[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 7, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13727-13728]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-5578]


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 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-100166; FRL-6770-2]


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

DATES:  SAIC will be given access to this information on or before 
March 12, 2001.

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-W9-0060/000, the contractor will perform 
the following:
    The Contractor shall provide technical expertise necessary to 
conduct analyses of samples of pesticide products, particularly 
aluminum phosphide fumigants, to support possible enforcement actions 
and provide expert testimony regarding the manner in which the analyses 
were conducted. The analyses may require testing for both the active 
ingredient and certain inert ingredients. The analyses of individual 
samples will not be routinely scheduled but will be conducted as 
necessary as products are found entering the marketplace. The analyses 
will determine if the product contains the amount of active ingredient 
as expressed on the product labeling and whether the active ingredient 
or specified inert ingredients are within the certified limits 
contained in the Confidential Statement of Formula (CSF) accepted in 
connection with the pesticide's registration. The analytical method 
will generally be specified by EPA and and ingredient may be required 
to be analyzed by more than one method, using both wet and dry chemical 
techniques. Analyses will be conducted in accordance with EPA quality 
assurance procedures, chain of custody procedures, and procedures for 
maintaining the security of CBI.
    This contract involves no subcontractors.
    The OPP has determined that the contract 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 this contract. These evaluations may be used in subsequent 
regulatory decisions under FIFRA.
    Some of this information may be entitled to confidential treatment. 
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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 SAIC, 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, SAIC 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 SAIC until 
the requirements in this document have been fully satisfied. Records of 
information provided to SAIC will be maintained by EPA Project Officers 
for the contract. All information supplied to SAIC by EPA for use in 
connection with the contract will be returned to EPA when SAIC has 
completed its work.

List of Subjects

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

    Dated: February 14, 2001.
  Richard D. Schmitt,
Acting Director, Information Resources and Services Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 01-5578 Filed 3-6-01; 8:45 am]
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