83 FR 42892 - MERP Systems, Inc.; Transfer of Data

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 165 (August 24, 2018)

Page Range		42892-42893
FR Document		2018-18405

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 MERP Systems, Inc. in accordance with the CBI regulations. MERP Systems, Inc. has been awarded multiple contracts to perform work for OPP, and access to this information will enable MERP Systems, Inc. to fulfill the obligations of the contract.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 165 (Friday, August 24, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 165 (Friday, August 24, 2018)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2018-0563; FRL-9982-34]


MERP Systems, 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 MERP Systems, Inc. in 
accordance with the CBI regulations. MERP Systems, Inc. has been 
awarded multiple contracts to perform work for OPP, and access to this 
information will enable MERP Systems, Inc. to fulfill the obligations 
of the contract.

DATES: MERP Systems, Inc. will be given access to this information on 
or before August 29, 2018.

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. 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.

B. How can I get copies of this document and other related information?

    The docket for this action, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2018-0563, is available at http://www.regulations.gov or at the Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory 
Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the Environmental Protection Agency 
Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 
1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001. The Public 
Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public 
Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the OPP 
Docket is (703) 305-5805. Please review the visitor instructions and 
additional information about the docket available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.

II. Contractor Requirements

    The Contractor shall perform activities in the PWS that are 
organized into four (4) main categories: Task Activity 1 is related to 
overall project management; Task Activity 2 is related to information 
about pesticide products, including the receipt of applications for 
regulatory action, the results of EPA registration decisions affecting 
individual products and pesticide uses and reports of incidents 
involving the use of pesticide products; Task Activity 3 is related to 
information about pesticide studies, position papers, analyses and the 
administrative records resulting from the decision processes 
themselves; and Task Activity 4 is related to updating OPP's PRISM 
Label Use Information System (LUIS) which is an automated pesticide 
information system that contains a summary of the legal uses of 
registered pesticide products.
    The contractor shall:
     Capture data that supports regulatory applications, 
decisions, incident reports, and Personally Identifiable Information 
(PII), etc.;
     Provide processing, indexing support and shredding/
destruction of studies and other technical documents of archival 
significance; and
     Make every effort to adopt to changing environments in 
technology, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Homeland Security, 
Presidential Directives, and EPA Management Directives, of which, 
changes could be in the areas of technology, regulations, information 
systems. process adaptations. coordination with other agencies, 
coordination with other Agency contractors. Government furnished 
equipment and/or software, facilities and security requirements, shall 
remain within the tasks activities herein.
    These contracts involve no subcontractors.
    OPP has determined that the contracts described in this document 
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

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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 
contracts with MERP Systems, Inc., prohibits use of the information for 
any purpose not specified in these contracts; 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, MERP Systems, 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 MERP Systems, Inc. until 
the requirements in this document have been fully satisfied. Records of 
information provided to MERP Systems, Inc. will be maintained by EPA 
Project Officers for these contracts. All information supplied to MERP 
Systems, Inc. by EPA for use in connection with these contracts will be 
returned to EPA when MERP Systems, Inc. has completed its work.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.; 21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.

    Dated: August 13, 2018.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division, 
Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2018-18405 Filed 8-23-18; 8:45 am]
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used in subsequent regulatory decisions views in writing to the Reserve Bank President) 2200 North Pearl Street,
under FIFRA. indicated for that notice or to the offices Dallas, Texas 75201–2272:
Some of this information may be of the Board of Governors. Comments 1. Jonesboro Bancshares, Inc.,
entitled to confidential treatment. The must be received not later than Jonesboro, Louisiana; to become a bank
information has been submitted to EPA September 11, 2018. holding company by acquiring voting
under FIFRA sections 3, 4, 6, and 7 and A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta shares of Jonesboro State Bank,
under FFDCA sections 408 and 409. (Kathryn Haney, Director of Jonesboro, Louisiana.
In accordance with the requirements Applications) 1000 Peachtree Street NE, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
of 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3), the contracts with Atlanta, Georgia 30309. Comments can System, August 21, 2018.
MERP Systems, Inc., prohibits use of the also be sent electronically to Ann E. Misback,
information for any purpose not Applications.Comments@atl.frb.org: Secretary of the Board.
specified in these contracts; prohibits 1. Shelly Maples Jambon, Grand Isle,
[FR Doc. 2018–18356 Filed 8–23–18; 8:45 am]
disclosure of the information to a third Louisiana; to acquire voting shares of
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party without prior written approval SBT Bancshares, Inc., and its subsidiary,
from the Agency; and requires that each State Bank and Trust Company, both of
official and employee of the contractor Golden Meadow, Louisiana.
sign an agreement to protect the GENERAL SERVICES
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
information from unauthorized release System, August 21, 2018.
ADMINISTRATION
and to handle it in accordance with the Ann E. Misback, [Notice–PBS–2018–08; Docket No. 2018–
FIFRA Information Security Manual. In Secretary of the Board. 0002; Sequence No. 23]
addition, MERP Systems, Inc. is [FR Doc. 2018–18355 Filed 8–23–18; 8:45 am]
required to submit for EPA approval a Public Building Service (PBS); Notice
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security plan under which any CBI will of Availability and Announcement of
be secured and protected against Meeting for the Draft Environmental
unauthorized release or compromise. No Impact Statement for the Otay Mesa
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
information will be provided to MERP Port of Entry, San Diego, California;
Systems, Inc. until the requirements in Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Correction
this document have been fully satisfied. Mergers of Bank Holding Companies AGENCY: Public Building Service (PBS),
Records of information provided to The companies listed in this notice General Services Administration (GSA).
MERP Systems, Inc. will be maintained have applied to the Board for approval, ACTION: Notice of Availability and
by EPA Project Officers for these pursuant to the Bank Holding Company Announcement of Meeting for the Draft
contracts. All information supplied to Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) Environmental Impact Statement for the
MERP Systems, Inc. by EPA for use in (BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR part Otay Mesa Port of Entry, San Diego,
connection with these contracts will be 225), and all other applicable statutes California; Correction.
returned to EPA when MERP Systems, and regulations to become a bank
Inc. has completed its work. SUMMARY: GSA published a notice in the
holding company and/or to acquire the
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.; 21 U.S.C. Federal Register on August 10, 2016, at
assets or the ownership of, control of, or
301 et seq. 83 FR 39753, regarding the Notice of
the power to vote shares of a bank or
Availability and Announcement of
Dated: August 13, 2018. bank holding company and all of the
Meeting for the Draft Environmental
Delores Barber, banks and nonbanking companies
Impact Statement for the Otay Mesa Port
Director, Information Technology and owned by the bank holding company,
of Entry, San Diego, California. GSA is
Resources Management Division, Office of including the companies listed below.
The applications listed below, as well making an editorial change to the Dates,
Pesticide Programs.
as other related filings required by the Addresses, and Public Meeting sections
[FR Doc. 2018–18405 Filed 8–23–18; 8:45 am]
Board, are available for immediate to correct the date of the DEIS Public
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P Meeting; the location of the DEIS; and
inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank
indicated. The applications will also be the comment period end date.
available for inspection at the offices of DATES: Applicable: Friday, August 24,
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 2018.
the Board of Governors. Interested
Change in Bank Control Notices; persons may express their views in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or writing on the standards enumerated in Osmahn Kadri, Portfolio Management
Bank Holding Company the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the Division, Public Buildings Service, GSA
proposal also involves the acquisition of at 415–522–3617. Please cite Notice-
The notificants listed below have a nonbanking company, the review also PBS–2018–06; Correction.
applied under the Change in Bank includes whether the acquisition of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and nonbanking company complies with the
§ 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12 standards in section 4 of the BHC Act Correction
CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of a bank (12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise In the notice FR Doc. 2018–17211
or bank holding company. The factors noted, nonbanking activities will be published in the Federal Register at 83
that are considered in acting on the conducted throughout the United States. FR 39753, August 10, 2018, make the
notices are set forth in paragraph 7 of Unless otherwise noted, comments following corrections:
daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES

the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)). regarding each of these applications On page 39753, first sentence of the
The notices are available for must be received at the Reserve Bank paragraph under the Dates section,
immediate inspection at the Federal indicated or the offices of the Board of remove ‘‘Thursday, August 9th’’ and
Reserve Bank indicated. The notices Governors not later than September 19, add ‘‘Wednesday, September 5,’’ in its
also will be available for inspection at 2018. place.
the offices of the Board of Governors. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas On page 39753, third sentence of the
Interested persons may express their (Robert L. Triplett III, Senior Vice paragraph under the Dates section,

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice.
Dates		MERP Systems, Inc. will be given access to this information on or before August 29, 2018.
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
FR Citation		83 FR 42892