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Federal Register: May 19, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 96)NoticesPage 27254From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

OPP-100142; FRL-6080-2Armstrong Data Services; Transfer of Data

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This is a notice to certain persons who have submitted information to EPA in connection with pesticide information requirements imposed under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). Armstrong Data Services has been awarded a contract to perform work for the EPA Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) and EPA, and will be provided access to certain information submitted to EPA under FIFRA and the FFDCA. Some of this information may have been claimed to be confidential business information (CBI) by submitters. This information will be transferred to Armstrong Data Services consistent with the requirements of 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3) and 2.308(i)(2), and will enable Armstrong Data Services to fulfill the obligations of the contract.

DATES: Armstrong Data Services will be given access to this information no sooner than May 24, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Richard Schmitt, Information Security Officer Information Resources Services Division (7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. Office location, telephone number, and e-mail address: Rm. 703, Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, (703) 305-5484; e-mail: schmitt.richard@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under Contract No. 68-W5-0024, Delivery Order Number 246, Armstrong Data Services will provide technical support to EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs in the development of activities related to preparation and issuance of reregistration eligibility documents and product-specific reregistration. This contract involves no subcontractors. The Office of Pesticide Programs has determined that the contract herein described 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 the FFDCA.

In accordance with the requirements of 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3), the contract with Armstrong Data Services 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, Armstrong Data Services 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 this contractor until the above requirements have been fully satisfied. Records of information provided to this contractor will be maintained by the Delivery Order Project Officer for this contract in the EPA Office of Pesticide Programs.

All information supplied to Armstrong Data Services by EPA for use in connection with this contract will be returned to EPA when Armstrong Data Services have completed its work.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Transfer of data.

Dated: May 7, 1999.

Richard D. Schmitt,

Acting Director, Information Resources and Services Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

FR Doc. 99-12483Filed5-18-99; 8:45 amBILLING CODE 6560-50-F

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