[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 15, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17476-17477]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-8341]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2003-0004]; FRL-8408-3]


Access to Confidential Business Information by Computer Sciences 
Corporation and its Subcontractors

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has authorized contractor Computer Sciences Corporation 
(CSC) of Falls Church, VA and its subcontractors, Insight Global of 
McLean, VA and KForce, Incorporated of Reston, VA, to access 
information which has been submitted to EPA under all sections of the 
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Some of the information may be 
claimed or determined to be Confidential Business Information (CBI).

DATES: Access to the confidential data will occur no sooner than April 
22, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information contact: Colby 
Lintner, Regulatory Coordinator, Environmental Assistance Division 
(7408M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (202) 554-1404; e-mail address: [email protected].
    For technical information contact: Scott M. Sherlock, Environmental 
Assistance Division (7408M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number:

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(202) 564-8257; fax number: (202) 564-8251; e-mail address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Notice Apply to Me?

    This action is directed to the public in general. This action may, 
however, be of interest to you if you are conducting, or may be 
required to conduct testing of chemical substances under TSCA. Since 
other entities may also be interested, 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 technical 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-OPPT-2003-0004. All documents 
in the docket are listed in the docket's index available at http://www.regulations.gov. Although listed in the index, some information is 
not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure 
is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted 
material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. Publicly 
available docket materials are available electronically at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard copy, at the OPPT 
Docket. The OPPT Docket is located in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC) at 
Rm. 3334, EPA West Bldg., 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. 
The EPA/DC Public Reading Room hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding Federal holidays. The telephone 
number of the EPA/DC Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the 
telephone number for the OPPT Docket Facility is (202) 566-0280. Docket 
visitors are required to show a photographic identification, pass 
through a metal detector, and sign the EPA visitor log. All visitor 
bags are processed through an X-ray machine and subject to search. 
Visitors will be provided an EPA/DC badge that must be visible at all 
times in the building and returned upon departure.
    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. What Action is the Agency Taking?

    Under Contract Number (EP-W-08-034), contractor (CSC) of 15000 
Conference Center Drive, Chantilly, VA; Insight Global of 1420 Spring 
Hill Road, Suite 130, McLean, VA; and KForce, Incorporated of 12010 
Sunset Hill Road, Suite 200, Reston, VA will assist the Office of 
Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) in providing services and 
support to meet the needs of management, research, programmatic, and 
administrative staff (users) located at Headquarters office in 
Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and other locations. Service will 
also be provided to employees at alternate work locations. The 
contractor will also assist in acquisition, configuration, 
installation, management, support, redeployment/refresh/replacement, 
and coordination of disposal of personal computers (PCs), USB Notes 
drives, and networked printers for each supported end user. 
Furthermore, they will assist in coordinating the acquisition of, 
configuring, installing, managing, supporting, and coordinating 
disposal of peripherals, personal digital assistants (PDAs), AAA 
tokens, software and Blackberrys. Finally, they will be supporting 
tasks associated with provisioning and maintaining hardware and 
software that is to be provisioned on a per seat basis (ITS-UP seat), 
specifically computers with operating systems and networked printing 
services, installation, configuration, upgrading; coordination with 
other service providers; and ensuring proper operations.
    In accordance with 40 CFR 2.306(j), EPA has determined that under 
Contract Number (EP-W-08-034), CSC and its subcontractors will require 
access to CBI submitted to EPA under all sections of TSCA to perform 
successfully the duties specified under the contract. CSC and its 
subcontractors' personnel will be given access to information submitted 
to EPA under all sections of TSCA. Some of the information may be 
claimed or determined to be CBI.
    EPA is issuing this notice to inform all submitters of information 
under all sections of TSCA that EPA may provide CSC and subcontractors 
access to these CBI materials on a need-to-know basis only. All access 
to TSCA CBI under this contract will take place at EPA Headquarters; 
Regional EPA Offices; Field Offices; and EPA at Research Triangle Park, 
NC.
    CSC and its subcontractors will be authorized access to TSCA CBI at 
EPA Headquarters; Regional EPA Offices; Field Offices; and EPA at 
Research Triangle Park, NC, provided they comply with the provisions of 
the EPA TSCA CBI Protection Manual.
    Access to TSCA data, including CBI, will continue until May 1, 
2012. If the contract is extended, this access will also continue for 
the duration of the extended contract without further notice.
    CSC and its subcontractors' personnel will be required to sign 
nondisclosure agreements and will be briefed on appropriate security 
procedures before they are permitted access to TSCA CBI.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Confidential business information.

    Dated: March 18, 2009.
Matthew Leopard,
Acting Director, Information Management Division, Office of Pollution 
Prevention and Toxics.
[FR Doc. E9-8341 Filed 4-14-09; 8:45 a.m.]
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