[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 79 (Wednesday, April 25, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20537-20538]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-7879]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0038; FRL-8125-2]


Syracuse Environmental Research Associates, Inc., Syracuse 
Research Corporation; Transfer of Data

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that pesticide related information 
submitted to EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) pursuant to the 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), including information 
that may have been claimed as Confidential Business Information (CBI) 
by the submitter, will be transferred to Syracuse Environmental 
Research Associates, Inc. and its subcontractor, Syracuse Research 
Corporation in accordance with 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3) and 2.308(i)(2). 
Syracuse Environmental Research Associates, Inc. and its subcontractor, 
Syracuse Research Corporation, have been awarded a contract to perform 
work for OPP, and access to this information will enable Syracuse 
Environmental Research Associates, Inc. and its subcontractor, Syracuse 
Research Corporation, to fulfill the obligations of the contract.

DATES: Syracuse Environmental Research Associates, Inc. and its 
subcontractor, Syracuse Research Corporation, will be given access to 
this information on or before April 30, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Felicia Croom, Information Technology 
and Resources Management Division (7502P), Office of Pesticide 
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-0786; e-mail 
address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    This action applies to the public in general. As such, the Agency 
has not attempted to describe all the specific entities that may be 
affected by this action. If you have any questions regarding the 
applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the person 
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

B. How Can I Get Copies of this Document and Other Related Information?

    1. Docket. EPA has established a docket for this action under 
docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0038 Publicly 
available docket materials are available either in the electronic 
docket at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard 
copy, at the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public 
Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal 
Dr., Arlington, VA. The hours of operation of this Docket Facility are 
from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal 
holidays. The Docket telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
    2. Electronic access. You may access this Federal Register document 
electronically through the EPA Internet under the ``Federal Register'' 
listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr.

II. Contractor Requirements

    Under Contract No. EP-W-07-025, Syracuse Environmental Research 
Associates, Inc. and its subcontractor, Syracuse Research Corporation, 
will access FIFRA/CBI data in the preparation of assessments and 
characterizations of pesticides. The assessments and characterizations 
will assess drinking water and its risk to humans and nonhumans. 
Assessment production support would include developing full ecological 
risk assessments and or drinking water exposure assessments, preparing 
sections of risk assessments, investigating a specific issue or problem 
related to a risk assessment, or conducting literature searches for 
data on individual chemicals or groups of chemicals to augment existing 
data sets. An ecological risk assessment in OPP evaluates the 
likelihood that adverse ecological effects may occur as a result of 
exposure to a pesticide. It includes three primary phases: Problem 
formulation, analysis, and risk characterization. A drinking water 
assessment generally includes a discussion of the pesticide usage 
including application methods and rates, and geographical areas of use, 
the occurrence exposure data used to assess exposure, a description of 
the models and scenarios used to estimate concentration in both surface 
water and ground water, and a discussion of the uncertainty and data 
gaps.
    The OPP has determined that access by Syracuse Environmental 
Research Associates, Inc. and its subcontractor, Syracuse Research 
Corporation, to information on all pesticide chemicals may be necessary 
for the performance of this contract.
    Some of this information may be entitled to confidential treatment. 
The information has been submitted to EPA under sections 3, 4, 6, and 7 
of FIFRA and under sections 408 and 409 of FFDCA.
    In accordance with the requirements of 40 CFR 2.307(h)(2), the 
contract with Syracuse Environmental Research Associates, Inc. and its 
subcontractor, Syracuse Research Corporation prohibits use of the 
information for any purpose not specified in the contract; prohibits 
disclosure of the information to a third party without prior written 
approval from the Agency; and requires that each official and employee 
of the contractor sign an agreement to protect the information from 
unauthorized release and to handle it in accordance with the FIFRA 
Information Security Manual. In addition, Syracuse Environmental 
Research Associates, Inc. and its subcontractor, Syracuse Research 
Corporation, are required to submit for EPA approval a security plan 
under which any CBI will be secured and protected against unauthorized 
release or compromise. No information will be provided to Syracuse 
Environmental Research Associates, Inc. and its subcontractor, Syracuse 
Research Corporation Staff, until the requirements in this document 
have been fully satisfied. Records of information provided to Syracuse 
Environmental Research Associates, Inc. and its subcontractor, Syracuse 
Research Corporation Staff, will be maintained by EPA Project Officers 
for this contract. All information supplied to Syracuse Environmental 
Research Associates, Inc. and its subcontractor, Syracuse Research 
Corporation Staff, by EPA for use in connection with this contract will 
be returned to EPA when Syracuse Environmental Research Associates, 
Inc. and its subcontractor, Syracuse Research Corporation Staff, have 
completed their work.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Business and industry, Government 
contracts, Government property, Security measures.


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    Dated: April 16, 2007.
Robert Forrest,
Acting Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E7-7879 Filed 4-24-07; 8:45 am]
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