98-7931. EPA Region III Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act Program; Transfer of Information to Contractors and Subcontractors

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 58 (Thursday, March 26, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 14706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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EPA Region III Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation 
and Liability Act Program; Transfer of Information to Contractors and 
Subcontractors

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA Region III intends to authorize certain contractors and 
subcontractors access to information submitted to EPA under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(``CERCLA''). Some of this information may be claimed or determined to 
be confidential business information (CBI).

DATES: Contractor access to this information will occur April 27, 1998. 
Comments concerning CBI access will be accepted for thirty days from 
March 26, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Susan Janowiak (3HS42), Chief, Contracts, ADP and State Support 
Section, EPA Region III [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The contractors and subcontractors listed 
below will provide certain services to EPA Region III, including: (1) 
Information management support services for the operation of a file 
room and an administrative records room in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 
(2) compilation and organization of documents and information; and (3) 
review and analysis of documents and information. In performing these 
tasks, employees of the contractors and subcontractors listed below 
will have access to Agency documents for purposes of document 
processing, filing, abstracting, analyzing, inventorying, retrieving, 
tracking, etc. The documents to which these contractors and 
subcontractors will have access potentially include all documents 
submitted under the CERCLA. Some of these documents may contain 
information claimed as CBI.
    Pursuant to EPA regulations at 40 CFR part 2, subpart B, EPA has 
determined that these contractors and subcontractors require access to 
CBI to perform the work required under the contracts and subcontracts. 
These regulations provide for five days notice before contractors are 
given CBI. This document is intended to provide notice of all 
disclosures of such information by EPA Region III to the contractors 
and subcontractors listed below.
    All of the listed contractors and subcontractors are required by 
contract to protect confidential information. When the contractors' and 
subcontractors' need for the documents is completed, the contractors 
and subcontractors will return them to EPA. The contractors and 
subcontractors to which this notice applies are as follows:

List of Contractors

 Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Inc--Contract #68-W4-0010
    Subcontractors to Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Inc. are:
    CDM-Federal Programs Corporation
    Dynamic Corporation
    PRC Environmental Management, Inc.
    CACI, Inc.
    Investigative Consultant Services, Inc.
    Northeast Investigations
    Tri-State Enterprises
 CH2M Hill--Contract #68-W8-0090
 Black & Veatch Waste Science and Technology Corporation--
Contract #68-W8-0091
 IT Corporation--Contract #68-S7-3005
 OHM Remediation--Contract #68-S7-3004
 Roy F. Weston, Inc--Contract #68-S5-3002
    Subcontractors to Roy F. Weston, Inc. are:
    Foster Wheeler
    Tetra Tech EM, Inc.
    RAI, Inc.
    C.C. Johnson & Malhotra, P.C.
 Brown & Root Environmental (a Division of Brown and Root, 
Inc.)--Contract #68-S6-3003
    Subcontractors to Brown & Root Environmental are:
    Gannett Fleming, Inc.
    Dynamic Corporation
    C.C. Johnson & Malhota, P.C.
 CDM-Federal Programs Corporation--Contract #68-S7-3003
 Black and Veatch Waste Science and Technology Corporation/
Tetra Tech, Inc.--Contract #68-S7-3002

List of Cooperative Agreements

 National Association of Hispanic Elderly--#CQ-822511
 AARP Foundation
 (Senior Environmental Employment)-#824021, #823952

    Dated: March 19, 1998.
Kathryn Hodgkiss,
Acting Division Director, Hazardous Site Cleanup Division.
[FR Doc. 98-7931 Filed 3-25-98; 8:45 am]
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