[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 56 (Wednesday, March 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16409-16410]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-6658]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0038; FRL-8868-3]
Summitec 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 Summitec Corporation in
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accordance with 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3) and 2.308(i)(2). Summitec
Corporation has been awarded a contract to perform work for OPP, and
access to this information will enable Summitec Corporation to fulfill
the obligations of the contract.
DATES: Summitec Corporation will be given access to this information on
or before March 28, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mario Steadman, 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) 305-8338; 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 these contract numbers, the contractor will perform the
following: Support OPP and Agency position documents, review the
scientific technical assessments of potential hazards, exposures, and
risks of pesticides and their components to human health and the
environment. In addition, the contractor shall create Data Evaluation
Records including converting information such as the materials and
methods of a study into a format specified by the Program Office
including secondary and Quality Assurance (QA) contractor reviews, as
specified. The contractor may be tasked to draft risk assessments,
final rules for tolerances or tolerance exemptions, and regulatory
documents such as Biopesticide Regulatory Action Documents. This
contract involves no subcontractors.
OPP has determined that the contracts described in this document
involve work that is being conducted in connection with FIFRA.
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
contracts with Summitec Corporation prohibits use of the information
for any purpose not specified in these contracts; 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, Summitec 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 Summitec Corporation
until the requirements in this document have been fully satisfied.
Records of information provided to Summitec Corporation will be
maintained by EPA Project Officers for these contracts. All information
supplied to Summitec Corporation by EPA for use in connection with
these contracts will be returned to EPA when Summitec Corporation has
completed its work.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Business and industry, Government
contracts, Government property, Security measures.
Dated: March 15, 2011.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division,
Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2011-6658 Filed 3-22-11; 8:45 am]
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