Notice2023-12496
Agile Decision Sciences; Transfer of Data May 2023
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Published
June 12, 2023
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
This notice announces that pesticide related information submitted to EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) pursuant to 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 Sciences in accordance with the CBI regulations. Agile Decision Sciences has been awarded multiple contracts to perform work for OPP, and access to this information will enable Agile Decision Sciences to fulfill the obligations of the contract.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 112 (Monday, June 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38044-38045]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12496]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0068; FRL-11029-01-OCSPP]
Agile Decision Sciences; Transfer of Data May 2023
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces that pesticide related information
submitted to EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) pursuant to 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 Sciences in
accordance with the CBI regulations. Agile Decision Sciences has been
awarded multiple contracts to perform work for OPP, and access to this
information will enable Agile Decision Sciences to fulfill the
obligations of the contract.
DATES: Agile Decision Sciences will be given access to this information
on or before June 20, 2023.
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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#abc5c4d9dfc3ced9c585dcc2c7c7c2cac6ebcedbca85ccc4dd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cfa1a0bdbba7aabda1e1b8a6a3a3a6aea28faabfaee1a8a0b9">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
This action applies to the public in general. As such, the Agency
has not attempted to describe all the specific entities that may be
affected by this action.
B. How can I get copies of this document and other related information?
The docket for this action, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0068, is available at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> or at the Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory
Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the Environmental Protection Agency
Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334,
1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001. 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 OPP
Docket is (202) 566-0294. Please review the visitor instructions and
additional information about the docket available at <a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
II. Contractor Requirements
Under contract number No. 68HERD23R0003, the contractor will
perform the following: The contractor will provide support for OPP
Docket to support and officially document an agency's rulemaking or
other related activities. Those activities typically follow a three-
step sequence in which the government first issues a draft of its
proposed action, then receives public feedback on its proposal, and
finally publishes a finished product. Dockets contain the Federal
Register documents, supporting documentation and materials, and public
comments associated with each of those steps. Agencies are required to
use dockets in the development of regulatory actions. Most agencies,
including EPA, also use them in other instances where there is a need
to officially distribute information and/or solicit public input on
their activities. The OPP Docket primary responsibilities are to
provide support to rule writers and other docket owners in creating and
populating dockets in the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) and
then post them to <a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a> (a cross-government public portal for
docketing). Both FDMS and <a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a> are operated by the
eRulemaking Program Management Office (PMO) within the General Services
Administration (GSA). At different stages in this process, EPA/DC staff
engage in activities such as customer service, training, sorting,
digitizing, metadata indexing, quality assurance (QA), and records
management.
This contract will 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
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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 and 409.
In accordance with the requirements of 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3), the
contracts with Agile Decision Sciences, prohibits 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, Agile Decision Sciences is
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 Agile Decision Sciences
until the requirements in this document have been fully satisfied.
Records of information provided to Agile Decision Sciences will be
maintained by EPA Project Officers for these contracts. All information
supplied to Agile Decision Sciences by EPA for use in connection with
these contracts will be returned to EPA when Agile Decision Sciences
has completed its work.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.; 21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.
Dated: June 6, 2023.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division,
Office of Program Support.
[FR Doc. 2023-12496 Filed 6-9-23; 8:45 am]
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