[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30994-30995]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14361]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-100144; FRL-6083-7]


Dynamac Corporation; 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). Dynamac Corporation (Dynamac) 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 Dynamac consistent with the requirements of 40 
CFR 2.307(h)(3) and 2.308(i)(2), and will enable Dynamac to fulfill the 
obligations of the contract.

DATES: Dynamac will be given access to this information no sooner than 
June 14, 1999.


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Richard Schmitt, Information 
Resources Services Division (7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. 
Office location and telephone number: Rm. 703, Crystal Mall 2, 1921 
Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, (703) 305-5484; e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under Contract No. 68D-W9-9014, Dynamac will 
review and evaluate toxicological and pharmacological studies reporting 
tests of pesticides in laboratory animals, clinical reports, monitoring 
and epidemiological studies, and accidental pesticide exposure incident 
studies. Additionally, Dynamac will develop and evaluate new procedures 
or methodologies for testing pesticides for hazards to humans; conduct 
expert reviews of complex science issues; and perform data extraction/
entry from toxicological data summaries, using computerized data bases. 
This contract involves no subcontractor.
    OPP has determined that access by Dynamac 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 Dynamac 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, Dynamac 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 Project Officers for this contract in the EPA Office of 
Pesticide Programs. All information supplied to Dynamac by EPA for use 
in connection with this contract will be returned to EPA when Dynamac 
has completed its work.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Transfer of data.

    Dated: May 27, 1999.

Richard D. Schmitt,

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

[FR Doc. 99-14361 Filed 6-8-99; 8:45 am]
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