[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67799-67800]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32662]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5666-9]


Confidential Business Information by Enrollees Under the Senior 
Environmental Employment Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice concerning CBI access.

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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 December 30, 
1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Street, Acting Director, Senior 
Environmental Employment Program (8723), Environmental Protection 
Agency, 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20560, telephone (202) 260-
4331.

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 to 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 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 authorized 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:

Cooperative

Agreement No. and Organization

CQ 822768-01  National Senior Citizens Education & Research Ctr
CQ 822769-01  National Senior Citizens Education & Research Ctr
CQ 822770-01  National Senior Citizens Education & Research Ctr
CQ 822791-01  AARP Foundation
CQ 822805-01  National Cau. & Ctr on Black Aged, Inc.
CQ 822810-01  AARP Foundation
CQ 822828-01  National Senior Citizens Education & Research Ctr
CQ 822844-01  AARP Foundation
CQ 822911-01  AARP Foundation
CQ 822912-01  AARP Foundation
CQ 822985-01  AARP Foundation
CQ 823043-01  AARP Foundation
CQ 823144-01  AARP Foundation
CQ 823596-01  AARP Foundation
CQ 823655-01  AARP Foundation
CQ 823893-01  AARP Foundation
CQ 823905-01  AARP Foundation
CQ 823934-01  AARP Foundation
CQ 823952-01  AARP Foundation
CQ 823973-01  AARP Foundation
CQ 824021-01  AARP Foundation
CQ 824298-01  National Senior Citizens Education & Research Ctr
CQ 824299-01  National Senior Citizens Education & Research Ctr
CQ 824362-01  National Council on the Aged, Inc.
CQ 824363-01  National Council on the Aged, Inc.
CQ 824364-01  National Council on the Aged, Inc.
CQ 824399-01  National Senior Citizens Education & Research Ctr
CQ 824417-01  AARP Foundation
CQ 824455-01  AARP Foundation
CQ 824713-01  National Cau. & Ctr on Black Aged, Inc.
CQ 824714-01  National Cau. & Ctr on Black Aged, Inc.
CQ 824715-01  National Cau. & Ctr on Black Aged, Inc.
CQ 824716-01  National Cau. & Ctr on Black Aged, Inc.
CQ 824717-01  National Cau. & Ctr on Black Aged, Inc.
CQ 824718-01  National Cau. & Ctr on Black Aged, Inc.
CQ 824721-01  National Senior Citizens Education & Research Ctr
CQ 824722-01  National Senior Citizens Education & Research Ctr
CQ 824763-01  AARP Foundation
CQ 825016-01  AARP Foundation
CQ 825083-01  National Cau. & Ctr on Black Aged, Inc.
CQ 825084-01  National Cau. & Ctr on Black Aged, Inc.
CQ 825085-01  National Cau. & Ctr on Black Aged, Inc.
CQ 825086-01  National Cau. & Ctr on Black Aged, Inc.
CQ 825087-01  National Cau. & Ctr on Black Aged, Inc.

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CQ 825185-01  AARP Foundation
CQ 825189-01  AARP Foundation
CQ 825236-01  Association National Pro Personas Mayores
CQ 825400-01  AARP Foundation
CQ 825401-01  AARP Foundation
QS 823047-01  National Assoc. for Hispanic Elderly
QS 823447-01  National Cau. & Ctr on Black Aged, Inc.
    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 required 
to sign confidentiality agreements and to adhere to the same security 
procedures as Federal employees.

    Dated: December 10, 1996.
Henry L. Longest II,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 96-32662 Filed 12-23-96; 8:45 am]
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