[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 141 (Monday, July 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37890-37892]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-18119]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5261-9]
Clean Water Act; Contractor Access to Confidential Business
Information
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of intended transfer of confidential business
information to contractors.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intends to transfer
to EPA contractors and subcontractors, technical and financial
confidential business information (CBI) collected under EPA's contract
for the commodities industries including the pulp and paper industry,
pharmaceutical industry, industrial laundries industry and
transportation equipment cleaning industry. EPA also intends to
transfer to EPA contractors and subcontractors, technical and financial
CBI collected under EPA contracts for the pesticide industry and the
oil and gas industry. Transfer of the information will allow the
contractors and subcontractors to assist EPA in developing effluent
limitations guidelines and standards under the Clean Water Act (CWA)
for the industries mentioned. The information being transferred was
collected under the authority of section 308 of the Clean Water Act.
Interested persons may submit comments on this intended transfer of
information to the address noted below.
DATES: Comments on the transfer of data are due August 3, 1995.
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ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to Janet Goodwin, Engineering and
Analysis Division (4303), Environmental Protection Agency, Washington,
DC 20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Goodwin at the above address or
at (202) 260-7152.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is today noticing the transfer of
confidential business information (CBI) under six new contracts to
support the Agency in the collection and evaluation of technical data
to support effluent guidelines regulations. These six contracts replace
three contracts which were supporting the 1. Commodities Industries
(including the pulp and paper, pharmaceutical, industrial laundries,
and transportation equipment cleaning industries), 2. Pesticides
Industry, and 3. Oil and Gas Industry. The commodities industries
contract has been broken into four industry specific contracts. The
following discussion describes the information currently held by
contractors under the three existing contracts and to whom this
information will be transferred for the six new contracts.
1. Commodities Industries. EPA has previously transferred to its
contractor Radian Corporation of Herndon, Virginia (and subcontractors)
information, including confidential business information (CBI),
concerning the pulp and paper, pharmaceutical, industrial laundries,
transportation equipment cleaning, and pesticides industries collected
under the authority of the Clean Water Act section 308.
The information transferred includes the following:
Pulp and Paper. Data collected through questionnaires mailed to
almost 600 pulp and paper facilities in 1990 which requested data on
production, production processes water usage and wastewater treatment,
were transferred to EPA's engineering contractor. Also transferred were
the results obtained from sampling and site visits conducted at pulp
and paper facilities and treatability studies conducted on pulp and
paper wastewaters from 1988 to the summer of 1994, including data
provided to EPA through a trade association. EPA also transferred all
public comments submitted in response to the proposed rule for pulp and
paper published in the Federal Register on December 17, 1993 as well as
any data that was submitted with or subsequent to the comments.
Pharmaceutical. Data collected through screener questionnaires
mailed to 1,163 pharmaceutical facilities in 1989, and 280 detailed
questionnaires mailed in 1991, requesting data on production,
production processes, water usage and wastewater treatment were
transferred to the contractor. Also transferred were data and
information collected by the financial and economic portion of this
questionnaire. EPA also transferred the results obtained from sampling
and site visits conducted at pharmaceutical facilities and treatability
studies conducted on pharmaceutical wastewaters from 1991 through 1994
to Radian Corp.
Industrial Laundries. EPA has transferred data collected through
detailed questionnaires were mailed to 254 industrial laundry
facilities and 100 screener questionnaires mailed to hotels, hospitals
and prisons in 1993 and 1994 and requested information on laundry
practices, water usage and wastewater treatment. Also transferred were
the responses to the economic and financial portion of the
questionnaire. Data collected through site and sampling visits to
industrial laundry facilities collected from 1992 through 1995 has also
been transferred. This included information collected on the
characteristics of wastewaters generated by industrial laundries and
the technologies used to treat industrial laundries wastewater.
Transportation Equipment Cleaning. Data collected through a
screener questionnaire sent to 4,000 transportation equipment cleaning
facilities in 1994 has been transferred to Radian Corp. This data
includes limited information about the water use and subsequent
wastewater treatment, commodities cleaned from transportation
equipment, the organizational structure and financial data of
transportation equipment cleaning facilities. Also transferred were
data collected through site visits and sampling visits to
transportation equipment facilities conducted from 1994 through 1995.
Data collected through the current data collection with a detailed
questionnaire that has been mailed to about 300 facilities and will be
transferred to Radian under their new contract with EPA to support the
Transportation Equipment Cleaning Industry rulemaking development as
the responses are received.
EPA determined that this transfer was necessary to enable the
contractor and subcontractors to perform their work under EPA Contract
No. 68-C0-0032 and related subcontracts by assisting EPA in developing
effluent limitations guidelines and standards for these four
industries. Notice to this effect was provided to the affected
companies at the time the data was collected or through Federal
Register notice.
Today, EPA is giving notice that it has entered into four new
contracts, as follows:
The following contracts replace the Commodities Industries
Contract, contract number 68-C0-0032:
Pulp and Paper: New Contract No. 68-C5-0013, with Radian
Corporation of Herndon, Virginia. Subcontractors are DynCorp--EENSP;
Eastern Research Group, Inc.; Amendola Engineering, Inc.; and N.
McCubbin Consultants, Inc. The effective date for this contract is June
13, 1995.
Pharmaceutical: New Contract No. 68-C5-0025, with Radian
Corporation of Herndon, Virginia. Subcontractors are DynCorp--EENSP;
Westat, Inc.; ECG, Inc.; and Neal A. Jannelle. The effective date for
this contract is May 24, 1995.
Industrial Laundries: New Contract No. 68-C5-0032, with Radian
Corporation of Herndon, Virginia. Subcontractors are DynCorp--EENSP;
Cambodie, Limited; Eastern Research Group, Inc.; GeoLogics Corporation;
SJV Consultants; and TN and Associates, Inc. The effective date for
this contract is June 22, 1995.
Transportation Equipment Cleaning: New Contract 68-C5-0033, with
Radian Corporation of Herndon, Virginia. Subcontractors are DynCorp--
EENSP; Eastern Research Group, Inc.; TN and Associates, Inc.; and
GeoLogics Corporation. The effective date for this contract is June 19,
1995.
In each of these contracts, Radian Corp. will provide technical and
engineering support such as completion of the technical portions of the
public docket for the proposed rulemaking and completion of the work on
the draft proposed technical development document. The contractor shall
also provide support on post proposal efforts, including assisting with
public meetings, assisting EPA in responding to comments on technical
issues, such as estimates of costs or loadings, filling data gaps that
arise through comments on the proposed rule, and assisting with the
assembly of the rulemaking record for the final rule.
In accordance with 40 CFR part 2, subpart B, the previously
collected information described above (including confidential business
information) will be transferred to Radian Corp. under each of these
new contracts. EPA has determined that this transfer is necessary to
enable the contractors to perform their work under the EPA Contracts
listed above.
2. Pesticides Industry. EPA has transferred data collected to
support two rulemaking efforts, the pesticide manufacturing industry
which was promulgated on September 28, 1993,
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and the pesticide formulating, packaging and repackaging industry which
was proposed on April 14, 1994, to Radian Corp. under Contract No. 68-
C0-0081. The data transferred include the questionnaires sent to 90
pesticide active ingredient manufacturing facilities in 1988 to collect
information about the production, production processes, water usage and
wastewater treatment and discharge practices. Another questionnaire
sent to about 700 pesticide formulating, packaging and repackaging
facilities in 1990 and requested information on production processes,
water usage and wastewater discharge and treatment practices has also
been transferred to Radian. Also included in this transfer are
financial and economic data collected in the same pesticide
formulating, packaging and repackaging questionnaire. EPA has also
transferred data collected through site visits and sampling visits
conducted at pesticide manufacturing and pesticide formulating,
packaging and repackaging facilities during 1988 through 1995. These
visits collected information on production processes, water usage and
wastewater generation, pollution prevention practices in use and
wastewater characteristics and wastewater treatment performance. Also
transferred are data and information collected through treatability
studies, data submitted in support of comments on proposed rules and
data submitted post-promulgation in support of litigation.
EPA has entered into a new contract to support the continuation of
the pesticide industry rulemaking development. The new contract is
Contract No. 68-C5-0023 with Radian Corp. of Herndon, Virginia. Radian
Corp. will continue to support EPA on the pesticides rulemaking
development along with their subcontractors including: DynCorp--EENSP;
Westat, Inc.; GeoLogics Corporation; and Chemical Consultants
International, Inc. The effective date of this contract is June 2,
1995.
3. Oil and Gas Industry. Data collected through questionnaires
mailed to 361 Coastal Oil and Gas facilities in 1992 and collected
information on production, drilling, wastewater generation, and
wastewater treatment and disposal practices were transferred to EPA's
engineering contractor SAIC under Contract No. 68-C0-0044. Also
transferred were data collected through sampling and site visits at
coastal oil and gas facilities and treatability studies conducted on
coastal oil and gas wastewaters. In addition all data included as part
of the rulemaking record for the Offshore Oil and Gas industry was
transferred to EPA's engineering contractor.
EPA has entered into a new contract to support the continuation of
the oil and gas rulemaking development and litigation support. The new
contract is Contract No. 68-C5-0035 with Avanti Corporation of Vienna,
Virginia. Avanti will support EPA on the oil and gas rulemaking efforts
along with their subcontractors: Radian Corp.; DynCorp--EENSP;
Louisiana State University and as a consultant Dr. Michael Kavanaugh.
The effective date of this contract is June 2, 1995.
Anyone wishing to comment on the above matters must submit comments
to the address given above by August 3, 1995.
Dated: July 13, 1995.
Robert Perciasepe,
Assistant Administrator for Water.
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