[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 27, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4620-4621]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01568]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9941-71 OLEM]


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: The Environmental Protection Agency (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 February 8, 2016.

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 
Advancing Sustainable Materials Management: Facts and Figures Report to 
analyze the composition and amounts of the United States' Municipal 
Solid Waste (MSW) and other wastes, 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

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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: November 17, 2015.
Barnes Johnson,
Director, Office of Resource Conservation & Recovery.
[FR Doc. 2016-01568 Filed 1-26-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6560-50-P