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significant information received to date
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information considered by the EPA in
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continues to comply with the disposal
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IX. What is the EPA’s role in future
WIPP activities?
The EPA’s regulatory role at the WIPP
does not end with this recertification
decision. The Agency’s future WIPP
activities include additional
recertifications every five years (the next
being scheduled to be submitted by the
DOE in March 2019), review of the DOE
reports on conditions and activities at
the WIPP, assessment of waste
characterization and quality assurance
programs at waste generator sites,
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inspections of the WIPP and other
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As a result of the February 2014
incidents at the WIPP, the DOE will be
making changes to the repository
design. The DOE has indicated that it no
longer plans to use panel 9 for waste
operations due to the worker safety
hazards in that location, so an
alternative panel will be needed. This
decision may also have implications for
panel closures in the panels accessed
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6). In addition, the DOE is planning a
new ventilation shaft that will allow for
increased airflow through the
underground operations area. The EPA
will be keeping abreast of the DOE’s
requested changes and will make that
information available as it is received.
As described in Section VI of this
notice, the EPA’s review of the 2014
Compliance Recertification Application
identified where the DOE’s technical
basis for the modeling has limitations
with assumptions used or with the basis
for some parameter values. The EPA
concerns with these limitations were
generally addressed by the results of the
SEN studies. While this approach of
using a series of sensitivity studies to
examine identified limitations was
sufficient in the context of this
compliance recertification application,
it was to some extent driven by the
known upcoming physical changes in
the repository. The EPA would prefer to
be able to evaluate a complete revised
performance assessment in future
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reviews. The EPA recommends that the
performance assessment technical basis
be evaluated for improvement in these
areas: (1) Calculations of actinide
solubility, (2) modeling the chemical
conditions in the repository, and (3)
modeling direct brine releases.
Although not required by the
Administrative Procedure Act (APA),
the WIPP LWA or the WIPP Compliance
Criteria, the EPA intends to continue
docketing all inspection or audit reports
and annual reports and other significant
documents on conditions and activities
at the WIPP, as well as formal
communications between the two
agencies.
The EPA plans to conduct future
recertification processes using an
administrative process generally similar
to that described in today’s action.
Dated: July 10, 2017.
Sarah Dunham,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Air
and Radiation.
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AGENCY
[9965–03–OEI]
Cross-Media Electronic Reporting:
Authorized Program Revision
Approval, Territory of U.S. Virgin
Islands
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces EPA’s
approval of the Territory of U.S. Virgin
Islands’ request to revise its EPA
Administered Permit Programs: The
National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System EPA-authorized
program to allow electronic reporting.
DATES: EPA’s approval is effective July
19, 2017.
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
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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 July 7, 2017, the U.S. Virgin
Islands Department of Planning &
Natural Resources (VI DPNR) submitted
an application titled ‘‘NPDES eReporting Tool’’ for revision to its EPAapproved program under title 40 CFR to
allow new electronic reporting. EPA
reviewed VI DPNR’s request to revise its
EPA-authorized Part 123—EPA
Administered Permit Programs: The
National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System program and, based
on this review, EPA determined that the
application met the standards for
approval of authorized program
revision/modification 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 U.S. Virgin Islands’
request to revise its Part 123—EPA
Administered Permit Programs: The
National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System program to allow
electronic reporting under 40 CFR parts
122 and 125 is being published in the
Federal Register.
VI DPNR was notified of EPA’s
determination to approve its application
with respect to the authorized program
listed above.
Matthew Leopard,
Director, Office of Information Management.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[9965-03-OEI]
Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: Authorized Program Revision
Approval, Territory of U.S. Virgin Islands
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's approval of the Territory of U.S.
Virgin Islands' request to revise its EPA Administered Permit Programs:
The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System EPA-authorized
program to allow electronic reporting.
DATES: EPA's approval is effective July 19, 2017.
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 July 7, 2017, the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Planning &
Natural Resources (VI DPNR) submitted an application titled ``NPDES e-
Reporting Tool'' for revision to its EPA-approved program under title
40 CFR to allow new electronic reporting. EPA reviewed VI DPNR's
request to revise its EPA-authorized Part 123--EPA Administered Permit
Programs: The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System program
and, based on this review, EPA determined that the application met the
standards for approval of authorized program revision/modification 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 U.S. Virgin Islands' request
to revise its Part 123--EPA Administered Permit Programs: The National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System program to allow electronic
reporting under 40 CFR parts 122 and 125 is being published in the
Federal Register.
VI DPNR was notified of EPA's determination to approve its
application with respect to the authorized program listed above.
Matthew Leopard,
Director, Office of Information Management.
[FR Doc. 2017-15164 Filed 7-18-17; 8:45 am]
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