[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 119 (Monday, June 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33927-33928]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16567]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Access to Confidential Business Information by Enrollees Under 
the Senior Environmental Employment Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has authorized grantee organizations under the Senior 
Environmental Employment (SEE) Program, and their enrollees; access to 
information which has been submitted to EPA under the environmental 
statutes administered by the Agency. Some of this information may be 
claimed or determined to be confidential business information (CBI).

DATES: Comments concerning CBI access will be accepted on or before 
June 29, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Street, National Program 
Director, Senior Environmental Employment Program (3641), U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 N Street, S.W., Washington, DC 
20460. Telephone (202) 260-2573.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Senior Environmental Employment (SEE) 
program is authorized by the Environmental Programs Assistance Act of 
1984 (Pub. L. 98-313) , which provides that the Administrator may 
``make grants or enter into cooperative agreements'' for the purpose of 
``providing technical assistance to: Federal, State, and local 
environmental agencies for projects of pollution prevention, abatement, 
and control.'' Cooperative agreements under the SEE program provide 
support for many functions in the Agency, including clerical support, 
staffing hot lines, providing support to Agency enforcement activities, 
providing library services, compiling data, and support in scientific, 
engineering, financial, and other areas.

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    In performing these tasks, grantees and cooperators under the SEE 
program and their enrollees may have access to potentially all 
documents submitted under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 
Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, and Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, to the extent 
that these statutes allow disclosure of confidential information to 
authorized representatives. of the United States (or to ``contractors'' 
under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act). Some of 
these documents may contain information claimed as confidential.
    EPA provides confidential information to enrollees working under 
the following cooperative agreements:

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    Cooperative agreement No.                   Organization            
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CQ-820932-02.....................  National Older Worker                
                                   Career Center, Inc.                  
CQ-822791-02.....................  NOWCC.                               
CQ-822911-02.....................  NOWCC.                               
CQ-822912-02.....................  NOWCC.                               
CQ-822985-02.....................  NOWCC.                               
CQ-823144-02.....................  NOWCC.                               
CQ-823655-02.....................  NOWCC.                               
CQ-823893-02.....................  NOWCC.                               
CQ-823905-02.....................  NOWCC.                               
CQ-823952-02.....................  NOWCC.                               
CQ-823973-02.....................  NOWCC.                               
CQ-824021-02.....................  NOWCC.                               
CQ-824417-02.....................  NOWCC.                               
CQ-824455-02.....................  NOWCC.                               
CQ-824714........................  National Caucus and Center on Black  
                                    Aged, Inc.                          
CQ-824715........................  NCBA.                                
CQ-824716........................  NCBA.                                
CQ-824717........................  NCBA.                                
CQ-824718........................  NCBA.                                
CQ-825083........................  NCBA.                                
CQ-825084........................  NCBA.                                
CQ-825085........................  NCBA.                                
CQ-825086........................  NCBA.                                
CQ-825087........................  NCBA.                                
CQ-826277-01.....................  NCBA.                                
CQ-826278-01.....................  NCBA.                                
CQ-826377........................  NCBA.                                
QS-823447                          NCBA.                                
CQ-822261........................  National Association for             
                                   Hispanic Elderly.                    
CQ-825236........................  NAHE.                                
CQ-826228........................  NAHE.                                
CQ-826229........................  NAHE.                                
QS-823047                          NAHE.                                
CQ-824362........................  National Council On the              
                                   Aging, Inc.                          
CQ-824363........................  NCOA.                                
CQ-824364........................  NCOA.                                
CQ-825438........................  NCOA.                                
CQ-825527........................  NCOA.                                
CQ-826218........................  NCOA.                                
CQ-822533........................  National Senior Citizens             
                                   Education and Research               
                                   Center.                              
CQ-822769........................  NSCERC.                              
CQ-824298........................  NSCERC.                              
CQ-824299........................  NSCERC.                              
CQ-824399........................  NSCERC.                              
CQ-824721........................  NSCERC.                              
CQ-825529........................  NSCERC.                              
CQ-825530........................  NSCERC.                              
CQ-826279-01.....................  NSCERC.                              
CQ-822810-02.....................  National Asian Pacific               
                                   Center on Aging.                     
CQ-825520........................  NAPCA.                               
CQ-825447........................  NAPCA.                               
CQ-825448........................  NAPCA.                               
CQ-826340........................  NAPCA.                               
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    Among the procedures established by EPA confidentiality regulations 
for granting access is notification to the submitters of confidential 
data that SEE grantee organizations and their enrollees will have 
access. 40 CFR 2.201(h)(2)(iii). This document is intended to fulfill 
that requirement.
    The grantee organizations are required by the cooperative 
agreements to protect confidential information. SEE enrollees are 
require to sign confidentiality agreements and to adhere to the same 
security procedures as Federal employees.

    Dated: June 16, 1998
Donald W. Sadler,
Director, Human Resources Staff for OA, OIA, OARM, OCFO and SES.
[FR Doc. 98-16567 Filed 6-19-98; 8:45 am]
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