[Federal Register: January 24, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 16)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-100165; FRL-6762-3]
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation Aerospace; Transfer of Data
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces that pesticide related information
submitted to EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) pursuant to the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), including information
that may have been claimed as Confidential Business Information (CBI)
by the submitter, will be tranferred to Arctic Slope Regional
Corporation (ASRC) Aerospace in accordance with 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3) and
2.308(i)(2). ASRC Aerospace has been awarded multiple contracts to
perform work for
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OPP, and access to this information will enable ASRC Aerospace to
fulfill the obligations of the contract.
DATES: ASRC Aerospace will be given access to this information on or
before January 29, 2001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Erik R. Johnson, FIFRA
Security Officer, Information Resources and Services Division (7502C),
Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (703)
305-7248; e-mail address: johnson.erik@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
This action applies to the public in general. As such, 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
applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
B. How Can I Get Additional Information, Including Copies of this
Document and Other Related Documents?
You may obtain electronic copies of this document, and certain
other related documents that might be available electronically, from
the EPA Internet Home Page at http://www.epa.gov/. To access this
document, on the Home Page select ``Laws and Regulations,''
``Regulations and Proposed Rules,'' and then look up the entry for this
document under the ``Federal Register--Environmental Documents.'' You
can also go directly to the Federal Register listings at http://
www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.
II. Contractor Requirements
Under contract number 68-W0-0102, work assignment 003, the
contractor will perform the following:
With the passage of the Food Quality Protection Act and
reorganization initiatives, the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP)
created the Antimicrobials Division (AD) and gave it responsibility for
a range of science and regulatory functions including issuing
Reregistration Eligibility Decisions (REDs) for antimicrobial
pesticides.
REDs are the mechanisms through which EPA announces a pesticide's
eligibility for reregistration. All pesticides sold or distributed in
the United States must be initially registered by the EPA prior to sale
or distribution. The reregistration process is necessary to ensure that
older pesticides meet today's standards for ensuring human and
environmental health.
The purpose of the contract is to provide information and records
management assistance to Chemical Review Managers (CRMs) and the
Reregistration Team. The scope of work includes activities related to
the preparation and issuance of REDs and Product Specific
Reregistration.
This contract involves no subcontractors.
OPP has determined that the contract described in this document
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 ASRC Aerospace, 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, ASRC Aerospace 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 ASRC Aerospace until the requirements in this
document have been fully satisfied. Records of information provided to
ASRC Aerospace will be maintained by EPA Project Officers for the
contract. All information supplied to ASRC Aerospace by EPA for use in
connection with the contract will be returned to EPA when ASRC
Aerospace has completed its work.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Business and industry, Government
contracts, Government property, Security measures.
Dated: January 2, 2001.
Joanne Martin,
Acting Director, Information Resources and Services Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
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