[Federal Register: December 17, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 243)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0002; FRL-8394-6]
Ace Info Solutions, Inc.; 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
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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 transferred to Ace
Info Solutions, Inc., in accordance with 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3) and
2.308(i)(2). Ace Info Solutions, Inc., has been awarded multiple
contracts to perform work for OPP, and access to this information will
enable Ace Info Solutions, Inc., to fulfill the obligations of these
contracts.
DATES: Ace Info Solutions, Inc., will be given access to this
information on or before December 22, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Felicia Croom, Information Technology
and Resources Management Division (7502P), Office of Pesticide
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-0786; e-mail
address: croom.felicia@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 Copies of this Document and Other Related Information?
1. Docket. EPA has established a docket for this action under
docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0002. Publicly
available docket materials are available either in the electronic
docket at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard
copy, at the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public
Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal
Dr., Arlington, VA. The hours of operation of this Docket Facility are
from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The Docket Facility telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
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.
II. Contractor Requirements
Under Contract No. EP-W-09-001, the contractor will perform the
following:
Build quickly small applications to fill specific or
emergency needs which fall outside of the scope of work of the OPP
Infrastructure Maintenance contract. This maintenance and application
enhancement work may be in Oracle, Lotus Notes, Domino, Lotus
Enterprise Integrator (LEI), Documentum, Business Objects, or any other
software application platform that may be housed on OPP' s servers, or
on other Agency servers at EPA Headquarters, or at EPA' s computer
facility in Research Triangle Park, NC. The contractors will provide
maintenance, application enhancements, and documenting existing
applications.
This contract covers those activities.
This contract involves no subcontractors.
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 Ace Info Solutions, Inc., prohibits use of the
information for any purpose not specified in this 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, Ace Info Solutions, Inc., 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 Ace Info Solutions,
Inc., until the requirements in this document have been fully
satisfied. Records of information provided to Ace Info Solutions, Inc.,
will be maintained by the EPA Project Officer for this contract. All
information supplied to Ace Info Solutions, Inc., by EPA for use in
connection with this contract will be returned to EPA when Ace Info
Solutions, Inc., has completed its work.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Business and industry, Government
contracts, Government property, Security measures.
Dated: December 3, 2008.
Kathryn Bouve
Acting Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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