[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 106 (Friday, June 4, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30045-30047]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-11757]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-10023-06-OMS]


Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

AGENCY: Office of Mission Support, Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA).

ACTION: Notice of a modified system of records.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA or Agency), 
Office of Mission Support (OMS) is giving notice that it proposes to 
modify a system of records pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy 
Act of 1974. The Integrated Grants Management System (IGMS) is being 
modified to update and modernize the grants management suite. These 
updates include amending the name to Integrated Grants Management 
System (IGMS)/Next Generation Grants System (NGGS) and informing the 
public that the grants management module originally in IGMS Lotus Notes 
is now in NGGS, which is a modern platform employing Java/Oracle 
technologies. IGMS and NGGS are computer systems that the Agency uses 
to process grant applications and issue grants to recipients. The 
Agency will also use IGMS (without NGGS) to process interagency 
agreements, which are assistance agreements between Federal agencies. 
This System of Records Notice (SORN) modification updates all SORN 
sections.

DATES: Persons wishing to comment on this system of records notice must 
do so by July 6, 2021. New routine uses for this modified system of 
records will be effective July 6, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OMS-2020-0257, by one of the following methods:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
online instructions for submitting comments.
    Email: [email protected]. Include the Docket ID number in the 
subject line of the message.
    Fax: 202-566-1752.
    Mail: OMS Docket, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code: 
2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460.
    Hand Delivery: OMS Docket, EPA/DC, WJC West Building, Room 3334, 
1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. Such deliveries are 
only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation, and 
special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed 
information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OMS-
2020-0257. The EPA's policy is that all comments received will be 
included in the public docket without change and may be made available 
online at https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal 
information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed 
to be Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) or other information 
for which disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit 
information that you consider to be CUI or otherwise protected through 
https://www.regulations.gov. The https://www.regulations.gov website is 
an ``anonymous access'' system for the EPA, which means the EPA will 
not know your identity or contact information. If you submit an 
electronic comment, the EPA recommends that you include your name and 
other contact information in the body of your comment. If the EPA 
cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot 
contact you for clarification, the EPA may not be able to consider your 
comment. If you send an email comment directly to the EPA without going 
through https://www.regulations.gov, your email address will be 
automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is 
placed in the public docket and made available on the internet. 
Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters, any form 
of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. For additional 
information about the EPA public docket, visit the EPA Docket Center 
homepage at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the https://www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some 
information is not publicly available, e.g., CUI or other information 
for which disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, 
such as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard 
copy. Publicly available docket materials are available either 
electronically in https://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the 
OMS Docket, EPA/DC, WJC West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. The Public Reading Room is normally open 
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday excluding legal 
holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 
566-1744, and the telephone number for the OMS Docket is (202) 566-
1752.

Temporary Hours During COVID-19

    Out of an abundance of caution for members of the public and our 
staff, the EPA Docket Center and Reading Room are closed to the public, 
with limited exceptions, to reduce the risk of transmitting COVID-19. 
Our Docket Center staff will continue to provide remote customer 
service via email, phone, and webform. We encourage the public to 
submit comments via https://www.regulations.gov or email, as there may 
be a delay in processing mail and faxes. Hand deliveries and couriers 
may be received by scheduled appointment only. For further information 
on EPA Docket Center services and the current status, please visit us 
online at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Etheredge, Office of Mission 
Support, Environmental Protection Agency, Ronald Reagan Building, Mail 
Code 3901R, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460; email 
address, [email protected], telephone (202) 564-5353.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMS is modifying the IGMS system of records 
to modernize the grants management suite. These updates include 
modernizing the grants module in NGGS that was originally in IGMS, 
while maintaining the interagency agreements functionality in IGMS. 
IGMS and NGGS are computer systems that the Agency uses to process 
grant applications and issue grants to recipients. As a result, the 
processing of grants may involve retrieval of information from both 
IGMS and NGGS. The Agency will use IGMS alone to process interagency 
agreements and thus will only retrieve information from IGMS for this 
purpose.

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER:
    Integrated Grants Management System (IGMS)/Next Generation Grants 
System (NGGS), EPA-53.

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
    Unclassified.

SYSTEM LOCATION:
    National Computer Center (NCC), 109 TW Alexander Drive, Research 
Triangle Park, Durham, NC 27711.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S):
    Michael Osinski, [email protected] at 202-564-3792, Director,

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Office of Grants and Debarment, Environmental Protection Agency, Ronald 
Reagan Building, Mail Code 3901R, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC 20460.
    Bruce Binder, [email protected] at 202-564-4935, Acting Deputy 
Director, Office of Grants and Debarment, Environmental Protection 
Agency, Ronald Reagan Building, Mail Code 3901R, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
    US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Enterprise Information 
Management Policy (EIMP), CIO 2135.1, August 2019; Federal Grant and 
Cooperative Agreement Act, 31 U.S.C. 6301 et seq; Clean Air Act, 42 
U.S.C. 7401 et seq.; Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. 
1254 et seq.; Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 241 et seq.; Solid 
Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.; Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.; Safe Drinking 
Water Act, 42 U.S.C. 300j-1; Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. 
2609; Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act, 42 U.S.C. 9660.

PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM:
    EPA uses IGMS and NGGS to manage grants in response to 
solicitations issued by EPA program offices. EPA uses IGMS alone to 
process interagency agreements.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY SYSTEM:
    EPA employees, non-EPA Federal government personnel, State or local 
government personnel.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
    EPA uses IGMS and NGGS to collect and maintain information on 
applicants for EPA grants. This includes recipient organization names, 
names of grant applicants, phone numbers, emails, and addresses. EPA 
also uses IGMS to collect and maintain information on applicants for 
EPA interagency agreements. This includes recipient organization names, 
names of interagency agreement applicants, phone numbers, email, and 
addresses.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
    The sources of information come from recipient organizations, 
Federal, State or local agencies. This information is collected from 
grant and interagency agreement applicants for the EPA grants and 
interagency agreements programs within the agency.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES 
OF USERS AND PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
    The routine uses below are both related to and compatible with the 
original purpose for which the information was collected. The following 
general routine uses apply to this system (73 FR 2245):
    A. Disclosure for Law Enforcement Purposes: Information may be 
disclosed to the appropriate Federal, State, local, tribal, or foreign 
agency responsible for investigating, prosecuting, enforcing, or 
implementing a statute, rule, regulation, or order, if the information 
is relevant to a violation or potential violation of civil or criminal 
law or regulation within the jurisdiction of the receiving entity.
    B. Disclosure Incident to Requesting Information: Information may 
be disclosed to any source from which additional information is 
requested (to the extent necessary to identify the individual, inform 
the source of the purpose of the request, and to identify the type of 
information requested), when necessary to obtain information relevant 
to an agency decision concerning retention of an employee or other 
personnel action (other than hiring), retention of a security 
clearance, the letting of a contract, or the issuance or retention of a 
grant, or other benefit.
    C. Disclosure to Requesting Agency: Disclosure may be made to a 
Federal, State, local, foreign, or tribal or other public authority of 
the fact that this system of records contains information relevant to 
the retention of an employee, the retention of a security clearance, 
the letting of a contract, or the issuance or retention of a license, 
grant, or other benefit. The other agency or licensing organization may 
then make a request supported by the written consent of the individual 
for the entire record if it so chooses. No disclosure will be made 
unless the information has been determined to be sufficiently reliable 
to support a referral to another office within the agency or to another 
Federal agency for criminal, civil, administrative, personnel, or 
regulatory action.
    D. Disclosure to Office of Management and Budget: Information may 
be disclosed to the Office of Management and Budget at any stage in the 
legislative coordination and clearance process in connection with 
private relief legislation as set forth in OMB Circular No. A-19.
    E. Disclosure to Congressional Offices: Information may be 
disclosed to a congressional office from the record of an individual in 
response to an inquiry from the congressional office made at the 
request of the individual.
    F. Disclosure to Department of Justice: Information may be 
disclosed to the Department of Justice, or in a proceeding before a 
court, adjudicative body, or other administrative body before which the 
Agency is authorized to appear, when:
    1. The Agency, or any component thereof;
    2. Any employee of the Agency in his or her official capacity;
    3. Any employee of the Agency in his or her individual capacity 
where the Department of Justice or the Agency have agreed to represent 
the employee; or
    4. The United States, if the Agency determines that litigation is 
likely to affect the Agency or any of its components,
    Is a party to litigation or has an interest in such litigation, and 
the use of such records by the Department of Justice or the Agency is 
deemed by the Agency to be relevant and necessary to the litigation 
provided, however, that in each case it has been determined that the 
disclosure is compatible with the purpose for which the records were 
collected.
    G. Disclosure to the National Archives: Information may be 
disclosed to the National Archives and Records Administration in 
records management inspections.
    H. Disclosure to Contractors, Grantees, and Others: Information may 
be disclosed to contractors, grantees, consultants, or volunteers 
performing or working on a contract, service, grant, cooperative 
agreement, job, or other activity for the Agency and who have a need to 
have access to the information in the performance of their duties or 
activities for the Agency. When appropriate, recipients will be 
required to comply with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974 as 
provided in 5 U.S.C. 552a(m).
    K. Disclosure in Connection With Litigation: Information from this 
system of records may be disclosed in connection with litigation or 
settlement discussions regarding claims by or against the Agency, 
including public filing with a court, to the extent that disclosure of 
the information is relevant and necessary to the litigation or 
discussions and except where court orders are otherwise required under 
section (b)(11) of the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(11).
    The two routine uses below (L and M) are required by OMB Memorandum 
M-17-12.
    L. Disclosure to Persons or Entities in Response to an Actual or 
Suspected

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Breach of Personally Identifiable Information: To appropriate agencies, 
entities, and persons when (1) the Agency suspects or has confirmed 
that there has been a breach of the system of records, (2) the Agency 
has determined that as a result of the suspected or confirmed breach 
there is a risk of harm to individuals, the Agency (including its 
information systems, programs, and operations), the Federal Government, 
or national security; and (3) the disclosure made to such agencies, 
entities, and persons is reasonably necessary to assist in connection 
with the Agency's efforts to respond to the suspected or confirmed 
breach or to prevent, minimize, or remedy such harm.
    M. Disclosure to Assist Another Agency in Its Efforts to Respond to 
a Breach of Personally Identifiable Information: To another Federal 
agency or Federal entity, when the Agency determines that information 
from this system of records is reasonably necessary to assist the 
recipient agency or entity in (1) responding to a suspected or 
confirmed breach or (2) preventing, minimizing, or remedying the risk 
of harm to individuals, the recipient agency or entity (including its 
information systems, programs, and operations), the Federal Government, 
or national security, resulting from a suspected or confirmed breach.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF RECORDS:
    These records are maintained electronically on computer storage 
devices such as computer tapes and disks. The computer storage devices 
are located at EPA National Computer Center in Research Triangle Park, 
109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Durham, NC 27709. Backup will be maintained 
at a disaster recovery site. Computer records are maintained in a 
secure password protected environment. Access to computer records is 
limited to those who have a need to know. Permission-level assignments 
will allow users access only to those functions for which they are 
authorized. Paper records are located at Environmental Protection 
Agency facilities to include Regions 1-10 and Headquarters located at 
the Ronald Reagan Building, Mail Code 3901R, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20460. All records are maintained in secure, access-
controlled areas or buildings.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF RECORDS:
    Electronic files may be retrieved by applicant/recipient 
organization names and EPA grants and interagency agreements contact 
names.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND DISPOSAL OF RECORDS:
    Records are retained and disposed of in accordance with National 
Archives and Records Administration record retention schedules 
appropriate to the retention as well as EPA Record Schedule 0009.

ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL SAFEGUARDS:
    Security controls used to protect personal sensitive data in IGMS/
NGGS are commensurate with those required for an information system 
rated MODERATE for confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as 
prescribed in National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 
Special Publication, 800-53, ``Security and Privacy Controls for 
Federal Information Systems and Organizations,'' Revision 5.
    1. Administrative Safeguards: EPA personnel and contractors must 
complete annual Agency Information Security and Privacy Awareness 
training. EPA instructs its personnel and contractors to lock and 
secure their computers when they leave their desks.
    2. Technical Safeguards: EPA restricts IGMS/NGGS electronic records 
to authorized users with appropriate security privileges, including the 
use of 2-factor PIV Card authentication.
    3. Physical Safeguards: All records are maintained in secure, 
access-controlled areas or buildings. Identification cards are verified 
to ensure only authorized personnel have access. Paper records are 
maintained in locked file cabinets.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
    Individuals seeking access to information in this system of records 
about themselves are required to provide adequate identification (e.g., 
driver's license, military identification card, employee badge or 
identification card). Additional identity verification procedures may 
be required, as warranted. Requests must meet the requirements of EPA 
regulations that implement the Privacy Act of 1974, at 40 CFR part 16.

CONTESTING RECORDS PROCEDURES:
    Requests for correction or amendment must identify the record to be 
changed and the corrective action sought. Complete EPA Privacy Act 
procedures are described in EPA's Privacy Act regulations at 40 CFR 
part 16.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:
    Any individual who wants to know whether this system of records 
contains a record about him or her, should make a written request to 
the EPA, Attn: Agency Privacy Officer, MC 2831T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 
NW, Washington, DC 20460, [email protected].

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM:
    None.

HISTORY:
    68 FR 68387--Posted on December 8, 2003.

Vaughn Noga,
Senior Agency Official for Privacy.
[FR Doc. 2021-11757 Filed 6-3-21; 8:45 am]
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