[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 166 (Wednesday, August 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 45413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22806]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-00497; FRL-5736-7]
Science Application International Corporation and DynCorp 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 Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
(FFDCA). Science Application International Corporation (SAIC) and its
subcontractor, DynCorp Inc., have been awarded a contract to perform
work for the EPA Office of Compliance, and will be provided access to
certain information submitted to EPA under FIFRA and FFDCA. Some of
this information may have been claimed to be confidential business
information (CBI) by submitters. This information will be transferred
to SAIC and DynCorp Inc. consistent with the requirements of 40 CFR
2.307(h)(3) and 40 CFR 2.308(i)(2), and will enable SAIC and DynCorp
Inc. to fulfill the obligations of the contract.
DATES: SAIC and DynCorp Inc. will be given access to this information
no sooner than September 2, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: BeWanda Alexander,
Information Resources and Services Division (7502C), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,
Washington, DC 20460. Office location, telephone number, and e-mail
address: Rm. 700N, Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway,
Arlington, VA, (703) 305-5259, e-mail:
alexander.bewanda@epamail.epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under Contract No. 68-W1-0055, SAIC and
DynCorp Inc. will provide development and enhancement support to the
Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance's (OECA) pesticides and
toxics automated data systems. OECA and its Regional office utilize
these data systems to support field implementation of OECA's compliance
and enforcement policies and priorities.
The Office of Compliance and the Office of Pesticide Programs have
jointly determined that the contract herein described involves work
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. 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 requirements of 40 CFR 2.307(h)(2), the
contract with SAIC and DynCorp Inc. prohibits use of the information
for any purpose other than 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, SAIC and DynCorp 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 to this contractor until
the above requirements have been fully satisfied. Records of
information provided to this contractor and subcontractor will be
maintained by the Project Officer for this contract in the EPA Office
of Compliance. All information supplied to SAIC and DynCorp Inc. by EPA
for use in connection with this contract will be returned to EPA when
SAIC and DynCorp Inc. have completed their work.
Dated: August 7, 1997.
Daniel M. Barolo,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 97-22806 Filed 8-26-97; 8:45 am]
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