Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0038-0004
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: BeakerTree Corporation; Transfer of Data
Posted Date: 2007-04-25T04:00Z

[Federal Register: April 25, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 79)]
[Notices]               
[Page 20536-20537]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0038; FRL-8125-8]

 
BeakerTree Corporation; 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 BeakerTree Corporation in 
accordance with 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3) and 2.308(i)(2). BeakerTree 
Corporation has been awarded multiple contracts to perform work for 
OPP, and access to this information will enable BeakerTree Corporation 
to fulfill the obligations of the contract.

DATES: BeakerTree Corporation will be given access to this information 
on or before April 30, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Felicia Croom, 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) 305-0786; e-mail 
address: croom.felicia@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 a docket for this action under 
docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0038. Publicly 
available docket materials are available either in the electronic 
docket at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard 

copy, at the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public 
Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal 
Dr., Arlington, VA. The hours of operation of this Docket Facility are 
from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal 
holidays. The Docket Facility 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.

II. Contractor Requirements

     Under Contract No. EP-W-06-096, under this contract number, the 
contractor shall provide meeting support for the Science Review Panel. 
This involves providing detailed records of the science review panel 
comments and input to revised risk assessments. EFED conducts workshops 
on technical subjects to discuss the issues and to determine how the 
experts in the field feel these issues should be handled. A workshop 
may be the best way to draw conclusions and determine EFED's direction 
on handling and closing the issues.
     The OPP has determined that the contract described in this 
document involve work that is being conducted in connection with FIFRA, 
in that pesticide chemicals will be the subject of certain evaluations 
to be made under this 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 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)(3), the 
contracts with BeakerTree Corporation, prohibits use of the information 
for any purpose not specified in these contracts; 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, BeakerTree Corporation 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 BeakerTree Corporation 
until the requirements in this document have been fully satisfied. 
Records of information provided to BeakerTree Corporation will be 
maintained by EPA Project Officers for these contracts. All information 
supplied to BeakerTree Corporation by EPA for use in connection with 
these contracts will be returned to EPA when BeakerTree Corporation has 
completed its work.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Business and industry, Government 
contracts,

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Government property, Security measures.

    Dated: April 17, 2007.
 Robert A. Forrest,
Acting Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E7-7765 Filed 4-24-07; 8:45 am]

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