[Federal Register: January 23, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 15)]
[Notices]
[Page 3968-3969]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0038; FRL-8346-8]
Project Performance Corporation; 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 transferred to Project Performance
Corporation in accordance with 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3) and 2.308(i)(2).
Project Performance Corporation has been awarded a contract to perform
work for OPP, and access to this information will enable Project
Performance Corporation to fulfill the obligations of the contract.
DATES: Project Performance Corporation will be given access to this
information on or before January 28, 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-2007-0038. 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-05-023 Task Order 36, this contract shall
provide enterprise architecture support to the Enterprise Architect for
the Information Technology and Resources Management Division. The
contractor
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requires access to processes and procedures that may contain FIFRA and
CBI related data.
This contract involves no subcontractors.
The 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 Project Performance Corporation, 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, Project Performance
Corporation 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 Project
Performance Corporation until the requirements in this document have
been fully satisfied. Records of information provided to Project
Performance Corporation will be maintained by EPA Project Officers for
this contract. All information supplied to Project Performance
Corporation by EPA for use in connection with this contract will be
returned to EPA when Project Performance Corporation has completed its
work.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Business and industry, Government
contracts, Government property, Security measures.
Dated: January 10, 2008.
Oscar Morales,
Acting Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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