Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0445-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Pesticide Data Transfers: Summitec Corp.; Versar, Inc.; and CDM/CSS-Dynamac Joint Venture
Posted Date: 2016-08-10T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 10, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52852-52853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-18896]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0445; FRL-9950-09]

Summitec Corporation, Versar, Inc., and CDM/CSS-Dynamac Joint 
Venture; 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 Summitec Corporation and its 
subcontractors, Versar, Inc., and CDM/CSS-Dynamac Joint Venture in 
accordance with the CBI regulations. Summitec Corporation and its 
subcontractors, Versar, Inc., and CDM/CSS-Dynamac Joint Venture have 
been awarded a contract to perform work for OPP, and access to this 
information will enable Summitec Corporation and its subcontractors 
Versar, Inc., and CDM/CSS-Dynamac Joint Venture to fulfill the 
obligations of the contract.

DATES: Summitec Corporation and its subcontractors Versar, Inc., and 
CDM/CSS-Dynamac Joint Venture will be given access to this information 
on or before August 15, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mario Steadman, Information Technology 
and Resources Management Division (7502P), Office of Pesticide 
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-8338, email: 
steadman.mario@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.

B. How can I get copies of this document and other related information?

    The docket for this action, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0445, is available at http://www.regulations.gov or at the Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory 
Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the Environmental Protection Agency 
Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 
1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001. The Public 
Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public 
Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the OPP 
Docket is (703) 305-5805. Please review the visitor instructions and 
additional information about the docket available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.

II. Contractor Requirements

    Under Contract No. EP-W-16-019, Summitec Corporation and its 
subcontractors, Versar, Inc., and CDM/CSS-Dynamac Joint Venture, will 
perform critical reviews of EPA designated studies submitted by the 
registrants and/or from the open literature. These reviews will be 
provided to the contract officer's representative in data evaluation 
records or other similar study data evaluation records or systems, as 
applicable. A template of the data evaluation records format provided 
to the contractor will be followed in the preparation of data 
evaluation records. See the data evaluation records templates for test 
guidelines at http://www.epa.gov/pesticide-registration/study-profile-templates. Specific guidance for completing each section is provided in 
the data evaluation records templates. Each review will encompass all 
items in the study that contribute to the overall knowledge of the 
pesticide, and will include the following:
     An evaluation of the accuracy, credibility and scientific 
validity of that study;
     its suitability for meeting specific data requirements;
     any necessary graphic displays of data, and/or summary 
tables illustrating results of the study;

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     sound scientific rationale for the conclusions reached on 
specific studies; and
     clarity in data presentation and adherence to the template 
and overall guidance.
    OPP has determined that access by Summitec Corporation and its 
subcontractors, Versar, Inc., and CDM/CSS-Dynamac Joint Venture 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 
FIFRA sections 3, 4, 6, and 7 and under FFDCA sections 408 and 409.
    In accordance with the requirements of 40 CFR 2.307(h)(2) the 
contract with Summitec Corporation and its subcontractors, Versar, 
Inc., and CDM/CSS-Dynamac Joint Venture, 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, Summitec Corporation and its 
subcontractors, Versar, Inc., and CDM/CSS-Dynamac Joint Venture 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 Summitec Corporation and 
its subcontractors, Versar, Inc., and CDM/CSS-Dynamac Joint Venture 
until the requirements in this document have been fully satisfied. 
Records of information provided to Summitec Corporation and its 
subcontractors, Versar, Inc., and CDM/CSS-Dynamac Joint Venture will be 
maintained by EPA project officers for this contract. All information 
supplied to Summitec Corporation and its subcontractors, Versar, Inc., 
and CDM/CSS-Dynamac Joint Venture by EPA for use in connection with 
this contract will be returned to EPA when Summitec Corporation and its 
subcontractors, Versar, Inc., and CDM/CSS-Dynamac Joint Venture have 
completed their work.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.; 21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.

    Dated: August 3, 2016.
Delores Barber,
 Acting Director, Information Technology and Resources Management 
Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2016-18896 Filed 8-9-16; 8:45 am]
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