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information coordination with State
Drinking Water Agency and Community
Water Systems to ensure that these
agencies prepare and protect the
community from contamination of their
water.
The data collected in this survey will
inform the Agency about how SERCs are
fulfilling the requirements of the law,
specifically in sharing key information
among all appropriate State
organizations and managing LEPCs and
their activities. Additionally, the results
of the survey will help to identify areas
where SERCs are having difficulty
meeting their requirements, the specific
challenges they are facing, and will
identify areas where EPA can better
assist SERCs and LEPCs in
implementing EPCRA and its
amendments under AWIA.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: State
Emergency Response Commissions.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Voluntary.
Estimated number of respondents: 19
(total).
Frequency of response: Once.
Total estimated burden: 76 hours (per
year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $5,301.00 (per
year), includes $0.00 annualized capital
or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: This is a
New ICR, so there is no change in
burden.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–R08–OPPT–2020–0013; FRL 10017–
58–OMS]
Information Collection Request
Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; EPA
Pollution Prevention (P2) Awards
Program
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR),
EPA Pollution Prevention (P2) Awards
Program (EPA ICR Number 2614.01,
OMB Control Number 2008–NEW) to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork
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Reduction Act. This is a request for
approval of a new collection. Public
comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on June 11,
2020 during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments. A fuller
description of the ICR is given below,
including its estimated burden and cost
to the public. An agency may not
conduct or sponsor and a person is not
required to respond to a collection of
information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before April 19, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
EPA, referencing Docket ID No. EPA–
R08–OPPT–2020–0013, online using
www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method) or by email to payan.melissa@
epa.gov.
Submit written comments and
recommendations to OMB for the
proposed information collection within
30 days of publication of this notice to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information
collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under
30-day Review—Open for Public
Comments’’ or by using the search
function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Melissa Payan, EPA R8 Land, Chemical
and Redevelopment Division Pollution
Prevention Program, (8LCR–CES),
Environmental Protection Agency R8,
1595 Wynkoop St., Denver, CO 80202
telephone number: 303–312–6511;
email address: payan.melissa@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Supporting documents, which explain
in detail the information that the EPA
will be collecting, are available in the
public docket for this ICR. The docket
can be viewed online at
www.regulations.gov or in person at the
EPA Docket Center, WJC West, Room
3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW,
Washington, DC. The telephone number
for the Docket Center is 202–566–1744.
For additional information about EPA’s
public docket, visit https://www.epa.gov/
dockets.
Abstract: The EPA Pollution
Prevention (P2) program is a voluntary
program that encourages businesses/
facilities to adopt P2 projects that
reduce both financial costs (e.g. waste
management and cleanup) and
environmental costs (e.g. health
problems and environmental damage).
P2 is any practice that reduces
environmental releases of hazardous
substances, pollutants, or contaminants
prior to entering a waste stream for
recycling, treatment, or disposal. In
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other words, P2 is source reduction, the
prevention of waste generation and
environmental releases at the source. It
is not treatment, minimization, or
diversion of wastes. P2 conserves
natural resources, including water and
energy. Businesses or organizations may
voluntarily submit an application for a
P2 Award during the solicitation period.
The solicitation period will be done on
an annual basis and is open for
approximately 2 months, once posted.
The timing of open solicitation is
dependent upon regional discretion but
cannot be less than 40 business days.
This ICR may be applicable to EPA
Headquarters, as well as any of the 10
Regional Offices that choose to
participate and implement a P2 Awards
Program.
Form Numbers: EPA P2 Award
Program Application, Form 5800–005.
Respondents/affected entities:
Various types of businesses from all
North American Industry Classification
System (NAICS) codes. However,
businesses need to be from a state in an
EPA Region implementing this awards
program.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Voluntary (Pollution Prevention Act
(PPA) 42 U.S.C. 13101(a)(2) and 42
U.S.C. 13103(b)(13).
Estimated number of respondents:
150
Frequency of response: Annually on a
voluntary basis.
Total estimated burden: 975 hours
(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $90,422 (per
year), includes no annualized capital or
operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: This is a
new information collection.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–10020–12–OMS]
Privacy Act of 1974; System of
Records
Science Advisory Board (SAB),
Office of The Administrator (OA),
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA).
ACTION: Notice of a modified system of
records.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency’s (EPA), Science
Advisory Board Staff Office (SABSO) is
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giving notice that it proposes to modify
the Science Advisory Board (SAB)
Database of Scientific and Technical
Experts system of records, pursuant to
the provisions of the Privacy Act of
1974. The system assists EPA with
providing management and technical
support to three scientific and technical
advisory committees that report to the
EPA Administrator—the SAB, the Clean
Air Scientific Advisory Committee
(CASAC), and the Advisory Council on
Clean Air Compliance Analysis
(Council). The system is being modified
to change: (1) The system platform from
Lotus Notes to Oracle APEX; (2) the
system name from EPA Science
Advisory Board (SAB) Database of
Scientific and Technical Experts to
Science Advisory Board Application
(SABAPP); (3) to reduce the categories
of records in the system; and (4) to stop
collecting new records for the Council.
DATES: Persons wishing to comment on
this system of records notice must do so
by April 19, 2021. New routine uses for
this new system of records will be
effective April 19, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OMS–2020–0472, by one of the
following methods:
Regulations.gov: www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for
submitting comments.
Email: oei.docket@epa.gov.
Fax: 202–566–1752.
Mail: OMS Docket, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code: 2822T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460.
Hand Delivery: OMS Docket, EPA/DC,
WJC West Building, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460. 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–OMS–2020–
0472. The EPA policy is that all
comments received will be included in
the public docket without change and
may be made available online at
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes information
claimed to be Controlled Unclassified
Information (CUI) or other information
for which disclosure is restricted by
statute. Do not submit information that
you consider to be CUI or otherwise
protected through www.regulations.gov.
The www.regulations.gov website is an
‘‘anonymous access’’ system for EPA,
which means the EPA will not know
your identity or contact information
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unless you provide it in the body of
your comment. Each agency determines
submission requirements within their
own internal processes and standards.
EPA has no requirement of personal
information. If you send an email
comment directly to the EPA without
going through www.regulations.gov your
email 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, the EPA recommends that
you include your name and other
contact information in the body of your
comment. If the EPA cannot read your
comment due to technical difficulties
and cannot contact you for clarification,
the 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 the EPA 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 www.regulations.gov
index. Although listed in the index,
some information is not publicly
available, e.g., CUI 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 electronically in
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at
the OMS Docket, EPA/DC, WJC West
Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution
Ave. NW, Washington. DC 20460. 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 OMS
Docket is (202) 566–1752.
status, please visit us online at https://
www.epa.gov/dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Aaron Yeow; yeow.aaron@epa.gov; 202–
564–2050, Physical Scientist, SAB Staff
Office, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Mail Code 1400R, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20460.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SAB
Database of Scientific and Technical
Experts system of records, EPA–58, is
being migrated from the Lotus Notes
platform to an Oracle platform as a
result of the agency moving off of the
Lotus Notes platform. In the process,
EPA is changing the system name to
Science Advisory Board Application
(SABAPP) to have a more concise name.
EPA is also reducing the categories of
records stored in the system, as it will
no longer store home contact
information, e.g., address and telephone
number. The SABSO no longer uses this
information. The system will no longer
collect new records for the Council
because the committee has been retired.
The existing Council records will be
maintained for historical and recordkeeping purposes.
Temporary Hours During COVID–19
The authority for the establishment or
appointment of these advisory
committees is as follows: For the SAB,
the Environmental Research,
Development, and Demonstration
Authorization Act (42 U.S.C. 4365);
CASAC—section 109(d)(2) of the Clean
Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7409(d)(2)); the
Council, section 312(f) of the Clean Air
Act (42 U.S.C. 7612(f)); the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501
et. seq.); FACA—41 CFR part 102–3; 5
U.S.C. 1104; 5 U.S.C. 1302.
Out of an abundance of caution for
members of the public and our staff, the
EPA Docket Center and Reading Room
are closed to the public, with limited
exceptions, to reduce the risk of
transmitting COVID–19. Our Docket
Center staff will continue to provide
remote customer service via email,
phone, and webform. We encourage the
public to submit comments via https://
www.regulations.gov/ or email, as there
may be a delay in processing mailand
faxes. Hand deliveries and couriers may
be received by scheduled appointment
only. For further information on EPA
Docket Center services and the current
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SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER:
Science Advisory Board Application
(SABAPP) EPA–58.
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
Unclassified.
SYSTEM LOCATION:
National Computer Center (NCC), 109
TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle
Park, Durham, NC 27711.
SYSTEM MANAGER(S):
Aaron Yeow, Physical Scientist, SAB
Staff Office, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code 1400R,
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20460.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM:
This system of records assists EPA
with providing management and
technical support to two active (SAB
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and CASAC) scientific and technical
advisory committees (SAB and CASAC)
that report to the EPA Administrator
and to maintain historical records of a
retired committee (Council). The SAB
Staff Office requests nominations of
experts from the public wishing to
nominate themselves or others for
committees and panels providing advice
to the Administrator. The Staff Office
will identify experts to become Special
Government Employees serving on
advisory committees and panels. The
SAB Staff Office conducts these
activities to provide the EPA
Administrator with scientific advice
from balanced committees of qualified
experts on high priority science issues.
The SABAPP will track the status of
their personnel paperwork; track the
status of their ethics training and
financial disclosure requirements of the
Ethics in Government Act; and facilitate
coordination of experts’ participation in
approximately fifty advisory projects
per year and approximately eighty
meetings per year. The SABAPP assists
the SAB Staff Office to achieve these
goals in an efficient manner that
protects the privacy of scientific experts.
The SABAPP serves as the repository
and tracking system for the matters
listed.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY
SYSTEM:
Scientific and technical experts
currently serving on committees and
panels administered by the SAB Staff
Office; scientific and technical experts
who have served on such committees
and panels since 2002; and scientific
and technical experts nominated to
serve on planned SAB Staff Officesupported committees and panels.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
Name; professional contact
information, e.g., professional title,
institutional affiliation, and work
contact information; dates of
appointment to advisory committees
and panels; expertise information, e.g.,
curricula vitae and professional
biographical sketches; and
administrative history information, e.g.,
history of personnel actions, history of
submitting confidential financial
disclosure forms, and history of
completing annual ethics training.
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RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
The public provides names and
contact information for scientific and/or
technical experts to be considered for
membership on the SAB and CASAC
committees and panel. The individual
experts themselves provide further
contact information as well as their
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professional biosketches and curricula
vitae.
ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE
SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND
PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
The following routine uses are both
related to and compatible with the
original purpose for which the
information was collected. The
information may be disclosed to and for
the following EPA General Routine Uses
published at 73 FR 2245: General
routine uses A, B, C, E, F, G, H, I, J, and
K apply to this system (73 FR 2245). In
addition, the two routine uses below (L
and M) are required under OMB M–17–
12.
A. Disclosure for Law Enforcement
Purposes: Information may be disclosed
to the appropriate Federal, State, local,
tribal, or foreign agency responsible for
investigating, prosecuting, enforcing, or
implementing a statute, rule, regulation,
or order, if the information is relevant
to a violation or potential violation of
civil or criminal law or regulation
within the jurisdiction of the receiving
entity.
B. Disclosure Incident to Requesting
Information: Information may be
disclosed to any source from which
additional information is requested (to
the extent necessary to identify the
individual, inform the source of the
purpose of the request, and to identify
the type of information requested,)
when necessary to obtain information
relevant to an agency decision
concerning retention of an employee or
other personnel action (other than
hiring,) retention of a security clearance,
the letting of a contract, or the issuance
or retention of a grant, or other benefit.
C. Disclosure to Requesting Agency:
Disclosure may be made to a Federal,
State, local, foreign, or tribal or other
public authority of the fact that this
system of records contains information
relevant to the retention of an employee,
the retention of a security clearance, the
letting of a contract, or the issuance or
retention of a license, grant, or other
benefit. The other agency or licensing
organization may then make a request
supported by the written consent of the
individual for the entire record if it so
chooses. No disclosure will be made
unless the information has been
determined to be sufficiently reliable to
support a referral to another office
within the agency or to another Federal
agency for criminal, civil,
administrative, personnel, or regulatory
action.
D. Disclosure to Office of Management
and Budget: Information may be
disclosed to the Office of Management
and Budget at any stage in the
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legislative coordination and clearance
process in connection with private relief
legislation as set forth in OMB Circular
No. A–19.
E. Disclosure to Congressional Offices:
Information may be disclosed to a
congressional office from the record of
an individual in response to an inquiry
from the congressional office made at
the request of the individual.
F. Disclosure to Department of Justice:
Information may be disclosed to the
Department of Justice, or in a
proceeding before a court, adjudicative
body, or other administrative body
before which the Agency is authorized
to appear, when:
1. The Agency, or any component
thereof;
2. Any employee of the Agency in his
or her official capacity;
3. Any employee of the Agency in his
or her individual capacity where the
Department of Justice or the Agency
have agreed to represent the employee;
or
4. The United States, if the Agency
determines that litigation is likely to
affect the Agency or any of its
components, is a party to litigation or
has an interest in such litigation, and
the use of such records by the
Department of Justice or the Agency is
deemed by the Agency to be relevant
and necessary to the litigation provided,
however, that in each case it has been
determined that the disclosure is
compatible with the purpose for which
the records were collected.
G. Disclosure to the National
Archives: Information may be disclosed
to the National Archives and Records
Administration in records management
inspections.
H. Disclosure to Contractors,
Grantees, and Others: Information may
be disclosed to contractors, grantees,
consultants, or volunteers performing or
working on a contract, service, grant,
cooperative agreement, job, or other
activity for the Agency and who have a
need to have access to the information
in the performance of their duties or
activities for the Agency. When
appropriate, recipients will be required
to comply with the requirements of the
Privacy Act of 1974 as provided in 5
U.S.C. 552a(m).
I. Disclosures for Administrative
Claims, Complaints and Appeals:
Information from this system of records
may be disclosed to an authorized
appeal grievance examiner, formal
complaints examiner, equal
employment opportunity investigator,
arbitrator or other person properly
engaged in investigation or settlement of
an administrative grievance, complaint,
claim, or appeal filed by an employee,
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but only to the extent that the
information is relevant and necessary to
the proceeding. Agencies that may
obtain information under this routine
use include, but are not limited to, the
Office of Personnel Management, Office
of Special Counsel, Merit Systems
Protection Board, Federal Labor
Relations Authority, Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission, and Office of
Government Ethics.
J. Disclosure to the Office of Personnel
Management: Information from this
system of records may be disclosed to
the Office of Personnel Management
pursuant to that agency’s responsibility
for evaluation and oversight of Federal
personnel management.
K. Disclosure in Connection with
Litigation: Information from this system
of records may be disclosed in
connection with litigation or settlement
discussions regarding claims by or
against the Agency, including public
filing with a court, to the extent that
disclosure of the information is relevant
and necessary to the litigation or
discussions and except where court
orders are otherwise required under
section (b)(11) of the Privacy Act of
1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(11).
L. Disclosure to Persons or Entities in
Response to an Actual of Suspected
Breach of Personally Identifiable
Information: To appropriate agencies,
entities, and persons when (1) the
Agency suspects or has confirmed that
there has been a breach of the system of
records, (2) the Agency has determined
that as a result of the suspected or
confirmed breach there is a risk of harm
to individuals, the Agency (including its
information systems, programs, and
operations), the Federal Government, or
national security; and (3) the disclosure
made to such agencies, entities, and
persons is reasonably necessary to assist
in connection with the Agency’s efforts
to respond to the suspected or
confirmed breach or to prevent,
minimize, or remedy such harm.
M. Disclosure to assist another agency
in its efforts to respond to a breach: To
another Federal agency or Federal
entity, when the Agency determines that
information from this system of records
is reasonably necessary to assist the
recipient agency or entity in (1)
responding to a suspected or confirmed
breach or (2) preventing, minimizing, or
remedying the risk of harm to
individuals, the recipient agency or
entity (including its information
systems, programs, and operations), the
Federal Government, or national
security, resulting from a suspected or
confirmed breach.
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POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR STORAGE OF
RECORDS:
These records are maintained
electronically on servers located at EPA,
National Computer Center (NCC), 109
TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle
Park, Durham, NC 27711. Backups will
be maintained at a disaster recovery site.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF
RECORDS:
Personal information is retrieved by
expert’s name or by committee or panel
name.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND
DISPOSAL OF RECORDS:
Records are retained and disposed of
in accordance with NARA records
retention schedules appropriate to the
retention of Federal Advisory
Committee information, as well as
EPA’s Records Schedule 1024. The
disposal of these records fall under the
substantive committee records and are
permanent.
ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL
SAFEGUARDS:
Security controls used to protect
personally identifiable information in
SABAPP are commensurate with those
required for an information system rated
moderate for confidentiality, integrity,
and availability, as prescribed in NIST
Special Publication, 800–53,
‘‘Recommended Security Controls for
Federal Information Systems,’’ Revision
4.
1. Administrative Safeguards—only
authorized users needing access to the
system will be granted role-based
credentials to access the system. Users
of EPA systems are required to complete
security and privacy training on an
annual basis to ensure continued access
to the system.
2. Technical Safeguards—SABAPP is
a password protected system requiring
all users to log in to access the
information in the system. It is only
accessible on the EPA network using
government furnished equipment. It
utilizes the agency’s network userauthentication process. The system
times out after a period of latency
ensuring a user re-authenticates their
session with a username and password.
The records are stored on an encrypted
database.
3. Physical Safeguards—All records
are maintained in secure areas and
buildings with physical access controls.
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
Individuals seeking access to
information in this system of records
about themselves are required to
provide adequate identification, e.g.,
driver’s license, military identification
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card, employee badge or identification
card. Additional identity verification
procedures may be required, as
warranted. Requests must meet the
requirements of EPA regulations that
implement the Privacy Act of 1974, at
40 CFR part 16.
CONTESTING RECORDS PROCEDURES:
Requests for correction or amendment
must identify the record to be changed
and the corrective action sought.
Complete EPA Privacy Act procedures
are described in EPA’s Privacy Act
regulations at 40 CFR part 16.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:
Any individual who wants to know
whether this system of records contains
a record about themself, should make a
written request to the Attn: Agency
Privacy Officer, MC 2831T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460, or email privacy@epa.gov.
EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM:
None.
HISTORY:
The original system of records notice
for EPA–58 was published in the
Federal Register on July 13, 2009, (74
FR 33435–33437).
Vaughn Noga,
Senior Agency Official for Privacy.
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Proposed Information Collection
Request; Comment Request; Fuel Use
Requirements for Great Lake
Steamships (Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an
information collection request (ICR),
‘‘Fuel Use Requirements for Great Lakes
Steamships’’ (EPA ICR No. 2458.05,
OMB Control No. 2060–0679) to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act. Before doing so, EPA is
soliciting public comments on specific
aspects of the proposed information
collection as described below. This is a
proposed extension of the ICR, which is
currently approved through November
30, 2021. An Agency may not conduct
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AGENCY: Science Advisory Board (SAB), Office of The Administrator (OA),
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ACTION: Notice of a modified system of records.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA), Science
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giving notice that it proposes to modify the Science Advisory Board
(SAB) Database of Scientific and Technical Experts system of records,
pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974. The system
assists EPA with providing management and technical support to three
scientific and technical advisory committees that report to the EPA
Administrator--the SAB, the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee
(CASAC), and the Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis
(Council). The system is being modified to change: (1) The system
platform from Lotus Notes to Oracle APEX; (2) the system name from EPA
Science Advisory Board (SAB) Database of Scientific and Technical
Experts to Science Advisory Board Application (SABAPP); (3) to reduce
the categories of records in the system; and (4) to stop collecting new
records for the Council.
DATES: Persons wishing to comment on this system of records notice must
do so by April 19, 2021. New routine uses for this new system of
records will be effective April 19, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OMS-2020-0472, by one of the following methods:
Regulations.gov: www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Email: [email protected].
Fax: 202-566-1752.
Mail: OMS Docket, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code:
2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460.
Hand Delivery: OMS Docket, EPA/DC, WJC West Building, Room 3334,
1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. 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-OMS-
2020-0472. The EPA policy is that all comments received will be
included in the public docket without change and may be made available
online at www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be
Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) or other information for
which disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information
that you consider to be CUI or otherwise protected through
www.regulations.gov. The www.regulations.gov website is an ``anonymous
access'' system for EPA, which means the EPA will not know your
identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of
your comment. Each agency determines submission requirements within
their own internal processes and standards. EPA has no requirement of
personal information. If you send an email comment directly to the EPA
without going through www.regulations.gov your email 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, the EPA recommends that you include your
name and other contact information in the body of your comment. If the
EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot
contact you for clarification, the 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 the EPA 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
www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, e.g., CUI 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
electronically in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the OMS
Docket, EPA/DC, WJC West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave.
NW, Washington. DC 20460. 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 OMS Docket is (202) 566-1752.
Temporary Hours During COVID-19
Out of an abundance of caution for members of the public and our
staff, the EPA Docket Center and Reading Room are closed to the public,
with limited exceptions, to reduce the risk of transmitting COVID-19.
Our Docket Center staff will continue to provide remote customer
service via email, phone, and webform. We encourage the public to
submit comments via https://www.regulations.gov/ or email, as there may
be a delay in processing mailand faxes. Hand deliveries and couriers
may be received by scheduled appointment only. For further information
on EPA Docket Center services and the current status, please visit us
online at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aaron Yeow; [email protected]; 202-
564-2050, Physical Scientist, SAB Staff Office, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code 1400R, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20460.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SAB Database of Scientific and Technical
Experts system of records, EPA-58, is being migrated from the Lotus
Notes platform to an Oracle platform as a result of the agency moving
off of the Lotus Notes platform. In the process, EPA is changing the
system name to Science Advisory Board Application (SABAPP) to have a
more concise name. EPA is also reducing the categories of records
stored in the system, as it will no longer store home contact
information, e.g., address and telephone number. The SABSO no longer
uses this information. The system will no longer collect new records
for the Council because the committee has been retired. The existing
Council records will be maintained for historical and record-keeping
purposes.
SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER:
Science Advisory Board Application (SABAPP) EPA-58.
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
Unclassified.
SYSTEM LOCATION:
National Computer Center (NCC), 109 TW Alexander Drive, Research
Triangle Park, Durham, NC 27711.
SYSTEM MANAGER(S):
Aaron Yeow, Physical Scientist, SAB Staff Office, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 1400R, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
The authority for the establishment or appointment of these
advisory committees is as follows: For the SAB, the Environmental
Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act (42 U.S.C.
4365); CASAC--section 109(d)(2) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
7409(d)(2)); the Council, section 312(f) of the Clean Air Act (42
U.S.C. 7612(f)); the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501
et. seq.); FACA--41 CFR part 102-3; 5 U.S.C. 1104; 5 U.S.C. 1302.
PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM:
This system of records assists EPA with providing management and
technical support to two active (SAB
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and CASAC) scientific and technical advisory committees (SAB and CASAC)
that report to the EPA Administrator and to maintain historical records
of a retired committee (Council). The SAB Staff Office requests
nominations of experts from the public wishing to nominate themselves
or others for committees and panels providing advice to the
Administrator. The Staff Office will identify experts to become Special
Government Employees serving on advisory committees and panels. The SAB
Staff Office conducts these activities to provide the EPA Administrator
with scientific advice from balanced committees of qualified experts on
high priority science issues. The SABAPP will track the status of their
personnel paperwork; track the status of their ethics training and
financial disclosure requirements of the Ethics in Government Act; and
facilitate coordination of experts' participation in approximately
fifty advisory projects per year and approximately eighty meetings per
year. The SABAPP assists the SAB Staff Office to achieve these goals in
an efficient manner that protects the privacy of scientific experts.
The SABAPP serves as the repository and tracking system for the matters
listed.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY SYSTEM:
Scientific and technical experts currently serving on committees
and panels administered by the SAB Staff Office; scientific and
technical experts who have served on such committees and panels since
2002; and scientific and technical experts nominated to serve on
planned SAB Staff Office-supported committees and panels.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
Name; professional contact information, e.g., professional title,
institutional affiliation, and work contact information; dates of
appointment to advisory committees and panels; expertise information,
e.g., curricula vitae and professional biographical sketches; and
administrative history information, e.g., history of personnel actions,
history of submitting confidential financial disclosure forms, and
history of completing annual ethics training.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
The public provides names and contact information for scientific
and/or technical experts to be considered for membership on the SAB and
CASAC committees and panel. The individual experts themselves provide
further contact information as well as their professional biosketches
and curricula vitae.
ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES
OF USERS AND PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
The following routine uses are both related to and compatible with
the original purpose for which the information was collected. The
information may be disclosed to and for the following EPA General
Routine Uses published at 73 FR 2245: General routine uses A, B, C, E,
F, G, H, I, J, and K apply to this system (73 FR 2245). In addition,
the two routine uses below (L and M) are required under OMB M-17-12.
A. Disclosure for Law Enforcement Purposes: Information may be
disclosed to the appropriate Federal, State, local, tribal, or foreign
agency responsible for investigating, prosecuting, enforcing, or
implementing a statute, rule, regulation, or order, if the information
is relevant to a violation or potential violation of civil or criminal
law or regulation within the jurisdiction of the receiving entity.
B. Disclosure Incident to Requesting Information: Information may
be disclosed to any source from which additional information is
requested (to the extent necessary to identify the individual, inform
the source of the purpose of the request, and to identify the type of
information requested,) when necessary to obtain information relevant
to an agency decision concerning retention of an employee or other
personnel action (other than hiring,) retention of a security
clearance, the letting of a contract, or the issuance or retention of a
grant, or other benefit.
C. Disclosure to Requesting Agency: Disclosure may be made to a
Federal, State, local, foreign, or tribal or other public authority of
the fact that this system of records contains information relevant to
the retention of an employee, the retention of a security clearance,
the letting of a contract, or the issuance or retention of a license,
grant, or other benefit. The other agency or licensing organization may
then make a request supported by the written consent of the individual
for the entire record if it so chooses. No disclosure will be made
unless the information has been determined to be sufficiently reliable
to support a referral to another office within the agency or to another
Federal agency for criminal, civil, administrative, personnel, or
regulatory action.
D. Disclosure to Office of Management and Budget: Information may
be disclosed to the Office of Management and Budget at any stage in the
legislative coordination and clearance process in connection with
private relief legislation as set forth in OMB Circular No. A-19.
E. Disclosure to Congressional Offices: Information may be
disclosed to a congressional office from the record of an individual in
response to an inquiry from the congressional office made at the
request of the individual.
F. Disclosure to Department of Justice: Information may be
disclosed to the Department of Justice, or in a proceeding before a
court, adjudicative body, or other administrative body before which the
Agency is authorized to appear, when:
1. The Agency, or any component thereof;
2. Any employee of the Agency in his or her official capacity;
3. Any employee of the Agency in his or her individual capacity
where the Department of Justice or the Agency have agreed to represent
the employee; or
4. The United States, if the Agency determines that litigation is
likely to affect the Agency or any of its components, is a party to
litigation or has an interest in such litigation, and the use of such
records by the Department of Justice or the Agency is deemed by the
Agency to be relevant and necessary to the litigation provided,
however, that in each case it has been determined that the disclosure
is compatible with the purpose for which the records were collected.
G. Disclosure to the National Archives: Information may be
disclosed to the National Archives and Records Administration in
records management inspections.
H. Disclosure to Contractors, Grantees, and Others: Information may
be disclosed to contractors, grantees, consultants, or volunteers
performing or working on a contract, service, grant, cooperative
agreement, job, or other activity for the Agency and who have a need to
have access to the information in the performance of their duties or
activities for the Agency. When appropriate, recipients will be
required to comply with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974 as
provided in 5 U.S.C. 552a(m).
I. Disclosures for Administrative Claims, Complaints and Appeals:
Information from this system of records may be disclosed to an
authorized appeal grievance examiner, formal complaints examiner, equal
employment opportunity investigator, arbitrator or other person
properly engaged in investigation or settlement of an administrative
grievance, complaint, claim, or appeal filed by an employee,
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but only to the extent that the information is relevant and necessary
to the proceeding. Agencies that may obtain information under this
routine use include, but are not limited to, the Office of Personnel
Management, Office of Special Counsel, Merit Systems Protection Board,
Federal Labor Relations Authority, Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission, and Office of Government Ethics.
J. Disclosure to the Office of Personnel Management: Information
from this system of records may be disclosed to the Office of Personnel
Management pursuant to that agency's responsibility for evaluation and
oversight of Federal personnel management.
K. Disclosure in Connection with Litigation: Information from this
system of records may be disclosed in connection with litigation or
settlement discussions regarding claims by or against the Agency,
including public filing with a court, to the extent that disclosure of
the information is relevant and necessary to the litigation or
discussions and except where court orders are otherwise required under
section (b)(11) of the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(11).
L. Disclosure to Persons or Entities in Response to an Actual of
Suspected Breach of Personally Identifiable Information: To appropriate
agencies, entities, and persons when (1) the Agency suspects or has
confirmed that there has been a breach of the system of records, (2)
the Agency has determined that as a result of the suspected or
confirmed breach there is a risk of harm to individuals, the Agency
(including its information systems, programs, and operations), the
Federal Government, or national security; and (3) the disclosure made
to such agencies, entities, and persons is reasonably necessary to
assist in connection with the Agency's efforts to respond to the
suspected or confirmed breach or to prevent, minimize, or remedy such
harm.
M. Disclosure to assist another agency in its efforts to respond to
a breach: To another Federal agency or Federal entity, when the Agency
determines that information from this system of records is reasonably
necessary to assist the recipient agency or entity in (1) responding to
a suspected or confirmed breach or (2) preventing, minimizing, or
remedying the risk of harm to individuals, the recipient agency or
entity (including its information systems, programs, and operations),
the Federal Government, or national security, resulting from a
suspected or confirmed breach.
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR STORAGE OF RECORDS:
These records are maintained electronically on servers located at
EPA, National Computer Center (NCC), 109 TW Alexander Drive, Research
Triangle Park, Durham, NC 27711. Backups will be maintained at a
disaster recovery site.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF RECORDS:
Personal information is retrieved by expert's name or by committee
or panel name.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND DISPOSAL OF RECORDS:
Records are retained and disposed of in accordance with NARA
records retention schedules appropriate to the retention of Federal
Advisory Committee information, as well as EPA's Records Schedule 1024.
The disposal of these records fall under the substantive committee
records and are permanent.
ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL SAFEGUARDS:
Security controls used to protect personally identifiable
information in SABAPP are commensurate with those required for an
information system rated moderate for confidentiality, integrity, and
availability, as prescribed in NIST Special Publication, 800-53,
``Recommended Security Controls for Federal Information Systems,''
Revision 4.
1. Administrative Safeguards--only authorized users needing access
to the system will be granted role-based credentials to access the
system. Users of EPA systems are required to complete security and
privacy training on an annual basis to ensure continued access to the
system.
2. Technical Safeguards--SABAPP is a password protected system
requiring all users to log in to access the information in the system.
It is only accessible on the EPA network using government furnished
equipment. It utilizes the agency's network user-authentication
process. The system times out after a period of latency ensuring a user
re-authenticates their session with a username and password. The
records are stored on an encrypted database.
3. Physical Safeguards--All records are maintained in secure areas
and buildings with physical access controls.
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
Individuals seeking access to information in this system of records
about themselves are required to provide adequate identification, e.g.,
driver's license, military identification card, employee badge or
identification card. Additional identity verification procedures may be
required, as warranted. Requests must meet the requirements of EPA
regulations that implement the Privacy Act of 1974, at 40 CFR part 16.
CONTESTING RECORDS PROCEDURES:
Requests for correction or amendment must identify the record to be
changed and the corrective action sought. Complete EPA Privacy Act
procedures are described in EPA's Privacy Act regulations at 40 CFR
part 16.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:
Any individual who wants to know whether this system of records
contains a record about themself, should make a written request to the
Attn: Agency Privacy Officer, MC 2831T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460, or email [email protected].
EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM:
None.
HISTORY:
The original system of records notice for EPA-58 was published in
the Federal Register on July 13, 2009, (74 FR 33435-33437).
Vaughn Noga,
Senior Agency Official for Privacy.
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