[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 56 (Thursday, March 25, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 15940]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-06173]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0081; FRL-10022-00]


Eastern Research Group, Inc.; Transfer of Data (March 2021)

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 Eastern Research Group, Inc. 
in accordance with the CBI regulations. Eastern Research Group, Inc. 
has been awarded a contract to perform work for OPP, and access to this 
information will enable Eastern Research Group, Inc. to fulfill the 
obligations of the contract.

DATES: Eastern Research Group, Inc. will be given access to this 
information on or before March 30, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Northern, 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) 305-6478 
email address: northern.william@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. 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.

II. Contractor Requirements

    Under these contract numbers, the contractor will perform the 
following:
    Under Contract No. 68HERC21D0007. The Contractor shall prepare and 
deliver reports, including plans, evaluations, studies, analyses, and 
manuals in accordance with Attachment 1--Performance Work Statement. 
Each report shall cite the contract number, identify the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency as the sponsoring agency, and identify 
the name of the Contractor preparing the report.
    This contract involves no subcontractors.
    OPP has determined that the contract described in this notice 
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 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 FIFRA sections 3, 4, 6, 
and 7 and under FFDCA sections 408 and 409.
    In accordance with the requirements of 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3), the 
contract with Eastern Research Group, Inc. prohibits use of the 
information for any purpose not specified in these 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, Eastern Research Group, Inc. 
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 Eastern Research Group, 
Inc. until the requirements in this document have been fully satisfied. 
Records of information provided to Eastern Research Group, Inc. will be 
maintained by EPA Project Officers for this contract. All information 
supplied to Eastern Research Group, Inc. by EPA for use in connection 
with this contract will be returned to EPA when Eastern Research Group, 
Inc. has completed its work.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.; 21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.

    Dated: March 19, 2021.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division, 
Office of Program Support.
[FR Doc. 2021-06173 Filed 3-24-21; 8:45 am]
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