[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 172 (Friday, September 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 46967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23627]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-00500; FRL-5741-7]


Miller Reporting Company, 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). Miller Reporting Company, Inc. (MRC) has been awarded a 
contract to perform work for the EPA Office of Administrative Law 
Judges and 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. This information will be transferred 
to MRC consistent with the requirements of 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3) and 40 
CFR 2.308(i)(2), and will enable MRC to fulfill the obligations of the 
contract.

DATES: MRC will be given access to this information no sooner than 
September 10, 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. 7W-4428-NASA, MRC will 
provide stenographic support services to EPA's Office of Administrative 
Law Judges required to cover the hearing in regards to E.I. duPont de 
Nemours & Co., Inc., Docket No. FIFRA 95-H-02. This contract involves 
no subcontractors.
    The Office of Administrative Law Judges and Office of Pesticide 
Programs have jointly determined that the contract herein involves work 
that is being conducted in connection with FIFRA, in that pesticide 
chemicals will be the subject of certain evaluations to be made under 
this contract. These evaluations may be used in subsequent regulatory 
decisions under FIFRA. 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)(3), the 
contract with MRC prohibits use of the information for any purpose not 
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. In 
addition, MRC is required to submit for EPA approval a security plan 
under which any CBI will be secured and protected against unauthorized 
release or compromise. No information will be provided to this 
contractor until the above requirements have been fully satisfied. 
Records of information provided to this contractor will be maintained 
by the Project Officer for this contract in the EPA Office of 
Administrative Law Judges. All information supplied to MRC by EPA for 
use in connection with this contract will be returned to EPA when MRC 
has completed its work.

    Dated: August 22, 1997.
Daniel M. Barolo,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 97-23627 Filed 9-4-97; 8:45 am]
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