[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 52 (Thursday, March 17, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-6166]


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[Federal Register: March 17, 1994]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-100135; FRL-4763-2]

 

Oakridge National Laboratory and Martin Marietta 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 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
(FFDCA). The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Martin Marietta 
Inc., under an Interagency Agreement (IAG) will perform work for the 
EPA Office of Pesticide Programs, 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 ORNL and Martin Marietta Inc. consistent with the requirements of 40 
CFR 2.209(c) and 2.308(i)(2), and will enable ORNL and Martin Marietta 
Inc. to fulfill the obligations of the agreement.

DATES: ORNL and Martin Marietta Inc. will be given access to this 
information no sooner than March 28, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: BeWanda B. Alexander, Program 
Management and Support Division (7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. 
Office location and telephone number: Rm. 234 Crystal Mall 2, 1921 
Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, (703) 305-5259

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Prior to the registration or reregistration 
of a pesticide, the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), must determine 
whether the chemical will cause unreasonable adverse effects on humans 
and the environment under FIFRA. In the process of making the 
determination, OPP reviews all data submitted by the registrant to 
support the effectiveness and safety of the chemical, published reports 
or studies from the open literature unpublished reports or studies 
which bear on the issues at hand, and the chemical's general and 
environmental chemistry relationship to possible human and domestic 
animal exposure. In some instances, OPP requests the registrant to 
conduct additional studies, or directly funds research to complete the 
registration.
    OPP, under IAG DW89936171-01, is contracting with ORNL and Martin 
Marietta Inc. for specialized technical assistance in the 
identification of information shortfalls dealing with the registration 
of pesticides. This research effort will concentrate on systematically 
identifying, analyzing, and evaluating data associated with pesticide 
registrations. The intent is to catalog data gaps from the registrant 
to fully characterize the safe manufacture, application, re-entry, and 
residue issues prior to a decision to issue a registration under FIFRA.
    OPP has determined that the IAG herein described involves 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 IAG. These evaluations may be 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 sections 3, 4, 6, and 7 
of FIFRA and under sections 408 and 409 of FFDCA.
    In accordance with the requirement of 40 CFR 2.209(c), 2.307(h), 
and 2.308(h)(2), this IAG with ORNL and Martin Marietta Inc. prohibits 
use of the information for any purpose other than the purposes 
specified in this IAG; prohibits disclosure of the information in any 
form to a third party without prior written approval from the Agency; 
and requires that each official and employee sign an agreement to 
protect the information from unauthorized release and to handle it in 
accordance with the FIFRA Information Security Manual. In addition ORNL 
and Martin Marietta 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 
until the above requirements have been fully satisfied. Records of 
information provided under this IAG will be maintained by the Project 
Officer for this contract in OPP.
    All information supplied to ORNL and Martin Marietta Inc. by EPA 
for use in connection with this IAG will be returned to EPA when ORNL 
and Martin Marietta Inc. have completed their work.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Transfer of data.

    Dated: March 7, 1994.

Douglas D. Campt,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 94-6166 Filed 3-16-94; 8:45 am]
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