[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 162-163]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-00033]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5399-7]


Clean Water Act; Contractor Access to 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 
to EPA contractors, technical and financial confidential business 
information (CBI) collected from landfills, incinerators and 
centralized waste treatment facilities. Transfer of the information 
will allow the contractors and subcontractors to assist EPA in 
developing effluent limitations guidelines and standards under the 
Clean Water Act (CWA) for the landfill, incinerator, and centralized 
waste treatment industries. The information being transferred was 
collected under the authority of Section 308 of the Clean Water Act. 
Interested persons may submit comments on this intended transfer of 
information to the address noted below.

DATES: Comments on the transfer of data are due January 16, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to Samantha Hopkins, Engineering and 
Analysis Division (4303), Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, 
DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Samantha Hopkins at the above address 
or at (202) 260-7149.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has previously transferred to its 
contractor Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) of 
Hackensack, New Jersey (and subcontractors) information, including 
confidential business information (CBI), concerning the landfill, 
incinerator, and centralized waste treatment industries (initially 
grouped together as the ``hazardous waste treatment industry'') 
collected under the authority of the Clean Water Act, Section 308.
    The information transferred included: Questionnaire data collected 
during a two phase survey of the landfill and incinerator industry; the 
first phase consisted of a screener survey questionnaire which was 
conducted in 1993 (OMB No. 2040-0162); the second phase was a more 
detailed questionnaire that was sent in 1994 to a selected sample 
identified through the responses to the questionnaire (OMB No. 2040-
0167); and, Questionnaire data collected 

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from a detailed questionnaire that was sent to 1991 to all known 
centralized waste treatment facilities (OMB No. 2740-0151). EPA also 
transferred site visit and field sampling data collected during 1993 
through 1995 for the landfill and incinerator industry and collected 
during 1991 through 1994 for the centralized waste treatment industry. 
EPA determined that this transfer was necessary to enable the 
contractors and subcontractors to perform their work under EPA contract 
Nos. 68-01-6947, 68-03-3509, and 68-C1-0006 and related subcontracts by 
assisting EPA in developing effluent limitations guidelines and 
standards for the centralized waste treatment, landfill, and 
incinerator industries. Notice to this effect was provided to the 
affected companies at the time the data was collected or through a 
Federal Register notice.
    Today, EPA is giving notice that it has entered into a new 
contract, Contract 68-C5-0041 with Science Applications International 
Incorporated (SAIC) of Hackensack, New Jersey to develop effluent 
limitations guidelines and standards for the landfill and incinerator 
industry. The effective date of the new contract is November 2, 1995. 
SAIC will provide technical support such as completion of the public 
docket for the proposed rulemaking and work on the technical 
development documents. The contractor shall also provide support on 
post proposal efforts, including assisting with public meetings, 
responding to comments, filling data gaps that arise through comments 
on the proposed rule, and assisting the assembly of the rulemaking 
record for the final rule.
    Today, EPA is also giving notice that it has entered into a new 
contract, Contract 68-C5-0040 with Science Applications International 
Incorporated (SAIC) of Hackensack New Jersey to develop effluent 
limitations guidelines and standards for the centralized waste 
treatment industry. The effective date of the new contract is November 
2, 1995. SAIC will provide technical support such as post proposal 
efforts, including assisting with public meetings, responding to 
comments, filling data gaps that arise through comments on the proposed 
rule, and assisting the assembly of the rulemaking record for the final 
rule.
    In accordance with 40 CFR part 2, subpart B, the previously 
collected information described above (including confidential business 
information) will be transferred to SAIC. EPA has determined that this 
transfer is necessary to enable the contractor to perform their work 
under EPA Contract Nos. 68-C5-0041 and 68-C5-0040.
    Anyone wishing to comment on the above matters must submit comments 
to the address given above by [Insert date 10 days from date of 
publication].

    Dated December 12, 1995.
Tudor T. Davies,
Director, Office of Science and Technology.
[FR Doc. 96-00033 Filed 1-2-96; 8:45 am]
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