[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 27, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4620-4621]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01568]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9941-71 OLEM]
Access to Confidential Business Information By Eastern Research
Group, Incorporated
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of access to data and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will authorize its
contractor Eastern Research Group, Incorporated (ERG) to access
Confidential Business Information (CBI) which has been submitted to EPA
under the authority of all sections of the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976, as amended. EPA has issued regulations
that outline business confidentiality provisions for the Agency and
require all EPA Offices that receive information designated by the
submitter, as CBI to abide by these provisions.
DATES: Access to confidential data submitted to EPA will occur no
sooner than February 8, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LaShan Haynes, Document Control
Officer, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery, (5305P), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, 703-605-0516.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Access to Confidential Business Information
Under EPA Contract No. EP-W-10-055, ERG, Incorporated will assist
the Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery (ORCR), Resource
Conservation and Sustainability Division (RCSD) in developing the
Advancing Sustainable Materials Management: Facts and Figures Report to
analyze the composition and amounts of the United States' Municipal
Solid Waste (MSW) and other wastes, and how these materials are
recycled, combusted, and landfilled. The methodology used in this
report is a ``top-down'' materials flow approach to estimate the size
of the waste stream
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data. This report may typically involve one or more of the following
statutes: CAA, CWA, RCRA, TSCA, FIFRA, EPCRA and the SDWA. Some of the
data collected voluntarily from industry, may be claimed by industry to
contain trade secrets or CBI. In accordance with the provisions of 40
CFR part 2, subpart B, ORCR has established policies and procedures for
handling information collected from industry, under the authority of
RCRA, including RCRA Confidential Business Information Security
Manuals.
ERG, Incorporated shall protect from unauthorized disclosure all
information designated as confidential and shall abide by all RCRA CBI
requirements, including procedures outlined in the RCRA CBI Security
Manual.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued regulations (40
CFR part 2, subpart B) that outline business confidentiality provisions
for the Agency and require all EPA Offices that receive information
designated by the submitter as CBI to abide by these provisions. ERG,
Incorporated will be authorized to have access to RCRA CBI under the
EPA ``Contractor Requirements for the Control and Security of RCRA
Confidential Business Information Security Manual.''
EPA is issuing this notice to inform all submitters of information
under all sections of RCRA that ERG, Incorporated under the contract
may have access to RCRA CBI. Access to RCRA CBI under this contract
will take place at ERG's Chantilly, Virginia and Prairie View, Kansas
offices, and when necessary, EPA Headquarters only. Contractor
personnel at each location will be required to sign non-disclosure
agreements and will be briefed on appropriate security procedures
before they are permitted access to confidential information.
Dated: November 17, 2015.
Barnes Johnson,
Director, Office of Resource Conservation & Recovery.
[FR Doc. 2016-01568 Filed 1-26-16; 8:45 am]
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