[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43699-43700]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20702]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-100148; FRL-6095-1]
Computer Based Systems, Incorporated; 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 Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
(FFDCA). Computer Based Systems, Incorporated (CBSI) has been awarded a
contract to 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 CBSI consistent with the
requirements of 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3) and 2.308(i)(2), and will enable
CBSI to fulfill the obligations of the contract.
DATES: CBSI will be given access to this information no sooner than
August 16, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Richard Schmitt Acting
Director, Information Resources Services Division (7502C), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,
Washington, DC 20460. Office location and telephone number: Rm. 703,
Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, (703)
305-5484.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under Contract No. 68-W-98-045, CBSI will
provide technical support to EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs by
abstracting and indexing incident reports received from pesticide
chemical manufacturers and the public. Incident reports submitted by
chemical manufacturers may include FIFRA CBI claims. This contract
involves no subcontractors.
The Office Pesticide Programs has determined that the contract
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 contract. These evaluations may be
used in subsequent regulatory decisions under FIFRA.
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I. IMPORTANT INFORMATION
A. Does this apply to me?
This action is directed to the public in general. Although this
action may be of particular interest to persons who produce or use
pesticides, the Agency has not attempted to describe all the specific
entities that may be affected by this action. If you have any questions
regarding the information in this notice, consult the person listed in
the ``FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT'' section.
B. How can I get additional information or copies of support documents?
1. Electronically. You may obtain electronic copies of this
document and various support documents are available from the EPA Home
Page at the Federal Register-Environmental Documents entry for this
document under ``Laws and Regulations'' (http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/).
2. In person. The official record for this notice, as well as the
public version, has been established under docket control number [OPP-
100148], (including comments and data submitted electronically as
described below). A public version of this record, including printed,
paper versions of any electronic comments, which does not include any
information claimed as CBI, is available for inspection in Room 119,
Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, from 8:30
a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays.
II. INTRODUCTION
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 the FFDCA.
In accordance with the requirements of 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3), the
contract with CBSI, prohibits use of the information for any purpose
not specified in the contract; prohibits disclosure of the information
to a third party without prior written approval from the Agency; and
requires that each official and employee of the contractor sign an
agreement to protect the information from unauthorized release and to
handle it in accordance with the FIFRA Information Security Manual. In
addition, CBSI is 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 to this
contractor until the above requirements have been fully satisfied.
Records of information provided to this contractor will be maintained
by the Project Officer for this contract in the EPA Office of Pesticide
Programs.
All information supplied to CBSI by EPA for use in connection with
this contract will be returned to EPA when CBSI has completed its work.
List of Subjects
Environmental Protection, Transfer of data.
Dated: July 28, 1999.
Richard D. Schmitt,
Acting Director, Information Resources and Services Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 99-20702 Filed 8-10-99; 8:45 am]
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