[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 37 (Friday, February 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10386-10387]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-4595]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-S160-8]
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 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
the date of publication of this notice.
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 (P.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 for 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
[[Page 10387]] 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 authorize 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 provides confidential information to enrollees working under
the following cooperative agreements:
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Cooperative
agreement No. Organization
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CQ822768-01....... National Council of Senior Citizens.
CQ822769-01....... National Council of Senior Citizens.
CQ822770-01....... National Council of Senior Citizens.
CQ822771-01....... American Assoc. of Retired Persons.
CQ822805-01....... National Council on Aging.
CQ822810-01....... American Assoc. of Retired Persons.
CQ822828-01....... National Council of Senior Citizens.
CQ822844-01....... American Assoc. of Retired Persons.
CQ822911-01....... American Assoc. of Retired Persons.
CQ822912-01....... American Assoc. of Retired Persons.
CQ822985-01....... American Assoc. of Retired Persons.
CQ823043-01....... American Assoc. of Retired Persons.
CQ823144-01....... American Assoc. of Retired Persons.
CQ823596-01....... American Assoc. of Retired Persons.
CQ823655-01....... American Assoc. of Retired Persons.
CQ823905-01....... American Assoc. of Retired Persons.
CQ823934-01....... American Assoc. of Retired Persons.
CQ823952-01....... American Assoc. of Retired Persons.
CQ823893-01....... American Assoc. of Retired Persons.
CQ823973-01....... American Assoc. of Retired Persons.
CQ823047-01....... National Assoc. for Hispanic Elderly.
CQ823447-01....... National Cau. & Ctr on Black Aged, Inc.
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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 14, 1995.
Joseph K. Alexander,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 95-4595 Filed 2-23-95; 8:45 am]
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