[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 166 (Wednesday, August 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 45412]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22804]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-00493; FRL-5736-3]


Armstrong Data Service, Inc.; Transfer of Data

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This is a notice to certain persons who have submitted 
information to EPA in connection with pesticide information 
requirements imposed under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
(FFDCA). Armstrong Data Service, Inc. (ADS) and its subcontractor, 
Labat Anderson, have been awarded a contract to perform work for the 
EPA Office of Pesticide Programs and will be provided access to certain 
information submitted to EPA under FIFRA and FFDCA. Some of this 
information may have been claimed to be confidential business 
information (CBI) by submitters. Access to information will be made 
available to ADS and Labat Anderson in accordance with 40 CFR 
2.307(h)(3) and 40 CFR 2.308(i)(2), and will enable ADS and Labat 
Anderson to fulfill the obligations of the contract.

DATES: ADS and Labat Anderson will be given access to this information 
no sooner than September 2, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: BeWanda Alexander, 
Information Resources and Services Division (7502C), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., 
Washington, DC 20460. Office location, telephone number, and e-mail 
address: Rm. 700N, Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, 
Arlington, VA, (703) 305-5259, e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under Contract No. 68-W5-0024, ADS and Labat 
Anderson will perform records management support to the Office of 
Pesticide Programs (OPP) by assisting OPP's Records Officer to conduct 
a baseline assessment of OPP's records holdings and information 
collections. The assessments are to facilitate timely disposition of 
records according to approved records control schedules and to 
adequately document OPP's records holdings by conducting inventories to 
properly schedule records for disposition.
    OPP has determined that access by ADS and Labat Anderson to 
information on pesticide data is necessary for the performance of the 
contract. Some of this information may be entitled to confidential 
treatment. The information has been submitted to EPA under sections 3, 
4, 6, and 7 of FIFRA and under sections 408 and 409 of FFDCA.
    In accordance with the requirements of 40 CFR 2.307(h)(2), the 
contract with ADS and Labat Anderson prohibits use of the information 
for any purpose other than specified in the contract; prohibits 
disclosure of the information to a third party without prior written 
approval from the Agency; and requires that each official and employee 
of the contractor sign an agreement to protect the information from 
unauthorized release and to handle it in accordance with the FIFRA 
Information Security Manual. No information will be provided to this 
contractor until the above requirements have been fully satisfied. 
Records of information provided to this contractor and subcontractor 
will be maintained by the Project Officer for this contract in the EPA 
OPP. All information supplied to ADS and Labat Anderson by EPA for use 
in connection with this contract will be returned to EPA when ADS and 
Labat Anderson have completed their work.

    Dated: August 7, 1997.
Daniel M. Barolo,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 97-22804 Filed 8-26-97; 8:45 am]
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