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Contractor Access to Confidential Business Information Under the Clean Air Act

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[Federal Register: January 20, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 13)]
[Notices]
[Page 3231]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr20ja00-66]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6526-7]


Contractor Access to Confidential Business Information Under the
Clean Air Act

AGENCY:  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION:  Notice.

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SUMMARY:  The EPA has authorized the following contractor and
subcontractors for access to information that has been, or will be,
submitted to EPA under sections 108-112, 114, 129 and 183 of the Clean
Air Act (CAA) as amended: Research Triangle Institute, 3040 Cornwallis
Road, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709; Pechan-Avanti
Group, 5537-C Hempstead Way, Springfield, Virginia 22151; Stratus
Consulting, Inc., Suite 201, 1881 Ninth Street, Boulder, Colorado
80302; Mathtech, Inc., Suite 111, 202 Carnegie Center, Princeton, New
Jersey 08540; The Kevric Company, Inc., Suite 610, 8401 Colesville
Road, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 under contract number 68-D-99-024.
    Some of the information may be claimed to be confidential business
information (CBI) by the submitter.

DATES:  Access to confidential data submitted to EPA under the CAA will
occur no sooner than 10 days after issuance of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Melva Toomer, Document Control
Officer, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (MD-11), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
27711, (919) 541-0880.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  The EPA is issuing this notice to inform
all submitters of information under sections 108-112, 114, 129 and 183
of the CAA that EPA may provide the above mentioned contractor and
subcontractors access to these materials on a need-to-know basis. This
contractor and subcontractors will provide technical support to the
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) in the analyses of
cost and benefits of actual or potential EPA action taken under the
CAA.
    In accordance with 40 CFR, part 2. subparts B and other EPA
regulations and policies, EPA has determined that this contractor and
subcontractors require access to CBI, submitted to EPA under sections
108-112, 114, 129 and 183 of the CAA, in order to perform work
satisfactorily under the above noted contract. The contractor and
subcontractor personnel will be given access to information submitted
under the above mentioned section of the CAA. Some of the information
may be claimed or determined to be CBI. The contractor and
subcontractor personnel will be required to sign nondisclosure
agreements and will be briefed on appropriate security procedures
before they are permitted access to CAA CBI. All access to CAA CBI will
take place at the prime contractor's facility. This prime contractor
has appropriate procedures and facilities in place to safeguard the CAA
CBI to which the contractor has access.
    Clearance for access to CAA CBI is scheduled to expire on September
30, 2004 under contract 68-D-99-024.

    Dated: January 11, 2000.
Robert Brenner,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 00-1363 Filed 1-19-00; 8:45 am]
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