Contractor Access to Confidential Business Information Under the Clean Air Act

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Contractor Access to Confidential Business Information Under the

Clean Air Act

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency has

authorized the following subcontractor to access information that has

been, or will be, submitted to the EPA under section 114 of the Clean

Air Act (CAA) as amended: Caldwell Environmental, Inc., 6205 Winthrop

Drive, Raleigh, NC 27612. Some of this information may be claimed to be

confidential business information (CBI) by the submitter. This

subcontractor will be providing support to the EPA under contracts 68-

D6-0008 and 68-D6-0010. The prime contractor on this contract is EC/R,

Incorporated, 2327 Englert Drive, Suite 100, Durham, North Carolina,

27713.

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

sooner than May 18, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melva Toomer, Document Control

Officer, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (MD-11), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

27711, (919) 541-0880.

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

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

provide the above mentioned subcontractor access to these materials on

a need-to-know basis. Under the direction of the prime contractor, this

subcontractor will provide technical support to the Office of Air

Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) in developing Federal Air

Pollution Control Regulations.

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

above subcontractor requires access to CBI submitted to the EPA under

sections 112 and 114 of the CAA in order to perform work satisfactorily

under the above noted contract. The subcontractor's personnel will be

given access to information submitted under section 114 of the CAA. The

subcontractor's personnel will be required to sign nondisclosure

agreements and will receive training on appropriate security procedures

before they are permitted access to CBI.

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

30, 2001 under contract 68-D6-0008 and contract 68-D6-0010.

Dated: May 1, 1998.

Robert Brenner,

Acting Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.

[FR Doc. 98-12305 Filed 5-7-98; 8:45 am]

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