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Dated: November 2, 2023. 

Kun Mullan, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–10620–01–OMS] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Office of Inspector General, 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of a new system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of 

Inspector General (OIG) is giving notice 

that it proposes to create a new a system 

of records pursuant to the provisions of 

the Privacy Act of 1974. OIG Data 

Analytics Enterprise is being created to 

store and maintain records collected by 

EPA OIG that are necessary in order to 

fulfill the responsibilities of the 

Inspector General Act of 1978, as 

amended. The EPA OIG will use this 

system of records to develop data 

models and analytical assessments that 

will assist with the performance of 

audits, evaluations, investigations, and 

reviews in order to identify fraud, 

waste, mismanagement, and abuse 

relating to the programs and operations 

of the EPA. 

DATES: Persons wishing to comment on 

this system of records notice must do so 

by December 8, 2023. Routine uses for 

this new system of records will be 

effective December 8, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OMS–2023–0020, by one of the 

following methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Email: docket_oms@epa.gov. 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–2023– 

0020. 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. Further 

information about EPA Docket Center 

services and current operating status is 

available at https://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Daniel Porter, Director, Data Analytics 

Directorate, Office of Inspector General, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20004; phone number: 202–309– 

6449; email: oig.data_analytics@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA 

OIG will use this system of records to 

develop data models and analyses in 

order to identify fraud, waste and abuse, 

and programmatic problems and 

deficiencies. This system of records will 

allow the EPA OIG to identify 

correlations between existing EPA data 

sets and other government agency data 

sets to identify patterns and correlations 

that indicate fraud and issues of 

program waste and abuse. EPA OIG will 

apply analytics and data modeling 

principles within this system of records 

to identify problems or failures in the 

implementation or performance of 

internal controls within the EPA. EPA 

will separately add exemptions for this 

system of records to the Agency’s 

Privacy Act regulations at 40 CFR part 

16. 

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER: 

OIG Data Analytics Enterprise, EPA– 

100. 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

Unclassified. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Office of Inspector General, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 109 

T.W. Alexander Drive, Durham, NC 

27711. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S): 

Daniel Porter, EPA Office of Inspector 

General (OIG), Data Analytics 

Directorate (DAD), Director, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20004, 202–309–6449, 

porter.daniel@epa.gov. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

The Inspector General Act of 1978, as 

amended, 5 U.S.C. 401–424 (Inspector 

General Act). 

PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM: 

Records contained in OIG Data 

Analytics Enterprise may be used in the 

course of performing audits, 

evaluations, and inspections; 

investigating individuals and entities 

suspected of criminal, civil, or 

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supporting related judicial and 

administrative proceedings; or in 

conducting preliminary inquiries 

undertaken to determine whether to 

commence an audit, evaluation, 

inspection, or investigation. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY

SYSTEM: 

The EPA OIG maintains records in 

OIG Data Analytics Enterprise on the 

following categories of individuals: 

current, former, and prospective EPA 

employees; contractors; subcontractors; 

recipients of Federal funds and their 

contractors/subcontractors and 

employees; grantees; sub-grantees; 

individuals who work on Agency grants 

(e.g., principal investigators); lessees; 

licensees; persons engaged in official 

business with the Agency; or other 

persons identified by OIG or by other 

agencies, constituent units of the 

Agency, and members of the general 

public, in connection with the 

authorized functions of the OIG. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

The OIG Data Analytics Enterprise 

will contain a wide variety of records to 

assist OIG staff in carrying out their 

work. Categories of records may 

include: information obtained from EPA 

business systems information, including 

general ledger data, bank account 

numbers and transactions, contracting 

and business ownership data, Electronic 

Funds Transfer Numbers, customer 

data, and vendor data; Agency payroll, 

purchase card, and travel card data; 

System for Award Management 

(SAM.gov) data; general case 

management documentation; 

correspondence; personally identifiable 

and business identifiable information, 

including financial, employment, time 

and attendance, human resources, and 

biometric data and Social Security 

Numbers; information protected by Title 

13 of the U.S. Code; trade secrets data 

and similar proprietary data; import/ 

export data, including Automated 

Export System data; law enforcement 

data; data containing information 

related to Agency grants and contracts, 

and other data and evidence received, 

collected, or generated by OIG’s Data 

Analytics group while conducting its 

official duties. Social Security Numbers 

are maintained in the system pursuant 

to authority under the Inspector General 

Act and are collected or received and 

maintained in the system as necessary 

by OIG to carry out its statutory 

responsibilities under the Inspector 

General Act. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Records and information stored in 

this system of records are obtained from 

both publicly and privately available 

sources and various systems of records 

and information systems within the EPA 

and other Federal, State, and local 

agencies, Federal contractors, and nongovernment entities. 

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 (86 FR 62527): A, B, C, D, 

E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, and M. 

Additional routine uses that apply to 

this system are: 

1. To any source, private or public, to 

the extent necessary to secure from such 

source information relevant to a 

legitimate EPA investigation, audit, 

decision, or other inquiry. 

2. To a Federal, State, local, Tribal, 

Territorial, foreign, international, or 

other public authority in response to its 

request in connection with: the hiring, 

assignment, or retention of an 

individual; the issuance, renewal, 

retention, or revocation of a security 

clearance; the reporting of an 

investigation of an individual; the 

execution of a security or suitability 

investigation; the letting of a contract; or 

the issuance, retention, or revocation of 

a license, grant, award, contract, or 

other benefit conferred by that entity to 

the extent that the information is 

relevant and necessary to the requesting 

entity’s decision on the matter. 

3. To the Department of Justice (DOJ) 

or any other Federal agency to the 

extent necessary to obtain their advice 

relevant to an OIG matter, or that has an 

interest in the record in connection with 

determining whether disclosure thereof 

is required by the Freedom of 

Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552). 

5. To the Department of the Treasury 

and the Department of Justice when 

EPA is seeking an ex parte court order 

to obtain taxpayer information from the 

Internal Revenue Service. 

6. To the news media and public 

when a public interest justifies the 

disclosure of information on public 

events such as indictments or similar 

activities and such disclosure would not 

cause an unwarranted invasion of 

personal privacy. 

7. To the public when the matter 

under audit or investigation has become 

public knowledge, or when the 

Inspector General determines that such 

disclosure is necessary to preserve 

confidence in the integrity of the OIG 

audit or investigative process or is 

necessary to demonstrate the 

accountability of EPA officers, 

employees, or individuals covered by 

this system, unless it is determined that 

disclosure of the specific information in 

the context of a particular case could 

reasonably be expected to constitute an 

unwarranted invasion of personal 

privacy. 

8. To Members of Congress and the 

public in the OIG’s Semiannual Report 

to Congress when the Inspector General 

determines that the matter reported is 

significant. 

9. To a Federal agency responsible for 

considering suspension or debarment 

action where such record would be 

relevant to such action. 

10. In response to a lawful subpoena 

issued by a Federal agency. 

11. To a public or professional 

licensing organization if the record 

indicates, either by itself or in 

combination with other information, a 

violation or potential violation of 

professional standards, or reflects on the 

moral, educational, or professional 

qualifications of an individual who is 

licensed or who is seeking to become 

licensed. 

12. To any person when disclosure of 

the record is needed to enable the 

recipient of the record to take action to 

recover money or property of the EPA, 

when such recovery will accrue to the 

benefit of the United States, or when 

disclosure of the record is needed to 

enable the recipient of the record to take 

appropriate disciplinary action to 

maintain the integrity of EPA programs 

or operations. 

13. To the Office of Government 

Ethics to comply with agency reporting 

requirements in 5 CFR 2638.206. 

14. To a foreign government or 

international organization pursuant to 

an international treaty, convention, 

implementing legislation, or executive 

agreement entered into by the United 

States. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF

RECORDS: 

These records are maintained 

electronically on computer storage 

devices managed by the Office of 

Inspector General, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460. 

Electronically stored information is 

hosted at the EPA National Computer 

Center (NCC), 109 TW Alexander Drive, 

Research Triangle Park, Durham, NC 

27711, in agency-owned cloud and onpremise environments. Paper records 

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Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF

RECORDS: 

Records may be retrieved by search 

criteria that include names of 

individuals, names of businesses, 

identifying particulars, organizations, 

Social Security Number, EPA ID 

number, or driver’s license number. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND

DISPOSAL OF RECORDS: 

Records are retained and disposed of 

in accordance with EPA Records 

Retention Schedules approved by the 

National Archives and Records 

Administration (NARA). 

ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL

SAFEGUARDS: 

Security controls used to protect 

personal sensitive data in OIG Data 

Analytics Enterprise 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 

Information Systems and 

Organizations,’’ Revision 5. 

1. Administrative Safeguards: All 

users must take annual mandatory 

Security Awareness and Privacy 

training as provided by the Agency. 

Additionally, staff determined to have 

significant security responsibilities are 

also required to complete role-based 

training (RBT). 

2. Technical Safeguards: Access to 

electronic records is restricted to the 

OIG staff and contractors individually 

authorized to access the electronic 

system. Access is restricted based on 

assigned roles and responsibilities. 

Authentication to the system occurs 

through the Agency’s Active Directory 

Domain Controller. Passwords must 

meet complexity requirements and are 

changed periodically, in accordance 

with OIG policies. Also, all devices that 

connect to the system use a screen lock; 

both (screen lock and password) are 

enforced by Agency policy. 

3. Physical Safeguards: Electronic 

records are stored on servers maintained 

in a locked facility that is secured at all 

times. All electronic media are kept in 

limited-access areas during duty hours 

and in locked offices during nonduty 

hours and are used only by authorized 

screened personnel. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2), (k)(2), 

and (k)(5), certain records maintained in 

the OIG Data Analytics Enterprise are 

exempt from specific access and 

accounting provisions of the Privacy 

Act. See 40 CFR 16.11 and 16.12, 

However, EPA may, in its discretion, 

grant individual requests for access if it 

determines that the exercise of these 

rights will not interfere with an interest 

that the exemption is intended to 

protect. Requests for access must be 

made in accordance with the procedures 

described in EPA’s Privacy Act 

regulations at 40 CFR part 16. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2), (k)(2), 

and (k)(5), certain records maintained in 

the OIG Data Analytics Enterprise are 

exempt from specific access and 

accounting provisions of the Privacy 

Act. See 40 CFR 16.11 and 16.12. 

However, EPA may, in its discretion, 

grant individual requests for correction 

and amendment if it determines that the 

exercise of these rights will not interfere 

with an interest that the exemption is 

intended to protect. Requests for 

correction and amendment must 

identify the record to be changed and 

the correction sought, and must be made 

in accordance with the procedures 

described in EPA’s Privacy Act 

regulations at 40 CFR part 16. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: 

Individuals who wish to be informed 

whether a Privacy Act system of records 

maintained by EPA contains any record 

pertaining to them, should make a 

written request to the EPA, Attn: 

Agency Privacy Officer, MC 2831T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460, or by email at: 

privacy@epa.gov. A full description of 

EPA’s Privacy Act procedures is 

included in EPA’s Privacy Act 

regulations at 40 CFR part 16. 

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

EPA has exempted records 

maintained in this system from 5 U.S.C. 

552a(c)(3) and (4); 5 U.S.C. 552a(d); 5 

U.S.C. 552a(e)(1), (2) and (3); 5 U.S.C. 

552a(e)(4)(G) and (H); 5 U.S.C. 

552a(e)(5) and (8); 5 U.S.C. 552a(f)(2) 

through (5); and 5 U.S.C. 552a(g) of the 

Privacy Act pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

552a(j)(2). EPA has also exempted 

records maintained in this system from 

5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3), 5 U.S.C. 552a(d), 5 

U.S.C. 552a(e)(1), 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4)(G) 

and (H) and 5 U.S.C. 552a(f)(2) through 

(5) of the Privacy Act under 5 U.S.C. 

552a(k)(2). EPA has also exempted 

records maintained in this system from 

5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3) and 5 U.S.C. 552a(d) 

of the Privacy Act pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

552a(k)(5). An exemption rule for this 

record system has been promulgated in 

accordance with the requirements of 5 

U.S.C. 553(b)(1), (2), and (3), (c) and (e) 

and published in 40 CFR part 16. In 

addition, when exempt records received 

from other systems of records become 

part of this system, EPA also claims the 

same exemptions for those records that 

are claimed for the prior system(s) of 

records from which they were a part and 

claims any additional exemptions set 

forth here. 

HISTORY: 

None. 

Vaughn Noga, 

Senior Agency Official for Privacy. 

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[EPA–HQ–OAR–2023–0014; FRL–10969–02– 

OAR] 

Clean Air Act Advisory Committee 

(CAAAC): Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

is announcing a public meeting of the 

Clean Air Act Advisory Committee 

(CAAAC). The EPA renewed the 

CAAAC charter on October 31, 2022, to 

provide independent advice and 

counsel to EPA on economic, 

environmental, technical, scientific and 

enforcement policy issues associated 

with implementation of the Clean Air 

Act of 1990. 

DATES: The CAAAC will hold its next 

hybrid public meeting; in-person at EPA 

Headquarters, Washington, DC and 

virtual on Thursday, December 7, 2023, 

from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (EST). Members 

of the public may register to attend or 

listen to the meeting or provide 

comments, by emailing caaac@epa.gov 

by 5:00 (EST) December 5, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lorraine Reddick, Designated Federal 

Official, Clean Air Act Advisory 

Committee (6103A), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: 202–564–1293; 

email address: reddick.lorraine@

epa.gov. Additional information about 

this meeting, the CAAAC, and its 

subcommittees and workgroups can be 

found on the CAAAC website: http://

www.epa.gov/caaac/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to 5 U.S.C. app. 2 section 10(a)(2), 


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