[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 191 (Tuesday, October 3, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58389-58390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-16298]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8225-8]


Clean Air Act; Contractor Access to Confidential Business 
Information

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has contracted with The Bionetics Corporation to provide 
assistance in the enforcement of regulatory requirements under the 
Clean Air Act, from September 1, 2006, until August 31, 2011. The 
Bionetics Corporation has been authorized to have access to information 
submitted to EPA under these statutes that may be claimed and 
determined to be confidential business information.

DATES: This notice is effective October 3, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Ruske, Environmental Scientist, 
USEPA, Mail Code (2242A), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20460. Telephone: (202) 564-1033. Fax: (202) 564-1024. Internet mail 
address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has authorized access for The Bionetics 
Corporation (``Bionetics''), a contractor, to information submitted to 
the EPA under the Clean Air Act. Some of this information may be 
claimed and determined to be confidential business information 
(``CBI''). The EPA contract number is EP-06-088. The Bionetics 
corporate address is: The Bionetics Corporation, 11833 Canon Boulevard, 
Suite 100, Newport News, VA 23606.

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    Under the contract, Bionetics provides enforcement support to the 
Air Enforcement Division, Office of Regulatory Enforcement, Office of 
Enforcement and Compliance Assurance in a number of activities 
primarily related to the Clean Air Act. The contractor may also be 
called upon to provide support to other EPA offices under the other 
statutes. The activities in which Bionetics provides enforcement 
support include, but are not limited to:

    Inspections and audits of facilities that produce, import, 
store, transport, dispense or analyze fuel used in mobile source 
vehicles and engines; and Inspections and audits of facilities that 
manufacture, import, distribute, sell or repair motor vehicles, 
motor vehicle engines, or non-road engines.

    The type of information that may be disclosed includes, but are not 
limited to: Records related to the production, importation, 
distribution, sale, storage, testing and transportation of gasoline, 
gasoline blendstocks, diesel fuel, diesel fuel blendstocks, and 
detergent additives; and records related to the manufacture, 
importation, emission certification, emission testing, emission control 
warranty, repair, modification and fueling of mobile source vehicles 
and engines, including, but not limited to, motor vehicles, motor 
vehicle engines, non-road engines, locomotives and marine engines, and 
stationary source engines.
    It is necessary for Bionetics to have access to these records in 
order to prepare reports that EPA uses to evaluate whether regulated 
parties are in compliance with applicable regulatory requirements under 
the above listed statutes.
    In accordance with 40 CFR 2.301(h)(2), EPA has determined that 
disclosure of confidential business information to Bionetics and its 
subcontractor is necessary for these entities to carry out the work 
required by this contract. EPA is issuing this notice to inform all 
submitters of information to the EPA under the Clean Air Act that EPA 
may allow access to CBI contained in such submittals to Bionetics and 
their subcontractor as necessary to carry out work under this contract. 
Disclosure of CBI under this contract may continue until August 31, 
2011.
    As required by 40 CFR 2.301(h)(2), the Bionetics contract includes 
provisions to assure the appropriate treatment of CBI disclosed to 
contractors and subcontractors.

    Dated: September 27, 2006.
John Fogarty,
Acting Director, Air Enforcement Division.
 [FR Doc. E6-16298 Filed 10-2-06; 8:45 am]
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