[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67799-67800]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32662]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5666-9]
Confidential Business Information by Enrollees Under the Senior
Environmental Employment Program
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice concerning CBI access.
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SUMMARY: EPA has authorized grantee organizations under the Senior
Environmental Employment (SEE) Program, and their enrollees, for access
to information which has been submitted to EPA under the environmental
statutes administered by the Agency. Some of this information may be
claimed or determined to be confidential business information (CBI).
DATES: Comments concerning CBI access will be accepted December 30,
1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Street, Acting Director, Senior
Environmental Employment Program (8723), Environmental Protection
Agency, 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20560, telephone (202) 260-
4331.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Senior Environmental Employment (SEE)
program is authorized by the Environmental Programs Assistance Act of
1984 (P.L. 98-313), which provides that the Administrator may ``make
grants or enter into cooperative agreements'' for the purpose of
``providing technical assistance to Federal, State, and local
environmental agencies for projects of pollution prevention, abatement,
and control.'' Cooperative agreements under the SEE program provide
support for many functions in the Agency, including clerical support,
staffing hot lines, providing support to Agency enforcement activities,
providing library services, compiling data, and support in scientific,
engineering, financial, and other areas. In performing these tasks,
grantees and cooperators under the SEE program and their enrollees may
have access to potentially all documents submitted under the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Safe
Drinking Water Act, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act, and Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act, to the extent that these statutes allow disclosure of
confidential information to authorized representatives of the United
States (or to ``contractors'' under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,
and Rodenticide Act). Some of these documents may contain information
claimed as confidential. EPA provides confidential information to
enrollees working under the following cooperative agreements:
Cooperative
Agreement No. and Organization
CQ 822768-01 National Senior Citizens Education & Research Ctr
CQ 822769-01 National Senior Citizens Education & Research Ctr
CQ 822770-01 National Senior Citizens Education & Research Ctr
CQ 822791-01 AARP Foundation
CQ 822805-01 National Cau. & Ctr on Black Aged, Inc.
CQ 822810-01 AARP Foundation
CQ 822828-01 National Senior Citizens Education & Research Ctr
CQ 822844-01 AARP Foundation
CQ 822911-01 AARP Foundation
CQ 822912-01 AARP Foundation
CQ 822985-01 AARP Foundation
CQ 823043-01 AARP Foundation
CQ 823144-01 AARP Foundation
CQ 823596-01 AARP Foundation
CQ 823655-01 AARP Foundation
CQ 823893-01 AARP Foundation
CQ 823905-01 AARP Foundation
CQ 823934-01 AARP Foundation
CQ 823952-01 AARP Foundation
CQ 823973-01 AARP Foundation
CQ 824021-01 AARP Foundation
CQ 824298-01 National Senior Citizens Education & Research Ctr
CQ 824299-01 National Senior Citizens Education & Research Ctr
CQ 824362-01 National Council on the Aged, Inc.
CQ 824363-01 National Council on the Aged, Inc.
CQ 824364-01 National Council on the Aged, Inc.
CQ 824399-01 National Senior Citizens Education & Research Ctr
CQ 824417-01 AARP Foundation
CQ 824455-01 AARP Foundation
CQ 824713-01 National Cau. & Ctr on Black Aged, Inc.
CQ 824714-01 National Cau. & Ctr on Black Aged, Inc.
CQ 824715-01 National Cau. & Ctr on Black Aged, Inc.
CQ 824716-01 National Cau. & Ctr on Black Aged, Inc.
CQ 824717-01 National Cau. & Ctr on Black Aged, Inc.
CQ 824718-01 National Cau. & Ctr on Black Aged, Inc.
CQ 824721-01 National Senior Citizens Education & Research Ctr
CQ 824722-01 National Senior Citizens Education & Research Ctr
CQ 824763-01 AARP Foundation
CQ 825016-01 AARP Foundation
CQ 825083-01 National Cau. & Ctr on Black Aged, Inc.
CQ 825084-01 National Cau. & Ctr on Black Aged, Inc.
CQ 825085-01 National Cau. & Ctr on Black Aged, Inc.
CQ 825086-01 National Cau. & Ctr on Black Aged, Inc.
CQ 825087-01 National Cau. & Ctr on Black Aged, Inc.
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CQ 825185-01 AARP Foundation
CQ 825189-01 AARP Foundation
CQ 825236-01 Association National Pro Personas Mayores
CQ 825400-01 AARP Foundation
CQ 825401-01 AARP Foundation
QS 823047-01 National Assoc. for Hispanic Elderly
QS 823447-01 National Cau. & Ctr on Black Aged, Inc.
Among the procedures established by EPA confidentiality regulations
for granting access is notification to the submitters of confidential
data that SEE grantee organizations and their enrollees will have
access. 40 CFR 2.301(h) (2) (iii). This notice is intended to fulfill
that requirement.
The grantee organizations are required by the cooperative
agreements to protect confidential information. SEE enrollees required
to sign confidentiality agreements and to adhere to the same security
procedures as Federal employees.
Dated: December 10, 1996.
Henry L. Longest II,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 96-32662 Filed 12-23-96; 8:45 am]
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