[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 196 (Friday, October 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 54476]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27265]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6175-1]


Contractor Access to Confidential Business Information Under the 
Clean Air Act

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The EPA has authorized the following contractor for access to 
information that has been, or will be, submitted to EPA under sections 
109-112, 114, 129 and 183 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) as amended: 
Research Triangle Institute, 3040 Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle 
Park, North Carolina 27709, under contract number 68-W7-0018.
    Some of the information may be claimed to be confidential business 
information (CBI) by the submitter.

DATES: Access to confidential data submitted to EPA under the CAA will 
occur no sooner October 19, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melva Toomer, Document Control 
Officer, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (MD-11), U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 
27711, (919) 541-0880.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA is issuing this notice to inform all 
submitters of information under sections 109-112, 114, 129 and 183 of 
the CAA that EPA may provide the above mentioned contractor access to 
these materials on a need-to-know basis. This contractor will provide 
technical support to the Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards 
(OAQPS) and the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) in the 
analyses of cost and benefits of actual or potential EPA action taken 
under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the CAA. This 
contractor was previously authorized to access CBI submitted under TSCA 
under a Federal Register document issued June 13, 1997 (62 FR 32319-
32320) .
    In accordance with 40 CFR part 2, subparts B and other EPA 
regulations and policies, EPA has determined that this contractor 
requires access to CBI, submitted to EPA under sections 109-112, 114, 
129 and 183 of the CAA, in order to perform work satisfactorily under 
the above noted contract. The contractor personnel will be given access 
to information submitted under the above mentioned section of the CAA. 
Some of the information may be claimed or determined to be CBI. The 
contractor's personnel will be required to sign nondisclosure 
agreements and will be briefed on appropriate security procedures 
before they are permitted access to CAA CBI. All access to CAA CBI will 
take place at the contractor's facility. This contractor has 
appropriate procedures and facilities in place to safeguard the CAA CBI 
to which the contractor has access.
    Clearance for access to CAA CBI is scheduled to expire on September 
30, 2001 under contract 68-W7-0018.

    Dated: October 5, 1998.
Robert Perciasepe,
Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 98-27265 Filed 10-8-98; 8:45 am]
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