[Federal Register: March 19, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 53)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-100169; FRL-6773-8]
The George Washington University, Writing Center; 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 The George Washington
University, Writing Center in accordance with 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3) and
2.308(i)(2). The George Washington University, Writing Center has been
awarded a contract to perform work for OPP, and access to this
information will enable The George Washington University, Writing
Center to fulfill the obligations of the contract.
DATES: The George Washington University, Writing Center will be given
access to this information on or before March 26, 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 01-01-0851/000, the contractor will perform
the following:
Scientists must determine the risk of each pesticide to be
registered or reregistered according to its use. Such risk assessments
must be communicated in writings of ``plain language'' as mandated by
former President Clinton in his memorandum, dated June 1, 1998.
The purpose of this service is to ensure or make certain that
scientists can transition from scientific/technical writers into
competent writers of information intended for the lay public. They will
be trained to produce risk assessments that are structured logically,
that avoid redundancy, and that use active instead of passive voice.
Each risk assessment will be written to express the hazard and exposure
as well as the estimate of potential risks (e.g., exposure and safety
factors for infants and children, assessing pesticide exposure from
food, assessing pesticide exposure from drinking water, assessing
residential pesticide exposure and assessing occupational pesticide
exposure.) The risk estimates are used to support risk management
decisions and are the basis of risk communication.
The contractor shall work with a base of 20 EPA/OPP students
individually and develop a needs assessment specific to each
individual.
The contract involves no subcontractors.
The 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 The George Washington University, Writing Center
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
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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, The
George Washington University, Writing Center 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 The George Washington University, Writing Center
until the requirements in this document have been fully satisfied.
Records of information provided to The George Washington University,
Writing Center will be maintained by EPA Project Officers for the
contract. All information supplied to The George Washington University,
Writing Center by EPA for use in connection with the contract will be
returned to EPA when The George Washington University, Writing Center
has completed its work.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Business and industry, Government
contracts, Government property, Security measures.
Dated: February 28, 2001.
Richard D. Schmitt,
Director, Information Resources and Services Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 01-6712 Filed 3-16-01; 8:45 am]
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