Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2003-0038-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Eastern Research Group, Inc. and Geologics Corp.; Transfer of Data
Posted Date: 2003-02-14T05:00Z

7534
Federal
Register
/
Vol.
68,
No.
31
/
Friday,
February
14,
2003
/
Notices
Dated:
February
10,
2003.
Vanessa
T.
Vu,
Director,
EPA
Science
Advisory
Board
Staff
Office.
[
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BILLING
CODE
6560
 
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ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
OPP
 
2003
 
0038;
FRL
 
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Eastern
Research
Group,
Inc.
and
Geologics
Corp.;
Transfer
of
Data
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.

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
tranferred
to
Eastern
Research
Group,
Inc.
and
its
subcontractor,
Geologics
Corp.,
in
accordance
with
40
CFR
2.307(
h)(
3)
and
2.308(
i)(
2).
Eastern
Research
Group,
Inc.
and
its
subcontractor,
Geologics
Corp.
have
been
awarded
a
contract
to
perform
work
for
the
Office
of
Enforcement
and
Compliance
Assurance
(
OECA),
and
access
to
this
information
will
enable
Eastern
Research
Group,
Inc.
and
its
subcontractor,
Geologics
Corp.,
to
fulfill
the
obligations
of
the
contract.
DATES:
Eastern
Research
Group,
Inc.
and
its
subcontractor,
Geologics
Corp.,
will
be
given
access
to
this
information
on
or
before
February
19,
2003.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Erik
R.
Johnson,
FIFRA
Security
Officer,
Information
Resources
and
Services
Division
(
7502C),
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460
 
0001;
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
Copies
of
this
Document
and
Other
Related
Information?

1.
Docket.
EPA
has
established
an
official
public
docket
for
this
action
under
docket
identification
(
ID)
number
OPP
 
2003
 
0038.
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
Confidential
Business
Information
(
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
Public
Information
and
Records
Integrity
Branch
(
PIRIB),
Rm.
119,
Crystal
Mall
#
2,
1921
Jefferson
Davis
Hwy.,
Arlington,
VA.
This
docket
facility
is
open
from
8:
30
a.
m.
to
4
p.
m.,
Monday
through
Friday,
excluding
legal
holidays.
The
docket
telephone
number
is
(
703)
305
 
5805.
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.
Contractor
Requirements
Under
Contract
No.
68
 
W9
 
9057,
Eastern
Research
Group,
Inc.
and
its
subcontractor,
Contract
No.
68
 
W0
 
1031,
Geologics
Corp.,
will
support
EPA's
compliance
monitoring
and
enforcement
efforts
under
the
Office
of
Compliance,
by
performing
tasks
in
the
following
areas:
Training,
data
management,
compliance
monitoring,
compliance
inspections,
targeting,
sector­
based
support,
outreach,
sampling
and
sample
analysis,
and
pollution
prevention.
OPP
has
determined
that
access
by
Eastern
Research
Group,
Inc.,
and
its
subcontractor,
Geologics
Corp.,
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
Eastern
Research
Group,
Inc.
and
its
subcontractor,
Geologics
Corp.,
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,
Eastern
Research
Group,
Inc.
and
its
subcontractor,
Geologics
Corp.,
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
Eastern
Research
Group,
Inc.,
and
its
subcontractor,
Geologics
Corp.,
until
the
requirements
in
this
document
have
been
fully
satisfied.
Records
of
information
provided
to
Eastern
Research
Group,
Inc.,
and
its
subcontractor,
Geologics
Corp.,
will
be
maintained
by
EPA
Project
Officers
for
this
contract.
All
information
supplied
to
Eastern
Research
Group,
Inc.
and
its
subcontractor,
Geologics
Corp.,
by
EPA
for
use
in
connection
with
this
contract
will
be
returned
to
EPA
when
Eastern
Research
Group,
Inc.
and
its
subcontractor,
Geologics
Corp.,
have
completed
their
work.

List
of
Subjects
Environmental
protection,
Business
and
industry,
Government
contracts,
Government
property,
Security
measures.

Dated:
February
3,
2003.

Linda
Vlier
Moos,

Acting
Director,
Information
Resources
and
Services
Division,
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs.
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