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Access to Confidential Business Information by Industrial Economics, Inc. and Its Subcontractors, Cascadia Consulting, DPRA, Inc., Energy and Environmental Research Corporation (A Subsidiary of General Electric) (``EERGC''), ERG Corporation, Indtai, Inc., Menzie Cura, Ross & Associates, and RTI International

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  [Federal Register: January 30, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 19)]
[Notices]
[Page 4262]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr30ja07-62]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8274-3]

Access to Confidential Business Information by Industrial
Economics, Inc. and Its Subcontractors, Cascadia Consulting, DPRA,
Inc., Energy and Environmental Research Corporation (A Subsidiary of
General Electric) (``EERGC''), ERG Corporation, Indtai, Inc., Menzie
Cura, Ross & Associates, and RTI International

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of access to data and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: EPA will authorize its contractor, Industrial Economics, Inc.,
and its subcontractors, Cascadia Consulting, DPRA, Inc., Energy and
Environmental Research Corporation (a subsidiary of General Electric)
(``EERGC''), ERG Corporation, Indtai, Inc., Menzie Cura, Ross &
Associates, and RTI International to access Confidential Business
Information (CBI) which has been submitted to EPA under the authority
of all sections of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) of
1976, as amended. EPA has issued regulations (40 CFR Part 2, Subpart B)
that outline business confidentiality provisions for the Agency and
require all EPA Offices that receive information designated by the
submitter as CBI to abide by these provisions.

DATES: Access to confidential data submitted to EPA will occur no
sooner than February 9, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to LaShan Haynes, Document Control
Officer, Office of Solid Waste (5305P), U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. Comments
should be identified as ``Access to Confidential Data.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LaShan Haynes, Document Control
Officer, Office of Solid Waste (5305P), U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, 703-605-0516.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Access to Confidential Business Information

    Under EPA Contract No. EP-W-07-011, Industrial Economics, Inc., and
its subcontractors, Cascadia Consulting, DPRA, Inc., EERGC, ERG
Corporation, Indtai, Inc., Menzie Cura, Ross & Associates, and RTI
International will assist the Economics, Methods, Risk Analysis
Division of the Office of Solid Waste (OSW) with data and information
collection, analysis, and management; regulatory assessment including
costs, benefits, and economic and other impacts; program
transformation, evaluation and support; hazard, exposure, and risk
assessment support; and, document preparation. OSW collects data from
industry to support the RCRA hazardous waste regulatory program. Some
of the data collected from industry are claimed by industry to contain
trade secrets or CBI. In accordance with the provisions of 40 CFR Part
2, Subpart B, OSW has established policies procedures for handling
information collected from industry, under the authority of RCRA,
including RCRA Confidential Business Information Security Manuals.
Industrial Economics, Inc., and its subcontractors, Cascadia
Consulting, DPRA, Inc., EERGC, ERG Corporation, Indtai, Inc., Menzie
Cura, Ross & Associates, and RTI International, shall protect from
unauthorized disclosure all information designated as confidential and
shall abide by all RCRA CBI requirements, including procedures outlined
in the RCRA CBI Security Manual.
    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued regulations (40
CFR Part 2, Subpart B) that outline business confidentiality provisions
for the Agency and require all EPA Offices that receive information
designated by the submitter as CBI to abide by these provisions.
Industrial Economics, Inc., and its subcontractors, Cascadia
Consulting, DPRA, Inc., EERGC, ERG Corporation, Indtai, Inc., Menzie
Cura, Ross & Associates, and RTI International will be authorized to
have access to RCRA CBI under the EPA ``Contractor Requirements for the
Control and Security of RCRA Confidential Business Information Security
Manual.''
    EPA is issuing this notice to inform all submitters of information
under all sections of RCRA that EPA will provide Industrial Economics,
Inc. and its subcontractors, Cascadia Consulting, DPRA, Inc., EERGC,
ERG Corporation, Indtai, Inc., Menzie Cura, Ross & Associates, and RTI
International, access to the CBI records located in the RCRA
Confidential Business Information Center. Access to RCRA CBI under this
contract will take place at EPA Headquarters only. Contractor personnel
will be required to sign non-disclosure agreements and will be briefed
on appropriate security procedures before they are permitted access to
confidential information.

    Dated: January 18, 2007.
Matthew Hale,
Director, Office of Solid Waste.
[FR Doc. E7-1424 Filed 1-29-07; 8:45 am]
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