Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2003-0004-0007
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Access to Confidential Business Information by Abt Associates
Posted Date: 2003-10-24T04:00Z

60981
Federal
Register
/
Vol.
68,
No.
206
/
Friday,
October
24,
2003
/
Notices
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
OPPT
 
2003
 
0004;
FRL
 
7330
 
7]

Access
to
Confidential
Business
Information
by
Abt
Associates
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.

SUMMARY:
EPA
has
authorized
its
prime
contractor
Abt
Associates
(
Abt)
of
Cambridge,
MA
and
its
subcontractors
Eastern
Research
Group,
of
Lexington,
MA,
and
Syracuse
Research
Corporation,
of
Arlington,
VA,
access
to
information
which
has
been
submitted
to
EPA
under
all
sections
of
the
Toxic
Substances
Control
Act
(
TSCA).
Some
of
the
information
may
be
claimed
or
determined
to
be
Confidential
Business
Information
(
CBI).
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Barbara
A.
Cunningham,
Director,
Environmental
Assistance
Division
(
7408M),
Office
of
Pollution
Prevention
and
Toxics,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460;
telephone
number:
(
202)
554
 
1404;
e­
mail
address:
TSCA­
Hotline@.
epa.
gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:

I.
General
Information
A.
Does
this
Notice
Apply
to
Me?

This
action
is
directed
to
the
public
in
general.
This
action
may,
however,
be
of
interest
to
those
persons
who
are
or
may
be
required
to
conduct
testing
of
chemical
substances
under
TSCA.
Since
other
entities
may
also
be
interested,
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
Copies
of
this
Document
and
Other
Related
Documents?

1.
Docket.
EPA
has
established
an
official
public
docket
for
this
action
under
docket
identification
(
ID)
number
OPPT
 
2003
 
0004.
The
official
public
docket
consists
of
the
documents
specifically
referenced
in
this
action,
any
public
comments
received,
and
other
information
related
to
this
action.
Although
a
part
of
the
official
docket,
the
public
docket
does
not
include
CBI
or
other
information
whose
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
The
official
public
docket
is
the
collection
of
materials
that
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
EPA
Docket
Center,
Rm.
B102­
Reading
Room,
EPA
West,
1301
Constitution
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC.
The
EPA
Docket
Center
is
open
from
8:
30
a.
m.
to
4:
30
p.
m.,
Monday
through
Friday,
excluding
legal
holidays.
The
EPA
Docket
Center
Reading
Room
telephone
number
is
(
202)
566
 
1744
and
the
telephone
number
for
the
OPPT
Docket,
which
is
located
in
EPA
Docket
Center,
is
(
202)
566
 
0280.
2.
Electronic
access.
You
may
access
this
Federal
Register
document
electronically
through
the
EPA
Internet
under
the
``
Federal
Register''
listings
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
fedrgstr/.
An
electronic
version
of
the
public
docket
is
available
through
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
and
comment
system,
EPA
Dockets.
You
may
use
EPA
Dockets
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket/
to
submit
or
view
public
comments,
access
the
index
listing
of
the
contents
of
the
official
public
docket,
and
to
access
those
documents
in
the
public
docket
that
are
available
electronically.
Although
not
all
docket
materials
may
be
available
electronically,
you
may
still
access
any
of
the
publicly
available
docket
materials
through
the
docket
facility
identified
in
Unit
I.
B.
1.
Once
in
the
system,
select
``
search,''
then
key
in
the
appropriate
docket
ID
number.

II.
What
Action
is
the
Agency
Taking?
Under
Contract
Number
68
 
W02
 
077,
Abt
Associates,
of
55
Wheeler
St,
Cambridge,
MA
and
4800
Montgomery
Lane,
Suite
400,
Bethesda,
MD;
Eastern
Research
Group
of
110
Hartwell
Avenue,
Lexington,
MA
and
Avion
Lakeside
Drive
D,
14555
Avion
Parkway,
Chantilly,
VA;
and
Syracuse
Research
Corporation,
of
SRC
Arlington,
Crystal
Gateway
3,
Suite
405,
1215
Jefferson
Davis
Highway,
Arlington,
VA,
will
assist
EPA
in
economic
and
regulatory
impact
analysis
to
support
all
aspects
of
EPA
decision­
making.
These
analyses
will
largely
be
of
the
costs,
economic
impacts,
benefits,
and
regulatory
impacts
of
actual
or
potential
EPA
actions
taken
under
TSCA.
In
accordance
with
40
CFR
2.306(
j),
EPA
has
determined
that
under
Contract
Number
68
 
W02
 
077,
Abt,
ERG,
and
SRC
will
require
access
to
CBI
submitted
to
EPA
under
all
sections
of
TSCA,
to
perform
successfully
the
duties
specified
under
the
contract.
Abt,
ERG,
and
SRC
personnel
were
given
access
to
information
submitted
to
EPA
under
all
sections
of
TSCA.
Some
of
the
information
may
be
claimed
or
determined
to
be
CBI.
EPA
is
issuing
this
notice
to
inform
all
submitters
of
information
under
all
sections
of
TSCA,
that
the
Agency
may
provide
Abt,
ERG,
and
SRC
access
to
these
CBI
materials
on
a
need­
to­
know
basis
only.
All
access
to
TSCA
CBI
under
this
contract
will
take
place
at
EPA
Headquarters
and
Abt's
sites
located
at
55
Wheeler
Street,
Cambridge,
MA
and
4800
Montgomery
Lane,
Suite
400,
Bethesda,
MD;
ERG's
sites
located
at
110
Hartwell
Avenue,
Lexington,
MA
and
Avion
Lakeside
Drive
D,
14555
Avion
Parkway,
Chantilly,
VA;
and
SRC's
site
located
at
SRC
Arlington,
Crystal
Gateway
3,
Suite
405,
1215
Jefferson
Davis
Highway,
Arlington,
VA.
Abt,
ERG,
and
SRC
personnel
will
adhere
to
all
provisions
of
EPA's
TSCA
Confidential
Business
Information
Security
Manual.
Clearance
for
access
to
TSCA
CBI
under
Contract
Number
68
 
W02
 
077
may
continue
until
September
30,
2007.
Abt,
ERG,
and
SRC
personnel
were
required
to
sign
nondisclosure
agreements
and
were
briefed
on
appropriate
security
procedures
before
they
were
permitted
access
to
TSCA
CBI.

List
of
Subjects
Environmental
protection,
Confidential
business
information.

Dated:
October
9,
2003.
Brian
Cook,
Acting
Director,
Information
Management
Division,
Office
of
Pollution
Prevention
and
Toxics.

[
FR
Doc.
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Filed
10
 
23
 
03;
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am]

BILLING
CODE
6560
 
50
 
S
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
ER
 
FRL
 
6644
 
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Environmental
Impact
Statements
and
Regulations;
Availability
of
EPA
Comments
Availability
of
EPA
comments
prepared
pursuant
to
the
Environmental
Review
Process
(
ERP),
under
Section
309
of
the
Clean
Air
Act
and
Section
102(
2)(
c)
of
the
National
Environmental
Policy
Act
as
amended.
Requests
for
copies
of
EPA
comments
can
be
directed
to
the
Office
of
Federal
Activities
at
(
202)
564
 
7167.
An
explanation
of
the
ratings
assigned
to
draft
environmental
impact
statements
(
EISs)
was
published
in
FR
dated
April
04,
2003
(
68
FR
16511).

Draft
EISs
ERP
No.
D
 
AFS
 
J61104
 
CO
Rating
EC2,
Copper
Mountain
Resort
Trails
and
Facilities
Improvements,
Implementation,
Special
Use
Permit,
White
River
National
Forest,
Dillon
Ranger
District,
Summit
County,
CO.

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