96-22382. Contractor Access to Confidential Business Information Under the Clean Air Act

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 172 (Wednesday, September 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46641-46642]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22382]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5603-9]


Contractor Access to Confidential Business Information Under the 
Clean Air Act

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The EPA has authorized the following contractors for access to 
information that has been, or will be, submitted to EPA under section 
114 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) as amended. (1) Environmental Consulting 
and Research (EC/R) Incorporated, 3721-D University Drive, Durham, 
North Carolina 27707, contract number 68D60008, (prime contractor); (2) 
Environmental Investigations, 2327 Englert Drive, Suite 1, Durham, 
North Carolina 27713, contract number 68D60008, (subcontractor).
    Some of the information may be claimed to be confidential business 
information (CBI) by the submitter.

DATES: Access to confidential data submitted to EPA will occur no 
sooner than ten days after publication of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris Maxwell, Document Control 
Officer, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (MD-13), U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 
27711, [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA is issuing this notice to inform all

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submitters of information under section 114 of the CAA that EPA may 
provide the above mentioned contractors access to these materials on a 
need-to-know basis. These contractors will provide technical support to 
the Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) in economic 
impact assessment for Federal Air Pollution Control Regulations.
    In accordance with 40 CFR 2.301(h), EPA has determined that each 
contractor requires access to CBI submitted to EPA under sections 112 
and 114 of the CAA in order to perform work satisfactorily under the 
above noted contracts. The contractors' personnel will be given access 
to information submitted under section 114 of the CAA. Some of the 
information may be claimed or determined to be CBI. The contractors' 
personnel will be required to sign nondisclosure agreements and will be 
briefed on appropriate security procedures before they are permitted 
access to CBI. All contractor access to CAA CBI will take place at the 
contractors' facility. Each contractor will have appropriate procedures 
and facilities in place to safeguard the CAA CBI to which the 
contractor has access.
    Clearance for access to CAA CBI is scheduled to expire on September 
30, 1998 under contract 68D40099 and on September 30, 1997 under 
contract 68D40107.

    Dated: August 23, 1996.
Mary D. Nichols,
Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 96-22382 Filed 9-3-96; 8:45 am]
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