[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 139 (Wednesday, July 19, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44776-44777]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18152]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-100159; FRL-6597-5]


The Cadmus Group, Inc.; 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 The Cadmus Group, Inc. in 
accordance with 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3) and 2.308(i)(2). The Cadmus Group, 
Inc. has been awarded multiple contracts to perform work for OPP and 
the Office of Water (OW). Access to this information will enable The 
Cadmus Group, Inc. to fulfill the obligations of the contract.

DATES: The Cadmus Group, Inc. will be given access to this information 
on or before July 24, 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

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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 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-C0-0113 work assignment 009, the 
contractor will perform the following:
    Review the Environmental Fate and Effects Division's (EFED) 
carbofuran RED chapter; review other pertinent documents; participate 
in conference calls with the Work Assignment Manager (WAM), the 
Probabilistic Risk Assessment Implementation Team; develops methods for 
conducting probabilistic risk assessments; develop data input 
distributions for probabilistic risk assessments for designated 
agricultural crops (using methods discussed and agreed upon with the 
WAM) and provide supporting model development and other technical 
aspects of risk assessment development including literature searches, 
data extraction, interpretation and analysis to complete the 
quantitative risk assessment.
    These contracts involve no subcontractors.
    The OPP has determined that the contracts described in this 
document involve work that is being conducted in connection with FIFRA, 
in that pesticide chemicals will be the subject of certain evaluations 
to be made under the contracts. 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 FFDCA.
    In accordance with the requirements of 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3), the 
contracts with The Cadmus Group, Inc., prohibits use of the information 
for any purpose not specified in these contracts; 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, The Cadmus Group, Inc. 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 The Cadmus Group, Inc. 
until the requirements in this document have been fully satisfied. 
Records of information provided to The Cadmus Group, Inc. will be 
maintained by EPA Project Officers for these contracts. All information 
supplied to The Cadmus Group, Inc. by EPA for use in connection with 
these contracts will be returned to EPA when The Cadmus Group, Inc. has 
completed its work.

List of Subjects

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

    Dated: July 6, 2000.
Richard D. Schmitt,
Acting Director, Information Resources and Services Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 00-18152 Filed 7-18-00; 8:45 am]
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