[Federal Register: February 26, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 38)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPPT-2002-0049; FRL-7293-1]
Access to Confidential Business Information by Geologics
Corporation
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA has authorized Geologics Corporation, of Alexandria, VA,
access to information which has been submitted to EPA under sections 4,
5, 6, and 8 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Some of the
information may be claimed or determined to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI).
DATES: Access to the confidential data submitted to EPA under sections
4, 5, 6, and 8 of TSCA occurred as a result of an approved waiver dated
July 31, 2002.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara A. Cunningham, Acting
Director, Environmental Assistance Division (7408M), Office of
Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202)
554-1404; e-mail address: TSCA-Hotline@.epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this Notice Apply to Me?
This action is directed to the public in general. This action may,
however, be of interest to those persons who are or may be required to
conduct testing of chemical substances under TSCA. Since other entities
may also be interested, 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 Copies of this Document and Other Related Documents?
1. Docket. EPA has established an official public docket for this
action under docket identification (ID) number OPPT-2002-0049. The
official public docket consists of the documents specifically
referenced in this action,
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any public comments received, and other information related to this
action. Although a part of the official docket, the public docket does
not include CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by
statute. The official public docket is the collection of materials that
is available for public viewing at the EPA Docket Center, Rm. B102-
Reading Room, EPA West, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC.
The EPA Docket Center is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The EPA Docket Center Reading
Room telephone number is (202) 566-1744 and the telephone number for
the OPPT Docket, which is located in EPA Docket Center, is (202) 566-
0280.
2. Electronic access. You may access this Federal Register document
electronically through the EPA Internet under the ``Federal Register''
listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.
An electronic version of the public docket is available through
EPA's electronic public docket and comment system, EPA Dockets. You may
use EPA Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/ to submit or view public
use EPA Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/ to submit or view public
comments, access the index listing of the contents of the official
public docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that
are available electronically. Although not all docket materials may be
available electronically, you may still access any of the publicly
available docket materials through the docket facility identified in
Unit I.B.1. Once in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the
appropriate docket ID number.
II. What Action is the Agency Taking?
Under Contract Number GS-00K97AFD2140, Delivery Order Number 2W-
0947-YBSW, Geologics Corporation, of 5285 Shawnee Road, Suite 210,
Alexandria, VA, will assist the Office of Pollution Prevention and
Toxics (OPPT) in providing technical and administrative support for
meetings related to investigation of chemicals and biotechnology
products for possible regulatory or other control actions. They will
also provide computer data base support related to providing
information on chemical regulatory actions and related policy
decisions.
In accordance with 40 CFR 2.306(j), EPA has determined that under
Contract Number GS-00K97AFD2140, Delivery Order Number 2W-0947-YBSW,
Geologics Coporation will require access to CBI submitted to EPA under
sections 4, 5, 6, and 8 of TSCA, to perform successfully the duties
specified under the contract.
Geologics personnel was given access to information submitted to
EPA under sections 4, 5, 6, and 8 of TSCA. Some of the information may
be claimed or determined to be CBI.
Geologics was granted a waiver July 31, 2002. This waiver was
necessary to allow Geologics to assist the Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) in the activities listed above.
EPA is issuing this notice to inform all submitters of information
under sections 4, 5, 6, and 8 of TSCA, that the Agency may provide
Geologics access to these CBI materials on a need-to-know basis only.
All access to TSCA CBI under this contract will take place at EPA
Headquarters.
Geologics will be required to adhere to all provisions of EPA's
TSCA Confidential Business Information Security Manual.
Clearance for access to TSCA CBI under this contract may continue
until July 31, 2004.
Geologics personnel will be required to sign nondisclosure
agreements and will be briefed on appropriate security procedures
before they are permitted access to TSCA CBI.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Confidential business information.
Dated: February 10, 2003.
Allan S. Abramson,
Director, Information Management Division, Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics.
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