[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 228 (Monday, November 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 70713]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-30112]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6908-6]


Contractor Access to Confidential Business Information Under the 
Clean Air Act

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency has 
authorized the following contractor to access information that has 
been, or will be, submitted to the EPA under section 114 of the Clean 
Air Act (CAA) as amended: Alpha Gamma Technologies, Inc., 900 
Ridgefield Drive, Suite 350, Raleigh, NC 27609, contract number 
68D00282.
    Some of this information may be claimed to be confidential business 
information (CBI) by the submitter.

DATES: Access to confidential data submitted to EPA will occur no 
sooner than ten days after issuance of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roberto Morales, Document Control 
Officer, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (MD-11), U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 
27711, (919) 541-0880.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA is issuing this notice to inform all 
submitters of information under section 114 of the CAA that the EPA may 
provide the above mentioned contractor access to these materials on a 
need-to-know basis. This contractor will provide technical support to 
the Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) in developing 
Federal Air Pollution Control Regulations.
    In accordance with 40 CFR 2.301(h), the EPA has determined that the 
above contractor requires access to CBI submitted to the EPA under 
sections 112 and 114 of the CAA in order to perform work satisfactorily 
under the above noted contract. The contractor's personnel will be 
given access to information submitted under section 114 of the CAA. The 
contractor's personnel will be required to sign nondisclosure 
agreements and will receive training on appropriate security procedures 
before they are permitted access to CBI.
    Clearance for access to CAA CBI is scheduled to expire on September 
30, 2003 under contract 68D00282.

    Dated: November 20, 2000.
Bob Perciasepe,
Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 00-30112 Filed 11-24-00; 8:45 am]
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