[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 53 (Friday, March 20, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11941-11942]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-6161]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8785-1]


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 
March 25, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be submitted to: Susan Street, National 
Program Manager, Senior Environmental Employment Program (MC 3605A), 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Ariel Rios Building, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Street at (202) 564-0410.

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 of the 
Environmental Protection Agency may ``make grants to, or enter into 
cooperative agreements with,'' specified private nonprofit 
organizations 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.
    In performing these tasks, grantees and cooperators under the SEE 
program and their enrollees may have access to potentially all 
documents submitted under the Clean Air Act (CAA), the Clean Water Act 
(CWA), the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), the Resource Conservation 
and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), the Emergency Planning & Community Right-to-
Know Act (EPCRA), the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), and 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act (CERCLA), to the extent that these statutes allow disclosure of 
confidential information to ``authorized representatives of the United 
States'' or to ``contractors.'' 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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                National Association for Hispanic Elderly
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Q-833410..................................  NAHE
Q-833436..................................  NAHE
Q-833757..................................  NAHE
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                 National Asian Pacific Center on Aging
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QS-833692.................................  NAPCA
Q-834156..................................  NAPCA
Q2-834198.................................  NAPCA
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             National Caucus and Center on Black Aged, Inc.
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Q-833567..................................  NCBA
Q-833568..................................  NCBA
Q-833569..................................  NCBA
Q-833570..................................  NCBA
Q-833571..................................  NCBA
Q-833572..................................  NCBA
Q-833598..................................  NCBA
Q-833599..................................  NCBA
Q-833600..................................  NCBA
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                   National Council On the Aging, Inc.
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Q-833413..................................  NCOA
Q-833439..................................  NCOA
QS-833832.................................  NCOA
Q-834129..................................  NCOA
Q-834130..................................  NCOA
QS-834157.................................  NCOA
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                  National Older Workers Career Center
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Q-833890..................................  NOWCC
Q-833982..................................  NOWCC
Q-833987..................................  NOWCC
Q-834011..................................  NOWCC
Q-834038..................................  NOWCC
Q-834039..................................  NOWCC
Q-834095..................................  NOWCC
Q-834096..................................  NOWCC

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Q-834112..................................  NOWCC
Q-834119..................................  NOWCC
Q-834122..................................  NOWCC
Q-834124..................................  NOWCC
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                      Senior Service America, Inc.
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Q-833403..................................  SSAI
Q-833808..................................  SSAI
Q-833880..................................  SSAI
Q-833883..................................  SSAI
Q-833884..................................  SSAI
Q-834162..................................  SSAI
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    Among the procedures established by EPA confidentiality regulations 
for granting access to confidential business information is 
notification to the submitters of CBI that SEE-grantee organizations 
and their enrollees will have access to this information. See 40 CFR 
2.301(h)(2)(iii) for information submitted under the CAA, 40 CFR 350.23 
for EPCRA, and corresponding provisions of 40 CFR 2.302-2.311, for 
other statutes listed above. This document is intended to fulfill that 
requirement.
    The grantee organizations are required by the cooperative 
agreements to protect confidential information. SEE enrollees are 
required to sign confidentiality agreements and to adhere to the same 
security procedures as Federal employees.

    Dated: March 10, 2009.
Susan Street,
SEE Program Manager.
[FR Doc. E9-6161 Filed 3-19-09; 8:45 am]
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