[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 13 (Thursday, January 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 3231]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1363]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6526-7]


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 and 
subcontractors for access to information that has been, or will be, 
submitted to EPA under sections 108-112, 114, 129 and 183 of the Clean 
Air Act (CAA) as amended: Research Triangle Institute, 3040 Cornwallis 
Road, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709; Pechan-Avanti 
Group, 5537-C Hempstead Way, Springfield, Virginia 22151; Stratus 
Consulting, Inc., Suite 201, 1881 Ninth Street, Boulder, Colorado 
80302; Mathtech, Inc., Suite 111, 202 Carnegie Center, Princeton, New 
Jersey 08540; The Kevric Company, Inc., Suite 610, 8401 Colesville 
Road, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 under contract number 68-D-99-024.
    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 than 10 days after issuance of this notice.

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 108-112, 114, 129 and 183 
of the CAA that EPA may provide the above mentioned contractor and 
subcontractors access to these materials on a need-to-know basis. This 
contractor and subcontractors will provide technical support to the 
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) in the analyses of 
cost and benefits of actual or potential EPA action taken under the 
CAA.
    In accordance with 40 CFR, part 2. subparts B and other EPA 
regulations and policies, EPA has determined that this contractor and 
subcontractors require access to CBI, submitted to EPA under sections 
108-112, 114, 129 and 183 of the CAA, in order to perform work 
satisfactorily under the above noted contract. The contractor and 
subcontractor 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 and 
subcontractor 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 prime contractor's facility. This prime 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, 2004 under contract 68-D-99-024.

    Dated: January 11, 2000.
Robert Brenner,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 00-1363 Filed 1-19-00; 8:45 am]
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