Clean Water Act; Contractor Access to Confidential Business Information, 27868 [2014-09988]
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Clean Water Act; Contractor Access to
Confidential Business Information
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Intended Transfer of
Confidential Business Information to
Subcontractor.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) intends to transfer
confidential business information (CBI)
collected from numerous industries to
NEK Associates (NEK), a newly retained
subcontractor of Eastern Research Group
(ERG). Transfer of the information will
allow the contractor and subcontractor
to support EPA in the planning,
development, and review of effluent
limitations guidelines and standards
under the Clean Water Act (CWA).
Interested persons may submit
comments on this intended transfer of
information to the address noted below.
DATES: Comments on the transfer of data
are due May 20, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to
Mr. M. Ahmar Siddiqui, Document
Control Officer, Engineering and
Analysis Division (4303T), Room 6231S
EPA West, U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
M. Ahmar Siddiqui, Document Control
Officer, at (202) 566–1044, or via email
at siddiqui.ahmar@epa.gov.
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EPA has
transferred CBI to various contractors
and subcontractors over the history of
the effluent guidelines program. EPA
determined that this transfer was
necessary to enable the contractors and
subcontractors to perform their work in
supporting EPA in planning,
developing, and reviewing effluent
guidelines and standards for certain
industries.
Today, EPA is giving notice that it is
transferring CBI to NEK (located in
Allston, MA), a new subcontractor to
ERG, which operates under contract
number EP–C–12–021. EPA initially
announced its intention to transfer CBI
to ERG and its subcontractors and
consultants on October 5, 2012 (77 FR
60962). The purpose of this transfer is
to support technical and engineering
analysis support for EPA in its
development, review, implementation,
and defense of water-related initiatives
for a variety of industries.
All EPA contractor, subcontractor,
and consultant personnel are bound by
the requirements and sanctions
contained in their contracts with EPA
and in EPA’s confidentiality regulations
found at 40 CFR Part 2, Subpart B. NEK
will adhere to an ERG-approved security
plan which describes procedures to
protect CBI. NEK will apply the
procedures in this plan to CBI
previously gathered by EPA and to CBI
that may be gathered in the future. The
security plan specifies that
subcontractor personnel are required to
sign non-disclosure agreements and are
briefed on appropriate security
procedures before they are permitted
access to CBI. No person is
automatically granted access to CBI: A
need to know must exist.
The information that will be
transferred to NEK consists of
information previously collected by
EPA under the authority of section 308
of the CWA to support the development
and review of effluent limitations
guidelines and standards. In particular,
information, including CBI, collected for
the planning, development, and review
of effluent limitations guidelines and
standards for the following industries
may be transferred: Airport deicing;
aquaculture; centralized waste
treatment; coal bed methane;
concentrated animal feeding operations;
coal mining; construction and
development; drinking water treatment;
industrial container and drum cleaning;
industrial laundries; industrial waste
combustors; iron and steel
manufacturing; landfills; meat and
poultry products; metal finishing; metal
products and machinery; nonferrous
metals manufacturing; oil and gas
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extraction (including coalbed methane);
ore mining and dressing; organic
chemicals, plastics, and synthetic fibers;
pesticide chemicals; petroleum refining;
pharmaceutical manufacturing; pulp,
paper, and paperboard manufacturing;
shale gas extraction; steam electric
power generation; textile mills; timber
products processing; tobacco; and
transportation equipment cleaning.
Additionally, note that some
information being transferred from the
pulp, paper, and paperboard industry
was collected under the additional
authorities of section 114 of the Clean
Air Act (CAA) and section 3007 of the
Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act (RCRA).
EPA also intends to transfer to NEK
all information listed in this notice, of
the type described above (including
CBI) that may be collected in the future
under the authority of section 308 of the
CWA or voluntarily submitted (e.g., in
comments in response to a Federal
Register notice), as is necessary to
enable NEK to carry out the work
required by its subcontract to support
EPA’s effluent guidelines planning
process and the development of effluent
limitations guidelines and standards.
Dated: April 23, 2014.
Elizabeth Southerland,
Director, Office of Science and Technology.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Clean Water Act; Contractor Access to Confidential Business
Information
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Intended Transfer of Confidential Business
Information to Subcontractor.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intends to transfer
confidential business information (CBI) collected from numerous
industries to NEK Associates (NEK), a newly retained subcontractor of
Eastern Research Group (ERG). Transfer of the information will allow
the contractor and subcontractor to support EPA in the planning,
development, and review of effluent limitations guidelines and
standards under the Clean Water Act (CWA). Interested persons may
submit comments on this intended transfer of information to the address
noted below.
DATES: Comments on the transfer of data are due May 20, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to Mr. M. Ahmar Siddiqui, Document
Control Officer, Engineering and Analysis Division (4303T), Room 6231S
EPA West, U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. M. Ahmar Siddiqui, Document
Control Officer, at (202) 566-1044, or via email at
siddiqui.ahmar@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has transferred CBI to various
contractors and subcontractors over the history of the effluent
guidelines program. EPA determined that this transfer was necessary to
enable the contractors and subcontractors to perform their work in
supporting EPA in planning, developing, and reviewing effluent
guidelines and standards for certain industries.
Today, EPA is giving notice that it is transferring CBI to NEK
(located in Allston, MA), a new subcontractor to ERG, which operates
under contract number EP-C-12-021. EPA initially announced its
intention to transfer CBI to ERG and its subcontractors and consultants
on October 5, 2012 (77 FR 60962). The purpose of this transfer is to
support technical and engineering analysis support for EPA in its
development, review, implementation, and defense of water-related
initiatives for a variety of industries.
All EPA contractor, subcontractor, and consultant personnel are
bound by the requirements and sanctions contained in their contracts
with EPA and in EPA's confidentiality regulations found at 40 CFR Part
2, Subpart B. NEK will adhere to an ERG-approved security plan which
describes procedures to protect CBI. NEK will apply the procedures in
this plan to CBI previously gathered by EPA and to CBI that may be
gathered in the future. The security plan specifies that subcontractor
personnel are required to sign non-disclosure agreements and are
briefed on appropriate security procedures before they are permitted
access to CBI. No person is automatically granted access to CBI: A need
to know must exist.
The information that will be transferred to NEK consists of
information previously collected by EPA under the authority of section
308 of the CWA to support the development and review of effluent
limitations guidelines and standards. In particular, information,
including CBI, collected for the planning, development, and review of
effluent limitations guidelines and standards for the following
industries may be transferred: Airport deicing; aquaculture;
centralized waste treatment; coal bed methane; concentrated animal
feeding operations; coal mining; construction and development; drinking
water treatment; industrial container and drum cleaning; industrial
laundries; industrial waste combustors; iron and steel manufacturing;
landfills; meat and poultry products; metal finishing; metal products
and machinery; nonferrous metals manufacturing; oil and gas extraction
(including coalbed methane); ore mining and dressing; organic
chemicals, plastics, and synthetic fibers; pesticide chemicals;
petroleum refining; pharmaceutical manufacturing; pulp, paper, and
paperboard manufacturing; shale gas extraction; steam electric power
generation; textile mills; timber products processing; tobacco; and
transportation equipment cleaning. Additionally, note that some
information being transferred from the pulp, paper, and paperboard
industry was collected under the additional authorities of section 114
of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and section 3007 of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).
EPA also intends to transfer to NEK all information listed in this
notice, of the type described above (including CBI) that may be
collected in the future under the authority of section 308 of the CWA
or voluntarily submitted (e.g., in comments in response to a Federal
Register notice), as is necessary to enable NEK to carry out the work
required by its subcontract to support EPA's effluent guidelines
planning process and the development of effluent limitations guidelines
and standards.
Dated: April 23, 2014.
Elizabeth Southerland,
Director, Office of Science and Technology.
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