Environmental Protection Agency September 25, 2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This notice announces the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) allowance of the electronic submission of reports, notifications, or other required submission types (in an acceptable digital format) in certain Clean Air Act (CAA) regulations that do not already have electronic reporting requirements (i.e., reports, notifications, or other submission types required to be submitted in paper format or as specified in this notice, an email). This action is consistent with the provisions of the Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR) and streamlines reporting requirements by allowing regulated entities to submit specified reports, notifications, or other submission types electronically via the Compliance and Emissions Data Reporting Interface (CEDRI) on the EPA's Central Data Exchange (CDX) (see https:/ /cdx.epa.gov), or to another EPA managed electronic document receiving system that may be designated for the receipt of specified submissions in the future. Additionally, performance test reports that do not already have CROMERR compliant electronic reporting requirements may utilize the Electronic Reporting Tool (ERT) (see https://www.epa.gov/ electronic-reporting-air-emissions/electronic-reporting-tool- ert) to submit those reports to CEDRI in the form of an ERT submission package. The authority for the designation of alternative EPA electronic document receiving systems may not be redelegated to state, local, or tribal authorities. When a report, notification, or other submission type submitted under this new electronic submission option contains confidential business information (CBI), a file with the CBI omitted or redacted must be submitted to the CEDRI system and a separate, complete submission containing the claimed CBI information must be submitted through the described CBI submission process.