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Environmental Issues
This notice is to inform agencies and
the public of Western’s and RUS’
Federal actions, and the proposed
Project, and to solicit comments and
suggestions for consideration in
preparing the EIS. To help the public
frame its comments, this notice contains
a list of potential environmental issues
that Western and RUS have tentatively
identified for analysis. These issues
include:
1. Impacts on protected, threatened,
endangered, or sensitive species of
animals or plants;
2. Impacts on avian and bat species;
3. Impacts on land use, recreation,
and transportation;
4. Impacts on cultural or historic
resources and tribal values;
5. Impacts on human health and
safety;
6. Impacts on air, soil, and water
resources (including air quality and
surface water impacts);
7. Visual impacts; and
8. Socioeconomic impacts and
disproportionately high and adverse
impacts to minority and low-income
populations.
This list is not intended to be allinclusive or to imply any
predetermination of impacts.
Environmental issues associated with
Western’s action, RUS’ action, and
PraireWinds’ proposed Project will be
addressed separately in the EIS. Western
and RUS invite interested parties to
suggest specific issues within these
general categories, or other issues not
included above, to be considered in the
EIS.
Public Participation
Public participation and full
disclosure are planned for the entire EIS
process. The EIS process will include
public scoping open house meetings
and a scoping comment period to solicit
comments from interested parties;
consultation and involvement with
appropriate Federal, State, local, and
tribal governmental agencies; public
review and a hearing on the draft EIS;
publication of a final EIS; and
publication of separate Records of
Decision by Western and RUS, currently
anticipated in 2010. Additional informal
public meetings may be held in the
proposed Project areas, if public interest
and issues indicate a need.
The public scoping period begins
with publication of this notice in the
Federal Register and closes May 15,
2009. The purpose of the scoping
meetings is to provide information
about Western’s Federal action, RUS’s
Federal action, and the proposed
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Project, display maps, answer questions,
and take written comments from
interested parties.
Western and RUS will hold open
house public scoping meetings in
Plankinton, South Dakota and Winner,
South Dakota as noted above. Attendees
are welcome to come and go at their
convenience and to speak one-on-one
with Project representatives and agency
staff. The public will have the
opportunity to provide written
comments at the meeting. In addition,
attendees may provide written
comments by letter, fax, e-mail, or
through the project’s Web address.
To be considered in defining the
scope of the EIS, comments should be
received by the end of the scoping
period. Anonymous comments will not
be accepted.
Dated: March 30, 2009.
Timothy J. Meeks,
Administrator.
Dated: March 26, 2009.
Mark S. Plank,
Director, Engineering and Environmental
Staff, Rural Utilities Service.
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[FRL–8789–8; EPA–HQ–OEI–2007–1152]
Amendment to the Toxic Substances
Control Act Confidential Business
Information Records Access System,
EPA–20
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of
the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a),
the Office of Pollution Prevention and
Toxics is giving notice that it proposes
to amend the ‘‘Toxic Substance Control
Act Confidential Business Information
Records Access System’’ to
‘‘Confidential Business Information
Tracking System (CBITS)’’ to correct the
official name of the system of record
notice (SORN), system location and
system manager.
DATES: Persons wishing to comment on
this system of records notice must do so
by May 18, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
2007–1152, by one of the following
methods:
• https://www.regulations.gov: Follow
the online instructions for submitting
comments.
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• E-mail: oei.docket@epa.gov
• Fax: 202–566–1752.
• Mail: OEI Docket, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460.
• Hand Delivery: OEI Docket, EPA/
DC, EPA West Building, Room B102,
1301 Constitution Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC. Such deliveries are
only accepted during the Docket’s
normal hours of operation and special
arrangements should be made for
deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OEI–2007–
1152. EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change and may be
made available online at https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes information
claimed to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
for which disclosure is restricted by
statute. Do not submit information that
you consider to be CBI or otherwise
protected through https://
www.regulations.gov. The https://
www.regulations.gov Web site is an
‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which
means EPA will not know your identity
or contact information unless you
provide it in the body of your comment.
If you send an e-mail comment directly
to EPA without going through https://
www.regulations.gov your e-mail
address will be automatically captured
and included as part of the comment
that is placed in the public docket and
made available on the Internet. If you
submit an electronic comment, EPA
recommends that you include your
name and other contact information in
the body of your comment and with any
disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA
cannot read your comment due to
technical difficulties and cannot contact
you for clarification, EPA may not be
able to consider your comment.
Electronic files should avoid the use of
special characters, any form of
encryption, and be free of any defects or
viruses. For additional information
about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA
Docket Center homepage at https://
www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
Docket: All documents in the docket
are listed in the https://
www.regulations.gov index. Although
listed in the index, some information is
not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other
information for which disclosure is
restricted by statute. Certain other
material, such as copyrighted material,
will be publicly available only in hard
copy. Publicly available docket
materials are available either
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electronically in https://
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at
the OEI Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West
Building, Room B102, 1301 Constitution
Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The Public
Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday
excluding legal holidays. The telephone
number for the Public Reading Room is
(202) 566–1744, and the telephone
number for the OEI Docket is (202) 566–
1752.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tony Cheatham, 202–564–8594.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
The ‘‘Confidential Business
Information Tracking System (CBITS)’’
tracks documents received by the
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), Office of Pollution Prevention
and Toxics (OPPT) as well as all
information pertaining to the EPA, the
contractors, and other government staff
members that request access to Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Confidential Business Information (CBI).
CBITS has a major security module that
tracks information on federal and
contractor personnel, contractors, and
other government staff members that
have been granted approval to access
TSCA CBI. The security module also
tracks EPA OPPT contracts, contracting
companies, and other off-site classified
CBI locations. The system functionality
allows an approved OPPT staff member
or CBITS data base administrator (DBA)
to create and modify profiles on federal
and contractor personnel and contractor
site information. Access to CBITS is
limited to federal and contractor
personnel responsible for the systems
operations and management.
In 1986, CBITS was developed to
process and track TSCA CBI data and
users approved to access CBI data. The
security module was created to validate
the user TSCA CBI security clearance in
connection with reviewing CBI
materials. The security module
contained vital information such as
name, social security number (SSN),
company/contractor identification,
contractor site, and agency information
that was required from the TSCA CBI
Access Request, Agreement, and
Approval Form, EPA Form 7740–6 (Rev.
10–03) and TSCA CBI ADP Registration
Form, EPA Form 7740–25 (10–92). The
SSN was a required data field in the
system linked to user access of TSCA
CBI and user profile reports. In October
2003, the EPA Form 7740–6 was revised
to require the user to provide a 9 digit
number replacing the SSN. Staff records
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prior to the revision contain the SSN for
active and historical records.
CBITS is maintained in a secured
storage facility at EPA Headquarters by
OPPT in Washington, DC where only
authorized and TSCA CBI cleared
personnel, EPA staff or contractor’s that
have rights to manage the system or
have access are allowed. User profiles
can only be accessed by the CBITS DBA
and authorized system users that
maintain the security module and
personnel data. The process of accessing
CBITS information is compliant with
TSCA Security procedures, FISCAM 3.2
and NIST 800–18. All precautions and
guidelines are met so that the
confidentiality of the data is not
compromised.
Dated: March 23, 2009.
Linda A. Travers,
Acting Assistant Administrator and Chief
Information Officer.
EPA–20
SYSTEM NAME:
Confidential Business Information
Tracking System.
SYSTEM LOCATION:
Office of Pollution Prevention and
Toxics, Information Management
Division, Environmental Protection
Agency, EPA East Building, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20460.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE
SYSTEM:
EPA and other Federal agency
employees and Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics contractor
employees who are or have ever been
authorized for access to Toxic
Substances Control Act Confidential
Business Information (TSCA CBI).
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
The system contains basic
identification information such as name,
EPA identification card number, date
and place of birth, office of contractor
for which the individual works and
telephone number. In addition, the
system contains information pertinent
to TSCA CBI access such as security
briefing date, date added to system, date
deleted from system and type of access
authorized. The system no longer
collects SSNs but maintains those
previously collected.
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PURPOSE(S):
To maintain a record of those persons
cleared for access to TSCA CBI and to
maintain the security of TSCA CBI.
ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE
SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS, AND
THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
General routine uses A, B, C, D, E, F,
G, H, K, and L apply to this system.
Records may also be disclosed:
1. To other Federal agencies when
they possess TSCA CBI and need to
verify clearance of EPA.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,
RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND
DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
STORAGE:
Current records are maintained in a
computer database. Some older records
are maintained in hard copy files.
RETRIEVABILITY:
From the computer database by
addressing any type of data contained in
the database, including name. From
alphabetized hard copy files by name.
SAFEGUARDS:
Computer records are maintained in a
secure, password protected computer
system. Paper records are maintained in
safes. All records are maintained in
secure, access-controlled areas or
buildings.
RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
Information in this system is
maintained and updated for so long as
individuals identified in the system are
authorized for access to TSCA CBI. EPA
Records Schedule 624, Title:
Confidential Business Information
Access, NARA Disposal Authority: N1–
412–03–20
SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:
Director, Information Management
Division, Office of Pollution Prevention
and Toxics, Environmental Protection
Agency, EPA East Building, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20460.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:
Any individual who wants to know
whether this system of record contains
a record about him or her, who wants
access to his or her record, or who
wants to contest the contents of a
record, should make a written request to
the Freedom of Information Office,
ATTENTION: Privacy Act Officer.
ACCESS PROCEDURE:
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM
(INCLUDES ANY REVISIONS OR AMENDMENTS):
Toxic Substances Control Act, 15
U.S.C. 2601 et seq.
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Requesters will be required to provide
adequate identification, such as a
driver’s license, employee identification
card, or other identifying document.
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Additional identification procedures
may be required in some instances.
CONTESTING PROCEDURE:
Requests for correction or amendment
must identify the record to be changed
and the corrective action sought.
Complete EPA Privacy Act procedures
are set out in 40 CFR Part 16.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
Record subjects provide identification
information. EPA personnel add
information about dates and type of
access authorized.
SYSTEM EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS
OF THE PRIVACY ACT:
None.
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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–8789–9]
Notice of Nationwide Waiver of Section
1605 (Buy American Requirement) of
American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009 (ARRA) for Projects With
Debt Incurred on or After October 1,
2008 and Before February 17, 2009
That Are Refinanced Through the
Clean or Drinking Water State
Revolving Funds Using Assistance
Provided Under ARRA
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The EPA is hereby granting a
nationwide waiver of the Buy American
requirements of ARRA Section 1605
under the authority of Section
1605(b)(1) (public interest waiver) for
eligible projects for which debt was
incurred on or after October 1, 2008 and
before February 17, 2009, the date of
enactment of ARRA. This action permits
the use of non-domestic iron, steel, and
manufactured goods in such projects
funded by ARRA that may otherwise be
prohibited under section 1605(a).
DATES: Effective Date: April 1, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cynthia Dougherty, Director, Office of
Ground Water and Drinking Water,
(202) 564–3750 or Jim Hanlon, Director,
Office of Wastewater Management, (202)
564–0748, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20460.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with ARRA Section 1605(c),
the EPA hereby provides notice that it
is granting a nationwide waiver of the
requirements of section 1605(a) of
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requirements, for eligible projects for
which a Clean or Drinking Water State
Revolving Fund (SRF) has concluded or
will conclude an assistance agreement
using ARRA funds to refinance a debt
incurred on or after October 1, 2008,
and before February 17, 2009.
The basis for the nationwide waiver is
the authorization in the SRF
appropriations heading of ARRA for
refinancing using ARRA funds of certain
debt obligations, as follows:
That notwithstanding section 603(d)(2) of
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and
section 1452(f)(2) of the Safe Drinking Water
Act, funds may be used to buy, refinance or
restructure the debt obligations of eligible
recipients only where such debt was incurred
on or after October 1, 2008.
In the ordinary course of SRF
business, refinancing of any existing
debt obligations of assistance recipients
eligible for refinancing is an allowable
type of assistance under the sections
referenced in the ARRA provision
above, largely irrespective of when the
debt was incurred. As the purpose of the
SRF provisions of ARRA was to
stimulate economic recovery by funding
current infrastructure construction, the
purpose of this ARRA provision was not
to provide more advantageous financing
for any projects whose construction had
substantially already occurred. Rather,
with the House of Representatives’
passage of H.R. 7110 in late September
2008 giving notice of Congress’ strong
interest in economic recovery
legislation, this refinancing provision
was intended to include within the
favorable financing terms of ARRA,
eligible projects undertaken after that
time (and within the Fiscal Year 2009
timeframe of ARRA as a supplemental
appropriation) in anticipation of ARRA.
Moreover, as the debate on the
legislation that ultimately became
ARRA continued through November
and December, 2008 into January and
February, 2009, States and utilities
increasingly reported that action on
eligible projects that State SRFs wished
to support and for which there was
available funding under the base SRF
program were being deferred, in the
hope of obtaining more advantageous
financing terms from the ARRA
appropriation. In part because this
deferral of financing and construction
for genuinely ‘‘shovel ready’’ projects
was in direct conflict with the most
fundamental economic recovery
purposes of ARRA, Congress adopted
this refinancing provision to enable
eligible projects which began creating
jobs after October 1, 2008, to receive
ARRA funding to recognize and support
those projects’ contribution to economic
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recovery. This is confirmed in the
declaration of the Joint Explanatory
Statement of the Conference (H. Rpt.
111–16, at 444) that ‘‘[t]o ensure that
funds are used to create jobs, the bill
also limits the use of the revolving
funds to buy, refinance, or restructure
debt incurred prior to October 1, 2008.’’
The proponents of projects that fall
within the scope of this SRF refinancing
provision for ARRA had, in order to
obtain the initial financing, specified
designs which may include elements
which have limited or often no domestic
availability, many may have solicited
bids from prospective contractors, and
some subsequently awarded
construction contracts, and in some
cases began construction, prior to the
February 17, 2009, enactment of ARRA.
All of these actions were in fulfillment
of Congress’ intention in passing ARRA
and in particular, adopting this SRF
refinancing provision, to create jobs and
spur economic recovery ‘‘by
commencing activities and expenditures
as expeditiously as possible.’’ (See
ARRA Section 3.)
Moreover, in all cases of initial
financing prior to February 17, the
project proponents were proceeding in
good faith and without fair notice as to
the existence and statutory scope of any
Buy American requirement.
The imposition of ARRA’s Buy
American requirements on projects
eligible for SRF assistance whose
assistance applicants had already
obtained financing on or after October 1,
2008 and prior to February 17, 2009, the
date on which those requirements were
imposed, would in all cases entail timeconsuming delay and thus displace the
‘‘shovel ready’’ status of these projects.
This would frustrate Congress’ specific
and explicit intent to allow for the use
of ARRA funds to refinance those
projects through the SRFs, as well as for
expeditious construction generally.
ARRA Section 1605(b)(1) authorized the
Administrator to waive the
requirements of Section 1605(a) in any
case or category of cases in which she
finds that applying subsection (a) would
be inconsistent with the public interest.
Therefore, for the foregoing reasons,
imposing ARRA’s Buy American
requirements for the category of cases
described herein is not in the public
interest. This supplementary
information constitutes the ‘‘detailed
written justification’’ required by
Section 1605(c) for waivers ‘‘based on a
finding under subsection (b).’’
Authority: Public Law 111–5, section 1605.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8789-8; EPA-HQ-OEI-2007-1152]
Amendment to the Toxic Substances Control Act Confidential
Business Information Records Access System, EPA-20
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974 (5
U.S.C. 552a), the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics is giving
notice that it proposes to amend the ``Toxic Substance Control Act
Confidential Business Information Records Access System'' to
``Confidential Business Information Tracking System (CBITS)'' to
correct the official name of the system of record notice (SORN), system
location and system manager.
DATES: Persons wishing to comment on this system of records notice must
do so by May 18, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
2007-1152, by one of the following methods:
https://www.regulations.gov: Follow the online instructions
for submitting comments.
E-mail: oei.docket@epa.gov
Fax: 202-566-1752.
Mail: OEI Docket, Environmental Protection Agency,
Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
Hand Delivery: OEI Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West Building, Room
B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. Such deliveries are
only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation and special
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OEI-
2007-1152. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at
https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information for which
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through https://www.regulations.gov. The https://www.regulations.gov Web site is an
``anonymous access'' system, which means EPA will not know your
identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of
your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without
going through https://www.regulations.gov your e-mail address will be
automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is
placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you
submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name
and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any
disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to
technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA
may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid
the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of
any defects or viruses. For additional information about EPA's public
docket visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at https://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the https://www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information
for which disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material,
such as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard
copy. Publicly available docket materials are available either
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electronically in https://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the OEI
Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West Building, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC. The Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday excluding legal holidays. The
telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the
telephone number for the OEI Docket is (202) 566-1752.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tony Cheatham, 202-564-8594.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
The ``Confidential Business Information Tracking System (CBITS)''
tracks documents received by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) as well as all
information pertaining to the EPA, the contractors, and other
government staff members that request access to Toxic Substances
Control Act (TSCA) Confidential Business Information (CBI). CBITS has a
major security module that tracks information on federal and contractor
personnel, contractors, and other government staff members that have
been granted approval to access TSCA CBI. The security module also
tracks EPA OPPT contracts, contracting companies, and other off-site
classified CBI locations. The system functionality allows an approved
OPPT staff member or CBITS data base administrator (DBA) to create and
modify profiles on federal and contractor personnel and contractor site
information. Access to CBITS is limited to federal and contractor
personnel responsible for the systems operations and management.
In 1986, CBITS was developed to process and track TSCA CBI data and
users approved to access CBI data. The security module was created to
validate the user TSCA CBI security clearance in connection with
reviewing CBI materials. The security module contained vital
information such as name, social security number (SSN), company/
contractor identification, contractor site, and agency information that
was required from the TSCA CBI Access Request, Agreement, and Approval
Form, EPA Form 7740-6 (Rev. 10-03) and TSCA CBI ADP Registration Form,
EPA Form 7740-25 (10-92). The SSN was a required data field in the
system linked to user access of TSCA CBI and user profile reports. In
October 2003, the EPA Form 7740-6 was revised to require the user to
provide a 9 digit number replacing the SSN. Staff records prior to the
revision contain the SSN for active and historical records.
CBITS is maintained in a secured storage facility at EPA
Headquarters by OPPT in Washington, DC where only authorized and TSCA
CBI cleared personnel, EPA staff or contractor's that have rights to
manage the system or have access are allowed. User profiles can only be
accessed by the CBITS DBA and authorized system users that maintain the
security module and personnel data. The process of accessing CBITS
information is compliant with TSCA Security procedures, FISCAM 3.2 and
NIST 800-18. All precautions and guidelines are met so that the
confidentiality of the data is not compromised.
Dated: March 23, 2009.
Linda A. Travers,
Acting Assistant Administrator and Chief Information Officer.
EPA-20
System Name:
Confidential Business Information Tracking System.
System Location:
Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Information Management
Division, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA East Building, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460.
Categories of Individuals Covered by the System:
EPA and other Federal agency employees and Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics contractor employees who are or have ever been
authorized for access to Toxic Substances Control Act Confidential
Business Information (TSCA CBI).
Categories of Records in the System:
The system contains basic identification information such as name,
EPA identification card number, date and place of birth, office of
contractor for which the individual works and telephone number. In
addition, the system contains information pertinent to TSCA CBI access
such as security briefing date, date added to system, date deleted from
system and type of access authorized. The system no longer collects
SSNs but maintains those previously collected.
Authority for Maintenance of the System (includes any revisions or
amendments):
Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.
Purpose(s):
To maintain a record of those persons cleared for access to TSCA
CBI and to maintain the security of TSCA CBI.
Routine Uses of Records Maintained in the System, Including Categories
of Users, and the Purposes of Such Uses:
General routine uses A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, K, and L apply to this
system. Records may also be disclosed:
1. To other Federal agencies when they possess TSCA CBI and need to
verify clearance of EPA.
Policies and Practices For Storing, Retrieving, Accessing, Retaining,
and Disposing of Records in the System:
Storage:
Current records are maintained in a computer database. Some older
records are maintained in hard copy files.
Retrievability:
From the computer database by addressing any type of data contained
in the database, including name. From alphabetized hard copy files by
name.
Safeguards:
Computer records are maintained in a secure, password protected
computer system. Paper records are maintained in safes. All records are
maintained in secure, access-controlled areas or buildings.
Retention and Disposal:
Information in this system is maintained and updated for so long as
individuals identified in the system are authorized for access to TSCA
CBI. EPA Records Schedule 624, Title: Confidential Business Information
Access, NARA Disposal Authority: N1-412-03-20
System Manager(s) and Address:
Director, Information Management Division, Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA East
Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460.
Notification Procedures:
Any individual who wants to know whether this system of record
contains a record about him or her, who wants access to his or her
record, or who wants to contest the contents of a record, should make a
written request to the Freedom of Information Office, ATTENTION:
Privacy Act Officer.
Access Procedure:
Requesters will be required to provide adequate identification,
such as a driver's license, employee identification card, or other
identifying document.
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Additional identification procedures may be required in some instances.
Contesting Procedure:
Requests for correction or amendment must identify the record to be
changed and the corrective action sought. Complete EPA Privacy Act
procedures are set out in 40 CFR Part 16.
Record Source Categories:
Record subjects provide identification information. EPA personnel
add information about dates and type of access authorized.
System exempted from certain provisions of the Privacy Act:
None.
[FR Doc. E9-7818 Filed 4-6-09; 8:45 am]
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