Contractor Access to Confidential Business Information Under the Clean Air Act

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5098-4]

Contractor Access to Confidential Business Information Under the

Clean Air Act

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The EPA has authorized the following contractors for access to

information that has been, or will be, submitted to EPA under section

114 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) as amended. (1) Research Triangle

Institute (RTI), Post Office Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, North

Carolina, contract number 68D40099; (2) E.H. Pechan and Associates,

5537-C Hempstead Way, Springfield, Virginia, contract number 68D40107.

Some of the information may be claimed to be confidential business

information (CBI) by the submitter.

DATES: Access to confidential data submitted to EPA will occur no

sooner than ten days after issuance of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris Maxwell, Document Control

Officer, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (MD-13), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

27711, (919) 541-5312.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA is issuing this notice to inform all

submitters of information under section 114 of the CAA that EPA may

provide the above mentioned contractors access to these materials on a

need-to-know basis. These contractors will provide technical support to

the Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) in economic

impact assessment for Federal Air Pollution Control Regulations.

In accordance with 40 CFR 2.301(h), EPA has determined that each

contractor requires access to CBI submitted to EPA under sections 112

and 114 of the CAA in order to perform work satisfactorily under the

above noted contracts. The contractors' personnel will be given access

to information submitted under section 114 of the CAA. Some of the

information may be claimed or determined to be CBI. The contractors'

personnel will be required to sign nondisclosure agreements and will be

briefed on appropriate security procedures before they are permitted

access to CBI. All contractor access to CAA CBI will take place at the

contractors' facility. Each contractor will have appropriate procedures

and facilities in place to safeguard the CAA CBI to which the

contractor has access.

Clearance for access to CAA CBI is scheduled to expire on September

30, 1998 under contract 68D40099 and on September 30, 1997 under

contract 68D40107.

Dated: October 21, 1994.

Richard D. Wilson,

Acting Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.

[FR Doc. 94-26803 Filed 10-27-94; 8:45 am]

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