[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 189 (Wednesday, September 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52254-52255]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26164]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPPTS-140274; FRL-6031-9]
Access to Confidential Business Information by Battelle Memorial
Institute
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA has authorized its contractor Battelle Memorial Institute
(BMI), of Columbus, Ohio, access to information which has been
submitted to EPA under sections 4, 5, 6, 8(a), 11, and 21 of the Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA). Some of the information may be claimed
or determined to be confidential business information (CBI).
DATES: Access to the confidential data by BMI occurred as a result of
an approved waiver dated September 1, 1998, which requested granting
BMI immediate access to TSCA CBI. This waiver was necessary to allow
BMI to provide statistical, mathematical, field data collection and
technical analysis support and planning for Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) programs.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Hazen, Director, Environmental
Assistance Division (7408), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics,
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. E-545, 401 M St., SW., Washington,
DC 20460, (202) 554-1404, TDD: (202) 554-0551; e-mail: TSCA-
Hotline@epamail.epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under contract number 68-D5-0008, contractor
BMI of 505 King Avenue, Columbus, OH, will assist OPPT by providing
statistical, mathematical, field data collection and technical analysis
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support and planning for OPPT programs.
In accordance with 40 CFR 2.306(j), EPA has determined that under
EPA contract number 68-D5-0008, BMI will require access to CBI
submitted to EPA under sections 4, 5, 6, 8(a), 11 and 21 of TSCA to
perform successfully the duties specified under the contract. BMI
personnel will be given access to information submitted to EPA under
sections 4, 5, 6, 8(a), 11, and 21 of TSCA. Some of the information may
be claimed or determined to be CBI.
EPA is issuing this notice to inform all submitters of information
under sections 4, 5, 6, 8(a), 11, and 21 of TSCA that EPA may provide
BMI access to these CBI materials on a need-to-know basis only. All
access to TSCA CBI under this contract will take place at EPA
Headquarters and BMI's Columbus, OH facility.
BMI will be authorized access to TSCA CBI at their facility under
the EPA TSCA Confidential Business Information Security Manual. Before
access to TSCA CBI is authorized at BMI's site, EPA will perform the
required inspection of its facility and ensure that the facility is in
compliance with the manual. Upon completing review of the CBI
materials, BMI will return all transferred materials to EPA.
Clearance for access to TSCA CBI under this contract may continue
until March 2, 1999.
BMI personnel will be required to sign nondisclosure agreements and
will be briefed on appropriate security procedures before they are
permitted access to TSCA CBI.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Access to confidential business
information.
Dated: September 21, 1998.
Allan S. Abramson,
Director, Information Management Division, Office of Pollution and
Prevention and Toxics.
[FR Doc. 98-26164 Filed 9-29-98; 8:45 am]
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