Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (ASRC) Aerospace; Transfer of Data

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 [Federal Register: December 6, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 235)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-100162; FRL-6757-4]


Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (ASRC) Aerospace; 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 tranferred to Arctic Slope Regional
Corporation (ASRC) Aerospace in accordance with 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3) and
2.308(i)(2). ASRC Aerospace has been awarded a contract to perform work
for OPP, and access to this information will enable ASRC Aerospace to
fulfill the obligations of the contract.

DATES:  ASRC Aerospace will be given access to this information on or
before December 11, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Erik R. Johnson, FIFRA
Security Officer, Information Resources and Services Division (7502C),
Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 703-
305-7248; e-mail address: johnson.erik@epa.gov.

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 Additional Information, Including Copies of this
Document and Other Related Documents?

    You may obtain electronic copies of this document, and certain
other related documents that might be available electronically, from
the EPA Internet Home Page at http://www.epa.gov/. To access this
document, on the Home Page select ``Laws and Regulations,''
``Regulations and Proposed Rules,'' and then look up the entry for this
document under the ``Federal Register--Environmental Documents.'' You
can also go directly to the Federal Register listings at http://
www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.

II. Contractor Requirements

    Under contract number 68-W0-0102, work assignment 001, the
contractor will perform the following:
    The Public Information and Records Integrity Branch in responding
to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and public inquiries
expeditiously shall use contractor services to perform distinct tasks
in a multi-task response process, such as gathering records identified
as responsive by EPA, filling out standard response forms in accordance
with office procedures, packaging the response after completion by the
EPA caseworker, compiling documents to assist information collection
activities, and managing an OPP/FOIA website and records/internal
computer systems associated with this work.
    The contractor will process FOIA requests assigned to OPP and
maintain appropriate case files and records which may involve all
pending and registered sensitive information.
    The contractor must have access to CBI in order to conduct records
management activities associated with the OPP's FOIA and public
response activities.
    This contract involves no subcontractors.
    OPP has determined that the contract described in this document
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 FFDCA.
    In accordance with the requirements of 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3), the
contract with ASRC Aerospace, 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, ASRC Aerospace 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 ASRC Aerospace until the requirements in this
document have been fully satisfied. Records of information provided to
ASRC Aerospace will be maintained by EPA Project Officers for the
contract. All information supplied to ASRC Aerospace by EPA for use in
connection with the contract will be returned to EPA when ASRC
Aerospace has completed its work.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Business and industry, Government
contracts, Government property, Security measures.

    Dated: November 28, 2000.
Joanne Martin,
Acting Director, Information Resources and Services Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 00-31061 Filed 12-5-00; 8:45 am]
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