[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 125 (Wednesday, June 30, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37799-37800]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-15456]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0194; FRL-8830-1]


Dynamac 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 Dynamac Corporation in 
accordance with 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3) and 2.308(i)(2). Dynamac Corporation 
has been awarded a contract to perform work for OPP, and access to this 
information will enable Dynamac Corporation to fulfill the obligations 
of the contract.

DATES: Dynamac Corporation will be given access to this information on 
or before July 6, 2010.

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?

    EPA has established a docket for this action under docket 
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0194. 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.

II. Contractor Requirements

     Under this contract number, the contractor will perform the 
following:
    Under Contract No. EP10H001452, the contractor shall review and/or 
update approximately 280 Data Evaluation Records (DERs) per contract 
period to address the evaluation of endocrine-related effects cited in 
the Other Scientifically Relevant Information (OSRI). The contractor 
shall retrieve some or all of an estimated 6,000 journal articles cited 
in the OSRI that provide information on the endocrine disruption 
potential of the chemicals under consideration.
    The Test Order Recipients may submit journal articles that will 
require review of published mammalian literature submitted as OSRI. 
Journal articles may by submitted for nine Tier 1 Assays. It is 
estimated that the submission may include up to 10 articles/assays x 9 
per chemical x 67 chemicals for a total of 6,000 journals articles.
    The contractor shall review some or all of the journal articles 
retrieved and prepare a Journal Article Review summary (JARs) 
containing the parameters/endpoints evaluated in the studies.
    The contractor shall perform expert analyses of difficult and 
complex toxicological issues as defined in written technical direction 
from the Contracting Officer Representative (COR). The technical 
direction will provide key scientific questions and data sets, as 
appropriate, that the contractor shall analyze and answer. These 
analyses shall assess the overall significance of the findings as they 
relate to the expected human health effects. Such studies may focus on 
endocrinology (including endocrine disruption), epidemiology, 
immunology, cholinesterase inhibition, synergistic interaction, 
behavioral pharmacology biostatics, mode of action studies, and risk 
assessment. To conduct these complex analyses, the contractor shall 
identify expert scientists in the required scientific disciplines, 
convene and/or attend work groups or meeting to conduct coordinated 
reviews, conduct the workgroup or meetings, and prepare draft reports.
    This contract involves no subcontractors.
    OPP has determined that the contract described in this document 
involves 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 
contract with Dynamac Corporation, prohibits use of the information for 
any purpose not specified in this 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

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and to handle it in accordance with the FIFRA Information Security 
Manual. In addition, Dynamac Corporation 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 Dynamac Corporation until the requirements in this 
document have been fully satisfied. Records of information provided to 
Dynamac Corporation will be maintained by EPA Project Officers for this 
contract. All information supplied to Dynamac Corporation by EPA for 
use in connection with this contract will be returned to EPA when 
Dynamac Corporation has completed its work.

List of Subjects

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


    Dated: June 21, 2010.
Oscar Morales,
Acting Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 2010-15456 Filed 6-29-10; 8:45 am]
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