[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 58 (Monday, March 27, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 15761]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-7494]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5/78-6]


Transfer of Confidential Business Information to EPA Contractors

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of transfer of confidential business information to 
agency contractors and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: EPA will transfer to its contractors, A.T. Kearney, Inc., PRC, 
Inc., and SAIC, Inc. confidential business information (CBI) which has 
been submitted to EPA under RCRA statutes administered by the Agency. 
Also, the Agency will transfer CBI to the following subcontractors of 
these firms: Metcalf & Eddy, Booz Allen & Hamilton, TRC Environmental 
Corp., Midwest Research Institute, Cadmus Group, DPRA, Environ, META, 
Vigyan, Franklin Associates, Sigma Research Corporation, Becker 
Associates, Eastern Research Group, BAT Associates, Inc., CCJM, 
Hydrogeologic, Inc., ENSECO, CDM Federal Programs Corp., ICF, Resource 
Applications, Inc., Dynamac, Quanterra Environmental Services, C.C. 
Johnson, Malhotra, RAI, ISSI, Fifer Environmental and InfoPro. Also, 
A.T. Kearney will be a subcontractor to SAIC and SAIC will be a 
subcontractor to A.T. Kearney under their respective contracts.

DATES: Transfer of confidential business data will occur no sooner than 
(insert 10 days from date of publication).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
John Fogarty, Office of Solid Waste (5305), U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460, 202-260-
7922.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under EPA Contract numbers 68-W4-0004, 68-
W4-0005, 68-W4-0006, 68-W4-0007 and 68-W4-0013, A.T. Kearney, PRC, 
SAIC, and their subcontractors, will assist the EPA Regional Offices 
(I-X) by providing technical assistance and services which support 
EPA's RCRA enforcement and permitting activities, such as sampling, 
corrective action oversight, technical review of documents, and special 
studies.
    Pursuant to EPA regulations 40 CFR, Part 2, Subpart B, EPA has 
determined that the above contractors require access to RCRA CBI to 
perform the work required under these contracts. EPA is submitting this 
notice to inform all submitters of CBI that EPA will transfer to these 
firms, on a need-to-know basis, CBI collected under the authority of 
RCRA. Upon completing their review of materials submitted, the above 
contractors will return all such materials to EPA.
    Prior to the transfer of any RCRA CBI, A.T. Kearney, PRC and SAIC, 
and their subcontractors will receive authorization for access to RCRA 
CBI under the EPA ``Contractor Requirements for the Control and 
Security of RCRA Confidential Business Information Security Manual.'' 
EPA will review and approve the security plans of the contractors and 
sub-contractors. Contractor and sub-contractor personnel will sign non-
disclosure agreements and be briefed on appropriate security procedures 
before they are permitted access to CBI.

    Dated: March 8, 1995.
Elliott P. Laws,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response.
[FR Doc. 95-7494 Filed 3-24-95; 8:45 am]
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