlosser,
Director, Office of Information Collection.
[FR Doc. E9-13324 Filed 6-5-09; 8:45 am]

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