[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 7, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13727-13728]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-5578]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-100166; FRL-6770-2]
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC); 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 Science Applications
International Corporation (SAIC) in accordance with 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3)
and 2.308(i)(2). SAIC has been awarded a contract to perform work for
OPP, and access to this information will enable SAIC to fulfill the
obligations of the contract.
DATES: SAIC will be given access to this information on or before
March 12, 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: [email protected].
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-W9-0060/000, the contractor will perform
the following:
The Contractor shall provide technical expertise necessary to
conduct analyses of samples of pesticide products, particularly
aluminum phosphide fumigants, to support possible enforcement actions
and provide expert testimony regarding the manner in which the analyses
were conducted. The analyses may require testing for both the active
ingredient and certain inert ingredients. The analyses of individual
samples will not be routinely scheduled but will be conducted as
necessary as products are found entering the marketplace. The analyses
will determine if the product contains the amount of active ingredient
as expressed on the product labeling and whether the active ingredient
or specified inert ingredients are within the certified limits
contained in the Confidential Statement of Formula (CSF) accepted in
connection with the pesticide's registration. The analytical method
will generally be specified by EPA and and ingredient may be required
to be analyzed by more than one method, using both wet and dry chemical
techniques. Analyses will be conducted in accordance with EPA quality
assurance procedures, chain of custody procedures, and procedures for
maintaining the security of CBI.
This contract involves no subcontractors.
The OPP has determined that the contract described in this document
involve 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
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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 SAIC, 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, SAIC 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 SAIC until
the requirements in this document have been fully satisfied. Records of
information provided to SAIC will be maintained by EPA Project Officers
for the contract. All information supplied to SAIC by EPA for use in
connection with the contract will be returned to EPA when SAIC has
completed its work.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Business and industry, Government
contracts, Government property, Security measures.
Dated: February 14, 2001.
Richard D. Schmitt,
Acting Director, Information Resources and Services Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 01-5578 Filed 3-6-01; 8:45 am]
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