[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 119 (Monday, June 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33927-33928]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16567]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL--6113-8 ]
Access to Confidential Business Information by Enrollees Under
the Senior Environmental Employment Program
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA has authorized grantee organizations under the Senior
Environmental Employment (SEE) Program, and their enrollees; access to
information which has been submitted to EPA under the environmental
statutes administered by the Agency. Some of this information may be
claimed or determined to be confidential business information (CBI).
DATES: Comments concerning CBI access will be accepted on or before
June 29, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Street, National Program
Director, Senior Environmental Employment Program (3641), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 N Street, S.W., Washington, DC
20460. Telephone (202) 260-2573.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Senior Environmental Employment (SEE)
program is authorized by the Environmental Programs Assistance Act of
1984 (Pub. L. 98-313) , which provides that the Administrator may
``make grants or enter into cooperative agreements'' for the purpose of
``providing technical assistance to: Federal, State, and local
environmental agencies for projects of pollution prevention, abatement,
and control.'' Cooperative agreements under the SEE program provide
support for many functions in the Agency, including clerical support,
staffing hot lines, providing support to Agency enforcement activities,
providing library services, compiling data, and support in scientific,
engineering, financial, and other areas.
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In performing these tasks, grantees and cooperators under the SEE
program and their enrollees may have access to potentially all
documents submitted under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act,
Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, and Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, to the extent
that these statutes allow disclosure of confidential information to
authorized representatives. of the United States (or to ``contractors''
under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act). Some of
these documents may contain information claimed as confidential.
EPA provides confidential information to enrollees working under
the following cooperative agreements:
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Cooperative agreement No. Organization
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CQ-820932-02..................... National Older Worker
Career Center, Inc.
CQ-822791-02..................... NOWCC.
CQ-822911-02..................... NOWCC.
CQ-822912-02..................... NOWCC.
CQ-822985-02..................... NOWCC.
CQ-823144-02..................... NOWCC.
CQ-823655-02..................... NOWCC.
CQ-823893-02..................... NOWCC.
CQ-823905-02..................... NOWCC.
CQ-823952-02..................... NOWCC.
CQ-823973-02..................... NOWCC.
CQ-824021-02..................... NOWCC.
CQ-824417-02..................... NOWCC.
CQ-824455-02..................... NOWCC.
CQ-824714........................ National Caucus and Center on Black
Aged, Inc.
CQ-824715........................ NCBA.
CQ-824716........................ NCBA.
CQ-824717........................ NCBA.
CQ-824718........................ NCBA.
CQ-825083........................ NCBA.
CQ-825084........................ NCBA.
CQ-825085........................ NCBA.
CQ-825086........................ NCBA.
CQ-825087........................ NCBA.
CQ-826277-01..................... NCBA.
CQ-826278-01..................... NCBA.
CQ-826377........................ NCBA.
QS-823447 NCBA.
CQ-822261........................ National Association for
Hispanic Elderly.
CQ-825236........................ NAHE.
CQ-826228........................ NAHE.
CQ-826229........................ NAHE.
QS-823047 NAHE.
CQ-824362........................ National Council On the
Aging, Inc.
CQ-824363........................ NCOA.
CQ-824364........................ NCOA.
CQ-825438........................ NCOA.
CQ-825527........................ NCOA.
CQ-826218........................ NCOA.
CQ-822533........................ National Senior Citizens
Education and Research
Center.
CQ-822769........................ NSCERC.
CQ-824298........................ NSCERC.
CQ-824299........................ NSCERC.
CQ-824399........................ NSCERC.
CQ-824721........................ NSCERC.
CQ-825529........................ NSCERC.
CQ-825530........................ NSCERC.
CQ-826279-01..................... NSCERC.
CQ-822810-02..................... National Asian Pacific
Center on Aging.
CQ-825520........................ NAPCA.
CQ-825447........................ NAPCA.
CQ-825448........................ NAPCA.
CQ-826340........................ NAPCA.
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Among the procedures established by EPA confidentiality regulations
for granting access is notification to the submitters of confidential
data that SEE grantee organizations and their enrollees will have
access. 40 CFR 2.201(h)(2)(iii). This document is intended to fulfill
that requirement.
The grantee organizations are required by the cooperative
agreements to protect confidential information. SEE enrollees are
require to sign confidentiality agreements and to adhere to the same
security procedures as Federal employees.
Dated: June 16, 1998
Donald W. Sadler,
Director, Human Resources Staff for OA, OIA, OARM, OCFO and SES.
[FR Doc. 98-16567 Filed 6-19-98; 8:45 am]
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