Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: Authorized Program Revision Approval, State of New Mexico, 29076-29077 [2017-13444]
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Requirements for National Volatile
Organic Compound Emission Standards
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subpart C) (Renewal); OMB Control
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Abstract: The EPA is required under
section 183(e) of the Clean Air Act
(CAA) to regulate volatile organic
compound (VOC) emissions from the
use of consumer and commercial
products. Pursuant to CAA section
183(e)(3), the EPA published a list of
consumer and commercial products and
a schedule for their regulation (60 FR
15264). The standards for consumer
products are codified at 40 CFR part 59,
subpart C. The information collection
includes initial reports and periodic
recordkeeping necessary for the EPA to
ensure compliance with Federal
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products. Respondents are
manufacturers, distributors, and
importers of consumer products. All
information submitted to the EPA for
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Agency policies set forth in 40 CFR part
2, subpart B, Confidentiality of Business
Information. The reports required under
the standards enable the EPA to identify
all consumer products manufacturers,
distributors, and importers in the
United States and to determine which
consumer products are subject to the
standards.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/Affected entities:
Entities potentially affected by this
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manufacturers, distributors, and
importers of consumer products.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Responses to the collection are
mandatory under 40 CFR part 59,
subpart C.
Estimated number of respondents:
300 (total).
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Total estimated burden: 16,126 hours
(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $1,765,427 (per
year), includes $0 annualized capital or
operation and maintenance costs.
Changes in the estimates: There is a
decrease of 13,487 hours in the total
estimated respondent burden compared
with the ICR currently approved by
OMB. This decrease is due to
adjustments to the estimated hours for
each level of review. These adjustments
are consistent with the assumptions
used routinely in ICR renewals, and are
discussed in the supporting statements
for this action.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
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AGENCY
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Cross-Media Electronic Reporting:
Authorized Program Revision
Approval, State of New Mexico
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces EPA’s
approval of the State of New Mexico’s
request to revise its National Primary
Drinking Water Regulations
Implementation EPA-authorized
program to allow electronic reporting.
DATES: EPA’s approval is effective July
27, 2017 for the State of New Mexico’s
National Primary Drinking Water
Regulations Implementation program, if
no timely request for a public hearing is
received and accepted by the Agency.
SUMMARY:
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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 May 19, 2017, the New Mexico
Environment Department (NMED)
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 NMED’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
New Mexico’s request to revise its Part
142—National Primary Drinking Water
Regulations Implementation program to
allow electronic reporting under 40 CFR
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part 141 is being published in the
Federal Register. NMED 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 New
Mexico’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 New Mexico’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).
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Director, Office of Information Management.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–9961–83–OA]
Request for Nominations of
Candidates to the EPA’s Clean Air
Scientific Advisory Committee
(CASAC) and the EPA Science
Advisory Board (SAB)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) invites
nominations of scientific experts from a
diverse range of disciplines to be
considered for appointment to the Clean
Air Scientific Advisory Committee
(CASAC), the EPA Science Advisory
Board (SAB), and six SAB committees
described in this notice. Appointments
will be announced by the EPA
Administrator.
DATES: Nominations should be
submitted in time to arrive no later than
July 27, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information about the CASAC
membership appointment process and
schedule, please contact Mr. Aaron
Yeow, DFO, by telephone at 202–564–
2050 or by email at yeow.aaron@
epa.gov. For information about the
chartered SAB membership
appointment process and schedule,
please contact Mr. Thomas Carpenter,
DFO, by telephone at (202) 564–4885 or
by email at carpenter.thomas@epa.gov.
For all other inquiries, nominators
should contact the appropriate
Designated Federal Officers (DFO) for
the committees, as identified below.
Anyone unable to submit electronic
nominations may send a paper copy to
the appropriate DFO.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The CASAC is a
chartered Federal Advisory Committee,
established pursuant to the Clean Air
Act (CAA) Amendments of 1977,
codified at 42 U.S.C. 7409(d)(2), to
provide advice, information and
recommendations to the EPA
Administrator on the scientific and
technical aspects of air quality criteria
and National Ambient Air Quality
Standards (NAAQS). The SAB is a
chartered Federal Advisory Committee,
established in 1978, under the authority
of the Environmental Research,
Development and Demonstration
Authorization Act (ERDDAA), codified
at 42 U.S.C. 4365, to provide
independent scientific and technical
peer review, consultation, advice and
recommendations to the EPA
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Administrator on the scientific bases for
EPA’s actions and programs. Members
of the CASAC and the SAB constitute
distinguished bodies of non-EPA
scientists, engineers, economists, and
behavioral and social scientists who are
nationally and internationally
recognized experts in their respective
fields. Members are appointed by the
EPA Administrator for a three-year term
and serve as Special Government
Employees who provide independent
expert advice to the agency.
Additional information about the
CASAC is available at https://
www.epa.gov/casac and information
about the SAB is available at https://
www.epa.gov/sab.
Expertise Sought for CASAC: The
CASAC was established pursuant to the
Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments of
1977, codified at 42 U.S.C. 7409(d)(2), to
review air quality criteria and NAAQS
and recommend to the EPA
Administrator any new NAAQS and
revisions of existing criteria and
NAAQS as may be appropriate. The
CASAC shall also: Advise the EPA
Administrator of areas in which
additional knowledge is required to
appraise the adequacy and basis of
existing, new, or revised NAAQS;
describe the research efforts necessary
to provide the required information;
advise the EPA Administrator on the
relative contribution to air pollution
concentrations of natural as well as
anthropogenic activity; and advise the
EPA Administrator of any adverse
public health, welfare, social, economic,
or energy effects which may result from
various strategies for attainment and
maintenance of such NAAQS. As
required under the CAA section 109(d),
the CASAC is composed of seven
members, with at least one member of
the National Academy of Sciences, one
physician, and one person representing
state air pollution control agencies.
Accordingly, the SAB Staff Office is
seeking nominations of experts to serve
on the CASAC who are physicians and
members of the National Academy of
Sciences with expertise in the health
effects of air pollution. The SAB Staff
Office is especially interested in
scientists with expertise described
above who have knowledge and
experience in air quality relating to
criteria pollutants (ozone, particulate
matter, carbon monoxide, nitrogen
oxides, sulfur oxides, and lead). For
further information about the CASAC
membership appointment process and
schedule, please contact Mr. Aaron
Yeow, DFO, by telephone at 202–564–
2050 or by email at yeow.aaron@
epa.gov.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL9963-84-OEI]
Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: Authorized Program Revision
Approval, State of New Mexico
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's approval of the State of New
Mexico's request to revise its National Primary Drinking Water
Regulations Implementation EPA-authorized program to allow electronic
reporting.
DATES: EPA's approval is effective July 27, 2017 for the State of New
Mexico'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, 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 May 19, 2017, the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED)
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 NMED'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 New Mexico's request to revise its Part 142--National Primary
Drinking Water Regulations Implementation program to allow electronic
reporting under 40 CFR
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part 141 is being published in the Federal Register. NMED 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 New Mexico'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 New Mexico'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 Management.
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