[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 185 (Wednesday, September 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49977-49978]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25098]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-00496; FRL-5736-6]


Science Applications International Corp.; 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) or the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
(FFDCA). Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) has 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. 
This information will be transferred to SAIC in accordance with the 
requirements of 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3) and 40 CFR 2.308(i)(2),

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and will enable SAIC to fulfill the obligations of the contract.
DATES: SAIC will be given access to this information no sooner than 
September 29, 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-D4-0098, work 
assignment number 317, SAIC will provide technical and scientific 
support to EPA evaluations of analytical methods and performance data 
for pesticide, and test analytical methods used in studies submitted to 
the Agency of the ecological effects, exposure, or environmental fate 
of pesticides.
    The Office of Pesticide Programs has determined that access by SAIC 
to information on all pesticide products 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 SAIC 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, SAIC 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 Pesticide 
Programs. All information supplied to SAIC by EPA for use in connection 
with this contract will be returned to EPA when SAIC has completed its 
work.

    Dated: September 4, 1997.
Daniel M. Barolo,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 97-25098 Filed 9-23-97; 8:45 am]
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