Clean Air Act; Contractor Access to Confidential Business Information

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Clean Air Act; Contractor Access to Confidential Business

Information

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with 40 CFR 2.301(h)(2) EPA has determined that

Trandes Corporation requires access, on a need-to-know basis, to CBI

materials submitted to EPA under Title II, Section 208, of the Clean

Air Act (CAA). This access is necessary to this contractor's

performance under EPA contract number 68-W6-001.

DATES: The transfer of such data to this EPA contractor will occur no

sooner than December 11, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Clifford D. Tyree, Project Manager/

Freedom of Information Act Officer, Certification Division, Ann Arbor,

MI, 48105, telephone (313) 668-4310.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title II of the Clean Air Act (CAA) requires

that manufacturers of light-duty vehicles, light-duty trucks, heavy-

duty engines, and motorcycles meet applicable exhaust emission

standards. Section 208 of the CAA requires these manufacturers to

provide ``* * * such information as the Administrator may reasonably

require * * *.'' Because this information is collected under Section

208 of the Act, EPA possesses the authority to disclose said

information to its authorized representatives. EPA provides a

recommended application format identifying the information needed to

support their assertions that their vehicles/engines comply with the

applicable emission standards. Each manufacturer is required to submit

an application for certification for a certificate of conformity to the

applicable regulations. These data include vehicle descriptions,

engine/vehicle descriptions, emission control system descriptions and

calibrations, and sales information. Under contract No. 68-W6-0001

Trandes Corporation will provide computer data entry and computer

application operational services for the Certification Division to

process the data submitted by the manufacturers to support their

respective exhaust emission and fuel economy programs. This

contractor's responsibility is to maintain the integrity of the

transfer of these data. In order to perform this function the

contractor may, on a need-to-know basis, have access to these data. The

contractor's address is: Trandes Corporation, 4601 Presidents Drive,

Suite 360, Lanham, MD 20706.

This contract will prohibit the use of the information for any

purpose not specified in the contract; will prohibit the disclosure, in

any form, to a third party; and will require that each official and

employee of the contractor with access to the confidential information

sign an agreement to protect the information from unauthorized release

or access.

Dated: November 15, 1995.

Mary Nichols,

Assistant Administrator, for Air and Radiation.

[FR Doc. 95-29743 Filed 12-05-95; 8:45 am]

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