6560-50-P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPA-2008-0563; FRL 11803-01-OLEM]
Access by EPA Contractors to Information Claimed as Proprietary Business
Information (PBI) Submitted under the National Contingency Plan
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of contractor access to proprietary business information.
SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Land and
Emergency Management (OLEM), Office of Emergency Management (OEM) has
authorized General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. (GDIT) of Falls Church, VA
to access information which has been submitted to EPA under the National Oil and
Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan, and which may be claimed as
proprietary business information (PBI). The information is related to the submission of an
application for listing a product on the NCP Product Schedule or Sorbent Product List.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before [INSERT DATE 30 DAYS AFTER
THE DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER].
ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPA2008-0563, by any of the following methods:
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Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov/ (our preferred
method). Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.

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E-mail: Email your comments to a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov. Include Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OPA-2008-0563 in the subject line of the message.

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Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center, Office of Land
and Emergency Management Docket, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460.

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Hand Delivery or Courier: EPA Docket Center, WJC West Building, Room 3334,

1301 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004. The Docket Center’s
hours of operations are 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Monday – Friday (except Federal
Holidays).
Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket ID No. for this
rulemaking. Comments received may be posted without change to
https://www.regulations.gov/, including any personal information provided. For detailed
instructions on sending comments and additional information on the rulemaking process,
see the “Public Participation” heading of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Beuthe, Office of Land and
Emergency Management, Office of Emergency Management 5104A, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave NW; telephone number: (202) 566-1499;
email address: beuthe.michael@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Public Participation
A. Written Comments
Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPA-2008-0563,
at https://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), or the other methods identified in
the ADDRESSES section. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or removed from
the docket. The EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not
submit to EPA’s docket at https://www.regulations.gov any information you consider to
be Confidential Business Information (CBI), Proprietary Business Information (PBI), or
other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions
(audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is
considered the official comment and should include discussion of all points you wish to
make. The EPA will generally not consider comments or comment contents located

outside of the primary submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or other file sharing system).
Please visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets for additional
submission methods; the full EPA public comment policy; information about CBI, PBI,
or multimedia submissions; and general guidance on making effective comments.
II. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
This action is directed to the general public. This action may, however, be of
interest to parties who submit an application for listing a product on the NCP Product
Schedule or Sorbent Product List under subpart J of 40 CFR part 300.

Dated: June 12, 2024.

Patricia Gioffre,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Emergency Management.

[FR Doc. 2024-14835 Filed: 7/5/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 7/8/2024]