SECTION 252:4-17-1. Purpose, authority and applicability

(a)   Purpose. The rules in this Subchapter implement the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Cross Media Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR), as published in the October 13, 2005 issue of the Federal Register (70 FR 59848 - 59889), and which became effective January 11, 2006.

(b)   Authority. The rules in this Subchapter were promulgated and adopted under the authority of the Oklahoma Environmental Quality Code, 27A O.S. §§ 2-1-101 et seq., including specifically § 2-2-101(H); the Oklahoma Administrative Procedures Act, 75 O.S. § 302; and the Oklahoma Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, 12A O.S. §§ 15-101 et seq.

(c)   Applicability. The rules in this Subchapter:

(1)   apply to:

(A)   persons and signatories who submit electronic reports or other documents to the DEQ to satisfy requirements of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations (40 CFR) for authorized programs for which the Executive Director has designated on the DEQ's public website that the DEQ is accepting specified electronic documents; and

(B)   the DEQ's electronic document receiving system and other software applications implemented, revised, or modified as communicated by the DEQ.

(2)   do not apply to:

(A)   documents submitted via facsimile;

(B)   electronic documents submitted via magnetic or optical media such as diskette, compact disc, digital video disc, or tape; or

(C)   electronic documents submitted through the DEQ's electronic document receiving system pursuant to a non-federal state-only program.

[Source: Added at 24 Ok Reg 1506, eff 6-15-07]