Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0344-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Data Transfers: Eastern Research Group, Inc.
Posted Date: 2015-06-10T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 111 (Wednesday, June 10, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32946-32947]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-14222]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0344; FRL-9928-30]

Eastern Research Group, Inc.; 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 Eastern Research Group, Inc., 
in accordance with the CBI regulations. Eastern Research Group, Inc., 
has been awarded a multiple contract to perform work for OPP, and 
access to this information will enable Eastern Research Group, Inc., to 
fulfill the obligations of this contract.

DATES: Eastern Research Group, Inc., will be given access to this 
information on or before June 15, 2015.

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 
address: 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

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EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0344 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-15-006, Eastern Research Group, Inc., will 
provide analytical, technical, and administrative support services for 
the Office of Civil Enforcement (OCE) other EPA offices, regions, 
states, U.S. Territories, U.S. international border areas, and other 
agencies and organizations. The contractor will submit all work 
products for review and approval to the appropriate personnel at EPA 
prior to its preparation and issuance in draft or final, in accordance 
with the terms and conditions of the contract and directions in the 
work assignment and technical directives. EPA will review all products 
prepared by the contractor and make all final determinations. The 
contractor will not make any decision for the Agency nor develop EPA 
policy. In no event will the contractor provide legal services or offer 
any legal interpretations under this contract without the prior written 
approval of EPA, Office of General Counsel (OGC) and the OCE.
    This contract involves no subcontractors. OPP has determined that 
it involves work that is being conducted in connection with FIFRA, in 
that pesticide chemicals will be the subject of certain evaluations to 
be made under the contract. These evaluations may be used in subsequent 
regulatory decisions under FIFRA.
    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)(3), this 
contract with Eastern Research Group, Inc., prohibits use of the 
information for any purpose not specified; 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 information in accordance with the FIFRA Information 
Security Manual. In addition, Eastern Research Group, Inc., is 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 Eastern Research Group, Inc., until the 
requirements in this document have been fully satisfied. Records of 
information provided to Eastern Research Group, Inc., will be 
maintained by EPA Project Officers. All information supplied to Eastern 
Research Group, Inc., by EPA for use in connection with the contract 
will be returned to EPA when Eastern Research Group, Inc., has 
completed its work.

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

    Dated: May 28, 2015.
Mark A. Hartman,
Acting Director, Information Technology and Resources Management 
Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2015-14222 Filed 6-9-15; 8:45 am]
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