[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 145 (Friday, July 27, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 44224]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-18402]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9706-2]


Access to Confidential Business Information by Eastern Research 
Group, 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 Eastern Research Group, 
Incorporated (ERG) 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 August 6, 2012.

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 Contract No. EP-W-10-055, ERG, Incorporated will assist 
the Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery (ORCR), Resource 
Conservation and Sustainability Division (RCSD) in developing the 
Municipal Solid Waste Characterization Report to analyze the 
composition and amounts of the United State's Municipal Solid Waste 
(MSW), and how these materials are recycled, combusted, and landfilled. 
The methodology used in this report is a ``top-down'' materials flow 
approach to estimate the size of the waste stream data. This report may 
typically involve one or more of the following statutes: CAA, CWA, 
RCRA, TSCA, FIFRA, EPCRA and the SDWA. Some of the data collected 
voluntarily from industry, may be 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.
    ERG, Incorporated 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. ERG, 
Incorporated 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 ERG, Incorporated under the contract 
may have access to RCRA CBI. Access to RCRA CBI under this contract 
will take place at ERG's Chantilly, Virginia and Prairie View, Kansas 
offices, and when necessary, EPA Headquarters only. Contractor 
personnel at each location 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: June 28, 2012.
Sandra L. Connors,
Acting Director, Office of Resource Conservation & Recovery.
[FR Doc. 2012-18402 Filed 7-26-12; 8:45 am]
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