[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 186 (Friday, September 25, 1998)] [Notices] [Pages 51348-51349] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-25631] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [OPP-100140; FRL-6031-2] Computer Based Systems, Inc.; Transfer of Data
Agency
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Action
Notice.
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Summary
This is a notice to certain persons who have submitted information to EPA in connection with pesticide information requirements imposed under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). Computer Based Systems, Inc. has been awarded a contract to perform work for the EPA, Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), and will be provided access to certain information submitted to EPA under FIFRA and the FFDCA. Some of this information may have been claimed to be confidential business information (CBI) by submitters. This information will be transferred to Computer Based Systems, Inc. consistent with the requirements of 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3) and 2.308(i)(2), and will enable Computer Based Systems, Inc. to fulfill the obligations of the contract.
Dates
Computer Based Systems, Inc. will be given access to this information no sooner than September 30, 1998.
For Further Information Contact
By mail: C. Jean Sadlowe, Information Resources and Services Division (7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. Office location, telephone number, and e-mail address: Rm. 230, Crystal Mall 2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, (703) 305-5362; e- mail: sadlowe.jean@epamail.epa.gov.
Supplementary Information
Under Contract No. 68-W-98-045, work assignment number P98-1, Computer Based Systems, Inc. will perform data entry, abstracting, and indexing functions in support of maintaining the Incident Data System, a data base system that manages information about pesticide incidents. This contract involves no subcontractor.
OPP has determined that access by Computer Based Systems, 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 the FFDCA. In accordance with the requirements of 40 CFR 2.307(h)(2), the contract with Computer Based Systems, 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. No information claimed confidential will be provided to this contractor until the above requirements have been fully satisfied. Records of information provided to this contractor will be maintained by the Work Assignment Manager for this contract in the EPA Office of Pesticide Programs. All information supplied to Computer Based Systems, Inc. by EPA for use in connection with this contract will be returned to EPA when Computer Based Systems, Inc. has completed its work.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Transfer of data.
Dated: September 15, 1998.
Richard D. Schmitt,
Acting Director, Information Resources and Services Branch, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 98-25631 Filed 9-24-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-F