[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 160 (Tuesday, August 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44126-44127]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21917]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5877-5]


Subcontractor 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 subcontractors for access 
to information that has been, or will be, submitted to EPA under 
section 114 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) as amended: Indus Corporation, 
1953 Gallows Road, Vienna, Va 22181, contract number 68D60010; 
Environmental Investigations (EI), 2327 Englert Drive, Durham, NC 
27713, contract number 68D60010; TRC Environmental Corporation, 6340 
Quadrangle Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, contract number 68D60010; EC/
R, Inc., 2327 Englert Drive, Durham, NC 27713, contract number 
68D60011; Acurex Corporation, 555 Clyde Avenue, Mountain View, CA 
94039, contract number 68D60012; Alpha-Gama Technologies, Inc., 900 
Ridgefield Drive, Raleigh, NC 27609, contract number 68D60013; The 
Kevric Company, Inc., 8401 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910, 
contract number 68D60014.
    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 subcontractors access to these materials on 
a need-to-know basis. These subcontractors will provide technical 
support to the Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) in 
economic impact assessment for Federal Air Pollution Control 
Regulations.
    In accordance with 40 CFR 2.301(h), EPA has determined that each 
subcontractor 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 contracts. The subcontractors' 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 
subcontractors' personnel will be required to sign nondisclosure 
agreements and will be briefed on appropriate security procedures 
before they are permitted access to CBI. All subcontractor access to 
CAA CBI will take place at the subcontractors' facility. Each 
subcontractor will have appropriate procedures and facilities in place 
to safeguard the CAA CBI to which the subcontractor has access.
    Clearance for access to CAA CBI is scheduled to expire on September 
30, 2001 under all above listed contracts.


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    Dated: August 12, 1997.
Mary D. Nichols,
Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 97-21917 Filed 8-18-97; 8:45 am]
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