[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 209 (Wednesday, October 29, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56161-56162]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28661]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-00507; FRL-5757-9]


Versar Inc., Syracuse Research Corp., and General Sciences 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) and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
(FFDCA). Versar Inc. and its subcontractors, Syracuse Research Corp. 
(SRC) and General Sciences Corp. (GSC), have been awarded a contract to 
perform work for the EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics and 
other EPA 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 infomation will be transferred to Versar Inc. and its 
subcontractors, SRC and GSC, consistent with the requirements of 40 CFR 
2.307(h)(3) and 2.308(i)(2), and will

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enable Versar Inc. and its subcontractors, SRC and GSC, to fulfill the 
obligations of the contract.

DATES: Versar Inc. and its subcontractors, SRC and GSC, will be given 
access to this information no sooner than November 3, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: BeWanda B. 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-W6-0023, Versar Inc. 
and its subcontractors, SRC and GSC, will perform reviews of pesticide 
field exposure studies for planned program activities, special review, 
and reregistration and provide related technical support to the 
Chemistry and Exposure Branches of the EPA Office of Pesticide 
Programs. Under this contract, Versar, Inc. and its subcontractors, SRC 
and GSC, will prepare environment exposure and risk assessments for the 
Exposure Assessment Branch of the Office of Water in support of the 
development of effluent guideline regulations and other similar 
regulatory actions necessary to preserve and protect human and aquatic 
life from adverse exposure and risks. The Office of Pollution 
Prevention and Toxics and Office of Pesticide Programs have jointly 
determined that the contract herein described 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)(2), the 
contract with Versar Inc. and its subcontractors, SRC and GSC, 
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, 
Versar Inc. and its subcontractors, SRC and GSC, are 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 and its subcontractor 
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 Office 
of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.
    All information supplied to Versar Inc. and its subcontractors, SRC 
and GSC, by EPA for use in connection with this contract will be 
returned to EPA when Versar Inc. and its subcontractors, SRC and GSC, 
have completed their work.

    Dated: October 7, 1997.
Daniel M. Barolo,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 97-28661 Filed 10-28-97; 8:45 am]
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