98-34045. Clean Air Act: Contractor Access to Confidential Business Information

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 246 (Wednesday, December 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71116-71117]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34045]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6209-2]


Clean Air Act: Contractor Access to Confidential Business 
Information

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The EPA has authorized the following contractor to access 
information that has been, or will be, submitted to EPA under section 
112(r) of the Clean Air Act(CAA) as amended: Computer Based Systems 
Inc., (CBSI), 2750 Prosperity Ave., Fairfax, VA 22031 (Contract #68-W-
98-045) and its subcontractor, Creative Information Technology, Inc., 
(CITI), 9064 Manorwood Rd., Laurel, MD 20723.
    Some of the information may be claimed to be confidential business 
information (CBI) by the submitter.

DATES: Access to confidential data submitted to EPA will occur no 
sooner than ten days after issuance of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dorothy McManus, Office of Solid Waste 
and Emergency Response, MC: 5104, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Washington, DC 20460.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA is issuing this notice to inform all 
submitters of information under section 112(r) of the CAA that EPA may 
provide the above mentioned contractor and its subcontractor access to 
these materials on a need-to-know basis. This contractor will provide 
technical support to the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response 
in the receipt, processing and storage of risk management plans 
submitted to EPA under the CAA.
    In accordance with 40 CFR 2.301(h), EPA has determined that the 
contractor and its subcontractor require access to CBI submitted to EPA 
under sections 112(r) and 114 of the CAA in order to perform work 
satisfactorily under the above noted contract. The contractor's and 
subcontractor's personnel will be given access to information submitted

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under section 112(r) of the CAA. Some of the information may be claimed 
or determined to be CBI. The contractor's and subcontractor's personnel 
will be required to sign nondisclosure agreements and will be permitted 
access to CBI. All contractor access to CAA CBI will take place at the 
contractor's facility. The contractor will have appropriate procedures 
and facilities in place to safeguard the CAA CBI to which the 
contractor and its subcontractor have access.
    Clearance for access to CBI is scheduled to expire on January 31, 
2003 or at contract termination.

    Dated: December 16, 1998.
Jim Makris,
Director, Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office, Office 
of Solid Waste and Emergency Response.
[FR Doc. 98-34045 Filed 12-22-98; 8:45 am]
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