[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 1, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 6088]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-2434]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5148-2]


Intended Transfer of Confidential Business Information

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of intended transfer of confidential business 
information to contractors.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intends to transfer 
confidential business information (CBI) collected from the organic 
chemicals, plastics and synthetic fibers (OCPSF) industries to Radian 
Corporation (Radian) and to Industrial Economics Incorporated (IEc). 
Radian and IEc adhere to EPA-approved security plans which describe 
procedures to protect confidential business information (CBI).
    Transfer of this information will allow the contractors to assist 
EPA in evaluating the need for establishing regulations under the 
Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA) for air emissions, leaks and 
sludges from treatment surface impoundments accepting wastes generated 
by the OCPSF industries that were, at point of generation, RCRA 
hazardous wastes, but which have been diluted so that the RCRA 
hazardous characteristic is removed prior to placement in the 
wastewater treatment surface impoundment. The CBI that EPA intends to 
transfer to Radian and IEc was collected under the authority of section 
308 of the Clean Water Act (CWA). Interested persons may submit 
comments on this intended transfer of CBI to the address noted below.

DATES: Comments on the transfer of data are due February 6, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to Linda Martin (5305), EPA, 401 M 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Martin at the above address, or 
call (202) 260-0062.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has previously transferred information 
to various contractors, including CBI, concerning certain industries 
that was collected under the authority of section 308 of the CWA. EPA 
determined at that time that the transfer was necessary to enable the 
contractors to perform their work in assisting EPA in developing 
effluent guidelines and standards for certain industries. Notice to 
this effect was provide to the affected industries.
    Today, EPA is giving notice that it has entered into an additional 
contract with IEc (Cambridge, Massachusetts), contract number 68-W3-
0028, and with Radian (Herndon, Virginia), contract number 68-W3-0001. 
These contracts arrange contractor support to assist EPA in evaluating 
the need to establish regulations under RCRA (specifically, under the 
Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR) program) for air emissions, leaks and 
sludges from treatment surface impoundments accepting wastes that were, 
at point of generation, RCRA hazardous wastes, but which have been 
diluted so that the RCRA hazardous characteristic is removed prior to 
placement in the wastewater treatment surface impoundment. The 
information that EPA intends to transfer to Radian and IEc consists 
primarily of data previously collected by EPA to support the 
development of effluent limitations guidelines and standards under the 
CWA for OCPSF industries.
    All EPA contractor personnel are bound by the requirements and 
sanctions contained in their contracts with EPA and in EPA's 
confidentiality regulations found at 40 CFR part 2, subpart B. Radian 
and IEc adhere to EPA-approved security plans which describe procedures 
to protect CBI. The security plans specify that contractor personnel 
are required to sign non-disclosure agreements and are briefed on 
appropriate security procedures before they are permitted access to 
CBI. No person is automatically granted access to CBI; a need to know 
must exist.

    Dated: January 25, 1995.
Michael Shapiro,
Director, Office of Solid Waste.
[FR Doc. 95-2434 Filed 1-31-95; 8:45 am]
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