Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2003-0004-0005
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Access to Confidential Business Information by Optimus Corporation
Posted Date: 2003-04-23T04:00Z

19987
Federal
Register
/
Vol.
68,
No.
78
/
Wednesday,
April
23,
2003
/
Notices
EDOCKET.
For
further
information
about
the
electronic
docket,
see
EPA's
Federal
Register
notice
describing
the
electronic
docket
at
67
FR
38102
(
May
31,
2002),
or
go
to
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
Title:
State
Laboratory
Capacity
and
Capability,
EPA
ICR
Number
2110.01.
This
is
a
request
for
a
new
information
collection,
and
a
notification
that
EPA
will
seek
an
emergency
clearance
from
OMB
to
begin
collecting
information.
Abstract:
In
early
2003,
EPA
completed
a
compendium
of
Laboratory
Capability
and
Capacity.
The
compendium,
available
to
EPA's
emergency
response
community
and
select
managers
and
staff,
is
contained
in
a
data
base
that
allows
queries
based
on
analytical
capabilities,
instrumentation,
special
handling
abilities
and
location.
This
useful
information
was
developed
through
a
survey
issued
to
EPA's
thirty­
four
fixed
and
two
mobile
laboratories.
EPA
has
been
asked
by
the
Department
of
Homeland
Security
to
pursue
development
of
subsequent
phases
of
this
compendium
to
collect
identical
information
from
State
laboratory
sources.
When
complete,
this
information
will
result
in
a
resource
available
to
select
State,
local
and
federal
entities
involved
in
response
to
terrorist
incidents
involving
unknown
or
suspected
chemical,
biological
or
radiological
agents.
An
agency
may
not
conduct
or
sponsor,
and
a
person
is
not
required
to
respond
to
a
collection
of
information
unless
it
displays
a
currently
valid
OMB
control
number.
The
OMB
control
numbers
for
EPA's
regulations
are
listed
in
40
CFR
part
9
and
48
CFR
chapter
15.
The
EPA
would
like
to
solicit
comments
to:
(
i)
Evaluate
whether
the
proposed
collection
of
information
is
necessary
for
the
proper
performance
of
the
functions
of
the
agency,
including
whether
the
information
will
have
practical
utility;
(
ii)
Evaluate
the
accuracy
of
the
agency's
estimate
of
the
burden
of
the
proposed
collection
of
information,
including
the
validity
of
the
methodology
and
assumptions
used;
(
iii)
Enhance
the
quality,
utility,
and
clarity
of
the
information
to
be
collected;
and
(
iv)
Minimize
the
burden
of
the
collection
of
information
on
those
who
are
to
respond,
including
through
the
use
of
appropriate
automated
electronic,
mechanical,
or
other
technological
collection
techniques
or
other
forms
of
information
technology,
e.
g.,
permitting
electronic
submission
of
responses.
Burden
Statement:
The
one
time
public
reporting
and
recordkeeping
burden
for
this
collection
of
information
is
estimated
to
average
4.0
hours
per
response.
Burden
means
the
total
time,
effort,
or
financial
resources
expended
by
persons
to
generate,
maintain,
retain,
or
disclose
or
provide
information
to
or
for
a
federal
agency.
This
includes
the
time
needed
to
review
instructions;
develop,
acquire,
install,
and
utilize
technology
and
systems
for
the
purposes
of
collecting,
validating,
and
verifying
information,
processing
and
maintaining
information,
and
disclosing
and
providing
information;
adjust
the
existing
ways
to
comply
with
any
previously
applicable
instructions
and
requirements;
train
personnel
to
be
able
to
respond
to
a
collection
of
information;
search
data
sources;
complete
and
review
the
collection
of
information;
and
transmit
or
otherwise
disclose
the
information.
Respondents/
Affected
Entities:
50
States.
Estimated
Number
of
Respondents:
100.
Frequency
of
Response:
Two
per
State.
Estimated
Total
Annual
Hour
Burden:
400
hours.
Estimated
Total
Annual
Cost:
$
30,000;
includes
$
6,000
O&
M
costs
and
$
0
capital
and
startup
costs.

E.
Ramona
Trovato,
Deputy
Assistant
Administrator,
Office
of
Environmental
Information.
[
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BILLING
CODE
6560
 
50
 
P
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
OPPT
 
2003
 
0004;
FRL
 
7293
 
1]

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

SUMMARY:
EPA
has
authorized
prime
contractor
Optimus
Corporation
and
its
subcontractor,
Centerscope
Technologies
of
8601
Georgia
Avenue,
Silver
Spring,
MD
access
to
information
which
has
been
submitted
to
EPA
under
sections
4,
5,
6,
7,
and
12
of
the
Toxic
Substances
Control
Act
(
TSCA).
Some
of
the
information
may
be
claimed
or
determined
to
be
Confidential
Business
Information
(
CBI).
DATES:
Access
to
the
confidential
data
submitted
to
EPA
under
sections
4,
5,
6,
7,
and
12
of
TSCA
occurred
as
a
result
of
an
approved
waiver
dated
March
31,
2003.
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
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Register
/
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68,
No.
78
/
Wednesday,
April
23,
2003
/
Notices
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
 
W
 
03
 
034
Optimus
Corporation
and
Centerscope
Technologies,
of
8601
Georgia
Avenue,
Silver
Spring,
MD
will
assist
EPA
in
processing
12(
b)
export
notices
submitted
under
sections
4,
5,
6,
7,
and
12
of
TSCA
and
issuing
notification
letters
to
foreign
governments.
In
accordance
with
40
CFR
2.306(
j),
EPA
has
determined
that
under
Contract
number
68
 
W
 
03
 
034,
Optimus
Corporation
and
Centerscope
Technologies
will
require
access
to
CBI
submitted
to
EPA
under
sections
4,
5,
6,
7,
and
12
of
TSCA,
to
perform
successfully
the
duties
specified
under
the
contract.
Optimus
Corporation
and
Centerscope
Technologies
personnel
were
given
access
to
information
submitted
to
EPA
under
sections
4,
5,
6,
7,
and
12
of
TSCA.
Some
of
the
information
may
be
claimed
or
determined
to
be
CBI.
Optimus
Corporation
and
Centerscope
Technologies
were
granted
a
waiver
March
31,
2003.
This
waiver
was
necessary
to
allow
Optimus
Corporation
and
Centerscope
Technologies
to
assist
the
Office
of
Pollution
Prevention
and
Toxics
(
OPPT)
in
the
activities
listed
above.
EPA
is
issuing
this
notice
to
inform
all
submitters
of
information
under
sections
4,
5,
6,
7,
and
12
of
TSCA,
that
the
Agency
may
provide
Optimus
Corporation
and
Centerscope
Technologies
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
Optimus
Corporation's
site
at
801
Roeder
Road,
Suite
600,
Silver
Spring,
MD.
However,
access
will
not
occur
at
Optimus'
Silver
Spring,
MD
facility
until
after
it
has
been
inspected
and
approved
for
the
storage
of
TSCA
CBI.
Optimus
Corporation
and
Centerscope
Technologies
personnel
will
be
required
to
adhere
to
all
provisions
of
EPA's
``
TSCA
Confidential
Business
Information
Security
Manual.''
Clearance
for
access
to
TSCA
CBI
under
Contract
number
68
 
W
 
03
 
034
may
continue
until
March
31,
2008.
Optimus
Corporation
and
Centerscope
Technologies
personnel
will
be
required
to
sign
nondisclosure
agreements
and
will
be
briefed
on
appropriate
security
procedures
before
they
are
permitted
access
to
TSCA
CBI.

List
of
Subjects
Environmental
protection,
Confidential
business
information.

Dated:
April
14,
2003.
Allan
S.
Abramson,
Director,
Information
Management
Division,
Office
of
Pollution
Prevention
and
Toxics.
[
FR
Doc.
03
 
9748
Filed
4
 
22
 
00;
8:
45
am]

BILLING
CODE
6560
 
50
 
S
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
OPP
 
2003
 
0131;
FRL
 
7302
 
9]

Pesticide
Products;
Registration
Applications
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.

SUMMARY:
This
notice
announces
receipt
of
applications
to
register
previously
registered
products
pursuant
to
the
provisions
of
section
3(
c)(
4)
of
the
Federal
Insecticide,
Fungicide,
and
Rodenticide
Act
(
FIFRA),
as
amended.
DATES:
Written
comments,
identified
by
the
docket
ID
number
OPP
 
2003
 
0131,
must
be
received
on
or
before
May
23,
2003.
ADDRESSES:
Comments
may
be
submitted
electronically,
by
mail,
or
through
hand
delivery/
courier.
Follow
the
detailed
instructions
as
provided
in
Unit
I.
of
the
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Dennis
McNeilly,
Registration
Division
(
7505C),
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460
 
0001;
telephone
number:
(
703)
308
 
6742;
e­
mail
address:
mcneilly.
dennis@
epa.
gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:

I.
General
Information
A.
Does
This
Action
Apply
to
Me?
You
may
be
potentially
affected
by
this
action
if
you
are
an
agricultural
producer,
food
manufacturer,
or
pesticide
manufacturer.
Potentially
affected
entities
may
include,
but
are
not
limited
to:
 
Crop
production
(
NAICS
111)
 
Animal
production
(
NAICS
112)
 
Food
manufacturing
(
NAICS
311)
 
Pesticide
manufacturing
(
NAICS
32532)
This
listing
is
not
intended
to
be
exhaustive,
but
rather
provides
a
guide
for
readers
regarding
entities
likely
to
be
affected
by
this
action.
Other
types
of
entities
not
listed
in
this
unit
could
also
be
affected.
The
North
American
Industrial
Classification
System
(
NAICS)
codes
have
been
provided
to
assist
you
and
others
in
determining
whether
this
action
might
apply
to
certain
entities.
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
 
0131.
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.
Once
in
the
system,
select
``
search,''
then
key
in
the
appropriate
docket
ID
number.
Certain
types
of
information
will
not
be
placed
in
the
EPA
Dockets.
Information
claimed
as
CBI
and
other
information
whose
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute,
which
is
not
included
in
the
official
public
docket,
will
not
be
available
for
public
viewing
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
EPA's
policy
is
that
copyrighted
material
will
not
be
placed
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
but
will
be
available
only
in
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