[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 203 (Friday, October 18, 1996)] [Notices] [Pages 54436-54437] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-26817] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-5637-7] 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 contractors for access to information that has been, or will be, submitted to EPA under section 114 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) as amended. (1) Environmental Consulting and Research (EC/R) Incorporated, 3721-D University Drive, Durham, North Carolina 27707, contract number 68D60010; (2) Eastern Research Group (ERG) Incorporated, 1600 Perimeter Park, Morrisville, NC 27560, contract number 68D60011; (3) Midwest Research Institute (MRI), Suite 350, 401 Harrison Oaks Boulevard, Cary, NC 27513, contract number 68D60012; (4) Pacific Environmental Services (PES), 5001 South Miami Boulevard, Central Park West, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, contract number 68D60013; (5) Research Triangle Institute (RTI), P.O. Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, contract number 68D60014. Some of the information may be claimed to be confidential business information (CBI) by the submitter.
Dates
Access to confidential data submitted to EPA will occur no sooner than October 28, 1996.
For Further Information Contact
Doris Maxwell, Document Control Officer, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (MD-13), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711, (919) 541-5312.
Supplementary Information
The EPA is issuing this notice to inform all submitters of information under section 114 of the CAA that EPA may provide the above mentioned contractors access
to these materials on a need-to-know basis. These contractors will provide technical support to the Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) in economic impact assessment for Federal Air Pollution Control Regulations. In accordance with 40 CFR 2.301(h), EPA has determined that each contractor requires access to CBI submitted to EPA under sections 112 and 114 of the CAA in order to perform work satisfactorily under the above noted contracts. The contractors' personnel will be given access to information submitted under section 114 of the CAA. Some of the information may be claimed or determined to be CBI. The contractors' personnel will be required to sign nondisclosure agreements and will be briefed on appropriate security procedures before they are permitted access to CBI. All contractor access to CAA CBI will take place at the contractors' facility. Each contractor will have 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, 1998 under contract 68D40099 and on September 30, 1997 under contract 68D40107.
Dated: October 9, 1996. Mary D. Nichols, Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation. [FR Doc. 96-26817 Filed 10-17-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P