Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2002-0053-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Versar Inc. and ICF Consulting; Transfer of Data
Posted Date: 2002-05-08T04:00Z

Federal
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May
8,
2002
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ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
OPP­
2002­
0053;
FRL­
6836­
9]

Versar
Inc.
and
ICF
Consulting;
Transfer
of
Data
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.

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SUMMARY:
This
notice
announces
that
pesticide
related
information
submitted
to
EPA's
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs
(
OPP)
pursuant
to
the
Federal
Insecticide,
Fungicide,
and
Rodenticide
Act
(
FIFRA)
and
the
Federal
Food,
Drug,
and
Cosmetic
Act
(
FFDCA),
including
information
that
may
have
been
claimed
as
Confidential
Business
Information
(
CBI)
by
the
submitter,
will
be
transferred
to
Versar
Inc.
and
its
subcontractor,
ICF
Consulting,
in
accordance
with
40
CFR
2.307(
h)(
3)
and
2.308(
i)(
2).
Versar
Inc.
and
its
subcontractor,
ICF
Consulting,
have
been
awarded
a
contract
to
perform
work
for
OPP,
and
access
to
this
information
will
enable
Versar
Inc.
and
its
subcontractor,
ICF
Consulting,
to
fulfill
the
obligations
of
the
contract.

DATES:
Versar
Inc.
and
its
subcontractor,
ICF
Consulting,
will
be
given
access
to
this
information
on
or
before
May
13,
2002.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
By
mail:
Erik
Johnson,
FIFRA
Security
Officer,
Information
Resources
and
Services
Division
(
7502C),
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460;
telephone
number:
(
703)
305­
7248;
e­
mail
address:
johnson.
erik@
epa.
gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:

I.
General
Information
A.
Does
this
Action
Apply
to
Me?
This
action
applies
to
the
public
in
general.
As
such,
the
Agency
has
not
attempted
to
describe
all
the
specific
entities
that
may
be
affected
by
this
action.
If
you
have
any
questions
regarding
the
applicability
of
this
action
to
a
particular
entity,
consult
the
person
listed
under
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT.

B.
How
Can
I
Get
Additional
Information,
Including
Copies
of
this
Document
and
Other
Related
Documents?

You
may
obtain
electronic
copies
of
this
document,
and
certain
other
related
documents
that
might
be
available
electronically,
from
the
EPA
Internet
Home
Page
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/.
To
access
this
document,
on
the
Home
Page
select
  
Laws
and
Regulations,''
  
Regulations
and
Proposed
Rules,''
and
then
look
up
the
entry
for
this
document
under
the
  
Federal
Register''­­
Environmental
Documents.
You
can
also
go
directly
to
the
Federal
Register
listings
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
fedrgstr/.

II.
Contractor
Requirements
Under
Contract
No.
68­
W0­
1036,
Versar
Inc.
and
its
subcontractor,
ICF
Consulting,
will
perform
the
following:
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs
(
OPP)
has
the
responsibility
of
reviewing
Product
and
Residue
Chemistry
data
submitted
with
applications
for
the
registration
of
specific
pesticide
products,
and
new
petitions
for
proposed
uses
or
tolerances
for
currently
registered
or
for
new
pesticides.
The
contractor
shall
provide
back
up
support
for
these
activities,
which
may
include
statistical
evaluation
of
monitoring
data,
the
review
of
data
submitted
in
support
of
tolerance
proposals,
and
the
preparation
of
a
summary
and
index
system
of
previously
completed
EPA
product
and
residue
chemistry
reviews
by
crop,
data
requirement,
and/
or
chemical
to
serve
as
a
reference,
policy
and
training
guide.
For
this
work
assignment,
the
Contractor
shall
review
data
summaries
and
reformatted
existing
studies
to
identify
data
gaps
and
any
studies
that
indicate
adverse
effects
and
conduct
a
thorough,
comprehensive
examination
of
all
product
chemistry
and
residue
chemistry
data
of
pesticides,
including
the
chemistry
and
metabolism
of
pesticides
in
plants
and
animals
and
the
resulting
dietary
exposure.
The
OPP
has
determined
that
access
by
Versar
Inc.
and
its
subcontractor,
ICF
Consulting,
to
information
on
all
pesticide
chemicals
is
necessary
for
the
performance
of
this
contract.
Some
of
this
information
may
be
entitled
to
confidential
treatment.
The
information
has
been
submitted
to
EPA
under
sections
3,
4,
6,
and
7
of
FIFRA
and
under
sections
408,
and
409
of
FFDCA.
In
accordance
with
the
requirements
of
40
CFR
2.307(
h)(
2),
the
contract
with
Versar
Inc.
and
its
subcontractor,
ICF
Consulting,
prohibits
use
of
the
information
for
any
purpose
not
specified
in
the
contract;
prohibits
disclosure
of
the
information
to
a
third
party
without
prior
written
approval
from
the
Agency;
and
requires
that
each
official
and
employee
of
the
contractor
sign
an
agreement
to
protect
the
information
from
unauthorized
release
and
to
handle
it
in
accordance
with
the
FIFRA
Information
Security
Manual.
In
addition,
Versar
Inc.
and
its
subcontractor,
ICF
Consulting,
are
required
to
submit
for
EPA
approval
a
security
plan
under
which
any
CBI
will
be
secured
and
protected
against
unauthorized
release
or
compromise.
No
information
will
be
provided
to
Versar
Inc.
and
its
subcontractor,
ICF
Consulting,
until
the
requirements
in
this
document
have
been
fully
satisfied.
Records
of
information
provided
to
Versar
Inc.
and
its
subcontractor,
ICF
Consulting,
will
be
maintained
by
EPA
Project
Officers
for
this
contract.
All
information
supplied
to
Versar
Inc.
and
its
subcontractor,
ICF
Consulting,
by
EPA
for
use
in
connection
with
this
contract
will
be
returned
to
EPA
when
Versar
Inc.
and
its
subcontractor,
ICF
Consulting,
have
completed
their
work.

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Business
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industry,
Government
contracts,
Government
property,
Security
measures.

Dated:
April
25,
2002.
Linda
Vlier
Moos,
Acting
Director,
Information
Resources
and
Services
Division,
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs
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