[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 8, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12232-12233]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-5628]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6548-4]


Notice of Disclosure of Confidential Business Information 
Obtained Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation 
and Liability Act to EPA Contractor Science Applications International 
Corporation and its Subcontractors

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice, request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') hereby 
complies with the requirements of 40 CFR 2.310(h) for authorization to 
disclose to the Science Applications International Corporation 
(``SAIC''), of San Francisco, California, and its subcontractors, 
Superfund confidential business information (``CBI'') submitted to EPA 
Region 9.

DATES: Comments may be submitted by March 22, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to: Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region 9, Katherine Meltzer (PMD-8), 75 Hawthorne Street, San 
Francisco, CA 94105.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katherine Meltzer, Policy & Management 
Division, Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne 
Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, (415) 744-1609.
    Notice of Required Determinations, Contract Provisions and 
Opportunity to Comment: The Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (``CERCLA'') as amended, 
(commonly known as ``Superfund'') requires completion of enforcement 
activities at Superfund sites in concert with other site events. EPA 
has entered into a contract, No. 68-S9-00-01, with SAIC for Superfund 
enforcement support services. These services will be provided to EPA by 
SAIC and its subcontractors Cotton & Co. of Alexandria, VA; Indus 
Corporation of Vienna, VA; Jonas & Associates, Inc. of Walnut Creek, 
CA; Petroleum Properties of Dixon CA; KPMG LLP of San Francisco, CA; 
McDonald & Associates of Capay, CA; Orswell & Kasman of Pasadena, CA; 
Power Partners, Inc. of San Francisco, CA; and ReVision, Inc. of 
Denver, CO. EPA has determined that disclosure of CBI to SAIC 
employees, and its subcontractors' employees, is necessary in order 
that SAIC may carry out the work required by that contract with EPA. 
The information EPA intends

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to disclose includes submissions made by Potentially Responsible 
Parties to EPA in accordance with EPA's enforcement activities at 
Superfund sites. The information would be disclosed to the contractor 
and its subcontractor for any of the following reasons: to assist with 
document handling, inventory, and indexing; to assist with document 
review and analysis; to verify completeness; and to provide technical 
review of submittals. The contract complies with all requirements of 40 
CFR 2.301(h)(2)(ii), incorporated by reference into 40 CFR 2.310(h)(2). 
EPA Region 9 will require that each SAIC employee and subcontractor 
employee sign a written agreement that he or she: (1) Will use the 
information only for the purpose of carrying out the work required by 
the contract, (2) shall refrain from disclosing the information to 
anyone other than EPA without prior written approval of each affected 
business or of an EPA legal office, and (3) shall return to EPA all 
copies of the information (and any abstracts or extracts therefrom) 
upon request from the EPA program office, whenever the information is 
no longer required by SAIC and its subcontractors for performance of 
the work required by the contract or upon completion of the contract or 
subcontract.

    Dated: February 28, 2000.
Michael Feeley,
Acting Director Superfund Division, Region 9.
[FR Doc. 00-5628 Filed 3-7-00; 8:45 am]
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