Document ID: EPA-HQ-ORD-2016-0010-0004
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Recordkeeping for Institutional Dual Use Research of Concern (iDURC) Policy Compliance
Posted Date: 2016-09-28T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 188 (Wednesday, September 28, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66658-66659]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-23385]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-ORD-2016-0010; FRL 9953-27-OEI]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Recordkeeping for Institutional Dual Use 
Research of Concern (iDURC) Policy Compliance

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``Recordkeeping for Institutional 
Dual Use Research of Concern (iDURC) Policy Compliance'' (EPA ICR No. 
2530.02, OMB Control No. 2080-0082) to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This is a request for extension 
of the ICR currently approved through September 30, 2016. Public 
comments were previously requested via the Federal Register (81 FR 
33530) on May 26, 2016 during a 60-day comment period. This notice 
allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller 
description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden 
and cost to the public. An Agency may not conduct or sponsor and a 
person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless 
it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before October 28, 
2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
ORD-2016-0010, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by email to ord.docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via email to 
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for 
EPA.
    EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
public docket without change including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information 
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brendan Doyle, Office of Research and 
Development, Mail Code: 8801R, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-
4584; email address: doyle.brendan@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents, which explain in 
detail the information that the EPA will be collecting, are available 
in the public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at 
www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, 
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The telephone 
number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional 
information about EPA's public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: To comply with the U.S. Government Policy for 
Institutional Oversight of Life Sciences Dual Use Research of Concern 
(Policy) (www.phe.gov/s3/dualuse/Pages/default.aspx), EPA must ensure 
that the institutions that are subject to the Policy train their 
laboratory personnel and maintain records of that training. This 
training is specific to ``dual use research of concern,'' and should 
include

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information on how to properly identify DURC and appropriate methods 
for ensuring research that is determined to be DURC is conducted and 
communicated responsibly.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Private sector and the federal-
owned/contractor-operated labs.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (per EPA Order 
1000.19: Policy and Procedures for Managing Dual Use Research of 
Concern).
    Estimated number of respondents: 24 (total).
    Frequency of response: Only once and/or as necessary.
    Total estimated burden: 72 hours (per year over three years). 
Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $4,320 (per year over three years), includes 
$0 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no increase or decrease of hours 
in the total estimated respondent burden compared with the emergency 
ICR currently approved by OMB. This burden is expected to stay the same 
due to the same number of estimated respondents and research projects.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-23385 Filed 9-27-16; 8:45 am]
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