[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 209 (Wednesday, October 29, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56163-56164]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28666]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-00504; FRL-5747-6]


Dynamac Corporation and Environmental Management Support; 
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). Dynamac Corporation and its subcontractor, Environmental 
Management Support (EMS) 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 the FFDCA. Some 
of this information may have been claimed to be confidential business 
information (CBI) by submitters. This infomation will be transferred to 
Dynamac and EMS consistent with the requirements of 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3) 
and 2.308(h)(2), and will enable Dynamac and EMS to fulfill the 
obligations of the contract.

DATES: Dynamac and EMS 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-D5-0041, Dynamac and 
EMS will provide evaluations of the health effect-related toxicological 
and exposure data submitted by pesticide manufacturers, other EPA 
programs, and Government agencies to determine whether pesticides and 
their proposed uses may pose an unreasonable adverse effect on human 
health and the environment. Dynamac and EMS will support EPA's Office 
of Pesticide Programs Health Effects Division scientific technical 
assessments of potential hazards and risk of pesticide use by 
performing preliminary, detailed evaluations of toxicity studies and 
their data and prepare Data Evaluation Reports (DERs). The Office of 
Pesticide Programs has determined that access by Dynamac and EMS to 
information on all pesticide chemicals is necessary for the performance 
of this 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 Dynamac and EMS 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, Dynamac and EMS 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

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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 Pesticide Programs. All information 
supplied to Dynamac and EMS by EPA for use in connection with this 
contract will be returned to EPA when Dynamac and EMS have completed 
their work.

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

[FR Doc. 97-28666 Filed 10-28-97; 8:45 am]
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