[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 18, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-11834]


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[Federal Register: May 18, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-100137; FRL-4779-3]

Cincinnati Bell Information System 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). The U. S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and its subcontractor 
Cincinnati Bell Information System Inc. (CBIS), 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 DOJ and CBIS 
consistent with the requirements of 40 CFR 2.209(c) and 2.308(i)(2), 
and will enable DOJ and CBIS to fulfill the obligations of the 
agreement.

DATES: DOJ and CBIS will be given access to this information no sooner 
than May 31, 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: Under IAG Number DW15936362-01, DOJ and CBIS 
will provide technical and operational support services to the Office 
of Pesticide Programs (OPP) in support of maintenance and enhancement 
of its mainframe systems and LAN systems and assistance in developing, 
testing, and converting to an OPP-wide integrated data and system 
design after appropriate selection, configuration, exercise, and 
approval of the host environment.
    DOJ and OPP have jointly 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.
    Some of this information may be entitled to confidential treatment. 
The information has been submitted to EPA under sections 3, 4, 6, 7, 
and 18 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 DOJ and CBIS 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, DOJ and CBIS 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 DOJ and CBIS by EPA for use in 
connection with this IAG will be returned to EPA when DOJ and CBIS have 
completed their work.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Transfer of data.

    Dated: May 5, 1994.

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

[FR Doc. 94-11834 Filed 5-17-94; 8:45 am]
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