[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 22, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-3898]


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[Federal Register: February 22, 1994]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-4837-8]

 

Access to Confidential Business Information by Enrollees Under 
the Senior Environmental Employment Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has authorized grantee organizations under the Senior 
Environmental Employment (SEE) Program, and their enrollees, for access 
to information which has been submitted to EPA under several of the 
environmental statutes administered by the Agency. Some of this 
information may be claimed or determined to be confidential business 
information (CBI).

DATES: Comments concerning CBI access will be accepted five days from 
February 22, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patricia Powers, National Program Director, Senior Environmental 
Employment Program (8701), Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20560. Telephone (202) 260-2573.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Senior Environmental Employment (SEE) 
program is authorized by the Environmental Programs Assistance Act of 
1984 (Pub. L. 98-313), which provides that the Administrator may ``make 
grants or enter into cooperative agreements'' for the purpose of 
``providing technical assistance to Federal, State, and local 
environmental agencies for projects of pollution prevention, abatement, 
and control.'' Cooperative agreements under the SEE program provide 
support for many functions in the Agency, including clerical support, 
staffing hot lines, providing support to Agency enforcement activities, 
providing library services, compiling data, and support in scientific, 
engineering, financial, and other areas.
    In performing these tasks, grantees and cooperators under the SEE 
program and their enrollees may have access to potentially all 
documents submitted under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 
Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, and Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, to the extent 
that these statutes allow disclosure of confidential information to 
authorized representatives of the United States (or to ``contractors'' 
under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act). Some of 
these documents may contain information claimed as confidential.
    EPA may provide confidential information to enrollees working under 
the following cooperative agreements:

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     Cooperative                                                        
   agreement No.                         Organization                   
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CQ815413-01           National Pacific/Asian Resource Center on Aging.  
CQ815485-01           National Caucus and Center on Black Aged.         
CQ815923-01           American Association of Retired Persons.          
CQ816164-01           National Caucus and Center on Black Aged.         
CQ816300-01           American Association of Retired Persons.          
CQ816301-01           American Association of Retired Persons.          
CQ816365-01           National Council of Senior Citizens.              
CQ816382-01           American Association of Retired Persons.          
CQ816383-01           American Association of Retired Persons.          
CQ816384-01           American Association of Retired Persons.          
CQ816480-01           American Association of Retired Persons.          
CQ816493-01           American Association of Retired Persons.          
CQ816510-01           American Association of Retired Persons.          
CQ816529-01           American Association of Retired Persons.          
CQ816734-01           National Council of Senior Citizens.              
CQ816989-01           National Caucus and Center on Black Aged.         
CQ816990-01           National Caucus and Center on Black Aged.         
CQ817139-01           American Association of Retired Persons.          
CQ817380-01           National Council on the Aging.                    
CQ817464-01           National Council on the Aging.                    
CQ817522-01           National Council of Senior Citizens.              
CQ817736-01           American Association of Retired Persons.          
CQ817738-01           American Association of Retired Persons.          
CQ817782-01           National Caucus and Center on Black Aged.         
CQ817783-01           National Caucus and Center on Black Aged.         
CQ817801-01           National Council of Senior Citizens.              
CQ818131-01           National Caucus and Center on Black Aged.         
CQ818132-01           National Caucus and Center on Black Aged.         
CQ818186-01           American Association of Retired Persons.          
CQ818570-01           National Council of Senior Citizens.              
CQ818587-01           National Pacific/Asian Resource Center on Aging.  
CQ818634-01           National Pacific/Asian Resource Center on Aging.  
CQ818638-01           National Pacific/Asian Resource Center on Aging.  
CQ818697-01           Asociacion Nacional pro Personas Mayores.         
CQ818851-01           Asociacion Nacional pro Personas Mayores.         
CQ818917-01           National Council of Senior Citizens.              
CQ818939-01           American Association of Retired Persons.          
CQ819088-01           National Caucus and Center on Black Aged.         
CQ819103-01           National Council of Senior Citizens.              
CQ819187-01           National Caucus and Center on Black Aged.         
CQ819369-01           American Association of Retired Persons.          
CQ819370-01           American Association of Retired Persons.          
CQ819404-01           American Association of Retired Persons.          
CQ819519-01           American Association of Retired Persons.          
CQ819520-01           American Association of Retired Persons.          
CQ819521-01           American Association of Retired Persons.          
CQ819522-01           American Association of Retired Persons.          
CQ819523-01           American Association of Retired Persons.          
CQ819524-01           American Association of Retired Persons.          
CQ819525-01           American Association of Retired Persons.          
CQ819526-01           American Association of Retired Persons.          
CQ819527-01           National Caucus and Center on Black Aged.         
CQ819613-01           American Association of Retired Persons.          
CQ819690-01           American Association of Retired Persons.          
CQ819702-01           American Association of Retired Persons.          
CQ819705-01           National Council of Senior Citizens.              
CQ819851-01           National Council on the Aging.                    
CQ819874-01           American Association of Retired Persons.          
CQ820372-01           American Association of Retired Persons.          
CQ820550-01           National Council of Senior Citizens.              
CQ820551-01           National Council of Senior Citizens.              
CQ820552-01           National Council of Senior Citizens.              
CQ820665-01           American Association of Retired Persons.          
CQ820829-01           National Council on the Aging.                    
CQ820916-01           National Council of Senior Citizens.              
CQ820932-01           American Association of Retired Persons.          
CQ820934-01           American Association of Retired Persons.          
CQ820962-01           American Association of Retired Persons.          
CQ821058-01           National Caucus and Center on Black Aged.         
CQ821104-01           National Caucus and Center on Black Aged.         
CQ821110-01           National Council on the Aging.                    
CQ821346-01           National Caucus and Center on Black Aged.         
CQ821547-01           National Caucus and Center on Black Aged.         
CQ821548-01           National Caucus and Center on Black Aged.         
CQ821549-01           National Caucus and Center on Black Aged.         
CQ821572-01           National Caucus and Center on Black Aged.         
CQ821598-01           American Association of Retired Persons.          
CQ821982-01           National Council on Aging.                        
CQ822261-01           Asociacion Nacional pro Personas Mayores.         
CQ822511-01           Asociacion Nacional pro Personas Mayores.         
CQ822533-01           National Council of Senior Citizens.              
CQ822540-01           National Caucus and Center on Black Aged.         
CQ822541-01           National Caucus and Center on Black Aged.         
CQ822542-01           National Caucus and Center on Black Aged.         
CQ822545-01           Asociacion Nacional pro Personas Mayores.         
CQ822594-01           Asociacion Nacional pro Personas Mayores.         
CQ822612-01           National Council on Aging.                        
CQ822631-01           National Pacific/Asian Resource Center on Aging.  
CQ822645-01           National Pacific/Asian Resource Center on Aging.  
CQ822646-01           National Council on Aging.                        
CQ822647-01           National Pacific/Asian Resource Center on Aging.  
CQ822652-01           American Association of Retired Persons.          
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    All organizations are located in Washington, DC, with the 
exceptions of the National Pacific/Asian Resource Center on Aging 
(Seattle, WA) and Asociacion Nacional pro Personas Mayores (Los 
Angeles, CA).
    EPA amended its confidentiality regulations at 40 CFR part 2, 
subpart B to authorize SEE enrollees for access to confidential 
business information (58 FR 7187, February 5, 1993). As discussed in 
that notice, EPA offices had been giving SEE enrollees access to 
confidential information under the impression that Agency 
confidentiality regulations allowed such access. The February 5, 1993 
Federal Register notice rectified that error by amending these 
regulations to provide for such access. Among the procedures 
established by EPA confidentiality regulations for granting access is 
notification to the submitters of confidential data that SEE grantee 
organizations and their enrollees will have access. 40 CFR 
2.301(h)(2)(iii). This notice is intended to fulfill that requirement.
    The grantee organizations are required by the cooperative 
agreements to protect confidential information. SEE enrollees are 
required to sign confidentiality agreements and to adhere to the same 
security procedures as Federal employees.

    Dated: February 4, 1994.
Karen Morehouse,
Acting Director, Office of Exploratory Research.
[FR Doc. 94-3898 Filed 2-18-94; 8:45 am]
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