[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 7, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11998-11999]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-5504]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-100155; FRL-6493-1]


American Management Systems and Technology Group; Transfer of 
Data

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that pesticide related information 
submitted to EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) pursuant to the 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), including information 
that may have been claimed as Confidential Business Information (CBI) 
by the submitter, will be tranferred to American Management Systems and 
Technology Group in accordance with 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3) and 2.308(i)(2). 
American Management Systems and Technology Group has been awarded 
multiple contracts to perform work for OPP, and access to this 
information will enable American Management Systems and Technology 
Group to fulfill the obligations of the contract.

DATES: American Management Systems and Technology Group will be given 
access to this information on or before March 13, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Erik R. Johnson, FIFRA 
Security Officer, Information Resources and Services Division (7502C), 
Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, Ariel 
Rios Bldg., 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: 703-305-7248; e-mail address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    This action applies to the public in general. As such, the Agency 
has not attempted to describe all the specific entities that may be 
affected by this action. If you have any questions regarding the 
applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the person 
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

B. How Can I Get Additional Information, Including Copies of this 
Document and Other Related Documents?

    You may obtain electronic copies of this document, and certain 
other related documents that might be available electronically, from 
the EPA Internet Home Page at http://www.epa.gov/. To access this 
document, on the Home Page select ``Laws and Regulations'' and then 
look up the entry for this document under the ``Federal Register--
Environmental Documents.'' You can also go directly to the Federal 
Register listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.

II. Contractor Requirements

    Under Contract No. GS-35F-4979H, the contractor will perform the 
following: American Management Systems and Technology Group will be 
working on the OPPTS server located in OPP to install and support a 
financial management system, the Integrated Resource Management System 
(IRMS). Because it may be necessary for American Management Systems and 
Technology Group to access data on the OPP server for testing and data 
management purposes, it is possible that American Management Systems 
and Technology Group could be exposed to sensitive FIFRA CBI 
information housed on the same server.
    This contract involves no subcontractors.
    OPP has determined that the contract described in this document 
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 American Management Systems and Technology Group, 
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

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addition, American Management Systems and Technology Group 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 American Management Systems and 
Technology Group until the requirements in this document have been 
fully satisfied. Records of information provided to American Management 
Systems and Technology Group will be maintained by EPA Project Officers 
for these contracts. All information supplied to American Management 
Systems and Technology Group by EPA for use in connection with these 
contracts will be returned to EPA when American Management Systems and 
Technology Group has completed its work.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Business and industry, Government 
contracts, Government property, Security measures.

    Dated: February 22, 2000.
Richard D. Schmitt,
Acting Director, Information Resources and Services Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 00-5504 Filed 3-6-00; 8:45 am]
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