[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 226 (Friday, November 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58732-58733]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29273]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7107-1]


Access to Confidential Business Information by MacFadden & 
Associates, Inc.

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of access to data and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: EPA will authorize its contractor, MacFadden & Associates, 
Inc. (MAI) to access confidential business information (CBI) which has 
been submitted to EPA under the authority of all sections of the 
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976, as amended. EPA 
has issued regulations that outline business confidentiality provisions 
for the Agency and require all EPA Offices that receive information 
designated by the submitter as CBI to abide by these provisions. MAI 
will provide support to the Office of Solid Waste (OSW) in operating 
the RCRA CBI Center (CBIC), a secure storage area that contains all 
records/documents that are received by OSW with a claim of business 
confidentiality.

DATES: Access to confidential data submitted to EPA will occur no 
sooner than December 3, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to Regina Magbie, Document Control 
Officer, Office of Solid Waste (5305W), U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. Comments 
should be identified as ``Access to Confidential Data.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Regina Magbie, Document Control 
Officer, Office of Solid Waste (5305W), U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, 703-308-
7909.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Access to Confidential Business Information

    Under EPA Contract No. GS-35F-0599J, MAI will assist the 
Information Management Branch, within the Communications, Information, 
and Resources Management Division, of the Office of Solid Waste (OSW) 
in operating the RCRA Confidential Business Information Center (CBIC). 
OSW collects data from industry to support the RCRA hazardous waste 
regulatory program. Some of the data collected from industry are 
claimed by industry to contain trade secrets or CBI. In accordance with 
the provisions of 40 CFR part 2, subpart B, OSW has established 
policies and procedures for handling information collected from 
industry, under the authority of RCRA, including RCRA Confidential 
Business Information Security Manuals. MAI shall protect from 
unauthorized disclosure all information designated as confidential and 
shall abide by all RCRA CBI requirements, including procedures outlined 
in the RCRA CBI Security Manual. MAI will also provide data base 
management support to the RCRA CBIC document tracking system.
    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued regulations (40 
CFR part 2, subpart B) that outlines business confidentiality 
provisions for the Agency and require all EPA Offices that receive 
information designated by the submitter as CBI to abide by these 
provisions. MAI will be authorized to have access to RCRA CBI under the 
EPA ``Contractor Requirements for the Control and Security of RCRA 
Confidential Business Information Security Manual.''
    EPA is issuing this notice to inform all submitters of information 
under all sections of RCRA that EPA will provide HAZMED access to the 
CBI records located in the RCRA CBIC. Access to RCRA CBI under this 
contract will take place at EPA Headquarters only. Contractor personnel 
will be required to sign non-disclosure agreements and will be briefed 
on appropriate security procedures before they are permitted access to 
confidential information.

    Dated: November 9, 2001.
Elizabeth A. Cotsworth,
Director, Office of Solid Waste.
[FR Doc. 01-29273 Filed 11-21-01; 8:45 am]
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