[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 112 (Monday, June 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38044-38045]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12496]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0068; FRL-11029-01-OCSPP]


Agile Decision Sciences; Transfer of Data May 2023

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 Agile Decision Sciences in 
accordance with the CBI regulations. Agile Decision Sciences has been 
awarded multiple contracts to perform work for OPP, and access to this 
information will enable Agile Decision Sciences to fulfill the 
obligations of the contract.

DATES: Agile Decision Sciences will be given access to this information 
on or before June 20, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Northern, Information 
Technology and Resources Management Division (7502P), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 566-1493 
email 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.

B. How can I get copies of this document and other related information?

    The docket for this action, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0068, is available at https://www.regulations.gov or at the Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory 
Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the Environmental Protection Agency 
Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 
1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001. The Public 
Reading Room is 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 OPP 
Docket is (202) 566-0294. Please review the visitor instructions and 
additional information about the docket available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.

II. Contractor Requirements

    Under contract number No. 68HERD23R0003, the contractor will 
perform the following: The contractor will provide support for OPP 
Docket to support and officially document an agency's rulemaking or 
other related activities. Those activities typically follow a three-
step sequence in which the government first issues a draft of its 
proposed action, then receives public feedback on its proposal, and 
finally publishes a finished product. Dockets contain the Federal 
Register documents, supporting documentation and materials, and public 
comments associated with each of those steps. Agencies are required to 
use dockets in the development of regulatory actions. Most agencies, 
including EPA, also use them in other instances where there is a need 
to officially distribute information and/or solicit public input on 
their activities. The OPP Docket primary responsibilities are to 
provide support to rule writers and other docket owners in creating and 
populating dockets in the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) and 
then post them to Regulations.gov (a cross-government public portal for 
docketing). Both FDMS and Regulations.gov are operated by the 
eRulemaking Program Management Office (PMO) within the General Services 
Administration (GSA). At different stages in this process, EPA/DC staff 
engage in activities such as customer service, training, sorting, 
digitizing, metadata indexing, quality assurance (QA), and records 
management.
    This contract will involve no subcontractors.
    OPP has determined that the contracts described in this document 
involve work that is being conducted in connection with FIFRA, in that 
pesticide chemicals will be the subject of certain evaluations to be 
made under

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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 FIFRA sections 3, 4, 6, 
and 7 and under FFDCA sections 408 and 409.
    In accordance with the requirements of 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3), the 
contracts with Agile Decision Sciences, prohibits use of the 
information for any purpose not specified in these contracts; 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 and to handle it in accordance with the FIFRA 
Information Security Manual. In addition, Agile Decision Sciences 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 Agile Decision Sciences 
until the requirements in this document have been fully satisfied. 
Records of information provided to Agile Decision Sciences will be 
maintained by EPA Project Officers for these contracts. All information 
supplied to Agile Decision Sciences by EPA for use in connection with 
these contracts will be returned to EPA when Agile Decision Sciences 
has completed its work.
    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.; 21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.

    Dated: June 6, 2023.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division, 
Office of Program Support.
[FR Doc. 2023-12496 Filed 6-9-23; 8:45 am]
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