

[Federal Register: February 7, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 25)]
[Notices]               
[Page 5703-5704]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0038; FRL-8113-9]

 
Syracuse Research Corporation; 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 Syracuse Research Corporation 
in accordance with 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3) and 2.308(i)(2). Syracuse 
Research Corporation has been awarded multiple contracts to perform 
work for OPP, and access to this information will enable Syracuse 
Research Corporation to fulfill the obligations of the contract.

DATES: Syracuse Research Corporation will be given access to this 
information on or before February 12, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Felicia Croom, Information Technology 
and Resources Management Division (7502P), Office of Pesticide 
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-0786; e-mail 
address: croom.felicia@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 Copies of this Document and Other Related Information?

    1. Docket. EPA has established a docket for this action under 
docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0038. Publicly 
available docket materials are available either in the electronic 
docket at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard 

copy, at the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public 
Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal 
Dr., Arlington, VA. The hours of operation of this Docket Facility are 
from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal 
holidays. The Docket telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
    2. Electronic access. You may access this Federal Register document 
electronically through the EPA Internet under the ``Federal Register'' 
listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr.


II. Contractor Requirements

    Under Contract No. EP06H000149, the contractor will perform the 
following: Develop surface water scenarios based on the type of 
assessment needed. A list will be supplied by the EPA Project Officer. 
For the standard risk assessment process, these typically include a 
national or regional scenario which is used in the screening-level risk 
assessment. Occasionally, a more localized standard scenario or type 
may be needed to answer specific questions related to risk and 
mitigation.
    The contractor shall use the guidance provided, including the 
Pesticide Root Zone Model (PRSM) Guidance for Selecting Field Crop and 
Orchard Scenario Development Input Parameters, the Input Parameter 
Guidance, and the example input scenario file to develop a single 
scenario for each of the identified crop/geography combinations. This 
task may also include the development of scenarios specifically 
tailored to assessing risks to endangered organism which need 
refinement based on species occurrence, habitat, life pattern, 
pesticide-use pattern, and agronomic practices. The need to rapidly 
develop local scenarios to provide estimated environmental 
concentrations (EECs) relevant to a specific endangered species is 
critical to the assessment of risk to endangered species.
    OPP has determined that the contracts described in this document 
involve work that is being conducted in connection with FIFRA, in that 
pesticide chemicals will be the subject of certain evaluations to be 
made under

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this contract. These evaluations may be used in subsequent regulatory 
decisions under FIFRA.
    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)(3), the 
contract with Syracuse Research Corporation, prohibits use of the 
information for any purpose not specified in this 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, Syracuse Research Corporation 
is 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 Syracuse Research 
Corporation until the requirements in this document have been fully 
satisfied. Records of information provided to Syracuse Research 
Corporation will be maintained by the EPA Project Officer for this 
contract. All information supplied to Syracuse Research Corporation by 
EPA for use in connection with this contract will be returned to EPA 
when Syracuse Research Corporation has completed its work.

List of Subjects

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

    Dated: January 29, 2007.
Robert A. Forrest,
Acting Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E7-1797 Filed 2-6-07; 8:45 am]

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