[Federal Register: February 1, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 22)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8523-5]
Access to Confidential Business Information by Enrollees Under
the Senior Environmental Employment Program
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA has authorized grantee organizations under the Senior
Environmental Employment (SEE) Program and their enrollees access to
information which has been submitted to EPA under the environmental
statutes administered by the Agency. Some of this information may be
claimed or determined to be confidential business information (CBI).
DATES: Comments concerning CBI access will be accepted on or before
February 8, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be submitted to: Susan Street, National
Program Director, Senior Environmental Employment Program (MC 3605A),
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Ariel Rios Building, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Street at (202) 564-0410.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Senior Environmental Employment (SEE)
program is authorized by the Environmental Programs Assistance Act of
1984 (Pub. L. 98-313), which provides that the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency may ``make grants to, or enter into
cooperative agreements with,'' specified private nonprofit
organizations for the purpose of ``providing technical assistance to
Federal, State, and local environmental agencies for projects of
pollution prevention, abatement, and control.'' Cooperative agreements
under the SEE program provide support for many functions in the Agency,
including clerical support, staffing hot lines, providing support to
Agency enforcement activities, providing library services, compiling
data, and support in scientific, engineering, financial, and other
areas.
In performing these tasks, grantees and cooperators under the SEE
program and their enrollees may have access to potentially all
documents submitted under the Clean Air Act (CAA), the Clean Water Act
(CWA), the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), the Emergency Planning & Community Right-to-
Know Act (EPCRA), the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), and
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act (CERCLA), to the extent that these statutes allow disclosure of
confidential information to ``authorized representatives of the United
States'' or to ``contractors.'' Some of these documents may contain
information claimed as confidential.
EPA provides confidential information to enrollees working under
the following cooperative agreements:
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Cooperative Agreement No. Organization
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National Association for Hispanic Elderly
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QS-833757.............................. NAHE
Q-833436............................... NAHE
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National Asian Pacific Center on Aging
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Q-832831............................... NAPCA
Q-832943............................... NAPCA
Q-832965............................... NAPCA
Q-832972............................... NAPCA
Q-832973............................... NAPCA
Q-832974............................... NAPCA
QS-833084.............................. NAPCA
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National Caucus and Center on Black Aged, Inc.
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Q-832975............................... NCBA
Q-832977............................... NCBA
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National Council On the Aging, Inc.
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Q-832828............................... NCOA
Q-832970............................... NCOA
Q-833413............................... NCOA
Q-833439............................... NCOA
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National Older Workers Career Center
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Q-832838............................... NOWCC
Q-832852............................... NOWCC
Q-832889............................... NOWCC
Q-832890............................... NOWCC
Q-832891............................... NOWCC
Q-832892............................... NOWCC
Q-832893............................... NOWCC
Q-832922............................... NOWCC
Q-832925............................... NOWCC
Q-832928............................... NOWCC
Q-832945............................... NOWCC
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Senior Service America, Inc.
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Q-832621............................... SSAI
Q-832961............................... SSAI
Q-832969............................... SSAI
Q-832979............................... SSAI
Q-833379............................... SSAI
Q-833383............................... SSAI
Q-833403............................... SSAI
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Among the procedures established by EPA confidentiality regulations
for granting access to confidential business information is
notification to the
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submitters of CBI that SEE-grantee organizations and their enrollees
will have access to this information. See 40 CFR 2.301(h)(2)(iii) for
information submitted under the CAA, 40 CFR 350.23 for EPCRA, and
corresponding provisions of 40 CFR 2.302-2.311, for other statutes
listed above. This document is intended to fulfill that requirement.
The grantee organizations are required by the cooperative
agreements to protect confidential information. SEE enrollees are
required to sign confidentiality agreements and to adhere to the same
security procedures as Federal employees.
Dated: January 28, 2008.
Susan Street,
SEE Program Manager, HQ Operations Division, Immediate Office.
[FR Doc. E8-1887 Filed 1-31-08; 8:45 am]
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