[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 5 (Wednesday, January 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 1113]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-412]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5674-3]


Access to Confidential Business Information by Booz, Allen & 
Hamilton

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA is authorizing Booz, Allen & Hamilton of McLean, VA and 
its team subcontractor PRC-EMI, of McLean, VA access to information 
which has been submitted to EPA under Section 104 of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). Some 
of this information may be claimed or determined to be Confidential 
Business Information.

DATES: EPA will begin transferring data to Booz, Allen & Hamilton and 
its team subcontractor PRC-EMI five working days from the date of this 
notice.

ADDRESSES: Send or deliver written comments to Charles Young, Superfund 
Accounting Branch, Financial Management Division, Office of the 
Comptroller (3303F), Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, 
S.W., Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William Cooke, Chief, Superfund Accounting Branch (3303F), 
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, DC 
20460. Telephone (202) 260-9268.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under Contract No. 68-W4-0010 Booz, Allen & 
Hamilton and its team subcontractor PRC-EMI will provide support 
services and resources to the Environmental Protection Agency to (1) 
develop an intergrated system to perform on-screen reconciliation of 
documented expenditures from the accounting systems to the electronic 
images that support the expenditures and (2) perform other 
administrative functions in support of CERCLA in the Research Triangle 
Park, NC which includes, but is not limited to, indexing and scanning 
of documents into the Superfund Cost Recovery Imaging Processing System 
(SCRIPS); data preparation for data entry; data entry into local PC 
applications; document retrieval and quality assurance review.
    In providing this support, Booz, Allen & Hamilton and PRC-EMI 
employees will have access to Agency documents for the purpose of 
document processing, filing, abstracting, analyzing, inventorying, 
retrieving, tracking and more. The documents to which Booz, Allen & 
Hamilton will have access potentially include all financial documents 
submitted under CERCLA. Some of these documents may contain information 
which may be claimed or determined to be CBI.
    Pursuant to EPA regulations at 40 CFR Part 2, Subpart B, EPA has 
determined that Booz, Allen & Hamilton and PRC-EMI requires access to 
Confidential Business Information to provide the support and services 
required under the contract. These regulations provide for five working 
days notice before contractors are given CBI.
    Booz, Allen & Hamilton and PRC-EMI will be required by contract to 
protect confidential information. These documents are maintained in EPA 
office and file space.

    Dated: December 20, 1996.
Kathryn S. Schmall,
Acting Chief Financial Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-412 Filed 1-7-97; 8:45 am]
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