[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 27, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55011-55012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-21751]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7268-2]


Contractor and Subcontractor Access to Confidential Business 
Information Under the Clean Air Act

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The EPA has authorized prime contractors and subcontractors 
access to information that has been, or will be, submitted to EPA under 
sections 112 and 114 of the Clean Air Act (CAA). Some of the 
information may be claimed to be confidential business information 
(CBI) by the submitter.

EFFECTIVE DATES: Access to confidential data submitted to EPA will 
occur no sooner than September 6, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roberto Morales, Document Control 
Officer, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (C404-02), EPA, 
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711, (919) 541-0880.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA is issuing the notice to inform all 
submitters of information under sections 112 and 114 of the CAA that 
EPA may provide to the contractors and subcontractors listed below 
access to those materials on a need-to-know basis:

1. Prime Contractor

    Environmental Consulting and Research, Inc. (EC/R), 2327 Englert 
Drive, Suite 100, Durham, NC 27713. Contract 68D01055.

2. Prime Contractor

    Environmental Consulting and Research, Inc. (EC/R), 2327 Englert 
Drive, Suite 100, Durham, NC 27713. Contract 68D01071.
    Subcontractors: ICF, Inc., Cadmus, Menzie-Cura, TRJ (Ted Johnson), 
SBG (Susan B. Goldhabaer).

3. Prime Contractor

    Environmental Consulting and Research, Inc. (EC/R), 2327 Englert 
Drive, Suite 100, Durham, NC 27713. Contract 68D01076.
    Subcontractors: ICF, Inc., Eastern Research Group (ERG), Pacific 
Environmental Services (PES), MCNC, TRJ (Ted Johnson), SBG (Susan B. 
Goldhabaer), Jim Capel.

4. Prime Contractor

    Eastern Research Group, Inc. (ERG), 110 Hartwell Avenue, Lexington, 
MA 02173. Contract 68D01078.
    Subcontractors: Research Triangle Institute (RTI), EC/R, Inc., 
Alpha-Gamma Technologies, SKT Consulting Services, Inc..

5. Prime Contractor

    Eastern Research Group, Inc. (ERG), 110 Hartwell Avenue, Lexington, 
MA 02173. Contract 69D01081.

6. Prime Contractor

    ICF, Inc., 9300 Lee Highway, Fairfax, VA 22031. Contract 68D01052.
    Subcontractors: EC/R, Inc., Alpha-Gamma Technologies, Inc., HeiTech 
Services, Inc., Dr. Deborah Amaral, Jim Capel, Douglas Crawford Brown, 
TRJ (Ted Johnson), Dr. Bradford Lyon, Dr. Thomas McKone.

7. Prime Contractor

    Research Triangle Institute, 3040 Cornwallis Road, Research 
Triangle Park, NC 27709. Contract 68D01079.
    Subcontractors: Caldwell Environmental, North State Engineering, 
Inc., Razor Environmental.

8. Prime Contractor

    Pacific Environmental Services (PES), 5001 South Miami Boulevard, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. Contract 68D01077.
    Subcontractors: Alpha Gamma Technologies, SKT Consulting Services, 
Inc., Bennet King Environmental Consultant, Inc..

9. Prime Contractor

    Research Triangle Institute (RTI), 3040 Cornwallis Road, Research 
Triangle Park, NC 27709. Contract 68D01073.
    Subcontractor: The Kervic Company.
    The contractors and subcontractors will provide technical support 
to the Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards in source 
assessment or with a source category survey and proceed through 
development of standards or control techniques guidelines, risk 
assessments, and national air toxics assessments.
    In accordance with 40 CFR 2.301(h), EPA has determined that the 
above listed contractors and subcontractors require access to CBI 
submitted to EPA under sections 112 and 114 of the CAA in order to 
perform work satisfactorily under the above noted contracts. The 
contractors' and subcontractors' personnel will be given access to 
information submitted under sections 112 and 114 of the CAA. The 
contractors' personnel will be required to sign nondisclosure 
agreements and will be briefed on appropriate security procedures 
before they are permitted access to CBI. All contractor and

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subcontractor access to CAA CBI will take place at the contractors' or 
subcontractors' facilities. The contractors and subcontractors will 
have appropriate procedures and facilities in place to safeguard the 
CAA CBI to which the contractors and subcontractors have access.
    Clearance for access to CAA CBI is scheduled to expire on September 
30, 2006 under contracts 68D01055, 68D01071, 68D01076, 68D01078, 
68D01081, 68D01052, 68D01079, 68D01077, and 68D1073.

    Dated: August 14, 2002.
Robert Brenner,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 02-21751 Filed 8-26-02; 8:45 am]
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