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moral, educational, or professional

qualifications of an individual who is

licensed or who is seeking to become

licensed.

r. To an entity or person, public or

private, 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.

s. To officers and employees of other

Federal agencies for the purpose of

quality assessments of the OIG’s

personnel security and suitability

operations.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

STORAGE:

The computerized reference is stored

on computer hard disks and computer

printout sheets. The hard copy files are

stored in file folders. All records are

stored under secure conditions, which

are described in the Safeguards section.

RETRIEVABILITY:

Records in the computerized

reference are retrieved by the social

security number of the subject of a

personnel security and suitability

investigation. Records in the hard copy

files are retrieved by the name of the

subject of a personnel security and

suitability investigation.

SAFEGUARDS:

Direct access is limited to authorized

employees of the OIG, Office of

Management, Personnel Security Staff.

Additional access within EPA is limited

to authorized employees on a need-toknow basis. All records, when not in the

possession of an authorized employee,

are stored in locked file cabinets or safes

in a locked, alarmed central file room

with restricted access. Classified records

are safeguarded in accordance with

Executive Order 12958 and Executive

Order 12968.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

Records are retained and disposed of

in accordance with EPA Records

Control Schedules, Inspector General

Records, approved by the National

Archives and Records Administration.

Personnel security and suitability files

are generally retained for 5 years after

the separation or transfer of the

employee and then destroyed.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:

Assistant Inspector General for

Management, Office of Inspector

General (2441), Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20460.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:

See Exemption section of this notice.

EPA claims that the system is exempt

from this requirement to the extent that

the system contains investigatory

material compiled for law enforcement

purposes. EPA also claims that the

system is exempt from this requirement

to the extent that the system contains

classified information that has been

properly classified under applicable

statutes or executive orders. However,

EPA has published rules that establish

procedures for notifying an individual

at his/her request if the system contains

a record pertaining to him/her because,

under certain circumstances, it might be

appropriate for an individual to have

access to all or a portion of his/her

records in this system. Requests for

notification should be made in writing

to the System Manager in accordance

with EPA’s regulations at 40 CFR part

16.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:

See Exemption section of this notice.

EPA claims that the system is exempt

from this requirement. However, EPA

has published rules that establish

procedures for notifying an individual

at his/her request how he/she can gain

access to a record in this system

pertaining to him/her because, under

certain circumstances, it might be

appropriate for an individual to have

access to all or a portion of his/her

records in this system. Requests for

access should be made in writing to the

System Manager in accordance with

EPA’s regulations at 40 CFR part 16.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

See Record Access Procedures section

of this notice.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

See Exemption section of this notice.

EPA claims that the system is exempt

from this requirement. However, EPA is

publishing the following generic list of

categories of sources of records in this

system: The subjects of personnel

security and suitability investigations;

individuals with whom the subjects are

or were associated (e.g., colleagues,

business associates, acquaintances, or

relatives); Federal, State, local, and

foreign investigatory or law enforcement

agencies; other government agencies;

confidential sources; former employers;

references named by the subjects; credit

agencies; educational institutions; and

public source materials.

SYSTEMS EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS

OF THE ACT:

Under 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(1), this system

is exempt from the following provisions

of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended:

5 U.S.C. 552a (c)(3); (d); (e) (1), (4) (G),

(H), and (I); and (f). Under 5 U.S.C.

552a(k)(2), this system is exempt from

the following provisions of the Privacy

Act of 1974, as amended, subject to the

limitations set forth in that subsection:

5 U.S.C. 552a (c)(3); (d); (e) (1), (4) (G),

(H), and (I); and (f). Under 5 U.S.C.

552a(k)(5), this system is exempt from

the following provisions of the Privacy

Act of 1974, as amended, subject to the

limitations set forth in that subsection:

5 U.S.C. 552a (c)(3); (d); (e) (1), (4) (H)

and (I); and (f) (2) through (5). These

exemptions were published as

regulations in the Federal Register in

accordance with the requirements of 5

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

(e). For additional information, contact

the System Manager.

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Privacy Act of 1974: Systems of

Records

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Amendment to notice of Privacy

Act system of records.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) is proposing to amend

routine uses in an existing Privacy Act

system of records, the ‘‘EPA Travel,

Other Accounts Payable and Accounts

Receivable Files. EPA/FMD, EPA–29’’

which was last published on January 10,

1992 at 57 FR 1182.

EFFECTIVE DATES: The proposed

amendments will be effective without

further notice October 15, 1997, unless

comments received require a contrary

determination.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to:

Al Demarcki, Systems Accountant,

Financial Management Division,

Financial Policies, Procedures and

Compliance Branch, Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 ‘‘M’’ Street SW

(2733F), Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Al

Demarcki, Systems Accountant,

Financial Management Division,

Financial Policies, Procedures and
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Compliance Branch, Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 ‘‘M’’ Street SW

(2733F), Washington, DC 20460. Tel.

(202) 260–2633.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

proposed amendment alters the routine

use provision of the notice for EPA’s

Travel, Other Accounts Payable and

Accounts Receivable Files as follows:

(1) The letter designations in routine

uses 12a through 12g have been

eliminated and replaced by number

designations. The proposed routine uses

for this system of records are numbered

1 through 19. (2) The proposed

amendment adds a new routine use

number 13 to the system of records

which authorizes disclosure to the

Internal Revenue Service for the

purpose of recouping delinquent debts

owed the United States through offset of

Federal Tax returns under the Federal

Tax Refund Offset Program authorized

by 31 U.S.C. 3720A and for the purpose

to perform Offsets and Cross-Servicing

of delinquent debtors. (3) Routine use

11 (which authorizes disclosures to

Federal State and local agencies for

computer matching purposes) and 12d

(which authorizes disclosures to other

Federal Agencies for debt collection

purposes) have been deleted in their

current form and replaced with

proposed routine uses 11 and 12. These

proposed routine uses do not authorize

additional or new disclosures, but are

intended only to clarify and more

precisely define the nature and purpose

of the disclosures set forth in the

deleted routine uses.

Proposed routine use 11 limits

disclosures for debt collection purposes

under the Debt Collection Act (Pub. L.

97–365) to two named agencies, the

Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC)

of the Department of Defense and the

U.S. Postal Service (USPS). This routine

use encompasses, but is not limited to,

disclosures made pursuant to a

computer matching program in

accordance with the Computer

Matching and Privacy Protection Act of

1988. This proposed routine use adopts

language similar to that recommended

by the U.S. Department of Treasury in

its Government-wide guidance on

Federal debt collection.

Proposed routine use 12 permits

disclosures, including disclosures under

a computer matching program, to

Federal Agencies other than the DMDC

and USPS, and to State and local

agencies for debt collection purposes.

EPA will comply with the Computer

Matching and Privacy Protection Act of

1988 and Implementing Guidelines in

the case of disclosures under a

computer matching program.

Other revisions of the routine uses are

of a minor editorial or administrative

nature. All routine uses for this system

of records, including the proposed

amended routine uses, are listed below

in the propose notice.

Dated: August 28, 1997.

Alvin M. Pesachowitz,

Acting Assistant Administrator and Chief

Information Officer.

EPA–29

SYSTEM NAME:

EPA Travel, Other Accounts Payable

and Accounts Receivable Files, EPA/

FMD.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:

Routine use disclosures of records in

this system of records may be made as

follows:

1. To a member of Congress or a

congressional office in response to any

inquiry from that Member or office

made at the request of the individual to

whom the record pertains.

2. To EPA contractors, grantees or

volunteers who have been engaged to

assist EPA in the performance of a

contract, service, grant, cooperative

agreement or other activity related to

this system of records and who need to

have access to the records in order to

perform the activity. Recipients are

required to maintain records in this

system in accordance with the

requirements of the Privacy Act.

3. To Union representatives when

relevant and necessary to their duties as

exclusive bargaining agents under the

Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, 5

U.S.C. 7111 and 7114.

4. To a Federal agency which has

requested information relevant to its

decision in connection with the hiring

or retention of an employee, the

reporting of an investigation on an

employee, the letting of a contract, or

the issuance of a security clearance,

license, grant or other benefit.

5. To a Federal, State or local agency

where necessary to enable EPA to obtain

information relevant to an EPA decision

concerning the hiring or retention of an

employee, the reporting of an

investigation on an employee, the

letting of a contract, or the issuance of

a security clearance, license, grant or

other benefit.

6. To an appropriate Federal, State,

local or foreign agency responsible for

investigating, prosecuting, enforcing, or

an indication of a violation or potential

violation of the statute, rule, regulation

or order and the information is relevant

to the matter.

7. To the Department of Justice to the

extent that each disclosure is

compatible with the purpose for which

the record was collected and is relevant

and necessary to litigation or

anticipated litigation in which one of

the following is a party or has an

interest: (a) EPA or any of its

components, (b) an EPA employee in his

or her official capacity, (c) an EPA

employee in his or her individual

capacity when the Department of Justice

is representing or considering

representation of the employee, or (d)

the United States where EPA determines

that litigation is likely to effect the

Agency.

8. In a proceeding before a court,

other adjudicative body or grand jury, or

in an administrative or regulatory

proceeding to the extent that each

disclosure is compatible with the

purpose for which the records were

collected and is relevant and necessary

to litigation or anticipated litigation in

which one of the following is a party or

has an interest: (a) EPA or any of its

components, (b) an EPA employee in his

or her official capacity, (c) an EPA

employee in his or her individual

capacity where the Department of

Justice is representing or considering

representation of the employee, or (d)

the United States where EPA determines

that litigation is likely to effect the

Agency. Such disclosures include, but

are not limited to those made in the

course of presenting evidence,

conducting settlement negotiations, and

responding to subpoenas and requests

for discovery.

9. To representatives of the General

Service Administration and the National

Archives and Records Administrations

who are conducting records

management inspections under the

authority of 44 U.S.C. 2904 and 2906.

10. To the General Accounting Office,

Office of Management and Budget, and

Department of Treasury for purpose of

carrying out EPA’s financial

management responsibilities.

11. To the Defense Manpower Data

Center of the Department of Defense and

to the U.S. Postal Service for the

purpose of identifying and locating

individuals who are receiving Federal

salaries or benefit payments and are

delinquent in their repayment of debts

owed to the U.S. Government under

programs administered by EPA. The

ultimate purpose of such disclosures is

to collect the delinquent debts under the

Debt Collection Act (Pub. L. 97–365) by

voluntary repayment or by

administrative or salary offset

procedures. Such disclosures may be

made as part of computer matching

programs, in which case EPA will
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comply with the Computer Matching

and Privacy Protection Act of 1988 and

implementing guidelines.

12. To other Federal, State, and local

agencies to help eliminate fraud and

abuse, to detect unauthorized

overpayments made to individuals, and

to recoup delinquent debts owed to the

United States or State and local

agencies, including recoupment through

salary and administrative offset. Such

disclosures may be made as part of

computer matching programs, in

accordance with the Computer

Matching and Privacy Protection Act of

1988 and implementing guidelines.

13. To the Department of Treasury or

other Federal Agencies for the purpose

of recouping delinquent debts owed the

United States through offset of Federal

Tax returns under the Federal Tax

Refund Offset program authorized by 31

U.S.C. 3720A and 3716, to administer

offset authorized in 3716 authorized in

3716 or through salary offset 5 U.S.C.

5514.

14. To the Internal Revenue Service in

order to obtain taxpayer mailing

addresses to locate taxpayers for the

purposes of collecting debts owed EPA.

15. To provide debtor information to

consumer reporting agencies in order to

obtain credit reports for use by EPA for

debt collection purposes and to report

delinquent debts. The term ‘‘debtor

information’’ is limited to the

individuals name, address, social

security number, and other information

necessary to identify the individual, the

amount, status and history of the claim

and the agency or program under which

the claim arose.

16. To provide debtor information to

debt collection agencies under contract

to EPA to help collect debts owed EPA.

Such agencies will be required to

comply with the Privacy Act and their

agents will be made subject to the

criminal penalty provisions of the Act.

17. To provide debtor information to

the U.S. Department of Justice for

litigation or further administrative

action in connection with debt

collection.

18. To the Department of the Treasury

for the purpose of collecting delinquent

debt under 3711G.

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Agency Information Collection

Activities; OMB Responses

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

Office of Management and Budget’s

(OMB) responses to Agency clearance

requests, in compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.). An agency may not

conduct or sponsor, and a person is not

required to respond to, a collection of

information unless it displays a

currently valid OMB control number.

The OMB control numbers for EPA’s

regulations are listed in 40 CFR Part 9

and 48 CFR Chapter 15.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandy Farmer (202) 260–2740, please

refer to the appropriate EPA Information

Collection Request (ICR) Number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Responses to Agency Clearance

Requests

OMB Approvals

EPA ICR No. 1519.04; Notice for

Stored Pesticides With Canceled or

Suspended Registration, was approved

08/12/97; OMB No. 2070–0109; expires

08/31/2000.

EPA ICR No. 1049.08; Notification of

Episodic Releases of Oil and Hazardous

Substances; was approved 08/12/97;

OMB No. 2050–0046; expires 08/31/

2000.

EPA ICR No. 0866.05; Quality

Assurance Specification and

Requirements; was approved 08/12/97;

OMB No. 2080–0033; expires 08/31/

2000.

EPA ICR No. 1583.03; National

Request for Information (RFI) for Vendor

Information System for Innovative

Technologies (VISIT) and Vendor Field

Analytical and Characterization

Technologies System, Vendor Facts; was

approved 08/12/97; OMB No. 2050–

0114; expires 08/31/2000.

EPA ICR No. 1683.02; NSPS for

Primary Aluminum Reduction Plants,

Recordkeeping and Reporting; was

approved 08/06/97; OMB No. 2060–

0031; expires 08/31/2000.

EPA ICR No. 1061.07; NSPS for

Phosphate Fertilizer Industry; was

approved 08/06/97; OMB No. 2060–

0037; expires 08/31/2000.

EPA ICR No. 1135.06; NSPS for

Magnetic Tape Coating Facilities—

Subpart SSS; was approved 08/06/97;

OMB No. 2060–0171; expires 08/31/

2000.

EPA ICR No. 1808.01; Environmental

Impact Assessment of Nongovernmental

Activities in Antarctica; was approved

08/05/97; OMB No. 2020–0007; expires

02/28/98.

EPA ICR No. 1442.14; Land Disposal

Restrictions, Phase IV Mini-Rule

Treatment Standards for Wastes from

Wood Preserving; was approved 08/22/

97; OMB No. 2050–0085; expires 08/31/

2000.

EPA ICR No. 1630.03; Oil Pollution

Act Facility Responses Plans—40 CFR

112.20–21; was approved 08/22/97;

OMB No. 2050–0135; expires 08/31/

2000.

EPA ICR No. 1198.05; ChemicalSpecific Rules—TSCA Section 8(a); was

approved 08/20/97; OMB No. 2070–

0067; expires 08/31/2000.

EPA ICR No. 1664.03; National Oil

and Hazardous Substances Pollution

Contingency Plan—Subpart J; was

approved 08/22/97; OMB No. 2050–

0141; expires 08/31/2000.

Notice of Short Term Extensions

EPA ICR No. 0234.05; Performance

Evaluation Studies on Water and

Wastewater Laboratories; OMB No.

2080–0021; expiration date was

extended from 07/31/97 to 10/31/97.

EPA ICR No. 0318.06; Inventory

(Needs Survey) of Publicly-Owned

Wastewater Treatment Works (POTW’S)

in the United States; OMB No. 2040–

0050; expiration date was extended

from 09/30/97 to 11/30/97.

EPA ICR No. 1684.02; Compression

Ignition Nonroad Engine Certification

Application; OMB No. 2060–0287;

expiration date was extended from 06/

30/97 to 12/31/97.

EPA ICR No. 1674.01; Nonroad SparkIgnition Engine Selective Enforcement

Auditing; OMB No. 2060–0295;

expiration date was extended from 07/

31/97 to 01/31/98.

EPA ICR No. 1696.01; Fuels and Fuel

Additives Registration Regulations;

OMB No. 2060–0297; expiration date

was extended from 07/31/07 to 01/31/

98.

EPA ICR No. 1702.01; Retrofit/

Rebuild Requirements for 1993 and

Earlier Model Year Urban Buses; OMB

No. 2060–0302; expiration date was

extended from 07/31/97 to 01/31/98.

EPA ICR No. 1675.01; Small Non-road

Engines, In-Use Testing Reporting

Requirements; OMB No. 2060–0292;

expiration date was extended from 07/

31/97 to 01/31/98.