[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 177 (Monday, September 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 49117]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24591]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPPTS-140271; FRL-6029-6]


Research Triangle Institute, Incorporated; Access to Trade Secret 
Information

Agency: Environmental Protection Agency ([EPA).

Action: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has authorized Research Triangle Institute, Incorporated 
(RTI), 3040 Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2194, for 
access to information which has been submitted to EPA under sections 
303, 311, 312, and 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-
to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA). Some of the information may be claimed or 
determined to be trade secret information.

DATES: Access to the trade secret information submitted to EPA pursuant 
to this Notice will be effective September 21, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Harry R. Lewis, Information Management 
Division (7407), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Northeast 
Mall Rm. G102, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460; Telephone: 202-
260-4535.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under EPCRA, industry must report 
information on the presence, use, production, and manufacture of 
certain chemicals to EPA.
    Under contract number 68-W7-0018, RTI will assist the Office of 
Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Information Management Division in 
performing economic assessment research incident to sufficiency 
determinations of trade secret claims made under EPCRA 313. RTI 
personnel will be given access to EPCRA section 303, 311, 312 and 313 
submissions and related documents. Some of the information may be 
claimed or may be determined to be trade secret. Personnel will be 
required to sign non-disclosure agreements and will be briefed on 
appropriate security procedures.
    EPA is issuing this notice to inform all submitters of information 
under sections 303, 311, 312, and 313 of EPCRA that EPA may provide RTI 
access to these trade secret materials on a need-to-know basis. All 
access to EPCRA trade secret information under this contract will take 
place at the EPA address listed above, or at the RTI offices in 
Research Triangle Park, NC. Upon termination of their contract or prior 
to termination of their contract at EPA's request, RTI will return all 
materials to EPA.
    Clearance for access to EPCRA trade secret information under this 
contract is scheduled to expire on September 30, 2001.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection.

    Dated: September 8, 1998.
Allan S. Abramson,
Director, Information Management Division, Office of Pollution 
Prevention and Toxics.

[FR Doc. 98-24591 Filed 9-11-98; 8:45 am]
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