[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 66 (Monday, April 7, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16795-16796]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-8368]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7476-9]


Notice of Disclosure of Confidential Business Information 
Obtained Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation 
and Liability Act to EPA Contractors Booz Allen Hamilton, Incorporated 
and ASRC Aerospace Corporation

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: EPA hereby complies with the requirements of 40 CFR 2.301(h) 
for authorization to disclose to its contractor, Booz Allen Hamilton, 
Incorporated (``Booz Allen Hamilton, Incorporated''), of McLean, 
Virginia, Superfund confidential business information (``CBI'') which 
has been submitted to EPA Region 1, Office of Site Remediation and 
Restoration, Search and Cost Recovery Section, Booz Allen Hamilton, 
Incorporated principal offices are located at 8283 Greensboro Drive, 
McLean, VA 20770, and ASRC Aerospace Corporation (hereinafter ``ASRC 
Aerospace Corporation''), of Greenbelt, Maryland, Superfund 
confidential business information (``CBI'') which has been submitted to 
EPA Region 1, Office of Site Remediation and Restoration, Search and 
Cost Recovery Section, ASRC Aerospace Corporation's principal offices 
are located at 6301 Ivy Lane, Suite 300, Greenbelt, Maryland 20770.

DATES: Comments are due by April 17, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be submitted to Patricia M. Inglis, Office 
of Site Remediation and Restoration, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, One Congress Street, Suite 1100, Boston, MA 02114-2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia M. Inglis at (617) 918-1413.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Notice of Required Determines, Contract Provisions and Opportunity to 
Comment

A. Booz Allen Hamilton, Incorporated

    The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and 
Liability Act of 1980 (``CERCLA''), as amended, (commonly known as 
``Superfund'') requires the establishment of an administrative record 
upon which the President shall base the selection of a response action. 
CERCLA also requires the maintenance of many other records, including 
those relevant to cost recovery. EPA has entered into a contract, No. 
R16800391 with A. Booz Allen Hamilton, Incorporated for management of 
these records. EPA Region 1 has determined that disclosure of CBI to 
Booz Allen Hamilton, Incorporated employees is necessary in order that 
Booz Allen Hamilton, Incorporated may carry out the work required by 
that contract with EPA. The contract complies with all requirements of 
40 CFR 2.301(h)(2)(ii). EPA Region 1 will require that each Booz Allen 
Hamilton, Incorporated employee sign a written agreement that he or she 
(1) will use the information only for the purpose of carrying out the 
work required by the contract, (2) shall refrain from disclosing the 
information to anyone other than EPA without the prior written approval 
of each affected business or of an EPA legal office, and (3) shall 
return to EPA all copies of the information (and any abstracts or 
extracts therefrom) upon request from the EPA program office, whenever 
the information (and any abstracts or extracts therefrom) upon request 
from the EPA program office, whenever the information is no longer 
required by Booz Allen Hamilton, Incorporated for performance of the 
work required by the contract, or upon completion of the contract. 
These non-disclosure statements shall be maintained on file with the 
Region 1 Delivery Order Project Officer. Booz Allen Hamilton, 
Incorporated employees will be trained on Superfund CBI requirements.

B. ASRC Aerospace Corporation

    The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and 
Liability Act of 1980 (``CERCLA''), as amended, (commonly known as 
``Superfund'') requires the establishment of an administrative record 
upon which the President shall base the selection of a response action. 
CERCLA also requires the maintenance of many other records, including 
those relevant to cost recovery. EPA has entered into a contract, No. 
68-R1-02-01 with ASRC Aerospace Corporation for management of these 
records. EPA Region 1 has determined that disclosure of CBI to ASRC 
Aerospace Corporation employees is necessary in order that ASRC 
Aerospace Corporation may carry out the work required by that contract 
with EPA. The contract complies with all requirements of 40 CFR

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2.301(h)(2)(ii). EPA Region 1 will require that each ASRC Aerospace 
Corporation employee sign a written agreement that he or she (1) will 
use the information only for the purpose of carrying out the work 
required by the contract, (2) shall refrain from disclosing the 
information to anyone other than EPA without the prior written approval 
of each affected business or of an EPA legal office, and (3) shall 
return to EPA all copies of the information (and any abstracts or 
extracts therefrom) upon request from the EPA program office, whenever 
the information (and any abstracts or extracts therefrom) upon request 
from the EPA program office, whenever the information is no longer 
required by ASRC Aerospace Corporation for performance of the work 
required by the contract, or upon completion of the contract. These 
non-disclosure statements shall be maintained on file with the Region 1 
Delivery Order Project Officer. ASRC Aerospace Corporation employees 
will be trained on Superfund CBI requirements.
    EPA hereby advises affected parties that they have ten working days 
to comment pursuant to 40 CFR 2.301(h)(2)(iii).

    Dated: March 20, 2003.
Stanley D. Chin,
Acting Director, Office of Site Remediation and Restoration, Region 1.
[FR Doc. 03-8368 Filed 4-4-03; 8:45 am]
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