Notice2023-07295
Transfer of Information Claimed as Confidential Business Information to the United States Department of Energy/Argonne National Laboratory
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Published
April 7, 2023
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
This notice announces that information submitted to EPA's Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA), including information that may have been claimed as Confidential Business Information (CBI) by the submitter, will be transferred to Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)/Department of Energy (DOE). ANL/DOE have been awarded a contract to perform work for OAR, and access to this information will enable ANL/DOE to fulfill the obligations of the contract.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 67 (Friday, April 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 20882]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-07295]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL 10813-01-OAR]
Transfer of Information Claimed as Confidential Business
Information to the United States Department of Energy/Argonne National
Laboratory
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces that information submitted to EPA's
Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA),
including information that may have been claimed as Confidential
Business Information (CBI) by the submitter, will be transferred to
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)/Department of Energy (DOE). ANL/DOE
have been awarded a contract to perform work for OAR, and access to
this information will enable ANL/DOE to fulfill the obligations of the
contract.
DATES: Access by ANL/DOE to material, including CBI, discussed in this
Notice, is ongoing and expected to continue beginning April 17, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aaron Sobel, Transportation and
Climate Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ),
Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) (5512S); telephone number: 202-564-
0543; fax number: 202-343-2801; email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#186b777a7d743679796a7776587d6879367f776e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="483b272a2d246629293a2726082d3829662f273e">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is
providing notice of disclosure pursuant to 40 CFR 2.209(c). Under
Contract No. DW-089-92568801-0, ANL/DOE will perform lifecycle analysis
modeling with the Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use
in Technologies (GREET) Model.
OTAQ has determined that access by ANL/DOE to information is
necessary for the performance of this contract. EPA conducts lifecycle
greenhouse gas analysis of biofuel pathways in support of implementing
the Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS) program under section 211(o) of the
Clean Air Act. This includes reviewing petitions submitted pursuant to
40 CFR 80.1416, some of which include data claimed as confidential
business information. To evaluate these pathway petitions, EPA intends
to provide data critical to evaluating the lifecycle greenhouse gas
emissions associated with these biofuel pathway petitions to ANL/DOE.
Examples of the type of information to be shared include agricultural
practice data such as crop yields and nutrient input data, anticipated
biofuel facility operational data such as energy sources and amounts
used for processing feedstocks into fuels, and detailed descriptions of
these processes to help practitioners understand the overall biofuel
pathways being proposed by stakeholders. Some of this information may
be entitled to confidential treatment. The information has been
submitted to EPA under section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act.
Records of information provided to ANL/DOE will be maintained by
EPA Project Officers for this contract. All information supplied to
ANL/DOE by EPA for use in connection with this contract will be
returned to EPA when ANL/DOE have completed their work.
Dated: April 3, 2023.
Karl Simon,
Director, Transportation and Climate Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-07295 Filed 4-6-23; 8:45 am]
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