[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 180 (Monday, September 18, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 48109]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23110]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[AD-FRL-5296-8]


Access to Confidential Business Information Under the Clean Air 
Act

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The EPA has authorized the California Air Resources Board 
(CARB) access to information that has been, or will be, submitted to 
the EPA under Section 114 of the Clean Air Act (CAA), as amended.
    Some of the information may be claimed to be confidential business 
information (CBI) by the submitter.

DATES: Access to confidential data submitted to the EPA will occur no 
sooner than ten days after issuance of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris Maxwell, Document Control 
Officer, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (MD-13), U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 
27711, (919) 541-5312.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA is issuing this notice to inform all 
submitters of information under Section 114 of the CAA that the EPA may 
provide the above-mentioned State agency access to these materials on a 
need-to-know basis.
    In accordance with 40 CFR 2.301(h), the EPA has determined that 
CARB requires access to CBI concerning consumer and commercial products 
submitted to the EPA under Section 183(e) and Section 114 of the CAA in 
order to carry out its duties under California environmental protection 
laws and the CAA. Some of the information may be claimed or determined 
to be CBI. The CARB will be required to sign a nondisclosure agreement 
and will be briefed on appropriate security procedures before being 
permitted access to CBI. All CARB access to CAA CBI will take place at 
CARB's facilities. The CARB will have appropriate procedures and 
facilities in place to safeguard the CAA CBI to which CARB has access.
    Clearance for access to CAA CBI is scheduled to expire on September 
30, 1998.

    Dated: September 11, 1995.
Mary Nichols,
Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 95-23110 Filed 9-15-95; 8:45 am]
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