[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 189 (Wednesday, September 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52254-52255]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26164]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPPTS-140274; FRL-6031-9]


Access to Confidential Business Information by Battelle Memorial 
Institute

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has authorized its contractor Battelle Memorial Institute 
(BMI), of Columbus, Ohio, access to information which has been 
submitted to EPA under sections 4, 5, 6, 8(a), 11, and 21 of the Toxic 
Substances Control Act (TSCA). Some of the information may be claimed 
or determined to be confidential business information (CBI).

DATES: Access to the confidential data by BMI occurred as a result of 
an approved waiver dated September 1, 1998, which requested granting 
BMI immediate access to TSCA CBI. This waiver was necessary to allow 
BMI to provide statistical, mathematical, field data collection and 
technical analysis support and planning for Office of Pollution 
Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) programs.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Hazen, Director, Environmental 
Assistance Division (7408), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. E-545, 401 M St., SW., Washington, 
DC 20460, (202) 554-1404, TDD: (202) 554-0551; e-mail: TSCA-
H[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under contract number 68-D5-0008, contractor 
BMI of 505 King Avenue, Columbus, OH, will assist OPPT by providing 
statistical, mathematical, field data collection and technical analysis

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support and planning for OPPT programs.
    In accordance with 40 CFR 2.306(j), EPA has determined that under 
EPA contract number 68-D5-0008, BMI will require access to CBI 
submitted to EPA under sections 4, 5, 6, 8(a), 11 and 21 of TSCA to 
perform successfully the duties specified under the contract. BMI 
personnel will be given access to information submitted to EPA under 
sections 4, 5, 6, 8(a), 11, and 21 of TSCA. Some of the information may 
be claimed or determined to be CBI.
    EPA is issuing this notice to inform all submitters of information 
under sections 4, 5, 6, 8(a), 11, and 21 of TSCA that EPA may provide 
BMI access to these CBI materials on a need-to-know basis only. All 
access to TSCA CBI under this contract will take place at EPA 
Headquarters and BMI's Columbus, OH facility.
    BMI will be authorized access to TSCA CBI at their facility under 
the EPA TSCA Confidential Business Information Security Manual. Before 
access to TSCA CBI is authorized at BMI's site, EPA will perform the 
required inspection of its facility and ensure that the facility is in 
compliance with the manual. Upon completing review of the CBI 
materials, BMI will return all transferred materials to EPA.
    Clearance for access to TSCA CBI under this contract may continue 
until March 2, 1999.
    BMI personnel will be required to sign nondisclosure agreements and 
will be briefed on appropriate security procedures before they are 
permitted access to TSCA CBI.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Access to confidential business 
information.

    Dated: September 21, 1998.

Allan S. Abramson,

Director, Information Management Division, Office of Pollution and 
Prevention and Toxics.

[FR Doc. 98-26164 Filed 9-29-98; 8:45 am]
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