Access to Confidential Business Information by Industrial Economics, Incorporated, 70235-70236 [2010-28965]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 221 / Wednesday, November 17, 2010 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP11–15–000] Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with NOTICES November 8, 2010. Take notice that on October 26, 2010, Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC (Columbia) 5151 San Felipe, Suite 2500, Houston, Texas 77056, filed in Docket No. CP11–15–000, an application pursuant to sections 157.205 and 157.210 of the Commission’s Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (NGA) as amended, to construct certain natural gas facilities in Lincoln County, West Virginia, under Columbia’s blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP83– 76–000, 1 all as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission and open to the public for inspection. Columbia proposes to construct approximately 1.1 miles of 16-inch diameter pipeline and appurtenances as a parallel loop to Columbia’s Line SM– 116 in Lincoln County. Columbia states that the new pipeline would be constructed beginning at a point approximately 1.1 miles south of the Hamlin compressor station and tie in with Line SM–116 at the suction side of the Hamlin compressor station. Columbia estimates that the proposed new pipeline and appurtenances would cost $3,900,000 to construct and would create an additional 38,535 dekatherms per day of capacity. Any questions concerning this application may be directed to Fredric J. George, Senior Counsel, Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC, P.O. Box 1273, Charleston, West Virginia 25325–1273 or via telephone at (304) 357–2359 or by facsimile (304) 357–3206. This filing is available for review at the Commission or may be viewed on the Commission’s Web site at https:// www.ferc.gov, using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number filed to access the document. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at FERC OnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll-free at (866) 206–3676, or, for TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. Comments, protests and interventions may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission’s Web site under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. The 1 22 FERC ¶ 62,029 (1983). VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:21 Nov 16, 2010 Jkt 223001 Commission strongly encourages intervenors to file electronically. Any person or the Commission’s staff may, within 60 days after issuance of the instant notice by the Commission, file pursuant to Rule 214 of the Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR 385.214) a motion to intervene or notice of intervention and pursuant to section 157.205 of the regulations under the NGA (18 CFR 157.205), a protest to the request. If no protest is filed within the time allowed therefore, the proposed activity shall be deemed to be authorized effective the day after the time allowed for filing a protest. If a protest is filed and not withdrawn within 30 days after the allowed time for filing a protest, the instant request shall be treated as an application for authorization pursuant to section 7 of the NGA. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2010–28902 Filed 11–16–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–9227–9 ] Access to Confidential Business Information by Industrial Economics, Incorporated Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of Access to Data and Request for Comments. AGENCY: EPA will authorize its contractor, Industrial Economics, Incorporated (IEc) to access Confidential Business Information (CBI) which has been submitted to EPA under the authority of all sections of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976, as amended. EPA has issued regulations that outline business confidentiality provisions for the Agency and require all EPA Offices that receive information designated by the submitter as CBI to abide by these provisions. SUMMARY: Access to confidential data submitted to EPA will occur no sooner than November 29, 2010. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LaShan Haynes, Document Control Officer, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery, (5305P), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, 703–605–0516. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DATES: PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 70235 1. Access to Confidential Business Information Under EPA Contracts Nos. GS–10F– 0061N (EP10H000898) and EP–W–06– 065/0013, Industrial Economics, Incorporated (IEc) will assist the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Office of Civil Enforcement, Special Litigation and Projects Division with performing financial analyses on respondents in EPA civil and criminal enforcement cases to delineate the ability to pay penalties. The analyses may extend to the level of expert testimony in support of EPA’s enforcement actions. OECA is involved directly and indirectly in bringing enforcement actions against violators of environmental regulations. These cases typically, involve one or more of the following statutes: CAA, CWA, RCRA, TSCA, FIFRA, EPCRA and the SDWA. Some of the data collected from industry are claimed by industry to contain trade secrets or CBI. In accordance with the provisions of 40 CFR Part 2, Subpart B, ORCR has established policies and procedures for handling information collected from industry, under the authority of RCRA, including RCRA Confidential Business Information Security Manuals. Industrial Economics, Incorporated (IEc), shall protect from unauthorized disclosure all information designated as confidential and shall abide by all RCRA CBI requirements, including procedures outlined in the RCRA CBI Security Manual. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued regulations (40 CFR Part 2, Subpart B) that outline business confidentiality provisions for the Agency and require all EPA Offices that receive information designated by the submitter as CBI to abide by these provisions. Industrial Economics, Incorporated (IEc) will be authorized to have access to RCRA CBI under the EPA ‘‘Contractor Requirements for the Control and Security of RCRA Confidential Business Information Security Manual.’’ EPA is issuing this notice to inform all submitters of information under all sections of RCRA that EPA will provide Industrial Economics, Incorporated access to the CBI records located in the RCRA Confidential Business Information Center. Access to RCRA CBI under this contract will take place at EPA Headquarters only. Contractor personnel will be required to sign nondisclosure agreements and will be briefed on appropriate security procedures before they are permitted access to confidential information. E:\FR\FM\17NON1.SGM 17NON1 70236 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 221 / Wednesday, November 17, 2010 / Notices Dated: November 4, 2010. Suzanne Rudzinski, Acting Director, Office of Resource Conservation & Recovery. [FR Doc. 2010–28965 Filed 11–16–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0829; FRL–8850–7] Hop Beta Acids; Receipt of Application for Emergency Exemption, Solicitation of Public Comment Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: EPA has received a specific exemption regional request from the Washington State Department of Agriculture, Idaho State Department of Agriculture, and the Oregon Department of Agriculture to use hop beta acids (CAS Reg. No. none specified) to treat up to 181,000 honey bee colonies in the Pacific North West (PNW) to control varroa mites. The applicants propose the use of a new chemical which has not been registered by the EPA. EPA is soliciting public comment before making the decision whether or not to grant the exemption. DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 2, 2010. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0829, by one of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. • Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. • Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S–4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only accepted during the Docket Facility’s normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays). Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. The Docket Facility telephone number is (703) 305–5805. Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2010– 0829. EPA’s policy is that all comments received will be included in the docket without change and may be made available on-line at https:// mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:21 Nov 16, 2010 Jkt 223001 www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through regulations.gov or email. The 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 regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the 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. Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the docket index available at https://www.regulations.gov. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are available either in the electronic docket at https:// www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard copy, at the 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 Facility telephone number is (703) 305–5805. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stacey M. Groce, Registration Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone number: (703) 305–2505; fax number: (703) 605– 0781; e-mail address: groce.stacey@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 I. General Information A. Does this action apply to me? You may be potentially affected by this action if you are an agricultural producer, food manufacturer, or pesticide manufacturer. Potentially affected entities may include, but are not limited to: • Crop production (NAICS code 111). • Animal production (NAICS code 112). • Food manufacturing (NAICS code 311). • Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS code 32532). This listing is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides a guide for readers regarding entities likely to be affected by this action. Other types of entities not listed in this unit could also be affected. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) codes have been provided to assist you and others in determining whether this action might apply to certain entities. 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. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA? 1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through https:// www.regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly mark the part or all of the information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or CD–ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD–ROM the specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket. Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2. 2. Tips for preparing your comments. When submitting comments, remember to: i. Identify the document by docket ID number and other identifying information (subject heading, Federal Register date and page number). ii. Follow directions. The Agency may ask you to respond to specific questions or organize comments by referencing a Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part or section number. iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives and substitute language for your requested changes. E:\FR\FM\17NON1.SGM 17NON1

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[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 221 (Wednesday, November 17, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70235-70236]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-28965]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9227-9 ]


Access to Confidential Business Information by Industrial 
Economics, Incorporated

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of Access to Data and Request for Comments.

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SUMMARY: EPA will authorize its contractor, Industrial Economics, 
Incorporated (IEc) to access Confidential Business Information (CBI) 
which has been submitted to EPA under the authority of all sections of 
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976, as amended. 
EPA has issued regulations that outline business confidentiality 
provisions for the Agency and require all EPA Offices that receive 
information designated by the submitter as CBI to abide by these 
provisions.

DATES: Access to confidential data submitted to EPA will occur no 
sooner than November 29, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LaShan Haynes, Document Control 
Officer, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery, (5305P), U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20460, 703-605-0516.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Access to Confidential Business Information

    Under EPA Contracts Nos. GS-10F-0061N (EP10H000898) and EP-W-06-
065/0013, Industrial Economics, Incorporated (IEc) will assist the 
Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Office of Civil 
Enforcement, Special Litigation and Projects Division with performing 
financial analyses on respondents in EPA civil and criminal enforcement 
cases to delineate the ability to pay penalties. The analyses may 
extend to the level of expert testimony in support of EPA's enforcement 
actions. OECA is involved directly and indirectly in bringing 
enforcement actions against violators of environmental regulations. 
These cases typically, involve one or more of the following statutes: 
CAA, CWA, RCRA, TSCA, FIFRA, EPCRA and the SDWA. Some of the data 
collected from industry are claimed by industry to contain trade 
secrets or CBI. In accordance with the provisions of 40 CFR Part 2, 
Subpart B, ORCR has established policies and procedures for handling 
information collected from industry, under the authority of RCRA, 
including RCRA Confidential Business Information Security Manuals.
    Industrial Economics, Incorporated (IEc), shall protect from 
unauthorized disclosure all information designated as confidential and 
shall abide by all RCRA CBI requirements, including procedures outlined 
in the RCRA CBI Security Manual.
    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued regulations (40 
CFR Part 2, Subpart B) that outline business confidentiality provisions 
for the Agency and require all EPA Offices that receive information 
designated by the submitter as CBI to abide by these provisions. 
Industrial Economics, Incorporated (IEc) will be authorized to have 
access to RCRA CBI under the EPA ``Contractor Requirements for the 
Control and Security of RCRA Confidential Business Information Security 
Manual.''
    EPA is issuing this notice to inform all submitters of information 
under all sections of RCRA that EPA will provide Industrial Economics, 
Incorporated access to the CBI records located in the RCRA Confidential 
Business Information Center. Access to RCRA CBI under this contract 
will take place at EPA Headquarters only. Contractor personnel will be 
required to sign non-disclosure agreements and will be briefed on 
appropriate security procedures before they are permitted access to 
confidential information.


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     Dated: November 4, 2010.
Suzanne Rudzinski,
Acting Director, Office of Resource Conservation & Recovery.
[FR Doc. 2010-28965 Filed 11-16-10; 8:45 am]
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