[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 96 (Wednesday, May 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 27254]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12483]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-100142; FRL-6080-2]


Armstrong Data Services; 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). Armstrong Data Services has been awarded a contract to perform 
work for the EPA Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) and EPA, 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 Armstrong Data Services consistent with the 
requirements of 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3) and 2.308(i)(2), and will enable 
Armstrong Data Services to fulfill the obligations of the contract.

DATES: Armstrong Data Services will be given access to this information 
no sooner than May 24, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Richard Schmitt, Information 
Security Officer Information Resources 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. 703, Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, 
Arlington, VA, (703) 305-5484; e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under Contract No. 68-W5-0024, Delivery 
Order Number 246, Armstrong Data Services will provide technical 
support to EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs in the development of 
activities related to preparation and issuance of reregistration 
eligibility documents and product-specific reregistration. This 
contract involves no subcontractors. The Office of Pesticide Programs 
has determined that the contract herein described involves work that is 
being conducted in connection with FIFRA, in that pesticide chemicals 
will be the subject of certain evaluations to be made under this 
contract. These evaluations may be used in subsequent regulatory 
decisions under FIFRA.

    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)(3), the 
contract with Armstrong Data Services 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. In addition, Armstrong Data Services is 
required to submit for EPA approval a security plan under which any CBI 
will be secured and protected against unauthorized release or 
compromise. No information 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 
Delivery Order Project Officer for this contract in the EPA Office of 
Pesticide Programs.

    All information supplied to Armstrong Data Services by EPA for use 
in connection with this contract will be returned to EPA when Armstrong 
Data Services have completed its work.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Transfer of data.

    Dated: May 7, 1999.

Richard D. Schmitt,

Acting Director, Information Resources and Services Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 99-12483 Filed 5-18-99; 8:45 am]
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