Środowisko i energia · 13/09/2010

Clean Water Act; Contractor Access to Confidential Business Information

The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Water intends to transfer confidential business information (CBI) collected from numerous industries to Westat, and its subcontractors. The information being transferred was or will be collected under the authority of section 308 of the Clean Water Act (CWA). Some information being transferred from the pulp, paper, and paperboard industry was collected under the additional authorities of section 114 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and section 3007 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Transfer of the information will allow the contractor and subcontractors to access information necessary to support EPA in the planning, development, and review of effluent limitations guidelines and standards under the CWA. Interested persons may submit comments on this intended transfer of information to the address noted below.