[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 145 (Wednesday, July 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40524-40525]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20285]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-100139; FRL-6017-2]


Systems Integration Group, Inc. and Micrographic Specialties, 
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). Systems Integration Group, Inc. and its subcontractor, 
Micrographic Specialties, Inc. have been awarded a contract to perform 
work for the EPA Office of Pesticide Programs, and will be provided 
access to certain information submitted 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 Systems Integration Group, Inc. and its subcontractor Micrographic 
Specialties Inc. consistent with the requirements of 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3) 
and 2.308(I)(2), and will enable Systems Integration Group, Inc. and 
its subcontractor to fulfill the obligations of this contract.
DATES: Systems Integration Group, Inc. and its subcontractor 
Micrographics Specialties, Inc. will be given access to this 
information no sooner than August 3, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: C. Jean Sadlowe, Information 
Resources and Services Division (7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. 
Office location and telephone number; Rm. 230, Crystal Mall 2, 1921 
Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, (703) 305-5362; e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under contract No. GS-35F-4713G, Order Nr. 
8W-0319-NBSX, Systems Integration Group, Inc. will provide imaging, 
micrographic, and blowback services for the Office of Pesticide 
Programs. The documents to be imaged/filmed include pesticide labels, 
pesticide studies submitted to the Office of Pesticide Programs, 
pesticide incident reports, and EPA generated scientific reviews of 
submitted studies.
    Some of the information included in these documents may be entitled 
to confidential treatment. The information has been submitted to EPA 
under sections 3,4, and 6 of FIFRA and under sections 408 and 409 of 
the FFDCA.
    In accordance with the requirements of 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3), the 
contract with Systems Integration Group, Inc. prohibits the 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, Systems Integration Group, 
Inc. is required to submit for EPA approval a security plan under which 
any CBI will be secured and protected against unauthorized release of 
compromise. No information will be provided to this contractor until 
the above requirements have been fully

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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 provided to Systems Integration Group, Inc. by EPA 
for use in connection with this contract will be returned to EPA when 
Systems Integration Group, Inc. has completed its work.

List of Subjects

    Environmental Protection, Transfer of data.

Dated: July 22, 1998.

Linda A. Travers,

Director, Information Resources and Services Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 98-20285 Filed 7-28-98; 8:45 am]
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