[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 31102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15444]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5522-1]


Contractor 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 following contractor for access to 
information that has been, or will be, submitted to EPA under section 
114 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) as amended: Alpha-Gamma Technologies, 
Inc., 900 Ridgefield Drive, Suite 350, Raleigh, North Carolina, 27609, 
contract number 68D60006.
    Some of the information may be claimed to be confidential business 
information (CBI) by the submitter.

DATES: Access to confidential data submitted to 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 EPA may 
provide the above mentioned contractor access to these materials on a 
need-to-know basis. This contractor will provide technical support to 
the Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) in source 
assessment or with a source category survey and proceed through 
development of standards for a Federal Air Pollution Control Regulation 
or Control Techniques Guidelines (CTG).
    In accordance with 40 CFR 2.301(h), EPA has determined that this 
contractor requires access to CBI submitted to EPA under sections 112 
and 114 of the CAA in order to perform work satisfactorily under the 
above noted contract. The contractor's personnel will be given access 
to information submitted under section 114 of the CAA. Some of the 
information may be claimed or determined to be CBI. The contractor's 
personnel will be required to sign nondisclosure agreements and will be 
briefed on appropriate security procedures before they are permitted 
access to CBI. All contractor access to CAA CBI will take place at the 
contractor's facility. This contractor will have appropriate procedures 
and facilities in place to safeguard the CAA CBI to which the 
contractor has access.
    Clearance for access to CAA CBI is scheduled to expire on May 28, 
2001 under contract 68D60006.

    Dated: June 11, 1996.
Mary Nichols,
Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 96-15444 Filed 6-18-96; 8:45 am]
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