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Battelle Memorial Institute and Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment, Quality Environmental Professional Associate, and Horn Engineering Services, Inc.; Transfer of Data

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[Federal Register: May 14, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 94)]
[Notices]
[Page 27823-27824]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr14my08-59]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0002; FRL-8364-4]

Battelle Memorial Institute and Toxicology Excellence for Risk
Assessment, Quality Environmental Professional Associate, and Horn
Engineering Services, Inc.; 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 transferred to Battelle Memorial Institute
and its subcontractor, Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment,
Quality Environmental Professional Associate, and Horn Engineering
Services, Inc., in accordance with 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3) and 2.308(i)(2)
Battelle Memorial Institute and its subcontractor, Quality
Environmental Professional Associate, and Horn Engineering Services,
Inc., have been awarded a contract to perform work for OPP, and access
to this information will enable Battelle Memorial Institute and its
subcontractor, Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment, Quality
Environmental Professional Associate, and Horn Engineering Services,
Inc., to fulfill the obligations of the contract.

DATES: Battelle Memorial Institute and its subcontractor, Toxicology
Excellence for Risk Assessment, Quality Environmental Professional
Associate, and Horn Engineering Services, Inc., will be given access to
this information on or before May 19, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Felicia Croom, Information Technology
and Resources Management Division (7502P), Office of Pesticide
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200

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Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number:
(703) 305-0786; e-mail address: croom.felicia@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 Copies of this Document and Other Related Information?

    1. Docket. EPA has established a docket for this action under
docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0002. Publicly
available docket materials are available either in the electronic
docket at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard
copy, at the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public
Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal
Dr., Arlington, VA. The hours of operation of this Docket Facility are
from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The Docket Facility telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
    2. Electronic access. You may access this Federal Register document
electronically through the EPA Internet under the ``Federal Register''
listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr.

II. Contractor Requirements

    Under Contract No. EP-C-04-027, Battelle Memorial Institute and its
subcontractor, Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment, Quality
Environmental Professional Associate, and Horn Engineering Services,
Inc. will perform the task to review and analyze published and
unpublished studies of six conazoles: Fenbuconazole, Diniconazole,
Cyproconazole, Uniconazole, Hexaconazole, and Propiconazole. Under this
task the contractor shall:
    1. Search the scientific literature from 1950 forward for dermal
absorption studies of Fenbuconazole, Diniconazole, Cyproconazole,
Uniconazole, Hexaconazole, and Propiconazole.
    2. Obtain the dermal absorption studies for Fenbuconazole,
Diniconazole, Cyproconazole, Uniconazole, Hexaconazole, and
Propiconazole submitted to OPP from the OPP Registration Division.
    3. Critically evaluate the studies obtained in IIA and IIB to
determine the physical and chemical factors that govern dermal
absorption and the influence of measurement methods on the reported
dermal absorption values.
     The OPP has determined that access by Battelle Memorial Institute
and its subcontractor, Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment,
Quality Environmental Professional Associate, and Horn Engineering
Services, Inc., to information on all pesticide chemicals is necessary
for the performance of this contract.
    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)(2), the
contract with Battelle Memorial Institute and its subcontractor,
Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment, Quality Environmental
Professional Associate, and Horn Engineering Services, Inc., 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, Battelle Memorial Institute
and its subcontractor, Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment,
Quality Environmental Professional Associate, and Horn Engineering
Services, Inc., are 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 Battelle
Memorial Institute and its subcontractor, Toxicology Excellence for
Risk Assessment, Quality Environmental Professional Associate, and Horn
Engineering Services, Inc., until the requirements in this document
have been fully satisfied. Records of information provided to Battelle
Memorial Institute and its subcontractor, Toxicology Excellence for
Risk Assessment, Quality Environmental Professional Associate, and Horn
Engineering Services, Inc., will be maintained by EPA Project Officers
for this contract. All information supplied to Battelle Memorial
Institute and its subcontractor, Toxicology Excellence for Risk
Assessment, Quality Environmental Professional Associate, and Horn
Engineering Services, Inc., by EPA for use in connection with this
contract will be returned to EPA when Battelle Memorial Institute and
its subcontractor, Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment, Quality
Environmental Professional Associate, and Horn Engineering Services,
Inc., have completed their work.

List of Subjects

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

    Dated: May 1, 2008.
Kathryn S. Bouve,
Acting Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E8-10289 Filed 5-13-08; 8:45 a.m.]
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