[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 12, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19753-19754]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-8960]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-00653; FRL-6552-7]


Solutions by Design; 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 Solutions by Design in 
accordance with 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3) and 2.308(i)(2). Solutions by Design 
has been awarded multiple contracts to perform work for OPP, and access 
to this information will enable Solutions by Design to fulfill the 
obligations of the contract.

DATES: Solutions by Design will be given access to this information on 
or before April 17, 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, 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 
affect by this action. If you have any questions regarding the 
applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the person 
listed under 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 number, 68-W9-9011 the contractor will perform the 
following: Deal with the analysis, design, development, installation 
and maintenance of OPP applications developed in Lotus Notes and their 
interconnectivity to other applications developed in Oracle. The 
Project Officer or his/her designee, after a written determination by 
the appropriate program office, may disclose FIFRA CBI to the 
contractor necessary to carry out work required under this contract.
    The 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.

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    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 Solutions by Design, 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, Solutions by Design 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 Solutions by Design until the requirements in this 
document have been fully satisfied. Records of information provided to 
Solutions by Design will be maintained by EPA Project Officers for the 
contract. All information supplied to Solutions by Design by EPA for 
use in connection with the contract will be returned to EPA when 
Solutions by Design has completed its work.

List of Subjects

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

    Dated: March 29, 2000.
Richard D. Schmitt,
Acting Director, Information Resources and Services Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 00-8960 Filed 4-11-00; 8:45 am]
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