[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 19 (Tuesday, January 30, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 4262]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-1424]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8274-3]


Access to Confidential Business Information by Industrial 
Economics, Inc. and Its Subcontractors, Cascadia Consulting, DPRA, 
Inc., Energy and Environmental Research Corporation (A Subsidiary of 
General Electric) (``EERGC''), ERG Corporation, Indtai, Inc., Menzie 
Cura, Ross & Associates, and RTI International

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, Industrial Economics, Inc., 
and its subcontractors, Cascadia Consulting, DPRA, Inc., Energy and 
Environmental Research Corporation (a subsidiary of General Electric) 
(``EERGC''), ERG Corporation, Indtai, Inc., Menzie Cura, Ross & 
Associates, and RTI International 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 (40 CFR Part 2, Subpart B) 
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.

DATES: Access to confidential data submitted to EPA will occur no 
sooner than February 9, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to LaShan Haynes, Document Control 
Officer, Office of Solid Waste (5305P), 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: LaShan Haynes, Document Control 
Officer, Office of Solid Waste (5305P), U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, 703-605-
0516.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Access to Confidential Business Information

    Under EPA Contract No. EP-W-07-011, Industrial Economics, Inc., and 
its subcontractors, Cascadia Consulting, DPRA, Inc., EERGC, ERG 
Corporation, Indtai, Inc., Menzie Cura, Ross & Associates, and RTI 
International will assist the Economics, Methods, Risk Analysis 
Division of the Office of Solid Waste (OSW) with data and information 
collection, analysis, and management; regulatory assessment including 
costs, benefits, and economic and other impacts; program 
transformation, evaluation and support; hazard, exposure, and risk 
assessment support; and, document preparation. 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 procedures for handling 
information collected from industry, under the authority of RCRA, 
including RCRA Confidential Business Information Security Manuals. 
Industrial Economics, Inc., and its subcontractors, Cascadia 
Consulting, DPRA, Inc., EERGC, ERG Corporation, Indtai, Inc., Menzie 
Cura, Ross & Associates, and RTI International, 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.
    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued regulations (40 
CFR Part 2, Subpart B) 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. 
Industrial Economics, Inc., and its subcontractors, Cascadia 
Consulting, DPRA, Inc., EERGC, ERG Corporation, Indtai, Inc., Menzie 
Cura, Ross & Associates, and RTI International 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 Industrial Economics, 
Inc. and its subcontractors, Cascadia Consulting, DPRA, Inc., EERGC, 
ERG Corporation, Indtai, Inc., Menzie Cura, Ross & Associates, and RTI 
International, access to the CBI records located in the RCRA 
Confidential Business Information Center. 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: January 18, 2007.
Matthew Hale,
Director, Office of Solid Waste.
 [FR Doc. E7-1424 Filed 1-29-07; 8:45 am]
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