[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 139 (Wednesday, July 19, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44777-44778]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18153]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-100158; FRL-6597-2]


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

DATES: GRAM, Inc. will be given access to this information on or before 
July 26, 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 
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-C9-9232, work assignment B-17, the 
contractor will perform the following: Provide technical and regulatory 
support services to the Health and Ecological Criteria Division (HECD) 
in the Office of Water's Office of Science and Technology (OST) during 
the development of human health criteria, health advisories, maximum 
contaminate level goals, and pollutant limits, and to conduct 
laboratory and/or field studies and/or derive from the published 
literature detailed and comprehensive data bases for microbiological 
pollutants encountered in drinking water, ambient water, wastewater/
sewage sludge, sediment/dredge spoils, fish, wildlife and sewage sludge 
for the EPA.
    These contracts involve no subcontractors.
    OPP has determined that the contracts described in this document 
involve

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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 GRAM, 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, GRAM, 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 GRAM, Inc., until the requirements in this document have 
been fully satisfied. Records of information provided to GRAM, Inc., 
will be maintained by EPA Project Officers for these contracts. All 
information supplied to GRAM, Inc., by EPA for use in connection with 
these contracts will be returned to EPA when, 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. 00-18153 Filed 7-18-00; 8:45 am]
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