[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 62432]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29743]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5339-6]
Clean Air Act; Contractor Access to Confidential Business
Information
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with 40 CFR 2.301(h)(2) EPA has determined that
Trandes Corporation requires access, on a need-to-know basis, to CBI
materials submitted to EPA under Title II, Section 208, of the Clean
Air Act (CAA). This access is necessary to this contractor's
performance under EPA contract number 68-W6-001.
DATES: The transfer of such data to this EPA contractor will occur no
sooner than December 11, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Clifford D. Tyree, Project Manager/
Freedom of Information Act Officer, Certification Division, Ann Arbor,
MI, 48105, telephone (313) 668-4310.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title II of the Clean Air Act (CAA) requires
that manufacturers of light-duty vehicles, light-duty trucks, heavy-
duty engines, and motorcycles meet applicable exhaust emission
standards. Section 208 of the CAA requires these manufacturers to
provide ``* * * such information as the Administrator may reasonably
require * * *.'' Because this information is collected under Section
208 of the Act, EPA possesses the authority to disclose said
information to its authorized representatives. EPA provides a
recommended application format identifying the information needed to
support their assertions that their vehicles/engines comply with the
applicable emission standards. Each manufacturer is required to submit
an application for certification for a certificate of conformity to the
applicable regulations. These data include vehicle descriptions,
engine/vehicle descriptions, emission control system descriptions and
calibrations, and sales information. Under contract No. 68-W6-0001
Trandes Corporation will provide computer data entry and computer
application operational services for the Certification Division to
process the data submitted by the manufacturers to support their
respective exhaust emission and fuel economy programs. This
contractor's responsibility is to maintain the integrity of the
transfer of these data. In order to perform this function the
contractor may, on a need-to-know basis, have access to these data. The
contractor's address is: Trandes Corporation, 4601 Presidents Drive,
Suite 360, Lanham, MD 20706.
This contract will prohibit the use of the information for any
purpose not specified in the contract; will prohibit the disclosure, in
any form, to a third party; and will require that each official and
employee of the contractor with access to the confidential information
sign an agreement to protect the information from unauthorized release
or access.
Dated: November 15, 1995.
Mary Nichols,
Assistant Administrator, for Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 95-29743 Filed 12-05-95; 8:45 am]
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