[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 235 (Wednesday, December 6, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 76233]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-31061]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-100162; FRL-6757-4]


Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (ASRC) Aerospace; 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 Arctic Slope Regional 
Corporation (ASRC) Aerospace in accordance with 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3) and 
2.308(i)(2). ASRC Aerospace has been awarded a contract to perform work 
for OPP, and access to this information will enable ASRC Aerospace to 
fulfill the obligations of the contract.

DATES:  ASRC Aerospace will be given access to this information on or 
before December 11, 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,'' 
``Regulations and Proposed Rules,'' 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-W0-0102, work assignment 001, the 
contractor will perform the following:
    The Public Information and Records Integrity Branch in responding 
to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and public inquiries 
expeditiously shall use contractor services to perform distinct tasks 
in a multi-task response process, such as gathering records identified 
as responsive by EPA, filling out standard response forms in accordance 
with office procedures, packaging the response after completion by the 
EPA caseworker, compiling documents to assist information collection 
activities, and managing an OPP/FOIA website and records/internal 
computer systems associated with this work.
    The contractor will process FOIA requests assigned to OPP and 
maintain appropriate case files and records which may involve all 
pending and registered sensitive information.
    The contractor must have access to CBI in order to conduct records 
management activities associated with the OPP's FOIA and public 
response activities.
    This 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.
    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 
contract with ASRC Aerospace, 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, ASRC Aerospace 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 ASRC Aerospace until the requirements in this 
document have been fully satisfied. Records of information provided to 
ASRC Aerospace will be maintained by EPA Project Officers for the 
contract. All information supplied to ASRC Aerospace by EPA for use in 
connection with the contract will be returned to EPA when ASRC 
Aerospace has completed its work.

List of Subjects

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


    Dated: November 28, 2000.
Joanne Martin,
Acting Director, Information Resources and Services Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 00-31061 Filed 12-5-00; 8:45 am]
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