79 FR 72 pgs. 21238-21239 - Access to Confidential Business Information by Enrollees Under the Senior Environmental Employment Program
Type: NOTICEVolume: 79Number: 72Pages: 21238 - 21239
Pages: 21238, 21239Docket number: [FRL-9905-33-OARM]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2014-08502 Filed 4-14-14; 8:45 am]
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9905-33-OARM]
Access to Confidential Business Information by Enrollees Under the Senior Environmental Employment Program
AGENCY:
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
EPA has authorized grantee organizations under the Senior EnvironmentalEmployment (SEE) Program and their enrollees access to information which has beensubmitted to EPA under the environmental statutes administered by the Agency. Some of thisinformation may be claimed or determined to be confidential business information (CBI).
DATES:
Comments concerning CBI access will be accepted on or before April 21, 2014.
ADDRESSES:
Comments should be submitted to: Susan Street, National Program Manager,Senior Environmental Employment Program (MC 3600M), U.S. Environmental ProtectionAgency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Susan Street (202) 564-0410.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
[top] The Senior Environmental Employment (SEE)program is authorized by the Environmental Programs Assistance Act of 1984 (Pub. L. 98-313),which provides that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may "makegrants to, or enter into cooperative agreements with," specified private, nonprofit organizationsfor the purpose of "providing technical assistance to Federal, State and local environmentalagencies for projects of pollution prevention, abatement, and control." Cooperative agreementsunder the SEE Program provide support for many functions in the Agency, including clericalsupport, staffing hot
In performing these tasks, grantees and cooperators under the SEE Program and theirenrollees may have access to potentially all documents submitted under the Clean Air Act(CAA), the Clean Water Act (CWA), the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), the ResourceConservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and RodenticideAct (FIFRA), the Emergency Planning Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), the FederalFood, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) and the Comprehensive Environmental Response,Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), to the extent that these statues allow disclosure ofconfidential information to "authorized representatives of the United States" or to "contractors."Some of these documents may contain information claimed as confidential.
EPA provides confidential information to enrollees working under the followingcooperative agreements:
| Cooperative agreement number | Organization |
|---|---|
| National Association for Hispanic Elderly (NAHE) | |
| Q-835398 | NAHE |
| Q-835418 | NAHE |
| QS-835429 | NAHE |
| Q-835445 | NAHE |
| National Asian Pacific Center on Aging (NAPCA) | |
| Q-835376 | NAPCA |
| QS-835428 | NAPCA |
| National Caucus and Center on Black Aged, Inc. (NCBA) | |
| Q-834571 | NCBA |
| Q-835019 | NCBA |
| Q-835021 | NCBA |
| Q-835427 | NCBA |
| Q-835446 | NCBA |
| Q-835561 | NCBA |
| Q-835562 | NCBA |
| Q-835563 | NCBA |
| Q-835580 | NCBA |
| Q-835587 | NCBA |
| National Council on the Aging, Inc. (NCOA) | |
| Q-835387 | NCOA |
| Q-835566 | NCOA |
| Senior Service America, Inc. (SSAI) | |
| Q-835372 | SSAI |
| Q-835373 | SSAI |
| Q-835430 | SSAI |
| Q-835452 | SSAI |
| Q-835572 | SSAI |
Among the procedures established by EPA confidentiality regulations for granting accessto confidential business information is notification to the submitters of CBI that SEE-granteeorganizations and their enrollees will have access to this information. See 40 CFR2.301(h)(2)(iii) for information submitted under the CAA, 40 CFR 350.23 for EPCRA, andcorresponding provisions of 40 CFR 2.302-2.311, for other statutes listed above. This documentis intended to fulfill that requirement.
The grantee organizations are required by the cooperative agreements to protectconfidential information. SEE enrollees are required to sign confidentiality agreements and toadhere to the same security procedures as Federal employees.
Dated: April 9, 2014.
Susan Street,
SEE Program Manager.
[FR Doc. 2014-08502 Filed 4-14-14; 8:45 am]
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