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information on all pesticide chemicals

is necessary for the performance of this

contract.

Some of this information may be

entitled to confidential treatment. The

information has been submitted to EPA

under sections 3, 4, 6, and 7 of FIFRA

and under sections 408 and 409 of the

FFDCA.

In accordance with the requirements

of 40 CFR 2.307(h)(2), the contract with

Eastern Research Group Inc. and its

subcontractor, ICF Incorporated,

prohibits use of the information for any

purpose not specified in the contract;

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, Eastern Research

Group Inc. and its subcontractor, ICF

Incorporated, are 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 Eastern Research Group Inc.

and its subcontractor, ICF Incorporated,

until the requirements in this document

have been fully satisfied. Records of

information provided to Eastern

Research Group Inc. and its

subcontractor, ICF Incorporated, will be

maintained by EPA Project Officers for

this contract. All information supplied

to Eastern Research Group Inc. and its

subcontractor, ICF Incorporated, by EPA

for use in connection with this contract

will be returned to EPA when Eastern

Research Group Inc. and its

subcontractor, ICF Incorporated, have

completed their work.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Business

and industry, Government contracts,

Government property, Security

measures.

Dated: January 5, 2000.

Richard D. Schmitt,

Acting Director, Information Resources and

Services Division, Office of Pesticide

Programs.

[FR Doc. 00–1215 Filed 1–18–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–100154; FRL–6487–2]

Lockheed Martin; Transfer of Data

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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 tranferred

to Lockheed Martin in accordance with

40 CFR 2.307(h)(3) and 2.308(i)(2).

Lockheed Martin has been awarded

multiple contracts to perform work for

OPP, and access to this information will

enable Lockheed Martin to fulfill the

obligations of the contract.

DATES: Lockheed Martin will be given

access to this information on or before

January 24, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Erik R. Johnson, FIFRA Security

Officer, Information Resources and

Services Division (7502C), Office of

Pesticide Programs, Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460; telephone

number: 703–305–7248; e-mail address:

johnson.erik@epa.gov.

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. If you have any questions

regarding the applicability of this action

to a particular entity, consult the person

listed in the ‘‘FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT.’’

B. How Can I Get Additional

Information, Including Copies of this

Document and Other Related

Documents?

You may obtain electronic copies of

this document, and certain other related

documents that might be available

electronically, from the EPA Internet

Home Page at http://www.epa.gov/. To

access this document, on the Home Page

select ‘‘Laws and Regulations’’ and then

look up the entry for this document

under the ‘‘Federal Register--

Environmental Documents.’’ You can

also go directly to the Federal Register

listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.

II. Contractor Requirements

Under Contract No. 68–W7–0055, the

contractor will extract data from

pesticide registration forms. This project

requires the integration of the DataCap

Tool set and forms recognition

capabilities into the existing imaging

application. The new system will utilize

DataCap Task Master and Paper

keyboard software for design of the

application for extracting data from the

pesticide registration. Once the

application has been designed,

implemented, and tested, the Lockheed

Martin Technical Image Technology

Support Staff will be responsible for

maintaining the application, inclusive

of enhancements, updates, error

correction and monitoring application

for performance and ensuring that the

application meets requirements defined

by OPP.

This contract involves no

subcontractors.

OPP has determined that the contract

described in this document involved

work that is being conducted in

connection with FIFRA, in that

pesticide chemicals will be the subject

of certain evaluations to be made under

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 sections 3, 4, 6, and 7 of FIFRA

and under sections 408 and 409 of the

FFDCA.

In accordance with the requirements

of 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3), the contract with

Lockheed Martin, prohibits use of the

information for any purpose not

specified in this contract; 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, Lockheed Martin, 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

Lockheed Martin until the requirements

in this document have been fully

satisfied. Records of information

provided to Lockheed Martin will be

maintained by EPA Project Officers for

this contract. All information supplied

to Lockheed Martin by EPA for use in

connection with this contract will be

returned to EPA when Lockheed Martin

has completed its work.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Business

and industry, Government contracts,

Government property, Security

measures.

Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 12 / Wednesday, January 19, 2000 / Notices 2947

Dated: January 6, 2000.

Joanne Martin,

Acting Director, Information Resources and

Services Division, Office of Pesticide

Programs.

[FR Doc. 00–1216 Filed 1–18–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–00621; FRL–6385–7]

Pesticides: Data Submitter Rights for

Data Submitted in Support of

Tolerance Actions; Notice of

Availability

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the

availability for comment of a paper

discussing options to enable the Agency

to appropriately implement the new

provisions contained in section 408(i) of

the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic

Act (FFDCA) to address exclusive use

and compensation rights for data

submitted to EPA in support of

tolerance and tolerance exemption

actions.

DATES: Comments, identified by docket

control number OPP–00621, must be

received on or before March 20, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be

submitted by mail, electronically, or in

person. Please follow the detailed

instructions for each method as

provided in Unit I. of the

‘‘SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.’’

To ensure proper receipt by EPA, it is

imperative that you identify docket

control number OPP–00621 in the

subject line on the first page of your

response.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cameo G. Smoot, Field and External

Affairs Division (7506C), Office of

Pesticide Programs, Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460; telephone

number: (703) 305–5454; fax number:

(703) 305–5884; e-mail address:

smoot.cameo@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

This action is directed to the public

in general. This action may, however, be

of interest to you if you submit data to

EPA in support of establishing or

maintaining tolerances for pesticides, or

are a pesticide registrant or a person

applying for pesticide registration under

the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). You may also

be interested in commenting if you

submit data to EPA in support of an

exemption from a tolerance. Since other

entities may also be interested, the

Agency has not attempted to describe all

the specific entities that may be affected

by this action. If you have any questions

regarding the applicability of this action

to a particular entity, consult the person

listed under ‘‘FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT.’’

B. How Can I Get Additional

Information, Including Copies of this

Document and Other Related

Documents?

1. Electronically. You may obtain

electronic copies of this document, and

certain other related documents that

might be available electronically, from

the EPA Internet Home Page at http://

www.epa.gov/. To access this

document, on the Home Page select

‘‘Laws and Regulations’’ and then look

up the entry for this document under

the ‘‘Federal Register-—Environmental

Documents.’’ You can also go directly to

the Federal Register listings at http://

www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/. You may obtain

a copy of the options paper titled ‘‘Data

Submitter Rights for Data Submitted in

Support of Tolerance Actions’’

described in this notice by accessing

this Federal Register notice using the

Federal Register--Environmental

Documents cite on the EPA’s Internet

and selecting ‘‘Related Documents.’’

Hard copies of the options paper are

available by consulting with the person

listed under ‘‘FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT.’’

2. In person. The Agency has

established an official record for this

action under docket control number

OPP–00621. The official record consists

of the documents specifically referenced

in this action, any public comments

received during an applicable comment

period, and other information related to

this action, including any information

claimed as confidential business

information (CBI). This official record

includes the documents that are

physically located in the docket, as well

as the documents that are referenced in

those documents. The public version of

the official record does not include any

information claimed as CBI. The public

version of the official record, which

includes printed, paper versions of any

electronic comments submitted during

an applicable comment period, is

available for inspection in the Public

Information and Records Integrity

Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119, Crystal Mall 2,

1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington,

VA, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday

through Friday, excluding legal

holidays. The PIRIB telephone number

is (703) 305–5805.

C. How and to Whom Do I Submit

Comments?

You may submit comments through

the mail, in person, or electronically. To

ensure proper receipt by EPA, it is

imperative that you identify docket

control number OPP–00621 in the

subject line on the first page of your

response.

1. By mail. Submit your comments to:

Public Information and Records

Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Information

Resources and Services Division

(7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs

(OPP), Environmental Protection

Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington,

DC 20460.

2. In person or by courier. Deliver

your comments to: Public Information

and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB),

Information Resources and Services

Division (7502C), Office of Pesticide

Programs (OPP), Environmental

Protection Agency, Rm. 119, Crystal

Mall 2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy.,

Arlington, VA. The PIRIB is open from

8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through

Friday, excluding legal holidays. The

PIRIB telephone number is (703) 305–

5805.

3. Electronically. You may submit

your comments electronically by e-mail

to: ‘‘opp-docket@epa.gov,’’ or you can

submit a computer disk as described in

this unit. Do not submit any information

electronically that you consider to be

CBI. Avoid the use of special characters

and any form of encryption. Electronic

submissions will be accepted in

WordPerfect 6.1/8.0 or ASCII file

format. All comments in electronic form

must be identified by docket control

number OPP–00621. Electronic

comments may also be filed online at

many Federal Depository Libraries.

D. How Should I Handle CBI that I Want

to Submit to the Agency?

Do not submit any information

electronically that you consider to be

CBI. You may claim information that

you submit to EPA in response to this

document as CBI by marking any part or

all of that information as CBI.

Information so marked will not be

disclosed except in accordance with

procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.

In addition to one complete version of

the comment that includes any

information claimed as CBI, a copy of

the comment that does not contain the

information claimed as CBI must be

submitted for inclusion in the public

version of the official record.

Information not marked confidential