[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 37 (Friday, February 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10386-10387]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-4595]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-S160-8]


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, for 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 five days from 
the date of publication of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patricia Powers, National Program Director, Senior Environmental 
Employment Program (8701), Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20560. Telephone (202) 260-2573.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Senior Environmental Employment (SEE) 
program is authorized by the Environmental Programs Assistance Act of 
1984 (P.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 for 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 Resource Conservation and 
[[Page 10387]] 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 authorize 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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CQ822768-01.......  National Council of Senior Citizens.                
CQ822769-01.......  National Council of Senior Citizens.                
CQ822770-01.......  National Council of Senior Citizens.                
CQ822771-01.......  American Assoc. of Retired Persons.                 
CQ822805-01.......  National Council on Aging.                          
CQ822810-01.......  American Assoc. of Retired Persons.                 
CQ822828-01.......  National Council of Senior Citizens.                
CQ822844-01.......  American Assoc. of Retired Persons.                 
CQ822911-01.......  American Assoc. of Retired Persons.                 
CQ822912-01.......  American Assoc. of Retired Persons.                 
CQ822985-01.......  American Assoc. of Retired Persons.                 
CQ823043-01.......  American Assoc. of Retired Persons.                 
CQ823144-01.......  American Assoc. of Retired Persons.                 
CQ823596-01.......  American Assoc. of Retired Persons.                 
CQ823655-01.......  American Assoc. of Retired Persons.                 
CQ823905-01.......  American Assoc. of Retired Persons.                 
CQ823934-01.......  American Assoc. of Retired Persons.                 
CQ823952-01.......  American Assoc. of Retired Persons.                 
CQ823893-01.......  American Assoc. of Retired Persons.                 
CQ823973-01.......  American Assoc. of Retired Persons.                 
CQ823047-01.......  National Assoc. for Hispanic Elderly.               
CQ823447-01.......  National Cau. & Ctr on Black Aged, Inc.             
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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 2.301(h)(2)(iii). This notice 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: February 14, 1995.
Joseph K. Alexander,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 95-4595 Filed 2-23-95; 8:45 am]
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