[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 120 (Wednesday, June 24, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30086-30087]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-14614]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0143; FRL-8421-4]


Industrial Economics, Incorporated; 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 Industrial Economics, 
Incorporated in accordance with 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3) and 2.308(i)(2). 
Industrial Economics, Incorporated has been awarded multiple contracts 
to perform work for OPP, and access to this information will enable 
Industrial Economics, Incorporated to fulfill the obligations of the 
contract.

DATES:  Industrial Economics, Incorporated will be given access to this 
information on or before June 29, 2009.

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:

[[Page 30087]]

(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-2009-0143. 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 Facility 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 these contract numbers, the contractor will perform the 
following:
     Under Contract Nos. EP07H00213 and EP-W-07-025, Industrial 
Economics, Incorporated (IEc) will access FIFRA/CBI data in the 
preparation of financial analyses of the firms that are the subject of 
EPA enforcement actions taken under FIFRA. In the course of these 
enforcement actions, IEc may need to review such documents as a 
violator's tax returns, financial statements, sales data, bank 
statements, recent load applications, W-2 Forms, etc. The contractor 
needs this information in order to determine what the violator can 
afford vis a vis compliance cost, clean-up cost and civil penalties. 
IEC may also be reviewing this information in regards to determining 
how much money and economic benefit, the violators obtained by 
violating the law. For example, if the violations involved the illegal 
sale of an unregistered pesticide, EPA' s policy is to determine the 
size of the violator' s economic benefit and make that benefit plus a 
nontrivial gravity component the minimum civil penalty.
    These contracts involve no subcontractors.
    The OPP has determined that the contracts described in this 
document involve work that is being conducted in connection with FIFRA, 
in that pesticide chemicals will be the subject of certain evaluations 
to be made under this contract. These evaluations may be used in 
subsequent regulatory decisions under FIFRA.
    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)(3), the 
contracts with Industrial Economics, Incorporated, prohibits use of the 
information for any purpose not specified in these contracts; 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, Industrial Economics, 
Incorporated is 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 Industrial 
Economics, Incorporated until the requirements in this document have 
been fully satisfied. Records of information provided to Industrial 
Economics, Incorporated will be maintained by EPA Project Officers for 
these contracts. All information supplied to Industrial Economics, 
Incorporated by EPA for use in connection with these contracts will be 
returned to EPA when Industrial Economics, Incorporated has completed 
its work.

List of Subjects

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

    Dated: June 9, 2009.
 Kathryn Bouv[eacute],
Acting Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E9-14614 Filed 6-23-09; 8:45 a.m.]
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