[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 186 (Friday, September 25, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51348-51349]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25631]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-100140; FRL-6031-2]


Computer Based Systems, 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). Computer Based Systems, Inc. has been awarded a contract to 
perform work for the EPA, Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), 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 information 
will be transferred to Computer Based Systems, Inc. consistent with the 
requirements of 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3) and 2.308(i)(2), and will enable 
Computer Based Systems, Inc. to fulfill the obligations of the 
contract.
DATES: Computer Based Systems, Inc. will be given access to this 
information no sooner than September 30, 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, telephone number, and e-mail address: Rm. 230, Crystal 
Mall 2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, (703) 305-5362; e-
mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under Contract No. 68-W-98-045, work 
assignment number P98-1, Computer Based Systems, Inc. will perform data 
entry, abstracting, and indexing functions in support of maintaining 
the Incident Data System, a data base system that manages information 
about pesticide incidents. This contract involves no subcontractor.

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    OPP has determined that access by Computer Based Systems, Inc. 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 the FFDCA.
    In accordance with the requirements of 40 CFR 2.307(h)(2), the 
contract with Computer Based Systems, Inc. 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. No information claimed confidential will 
be provided to this contractor until the above requirements have been 
fully satisfied. Records of information provided to this contractor 
will be maintained by the Work Assignment Manager for this contract in 
the EPA Office of Pesticide Programs. All information supplied to 
Computer Based Systems, Inc. by EPA for use in connection with this 
contract will be returned to EPA when Computer Based Systems, Inc. has 
completed its work.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Transfer of data.

    Dated: September 15, 1998.

Richard D. Schmitt,

Acting Director, Information Resources and Services Branch, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 98-25631 Filed 9-24-98; 8:45 am]
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