Agile Decision Science, LLC, Savan Group LLC and Maines; Transfer of Information Potentially Containing Confidential Business Information, 25615-25616 [2025-10968]

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• ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 115 (Tuesday, June 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25615-25616]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10968]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2025-0027; FRL-12822-01-OCSPP]


Agile Decision Science, LLC, Savan Group LLC and Maines; Transfer 
of Information Potentially Containing Confidential Business Information

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This document announces that certain information submitted to 
the Office of Pesticide Program in the Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA or Agency) under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
(FFDCA), including information that may have been claimed as 
confidential business information (CBI) by the submitter, will be 
transferred to Agile Decision Science, LLC, Savan Group LLC and Maines 
in accordance with the CBI regulations. These entities have been 
awarded multiple contracts to perform work for OPP, and access to this 
information will enable these entities to fulfill the obligations of 
the contract.

DATES: Access to the information will occur no sooner than June 23, 
2025 and is expected to continue in accordance with the terms of the 
contract as discussed in this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Northern, Information 
Technology and Resources Management Division (7502P), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 566-1493 
email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information

A. Does this action apply to me?

    This action applies to the public in general. This action may, 
however, be of particular interest to those who submit certain 
information or data to EPA under FIFRA and FFDCA. Since other entities 
may also be interested, the Agency has not attempted to describe all 
the specific entities that may be affected by this action.

B. What is the Agency's authority for taking this action?

    In accordance with 40 CFR 2.306(j), EPA has determined that the EPA 
contracts identified in Unit II. require that the contractors 
identified in Unit II. have access to certain information submitted to 
EPA under FIFRA and FFDCA, including information that may have been 
claimed as CBI by the submitter. To perform successfully the duties 
specified under the contracts, personnel of the contractors will be 
given access to information, including information claimed or 
determined to be CBI information submitted to EPA.

C. What action is the Agency taking?

    EPA is issuing this document to inform all submitters of 
information to EPA under FIFRA and FFDCA that EPA will provide the 
identified contractors with access to the CBI materials on a need-to-
know basis only. The information is contained in documents that have 
been submitted to EPA, including information that has been claimed to 
be, or determined to potentially contain, CBI. The information may also 
include scientific studies subject to the disclosure restrictions of 
FIFRA section 10(g), 7 U.S.C. 136h(d).
    All documents that may be subject to release restrictions under 
federal law will be designated as ``Protected Information'' in the list 
of record materials provided to the contractors. The contracts preclude 
public disclosure of any such documents by the contractors who have 
received the information from EPA. At the conclusion of the contracts, 
the contractors are required to destroy or return the CBI materials to 
EPA.

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II. Contract Information

    Under these contract numbers identified in this unit, the 
contractor will perform the following:
    1. Contract No. 68HERD23D0003. In this arrangement, the EPA Office 
of Mission Support (OMS) serves as the lead partner by assuming primary 
responsibility for coordination of the partnership, as well as 
management and administration of the EPA Docket Center Services Task 
Order (TO). Accordingly, the OMS representative serves as the Task 
Order Contracting Officer's Representative (TOCOR) for the overall TO.
    2. Contract No. 68HERC23A0004. The accordance with the Performance 
Work Statement (PWS) 2/15/2025-12/31/2025) Product/Service Code: 
R617.Project Management Support. The contractor's Technical Project 
Manager or their designee shall develop and manage a project schedule 
for the tasks outlined in the contract, conduct a project kick-off 
meeting and associated activities, and provide formal status updates 
throughout the project's life.
    3. Contract No. 47QFCA22F0018. Application Services provide support 
for all applications and collaborative service capabilities. These 
services include support for developing and implementing enterprise and 
departmental-level applications. These applications may be ``cross-
cutting'' in nature, with inter-related service processing components 
extending across/beyond the enterprise, or unique to a particular 
agency/department's mission requirements.
    These contracts involve no subcontractors.
    OPP has determined that the contracts described in this document 
involve work that is being conducted in connection with FIFRA, in that 
pesticide chemicals will be the subject of certain evaluations to be 
made under this contract. These evaluations may be used in subsequent 
regulatory decisions under FIFRA. Some of this information may be 
entitled to confidential treatment. The information has been submitted 
to EPA under FIFRA sections 3, 4, 6, and 7 and under FFDCA sections 
408.
    In accordance with the requirements of 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3), the 
contracts prohibit use of the information for any purpose not specified 
in these contracts; prohibits disclosure of the information to a third 
party without prior written approval from the Agency; and requires that 
each official and employee of the contractor sign an agreement to 
protect the information from unauthorized release and to handle it in 
accordance with the FIFRA Information Security Manual.
    In addition, the contractors are required to submit for EPA 
approval a security plan under which any CBI will be secured and 
protected against unauthorized release or compromise. No information 
will be provided to the contractors until the requirements in this 
document have been fully satisfied. Records of information provided to 
the contractors will be maintained by the EPA Project Officers for 
these contracts. All information supplied to the contractors by EPA for 
use in connection with these contracts will be returned to EPA when the 
contractors have completed the work.
    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.; 21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.

    Dated: June 11, 2025.
Hayley Hughes,
Director, Office of Program Support.
[FR Doc. 2025-10968 Filed 6-16-25; 8:45 am]
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