Access to Confidential Business Information by DESA, Inc.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5097-6]

Access to Confidential Business Information by DESA, Inc.

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Informational notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA Region IV awarded Enforcement Support Services (ESS)

Contract 68-S4-4001 to prime contractor, DESA, Inc. (DESA). EPA has

authorized DESA access to information in Region IV Superfund files

which has been submitted to EPA under the environmental statutes

administered by the Agency. Some of this information may be claimed or

determined to be confidential business information (CBI).

DATES: To be considered, comments concerning CBI access must be

received by November 1, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Fran Harrell, Contracting Officer, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, 345 Courtland Street, NE, Atlanta, GA

30365.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fran Harrell, (404) 347-2374 ext.

6821.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under contract No. 68-S4-4001, DESA provides

agency-wide information management support services to the

Environmental Protection Agency for the operation of dockets, records

management support programs, record centers, and file rooms in certain

Headquarters, Regional, Laboratory, and other offices. In performing

these tasks, DESA employees have access to Agency documents for

purposes of document processing, filing, abstracting, analyzing,

inventorying, retrieving, tracking, etc. The documents to which DESA

has access potentially include all documents submitted under the

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act,

and Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act. Some of these documents may contain information claimed as CBI.

Pursuant to EPA regulations at 40 CFR Part 2, Subpart B, EPA has

determined that DESA requires access to CBI to perform the work

required under the contract. These regulations provide for five days

notice before contractors are given CBI.

DESA is required by contract to protect confidential information.

When DESA's need for the documents is completed, DESA will return them

to EPA.

Dated: October 18, 1994.

John H. Hankinson, Jr.,

Regional Administrator.

[FR Doc. 94-26663 Filed 10-26-94; 8:45 am]

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