[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 16, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14392-14393]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-5974]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0038; FRL-8865-6]
GeoLogics 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 GeoLogics Corporation in
accordance with 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3) and 2.308(i)(2). GeoLogics
Corporation has been awarded a contract to perform work for OPP, and
access to this information will enable GeoLogics Corporation to fulfill
the obligations of the contract.
DATES: GeoLogics Corporation will be given access to this information
on or before March 21, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mario Steadman, Information Technology
and Resources Management Division (7502P), Office of Pesticide
Programs, 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-8338; e-mail address:
[email protected].
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?
EPA has established a docket for this action under docket
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0038. 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.
II. Contractor Requirements
Under Contract No. EP10H002173, the contractor will perform the
following: The Laboratory Data Integrity Branch (LDIB) within the
Office of Compliance (OC) is charged with the responsibility of
conducting Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) inspections under FIFRA and
the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The LDIB utilizes a database
known as Laboratory lnformation and Study Audit (LISA) to aid them in
targeting future inspections and tracking and documenting historical
inspections. LISA maintains records of test substance chemicals and
their metabolites, the registrants and sponsors of these chemicals, and
the laboratories employed by the sponsors to test these chemicals. LISA
also maintains EPA inspection findings, the identity of the inspection
team, and the dates the inspection was conducted. LISA also aids the
branch is generating end of year reports to the branch chief and
correspondence.
LISA also has the ability to interface with the OPP database known
as, Office of Pesticide Programs lnformation network (OPPIN). This link
provides LDIB with a list of laboratories regulated by GLPS and
therefore subject to GLP inspections. Information from OPP provides up-
to-date information regarding studies, test facilities,
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sponsors, guidelines, and test substance chemicals.
The purpose of this Statement of Work is to identify, evaluate, and
write new system software for the modernization of the LDIB data
management system known as LISA. The LDIB utilizes LISA to aid the
branch in targeting, monitoring and documenting historical GLP
inspection Information. Additionally, LISA maintains historical GLP
inspection findings, inspection team Information, and inspection dates.
LISA also aids the LDB by generating end of year reports to the branch
chief, including EPA correspondence to the regulated community. The
objective of LISA modernization is to: Increase the accessibility of
LISA from remote locations, i.e., Denver field office, reduce
inefficiencies created by the existing antiquated software, improve the
overall performance of the system, and ensure better integrity of the
data stored in the database system.
This contract involves no subcontractors.
OPP has determined that the contract described in this document
involve 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 GeoLogics Corporation, prohibits use of the information
for any purpose not specified in the 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, GeoLogics 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 GeoLogics Corporation
until the requirements in this document have been fully satisfied.
Records of information provided to GeoLogics Corporation will be
maintained by EPA Project Officers for the contract. All information
supplied to GeoLogics Corporation by EPA for use in connection with
these contract will be returned to EPA when GeoLogics Corporation has
completed its work.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Business and industry, Government
contract, Government property, Security measures.
Dated: March 4, 2011.
Michael Hardy,
Acting Director, Information Technology and Resources Management
Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2011-5974 Filed 3-15-11; 8:45 am]
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