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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 16, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14392-14393]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-5974]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0038; FRL-8865-6]

GeoLogics Corporation; Transfer of Data

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 GeoLogics Corporation in 
accordance with 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3) and 2.308(i)(2). GeoLogics 
Corporation has been awarded a contract to perform work for OPP, and 
access to this information will enable GeoLogics Corporation to fulfill 
the obligations of the contract.

DATES: GeoLogics Corporation will be given access to this information 
on or before March 21, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mario Steadman, Information Technology 
and Resources Management Division (7502P), Office of Pesticide 
Programs, 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-8338; e-mail address: 
steadman.mario@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 under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

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

    EPA has established a docket for this action under docket 
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0038. Publicly available 
docket materials are available either in the electronic docket at 
http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard copy, at the 
Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-
4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, 
VA. The hours of operation of this Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m. 
to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket 
Facility telephone number is (703) 305-5805.

II. Contractor Requirements

    Under Contract No. EP10H002173, the contractor will perform the 
following: The Laboratory Data Integrity Branch (LDIB) within the 
Office of Compliance (OC) is charged with the responsibility of 
conducting Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) inspections under FIFRA and 
the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The LDIB utilizes a database 
known as Laboratory lnformation and Study Audit (LISA) to aid them in 
targeting future inspections and tracking and documenting historical 
inspections. LISA maintains records of test substance chemicals and 
their metabolites, the registrants and sponsors of these chemicals, and 
the laboratories employed by the sponsors to test these chemicals. LISA 
also maintains EPA inspection findings, the identity of the inspection 
team, and the dates the inspection was conducted. LISA also aids the 
branch is generating end of year reports to the branch chief and 
correspondence.
    LISA also has the ability to interface with the OPP database known 
as, Office of Pesticide Programs lnformation network (OPPIN). This link 
provides LDIB with a list of laboratories regulated by GLPS and 
therefore subject to GLP inspections. Information from OPP provides up-
to-date information regarding studies, test facilities,

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sponsors, guidelines, and test substance chemicals.
    The purpose of this Statement of Work is to identify, evaluate, and 
write new system software for the modernization of the LDIB data 
management system known as LISA. The LDIB utilizes LISA to aid the 
branch in targeting, monitoring and documenting historical GLP 
inspection Information. Additionally, LISA maintains historical GLP 
inspection findings, inspection team Information, and inspection dates. 
LISA also aids the LDB by generating end of year reports to the branch 
chief, including EPA correspondence to the regulated community. The 
objective of LISA modernization is to: Increase the accessibility of 
LISA from remote locations, i.e., Denver field office, reduce 
inefficiencies created by the existing antiquated software, improve the 
overall performance of the system, and ensure better integrity of the 
data stored in the database system.
    This contract involves no subcontractors.
    OPP has determined that the contract 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 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 FFDCA.
    In accordance with the requirements of 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3), the 
contract with GeoLogics Corporation, 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, GeoLogics Corporation 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 GeoLogics Corporation 
until the requirements in this document have been fully satisfied. 
Records of information provided to GeoLogics Corporation will be 
maintained by EPA Project Officers for the contract. All information 
supplied to GeoLogics Corporation by EPA for use in connection with 
these contract will be returned to EPA when GeoLogics Corporation has 
completed its work.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Business and industry, Government 
contract, Government property, Security measures.

    Dated: March 4, 2011.
Michael Hardy,
Acting Director, Information Technology and Resources Management 
Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2011-5974 Filed 3-15-11; 8:45 am]
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