[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 3, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 362]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-116]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6927-3]


Access to Confidential Business Information by Riojas 
Enterprises, Inc.

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has authorized its contractor, Riojas Enterprises, Inc., 
of Kansas City, Kansas, who is the prime contractor, for access to 
information which has been submitted to EPA under the environmental 
statutes administered by the Agency. Some of this information may be 
claimed or determined to be Confidential Business Information (CBI).

DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 18, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Questions about this notice should be addressed to: Barry 
Thierer, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Policy and 
Management, Information Resources Management Branch, (IRMB) 901 N. 5th 
Street, Kansas City, Kansas 66101. Telephone (913/551-7515; 
thierer,[email protected]),

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barry Thierer, (913) 551-7515.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Contract Number 68-R7-01-01, 
Riojas provides agency-wide information management support services to 
the Environmental Protection Agency for the operation of dockets, 
records management support programs, records center, and file rooms, in 
Regional and Laboratory offices. In performing these tasks, Riojas 
employees have access to Agency documents for purposes of document 
processing, filing, abstracting, analyzing, inventorying, retrieving, 
tracking, filming, scanning, etc. The documents to which Riojas have 
access potentially include all documents submitted under the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act. 
Some of these documents may contain information claimed as CBI.
    Pursuant to EPA regulations at 40 CFR part 2, subpart B, EPA has 
determined that Riojas require access to CBI to perform the work 
required under the contract. These regulations provide for five days 
notice before contractors are given CBI.
    Riojas is required by contract to protect confidential information. 
Clearance for access to CBI will continue until November 15, 2003.
    Riojas personnel will be required to sign nondisclosure agreements 
and will be briefed on appropriate security procedures before they are 
permitted access to CBI.

List of Subjects

    Environmental Protection, Access to Confidential Business 
Information.

Jody Hudson,
Associate Assistant Regional Administrator for Information Management, 
Office of Policy and Management.
[FR Doc. 01-116 Filed 1-2-01; 8:45 am]
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