[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 5 (Wednesday, January 8, 1997)] [Notices] [Page 1113] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-412] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-5674-3] Access to Confidential Business Information by Booz, Allen & Hamilton AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: EPA is authorizing Booz, Allen & Hamilton of McLean, VA and its team subcontractor PRC-EMI, of McLean, VA access to information which has been submitted to EPA under Section 104 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). Some of this information may be claimed or determined to be Confidential Business Information. DATES: EPA will begin transferring data to Booz, Allen & Hamilton and its team subcontractor PRC-EMI five working days from the date of this notice. ADDRESSES: Send or deliver written comments to Charles Young, Superfund Accounting Branch, Financial Management Division, Office of the Comptroller (3303F), Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20460. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Cooke, Chief, Superfund Accounting Branch (3303F), Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20460. Telephone (202) 260-9268. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under Contract No. 68-W4-0010 Booz, Allen & Hamilton and its team subcontractor PRC-EMI will provide support services and resources to the Environmental Protection Agency to (1) develop an intergrated system to perform on-screen reconciliation of documented expenditures from the accounting systems to the electronic images that support the expenditures and (2) perform other administrative functions in support of CERCLA in the Research Triangle Park, NC which includes, but is not limited to, indexing and scanning of documents into the Superfund Cost Recovery Imaging Processing System (SCRIPS); data preparation for data entry; data entry into local PC applications; document retrieval and quality assurance review. In providing this support, Booz, Allen & Hamilton and PRC-EMI employees will have access to Agency documents for the purpose of document processing, filing, abstracting, analyzing, inventorying, retrieving, tracking and more. The documents to which Booz, Allen & Hamilton will have access potentially include all financial documents submitted under CERCLA. Some of these documents may contain information which may be claimed or determined to be CBI. Pursuant to EPA regulations at 40 CFR Part 2, Subpart B, EPA has determined that Booz, Allen & Hamilton and PRC-EMI requires access to Confidential Business Information to provide the support and services required under the contract. These regulations provide for five working days notice before contractors are given CBI. Booz, Allen & Hamilton and PRC-EMI will be required by contract to protect confidential information. These documents are maintained in EPA office and file space. Dated: December 20, 1996. Kathryn S. Schmall, Acting Chief Financial Officer. [FR Doc. 97-412 Filed 1-7-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-M