[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 5 (Friday, January 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 1053]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-152]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9101-5]


Access to Confidential Business Information by Industrial 
Economics, Incorporated

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, 
Incorporated (IEc) 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 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 January 19, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LaShan Haynes, Document Control 
Officer, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery, (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 Contracts No. EP-W-6-065 and EP07H000213, Industrial 
Economics, Incorporated (IEc) will assist the Office of Enforcement and 
Compliance Assurance, Office of Civil Enforcement, Special Litigation 
and Projects Division with economic analysis training and expert 
testimony in support of EPA's enforcement actions. OECA is involved 
directly and indirectly in bringing enforcement actions against 
violators of environmental regulations. These cases typically, involve 
one or more of the following statutes: CAA, CWA, RCRA, TSCA, FIFRA, 
EPCRA and the SDWA. 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, ORCR has established 
policies and procedures for handling information collected from 
industry, under the authority of RCRA, including RCRA Confidential 
Business Information Security Manuals. Industrial Economics, 
Incorporated (IEc), 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, Incorporated (IEc) 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, 
Incorporated 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: December 14, 2009.
Matthew Hale,
Director, Office of Resource Conservation & Recovery.
[FR Doc. 2010-152 Filed 1-7-10; 8:45 am]
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