Eastern Research Group, Inc.; Transfer of Data (March 2021)

• Published date: 25 March 2021
• Citation: 86 FR 15940
• Record Number: 2021-06173
• Section: Notices
• Court: Environmental Protection Agency

Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 56 (Thursday, March 25, 2021)

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 56 (Thursday, March 25, 2021)]
                [Notices]
                [Page 15940]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2021-06173]
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                ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
                [EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0081; FRL-10022-00]
                Eastern Research Group, Inc.; Transfer of Data (March 2021)
                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 Eastern Research Group, Inc.
                in accordance with the CBI regulations. Eastern Research Group, Inc.
                has been awarded a contract to perform work for OPP, and access to this
                information will enable Eastern Research Group, Inc. to fulfill the
                obligations of the contract.
                DATES: Eastern Research Group, Inc. will be given access to this
                information on or before March 30, 2021.
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Northern, 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) 305-6478
                email address: [email protected].
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                I. 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.
                II. Contractor Requirements
                 Under these contract numbers, the contractor will perform the
                following:
                 Under Contract No. 68HERC21D0007. The Contractor shall prepare and
                deliver reports, including plans, evaluations, studies, analyses, and
                manuals in accordance with Attachment 1--Performance Work Statement.
                Each report shall cite the contract number, identify the U.S.
                Environmental Protection Agency as the sponsoring agency, and identify
                the name of the Contractor preparing the report.
                 This contract involves no subcontractors.
                 OPP has determined that the contract described in this notice
                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 FIFRA sections 3, 4, 6,
                and 7 and under FFDCA sections 408 and 409.
                 In accordance with the requirements of 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3), the
                contract with Eastern Research Group, Inc. prohibits use of the
                information for any purpose not specified in these 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, Eastern Research Group, 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 Eastern Research Group,
                Inc. until the requirements in this document have been fully satisfied.
                Records of information provided to Eastern Research Group, Inc. will be
                maintained by EPA Project Officers for this contract. All information
                supplied to Eastern Research Group, Inc. by EPA for use in connection
                with this contract will be returned to EPA when Eastern Research Group,
                Inc. has completed its work.
                 Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.; 21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.
                 Dated: March 19, 2021.
                Delores Barber,
                Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division,
                Office of Program Support.
                [FR Doc. 2021-06173 Filed 3-24-21; 8:45 am]
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