[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 7, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5703-5704]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-1797]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0038; FRL-8113-9]
Syracuse Research 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 Syracuse Research Corporation
in accordance with 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3) and 2.308(i)(2). Syracuse
Research Corporation has been awarded multiple contracts to perform
work for OPP, and access to this information will enable Syracuse
Research Corporation to fulfill the obligations of the contract.
DATES: Syracuse Research Corporation will be given access to this
information on or before February 12, 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: [email protected].
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 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. EP06H000149, the contractor will perform the
following: Develop surface water scenarios based on the type of
assessment needed. A list will be supplied by the EPA Project Officer.
For the standard risk assessment process, these typically include a
national or regional scenario which is used in the screening-level risk
assessment. Occasionally, a more localized standard scenario or type
may be needed to answer specific questions related to risk and
mitigation.
The contractor shall use the guidance provided, including the
Pesticide Root Zone Model (PRSM) Guidance for Selecting Field Crop and
Orchard Scenario Development Input Parameters, the Input Parameter
Guidance, and the example input scenario file to develop a single
scenario for each of the identified crop/geography combinations. This
task may also include the development of scenarios specifically
tailored to assessing risks to endangered organism which need
refinement based on species occurrence, habitat, life pattern,
pesticide-use pattern, and agronomic practices. The need to rapidly
develop local scenarios to provide estimated environmental
concentrations (EECs) relevant to a specific endangered species is
critical to the assessment of risk to endangered species.
OPP has determined that the contracts 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
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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
contract with Syracuse Research Corporation, prohibits use of the
information for any purpose not specified in this 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, Syracuse Research 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 Syracuse Research
Corporation until the requirements in this document have been fully
satisfied. Records of information provided to Syracuse Research
Corporation will be maintained by the EPA Project Officer for this
contract. All information supplied to Syracuse Research Corporation by
EPA for use in connection with this contract will be returned to EPA
when Syracuse Research Corporation has completed its work.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Business and industry, Government
contracts, Government property, Security measures.
Dated: January 29, 2007.
Robert A. Forrest,
Acting Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E7-1797 Filed 2-6-07; 8:45 am]
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