[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 172 (Friday, September 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 46967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23627]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-00500; FRL-5741-7]
Miller Reporting Company, 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). Miller Reporting Company, Inc. (MRC) has been awarded a
contract to perform work for the EPA Office of Administrative Law
Judges and Office of Pesticide Programs, 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 MRC consistent with the requirements of 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3) and 40
CFR 2.308(i)(2), and will enable MRC to fulfill the obligations of the
contract.
DATES: MRC will be given access to this information no sooner than
September 10, 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. 7W-4428-NASA, MRC will
provide stenographic support services to EPA's Office of Administrative
Law Judges required to cover the hearing in regards to E.I. duPont de
Nemours & Co., Inc., Docket No. FIFRA 95-H-02. This contract involves
no subcontractors.
The Office of Administrative Law Judges and Office of Pesticide
Programs have jointly determined that the contract herein 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. 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)(3), the
contract with MRC 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, MRC 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
Administrative Law Judges. All information supplied to MRC by EPA for
use in connection with this contract will be returned to EPA when MRC
has completed its work.
Dated: August 22, 1997.
Daniel M. Barolo,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 97-23627 Filed 9-4-97; 8:45 am]
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