[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 62432]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29743]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5339-6]


Clean Air Act; Contractor Access to Confidential Business 
Information

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with 40 CFR 2.301(h)(2) EPA has determined that 
Trandes Corporation requires access, on a need-to-know basis, to CBI 
materials submitted to EPA under Title II, Section 208, of the Clean 
Air Act (CAA). This access is necessary to this contractor's 
performance under EPA contract number 68-W6-001.

DATES: The transfer of such data to this EPA contractor will occur no 
sooner than December 11, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Clifford D. Tyree, Project Manager/
Freedom of Information Act Officer, Certification Division, Ann Arbor, 
MI, 48105, telephone (313) 668-4310.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title II of the Clean Air Act (CAA) requires 
that manufacturers of light-duty vehicles, light-duty trucks, heavy-
duty engines, and motorcycles meet applicable exhaust emission 
standards. Section 208 of the CAA requires these manufacturers to 
provide ``* * * such information as the Administrator may reasonably 
require * * *.'' Because this information is collected under Section 
208 of the Act, EPA possesses the authority to disclose said 
information to its authorized representatives. EPA provides a 
recommended application format identifying the information needed to 
support their assertions that their vehicles/engines comply with the 
applicable emission standards. Each manufacturer is required to submit 
an application for certification for a certificate of conformity to the 
applicable regulations. These data include vehicle descriptions, 
engine/vehicle descriptions, emission control system descriptions and 
calibrations, and sales information. Under contract No. 68-W6-0001 
Trandes Corporation will provide computer data entry and computer 
application operational services for the Certification Division to 
process the data submitted by the manufacturers to support their 
respective exhaust emission and fuel economy programs. This 
contractor's responsibility is to maintain the integrity of the 
transfer of these data. In order to perform this function the 
contractor may, on a need-to-know basis, have access to these data. The 
contractor's address is: Trandes Corporation, 4601 Presidents Drive, 
Suite 360, Lanham, MD 20706.
    This contract will prohibit the use of the information for any 
purpose not specified in the contract; will prohibit the disclosure, in 
any form, to a third party; and will require that each official and 
employee of the contractor with access to the confidential information 
sign an agreement to protect the information from unauthorized release 
or access.

    Dated: November 15, 1995.
Mary Nichols,
Assistant Administrator, for Air and Radiation.

[FR Doc. 95-29743 Filed 12-05-95; 8:45 am]

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