[Federal Register: April 14, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 72)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPPT-2003-0004; FRL-7354-5]
Access to Confidential Business Information by Syracuse Research
Corporation
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA has authorized its contractor Syracuse Research
Corporation (SRC), of Syracuse, NY, access to information which has
been submitted to EPA under sections 4, 5, 6, 8, and 21 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 will occur no sooner than April
21, 2004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colby Lintner, Regulatory Coordinator,
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-2003-0004. The
official public docket consists of the documents specifically
referenced in this action, 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
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 EP-W-04-019, SRC of 301 Plainfield Road,
Suite 350, Syracuse, NY, will assist EPA in by providing expertise in
the health and environmental sciences, including biotechnology and
biostatistics; performing hazard and exposure assessments at the
screening level; performing hazard assessments, risk assessments and
characteristics of new and existing chemicals; performing expert
analysis of science issues and questions; organizing review panels/
workgroups/workshop/symposia; assisting in developing test guidelines/
standards; providing automatic data processing, information management
support, and literature and translation support.
In accordance with 40 CFR 2.306(j), EPA has determined that under
Contract Number EP-W-04-019, SRC will require access to CBI submitted
to EPA under sections 4, 5, 6, 8, and 21 of TSCA, to perform
successfully the duties specified under the contract.
SRC personnel will be given information submitted to EPA under
sections 4, 5, 6, 8, and 21 of TSCA. Some of the information may be
claimed or determined to be CBI.
EPA is issuing this notice to inform all submitters of information
under sections 4, 5, 6, 8, and 21 of TSCA, that the Agency may provide
SRC 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 and SRC's Syracuse, NY and Arlington, VA facilities. SRC
personnel will be required to adhere to all provisions of EPA's TSCA
Confidential Business Information Protection Manual.
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Clearance for access to TSCA CBI under Contract Number EP-W-04-019
may continue until March 31, 2009. Access will commence no sooner than
April 21, 2004.
SRC personnel have signed 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: April 5, 2004.
Brion Cook,
Director, Information Management Division, Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics.
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