[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 69 (Wednesday, April 10, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 14372]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-07113]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9991-78-OLEM]


Access to Confidential Business Information by Eastern Research 
Group (ERG)

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 (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 April 22, 2019.

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: 

Access to Confidential Business Information

    Under EPA Contract EP-W-10-055, entitled ``Advancing Sustainable 
Materials Management (SMM): Waste Facts and Figures and Related 
Tasks,'' the Eastern Research Group (ERG) will assist the Office of 
Resource Conservation and Recovery, Resource Conservation and 
Sustainability Division in collecting and analyzing municipal solid 
waste (MSW) information. The contract addresses MSW and other waste 
such as construction and demolition debris, however, the confidential 
business information (CBI) only relates to the MSW information 
collected and analyzed in the contract. The contract period is from 
March 2019 through September 30, 2020. 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.
    Eastern Research Group (ERG), 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 
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 Eastern Research Group 
access to the CBI records located in the RCRA Confidential Business 
Information Center. Access to RCRA CBI under this contract will take 
place at Eastern Research Group and 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: March 22, 2019.
Barnes Johnson,
Director, Office of Resource Conservation & Recovery.
[FR Doc. 2019-07113 Filed 4-9-19; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6560-50-P