ABT
Associates,
Inc.
and
Syracuse
Research
Corp.
(
SRC);
Transfer
of
Data
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2002
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ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
OPP­
2002­
0027;
FRL­
6834­
6]

ABT
Associates,
Inc.
and
Syracuse
Research
Corp.
(
SRC);
Transfer
of
Data
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.

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SUMMARY:
This
notice
announces
that
pesticide­
related
information
submitted
to
EPA's
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs
(
OPP)
pursuant
to
the
Federal
Insecticide,
Fungicide,
and
Rodenticide
Act
(
FIFRA)
and
the
Federal
Food,
Drug,
and
Cosmetic
Act
(
FFDCA),
including
information
that
may
have
been
claimed
as
Confidential
Business
Information
(
CBI)
by
the
submitter,
will
be
transferred
to
ABT
Associates,
Inc.
and
its
subcontractor,
Syracuse
Research
Corp.,
in
accordance
with
40
CFR
2.307(
h)(
3)
and
2.308(
i)(
2).
ABT
Associates,
Inc.
and
its
subcontractor,
Syracuse
Research
Corp.,
have
been
awarded
a
contract
to
perform
work
for
OPP,
and
access
to
this
information
will
enable
ABT
Associates,
Inc.
and
its
subcontractor,
Syracuse
Research
Corp.,
to
fulfill
the
obligations
of
the
contract.

DATES:
ABT
Associates,
Inc.
and
its
subcontractor,
Syracuse
Research
Corp.,
will
be
given
access
to
this
information
on
or
before
April
29,
2002.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
By
mail:
Erik
Johnson,
FIFRA
Security
Officer,
Information
Resources
and
Services
Division
(
7502C),
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460;
telephone
number:
(
703)
305­
7248;
e­
mail
address:
johnson.
erik@
epa.
gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:

I.
General
Information
A.
Does
this
Action
Apply
to
Me?

This
action
applies
to
the
public
in
general.
As
such,
the
Agency
has
not
attempted
to
describe
all
the
specific
entities
that
may
be
affected
by
this
action.
If
you
have
any
questions
regarding
the
applicability
of
this
action
to
a
particular
entity,
consult
the
person
listed
under
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT.

B.
How
Can
I
Get
Additional
Information,
Including
Copies
of
this
Document
and
Other
Related
Documents?

You
may
obtain
electronic
copies
of
this
document,
and
certain
other
related
documents
that
might
be
available
electronically,
from
the
EPA
Internet
Home
Page
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov.
To
access
this
document,
on
the
home
page
select
  
Laws
and
Regulations,''
  
Regulations
and
Proposed
Rules,''
and
then
look
up
the
entry
for
this
document
under
the
  
Federal
Register­­
Environmental
Documents.''
You
can
also
go
directly
to
the
Federal
Register
listings
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
fedrgstr/.

II.
Contractor
Requirements
Under
Contract
No.
68­
W0­
1039,
ABT
Associates,
Inc.
and
its
subcontractor,
Syracuse
Research
Corp.,
will
perform
the
following:
In
response
to
the
Food
Quality
Protection
Act
(
FQPA),
the
Office
of
Science
Coordination
and
Policy
(
OSCP)
and
the
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs
(
OPP)
are
conducting
a
pilot
project
to
evaluate
existing
toxicity
data
and
data
bases
in
the
Agency
and
the
scientific
literature
for
a
sample
group
of
approximately
30
pesticide
active
ingredients.
Toxicity
and
endocrine­
related
mechanistic
data
shall
be
examined
in
detail
to
determine
their
adequacy
to
assess
each
chemical's
potential
to
affect
the
endocrine
system.
For
this
work
assignment,
the
contractor
shall
examine
Agency
toxicity
data
files,
(
primarily
located
in
OPP's
Environmental
Fate
and
Effects
Division
data
bases),
summary
documents,
electronic
files,
and
the
scientific
literature
for
indications
of
endocrine
system
interaction,
perturbation,
or
modulation
in
wildlife
and
aquatic
organisms
for
up
to
30
pesticide
active
ingredients.
OPP
has
determined
that
access
by
ABT
Associates,
Inc.
and
its
subcontractor,
Syracuse
Research
Corp.,
to
information
on
all
pesticide
chemicals
is
necessary,
for
the
performance
of
this
contract.
Some
of
this
information
may
be
entitled
to
confidential
treatment.
The
information
has
been
submitted
to
EPA
under
sections
3,
4,
6,
and
7
of
FIFRA
and
under
sections
408
and
409
of
FFDCA.
In
accordance
with
the
requirements
of
40
CFR
2.307(
h)(
2),
the
contract
with
ABT
Associates,
Inc.
and
its
subcontractor,
Syracuse
Research
Corp.,
prohibits
the
use
of
information
for
any
purpose
not
specified
in
the
contract;
prohibits
disclosure
of
the
information
to
a
third
party
without
prior
written
approval
from
the
agency;
and
requires
that
each
official
and
employee
of
the
contractor
sign
an
agreement
to
protect
the
information
from
unauthorized
release
and
to
handle
it
in
accordance
with
the
FIFRA
Information
Security
Manual.
In
addition,
ABT
Associates,
Inc.
and
its
subcontractor,
Syracuse
Research
Corp.,
are
required
to
submit
for
EPA
approval
a
security
plan
under
which
any
CBI
will
be
secured
and
protected
against
unauthorized
release
or
compromise.
No
information
will
be
provided
to
ABT
Associates,
Inc.
and
its
subcontractor,
Syracuse
Research
Corp.,
until
the
requirements
in
this
document
have
been
fully
satisfied.
Records
of
information
provided
to
ABT
Associates,
Inc.
and
its
subcontractor,
Syracuse
Research
Corp.,
will
be
maintained
by
EPA
Project
Officers
for
this
contract.
All
information
supplied
to
ABT
Associates,
Inc.
and
its
subcontractor,
Syracuse
Research
Corp.,
by
EPA
for
use
in
connection
with
this
contract
will
be
returned
to
EPA
when
ABT
Associates,
Inc.
and
its
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subcontractor,
Syracuse
Research
Corp.,
have
completed
their
work.

List
of
Subjects
Environmental
protection,
Business
and
industry,
Government
contracts,
Government
property,
Security
measures.

Dated:
April
10,
2002.
Linda
Vlier
Moos,
Acting
Director,
Information
Resources
and
Services
Division,
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs.

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