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

• Published date: 31 January 2020
• Citation: 85 FR 5657
• Record Number: 2020-01578
• Section: Notices
• Court: Environmental Protection Agency

Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 21 (Friday, January 31, 2020)

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 2020)]
                [Notices]
                [Page 5657]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2020-01578]
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                ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
                [FRL-10003-51-OMS]
                 Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: Authorized Program Revision
                Approval, State of Iowa
                AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
                ACTION: Notice.
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                SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's approval of the State of Iowa'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 January 31, 2020.
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shirley M. Miller, U.S. Environmental
                Protection Agency, Office of Mission Support, Office of Information
                Management, Mail Stop 2824T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington,
                DC 20460, (202) 566-2908, [email protected].
                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 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 November 1, 2019, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (IA
                DNR) submitted an application titled Iowa EASY Air (Environmental
                Application SYstem for Air) for revisions/modifications to its EPA-
                approved programs under title 40 CFR to allow new electronic reporting.
                EPA reviewed IA DNR'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 Iowa's
                request to revise/modify its following EPA-authorized programs to allow
                electronic reporting under 40 CFR parts 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, and 70
                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 62: Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for Designated
                Facilities and Pollutants (NSPS/Clean Air Act Title III--Hospital/
                Medical) Reporting under CFR 62
                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
                 IA DNR was notified of EPA's determination to approve its
                application with respect to the authorized programs listed above.
                 Dated: December 12, 2019.
                Maja Lee,
                Acting Director, Office of Information Management.
                [FR Doc. 2020-01578 Filed 1-30-20; 8:45 am]
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