Clean Water Act; Contractor Access to Confidential Business Information, 42498-42499 [2018-18116]

Download as PDF 42498 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 163 / Wednesday, August 22, 2018 / Notices amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES1 1980’s, this independent review function has been performed by CASAC. Presently, the EPA is reviewing the secondary NAAQS for oxides of nitrogen, oxides of sulfur, and PM.1 PM was added to this review after the draft Integrated Review Plan (80 FR 69220, November 9, 2015) was released to the public and reviewed by CASAC in recognition of linkages between these pollutants (oxides of nitrogen, oxides of sulfur, and PM) with respect to deposition and atmospheric chemistry, as well as from an environmental effects perspective. Additional welfare effects associated with PM, such as visibility, climate and materials effects, and the health effects of PM (including particulate transformation products of oxides of nitrogen and oxides of sulfur) are considered as part of the review of the NAAQS for PM (81 FR 87933, December 6, 2016). The health effects of oxides of nitrogen were considered in a separate assessment that was completed recently as part of the review of the primary (health-based) NAAQS for oxides of nitrogen (83 FR 17226, April 18, 2018). Similarly, the health effects of oxides of sulfur are currently being considered in a separate assessment as part of the review of the primary NAAQS for oxides of sulfur (83 FR 26752, June 8, 2018). The EPA’s overall plan for this review is presented in the Integrated Review Plan for the Secondary NAAQS for Oxides of Nitrogen, Oxides of Sulfur and Particulate Matter.2 The REA Planning Document considers the degree to which important uncertainties identified in quantitative analyses from previous reviews have been addressed by newly available scientific evidence, tools, or information, including those in the second external review draft of the Integrated Science Assessment for Oxides of Nitrogen, Oxides of Sulfur and Particulate Matter-Ecological Criteria (83 FR 29786, June 26, 2018). Based on these considerations, the document reaches preliminary conclusions on the extent to which updated quantitative analyses of exposures or public welfare risks are warranted in the current review. For updated analyses that are supported, this planning document presents anticipated approaches to conducting such analyses. This document will be available on or about August 6, 2018, on 1 The EPA’s call for information for the NO /SO X X secondary review was issued on August 29, 2013 (78 FR 53452), and the call for information on the PM review (both secondary and primary) was issued on December 3, 2014 (79 FR 71764). 2 Available at https://www.epa.gov/naaqs/ nitrogen-dioxide-no2-and-sulfur-dioxide-so2secondary-standards-planning-documents-current. VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:34 Aug 21, 2018 Jkt 244001 the EPA’s Technology Transfer Network website at https://www.epa.gov/naaqs/ nitrogen-dioxide-no2-and-sulfurdioxide-so2-secondary-standardsplanning-documents-current. The REA Planning Document will be discussed at a public meeting for review by CASAC and the public. A separate Federal Register notice provides details about this meeting and the process for participation (83 FR 31755, July 9, 2018). The EPA will also consider public comments on the REA Planning Document that are submitted to the docket, as described above. Dated: August 2, 2018. Panagiotis Tsirigotis, Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards. [FR Doc. 2018–17041 Filed 8–21–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–9982–69–OW] Clean Water Act; Contractor Access to Confidential Business Information Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of intended transfer of confidential business information to contractor and its subcontractors and consultants. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intends to transfer confidential business information (CBI), collected from numerous industries, to ICF International (ICF) and its subcontractors and consultants, under an EPA contract newly awarded to ICF. Transfer of this information is necessary for ICF to assist the Office of Water in the preparation of economic analyses and environmental assessment activities conducted in support of Clean Water Act regulations and programs, such as effluent guidelines and associated planning and review activities, and water quality standards. Much of the information being transferred was or will be collected under the authority of section 308 of the Clean Water Act (CWA) to support effluent guidelines development in particular. 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 August 27, 2018. ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to M. Ahmar Siddiqui, Document Control Officer, Engineering and Analysis Division (4303T), U.S. EPA, 1200 SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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 its contractors and subcontractors as part of the effluent guidelines program under 40 CFR 2.302(h). EPA determined that this transfer was necessary to enable the contractors, subcontractors, and consultants to perform their work in supporting EPA in planning, developing, and reviewing effluent guidelines and standards for certain industries. Pursuant to 40 CFR 2.302(h)(2), EPA is giving notice that it has entered into a new contract with ICF, contract number 68HE0C18D0001, located in Fairfax, Virginia. The purpose of this contract is to secure economic and environmental assessment support for EPA in its development, review, implementation, and defense of waterrelated initiatives for a variety of industries or states. To obtain assistance in responding to this contract, ICF has entered into contracts with the following subcontractors and consultants: The Cadmus Group, LLC (located in Waltham, Massachusetts), CognistX (located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), Great Lakes Environmental Center, Inc. (located in Traverse City, Michigan), Horizon Systems Corporation (located in White Stone, Virginia), Innovate! Inc. (located in Alexandria, Virginia), LimnoTech Inc. (located in Ann Arbor, Michigan), Resources for the Future (located in Washington, DC), RTI International (located in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina), Wayne Gray (located in Worcester, Massachusetts), Robert Johnston (located in Millville, Massachusetts), Klaus Moeltner (located in Blacksburg, Virginia), Kerry Smith (located in Cave Creek, Arizona), and Raghavan Srinivasan (located in College Station, Texas). All EPA contractor, subcontractor, and consultant personnel are bound by the requirements and sanctions contained in their contracts with EPA and in EPA’s CBI regulations found at 40 CFR part 2, subpart B. ICF will adhere to an EPA-approved security plan which describes procedures to protect CBI. ICF 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 contractor personnel are required to sign nondisclosure agreements and are briefed E:\FR\FM\22AUN1.SGM 22AUN1 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 163 / Wednesday, August 22, 2018 / Notices 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 ICF consists of information previously collected by EPA to support the development and review of effluent limitations guidelines and standards under the CWA. 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 to ICF under the new contract: 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; transportation equipment cleaning; and other industrial categories that EPA has reviewed as part of its CWA required annual review activities. EPA also intends to transfer to ICF 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 ICF to carry out the work required by its contract to support EPA’s effluent guidelines planning and review process and the development of effluent limitations guidelines and standards. Dated: August 10, 2018. Deborah G. Nagle, Acting Director, Office of Science and Technology, Office of Water. amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES1 [FR Doc. 2018–18116 Filed 8–21–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION Notice of Agreements Filed The Commission hereby gives notice of the filing of the following agreements VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:34 Aug 21, 2018 Jkt 244001 under the Shipping Act of 1984. Interested parties may submit comments on the agreements to the Secretary by email at Secretary@fmc.gov, or by mail, Federal Maritime Commission, Washington, DC 20573, within twelve days of the date this notice appears in the Federal Register. Copies of the agreements are available through the Commission’s website (www.fmc.gov) or by contacting the Office of Agreements at (202)–523–5793 or tradeanalysis@ fmc.gov. Agreement No.: 201259–001. Agreement Name: Ocean Network Express Pte. Ltd. (ONE)/Kyowa Shipping Co., Ltd. Slot Charter Agreement. Parties: Kyowa Shipping Co., Ltd. and Ocean Network Express Pte. Ltd. Filing Party: Carrol Hand; Ocean Network Express. Synopsis: The amendment removes the Agreement’s expiration date. Proposed Effective Date: 9/29/2018. Location: https://www2.fmc.gov/ FMC.Agreements.Web/Public/ AgreementHistory/13190. Agreement No.: 201260–001. Agreement Name: Ocean Network Express Pte. Ltd. (ONE)/NYK Bulk & Projects Carriers Ltd. Slot Charter Agreement. Parties: NYK Bulk & Project Carriers Ltd. and Ocean Network Express Pte. Ltd. Filing Party: Carrol Hand; Ocean Network Express. Synopsis: The amendment removes the Agreement’s expiration date. Proposed Effective Date: 9/29/2018. Location: https://www2.fmc.gov/ FMC.Agreements.Web/Public/ AgreementHistory/13191. Agreement No.: 201265. Agreement Name: Crowley/Seaboard Costa Rica & Panama Space Charter Agreement. Parties: Crowley Latin America Services, LLC and Seaboard Marine Ltd. Filing Party: Wayne Rohde; Cozen O’Connor. Synopsis: The agreement authorizes Crowley to charter space to Seaboard in the trade between Port Everglades, FL on the one hand and Costa Rica and Panama on the other hand. The parties request expedited review. Proposed Effective Date: 9/24/2018. Location: https://www2.fmc.gov/ FMC.Agreements.Web/Public/ AgreementHistory/15263. Agreement No.: 201266. Agreement Name: King Ocean/ Seaboard Costa Rica & Panama Space Charter Agreement. Parties: King Ocean Services Limited, Inc. and Seaboard Marine Ltd. PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 42499 Filing Party: Wayne Rohde; Cozen O’Connor. Synopsis: The agreement authorizes King Ocean to charter space to Seaboard in the trade between Port Everglades, FL on the one hand and Costa Rica and Panama on the other hand. The parties request expedited review. Proposed Effective Date: 9/24/2018. Location: https://www2.fmc.gov/ FMC.Agreements.Web/Public/ AgreementHistory/15264. Dated: August 17, 2018. Rachel Dickon, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2018–18108 Filed 8–21–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6731–AA–P GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION [OMB Control No. 3090–0262; Docket No. 2018–0001; Sequence No. 9] Submission for OMB Review; General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation; Identification of Products With Environmental Attributes Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration (GSA). ACTION: Notice of request for comments regarding an extension of a previously existing OMB clearance. AGENCY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act the Regulatory Secretariat Division will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a previously approved information collection requirement regarding identification of products with environmental attributes. DATES: Submit comments on or before: September 21, 2018. ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden to: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for GSA, Room 10236, NEOB, Washington, DC 20503. Additionally submit a copy to GSA by any of the following methods: • Regulations.gov: https:// www.regulations.gov. Submit comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by inputting ‘‘Information Collection 3090– 0262, Identification of Products with Environmental Attributes’’, under the heading ‘‘Enter Keyword or ID’’ and selecting ‘‘Search’’. Select the link ‘‘Submit a Comment’’ that corresponds with ‘‘Information Collection 3090– 0262, Identification of Products with SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\22AUN1.SGM 22AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 22, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42498-42499]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-18116]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9982-69-OW]


Clean Water Act; Contractor Access to Confidential Business 
Information

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of intended transfer of confidential business 
information to contractor and its subcontractors and consultants.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intends to transfer 
confidential business information (CBI), collected from numerous 
industries, to ICF International (ICF) and its subcontractors and 
consultants, under an EPA contract newly awarded to ICF. Transfer of 
this information is necessary for ICF to assist the Office of Water in 
the preparation of economic analyses and environmental assessment 
activities conducted in support of Clean Water Act regulations and 
programs, such as effluent guidelines and associated planning and 
review activities, and water quality standards. Much of the information 
being transferred was or will be collected under the authority of 
section 308 of the Clean Water Act (CWA) to support effluent guidelines 
development in particular. 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 August 27, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to M. Ahmar Siddiqui, Document Control 
Officer, Engineering and Analysis Division (4303T), U.S. EPA, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: M. Ahmar Siddiqui, Document Control 
Officer, at (202) 566-1044, or via email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has transferred CBI to its contractors 
and subcontractors as part of the effluent guidelines program under 40 
CFR 2.302(h). EPA determined that this transfer was necessary to enable 
the contractors, subcontractors, and consultants to perform their work 
in supporting EPA in planning, developing, and reviewing effluent 
guidelines and standards for certain industries.
    Pursuant to 40 CFR 2.302(h)(2), EPA is giving notice that it has 
entered into a new contract with ICF, contract number 68HE0C18D0001, 
located in Fairfax, Virginia. The purpose of this contract is to secure 
economic and environmental assessment support for EPA in its 
development, review, implementation, and defense of water-related 
initiatives for a variety of industries or states. To obtain assistance 
in responding to this contract, ICF has entered into contracts with the 
following subcontractors and consultants: The Cadmus Group, LLC 
(located in Waltham, Massachusetts), CognistX (located in Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania), Great Lakes Environmental Center, Inc. (located in 
Traverse City, Michigan), Horizon Systems Corporation (located in White 
Stone, Virginia), Innovate! Inc. (located in Alexandria, Virginia), 
LimnoTech Inc. (located in Ann Arbor, Michigan), Resources for the 
Future (located in Washington, DC), RTI International (located in 
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina), Wayne Gray (located in 
Worcester, Massachusetts), Robert Johnston (located in Millville, 
Massachusetts), Klaus Moeltner (located in Blacksburg, Virginia), Kerry 
Smith (located in Cave Creek, Arizona), and Raghavan Srinivasan 
(located in College Station, Texas).
    All EPA contractor, subcontractor, and consultant personnel are 
bound by the requirements and sanctions contained in their contracts 
with EPA and in EPA's CBI regulations found at 40 CFR part 2, subpart 
B. ICF will adhere to an EPA-approved security plan which describes 
procedures to protect CBI. ICF 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 contractor personnel are 
required to sign non-disclosure agreements and are briefed

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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 ICF consists of 
information previously collected by EPA to support the development and 
review of effluent limitations guidelines and standards under the CWA. 
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 to ICF under 
the new contract: 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; 
transportation equipment cleaning; and other industrial categories that 
EPA has reviewed as part of its CWA required annual review activities.
    EPA also intends to transfer to ICF 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 ICF to carry out the work 
required by its contract to support EPA's effluent guidelines planning 
and review process and the development of effluent limitations 
guidelines and standards.

    Dated: August 10, 2018.
Deborah G. Nagle,
Acting Director, Office of Science and Technology, Office of Water.
[FR Doc. 2018-18116 Filed 8-21-18; 8:45 am]
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