[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 52 (Thursday, March 17, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-6166]
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[Federal Register: March 17, 1994]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-100135; FRL-4763-2]
Oakridge National Laboratory and Martin Marietta Inc.; Transfer
of Data
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This is a notice to certain persons who have submitted
information to EPA in connection with pesticide information
requirements imposed under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
(FFDCA). The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Martin Marietta
Inc., under an Interagency Agreement (IAG) will perform work for the
EPA Office of Pesticide Programs, and will be provided access to
certain information submitted to EPA under FIFRA and the FFDCA. Some of
this information may have been claimed to be confidential business
information (CBI) by submitters. This information will be transferred
to ORNL and Martin Marietta Inc. consistent with the requirements of 40
CFR 2.209(c) and 2.308(i)(2), and will enable ORNL and Martin Marietta
Inc. to fulfill the obligations of the agreement.
DATES: ORNL and Martin Marietta Inc. will be given access to this
information no sooner than March 28, 1994.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: BeWanda B. Alexander, Program
Management and Support Division (7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460.
Office location and telephone number: Rm. 234 Crystal Mall 2, 1921
Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, (703) 305-5259
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Prior to the registration or reregistration
of a pesticide, the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), must determine
whether the chemical will cause unreasonable adverse effects on humans
and the environment under FIFRA. In the process of making the
determination, OPP reviews all data submitted by the registrant to
support the effectiveness and safety of the chemical, published reports
or studies from the open literature unpublished reports or studies
which bear on the issues at hand, and the chemical's general and
environmental chemistry relationship to possible human and domestic
animal exposure. In some instances, OPP requests the registrant to
conduct additional studies, or directly funds research to complete the
registration.
OPP, under IAG DW89936171-01, is contracting with ORNL and Martin
Marietta Inc. for specialized technical assistance in the
identification of information shortfalls dealing with the registration
of pesticides. This research effort will concentrate on systematically
identifying, analyzing, and evaluating data associated with pesticide
registrations. The intent is to catalog data gaps from the registrant
to fully characterize the safe manufacture, application, re-entry, and
residue issues prior to a decision to issue a registration under FIFRA.
OPP has determined that the IAG herein described involves work that
is being conducted in connection with FIFRA, in that pesticide
chemicals will be the subject of certain evaluations to be made under
this IAG. These evaluations may be used in subsequent regulatory
decisions under FIFRA.
Some of this information may be entitled to confidential treatment.
The information has been submitted to EPA under sections 3, 4, 6, and 7
of FIFRA and under sections 408 and 409 of FFDCA.
In accordance with the requirement of 40 CFR 2.209(c), 2.307(h),
and 2.308(h)(2), this IAG with ORNL and Martin Marietta Inc. prohibits
use of the information for any purpose other than the purposes
specified in this IAG; prohibits disclosure of the information in any
form to a third party without prior written approval from the Agency;
and requires that each official and employee sign an agreement to
protect the information from unauthorized release and to handle it in
accordance with the FIFRA Information Security Manual. In addition ORNL
and Martin Marietta Inc. are required to submit for EPA approval a
security plan under which any CBI will be secured and protected against
unauthorized release or compromise. No information will be provided
until the above requirements have been fully satisfied. Records of
information provided under this IAG will be maintained by the Project
Officer for this contract in OPP.
All information supplied to ORNL and Martin Marietta Inc. by EPA
for use in connection with this IAG will be returned to EPA when ORNL
and Martin Marietta Inc. have completed their work.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Transfer of data.
Dated: March 7, 1994.
Douglas D. Campt,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 94-6166 Filed 3-16-94; 8:45 am]
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