[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 53 (Monday, March 19, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15427-15428]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6712]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-100169; FRL-6773-8]


The George Washington University, Writing Center; 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 The George Washington 
University, Writing Center in accordance with 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3) and 
2.308(i)(2). The George Washington University, Writing Center has been 
awarded a contract to perform work for OPP, and access to this 
information will enable The George Washington University, Writing 
Center to fulfill the obligations of the contract.

DATES:  The George Washington University, Writing Center will be given 
access to this information on or before March 26, 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 01-01-0851/000, the contractor will perform 
the following:
    Scientists must determine the risk of each pesticide to be 
registered or reregistered according to its use. Such risk assessments 
must be communicated in writings of ``plain language'' as mandated by 
former President Clinton in his memorandum, dated June 1, 1998.
    The purpose of this service is to ensure or make certain that 
scientists can transition from scientific/technical writers into 
competent writers of information intended for the lay public. They will 
be trained to produce risk assessments that are structured logically, 
that avoid redundancy, and that use active instead of passive voice. 
Each risk assessment will be written to express the hazard and exposure 
as well as the estimate of potential risks (e.g., exposure and safety 
factors for infants and children, assessing pesticide exposure from 
food, assessing pesticide exposure from drinking water, assessing 
residential pesticide exposure and assessing occupational pesticide 
exposure.) The risk estimates are used to support risk management 
decisions and are the basis of risk communication.
    The contractor shall work with a base of 20 EPA/OPP students 
individually and develop a needs assessment specific to each 
individual.
    The contract involves no subcontractors.
    The 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 The George Washington University, Writing Center 
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

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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, The 
George Washington University, Writing Center 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 The George Washington University, Writing Center 
until the requirements in this document have been fully satisfied. 
Records of information provided to The George Washington University, 
Writing Center will be maintained by EPA Project Officers for the 
contract. All information supplied to The George Washington University, 
Writing Center by EPA for use in connection with the contract will be 
returned to EPA when The George Washington University, Writing Center 
has completed its work.

List of Subjects

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

    Dated: February 28, 2001.
  Richard D. Schmitt,
Director, Information Resources and Services Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 01-6712 Filed 3-16-01; 8:45 am]
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