Document ID: EPA-HQ-ORD-2016-0010-0012
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Institutional Dual Use Research of Concern Policy Compliance (Renewal)
Posted Date: 2023-01-30T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 19 (Monday, January 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 5874]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01783]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-ORD-2016-0010; FRL-10628-01-OMS]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Institutional Dual Use Research of Concern (iDURC) Policy 
Compliance (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted 
an information collection request (ICR), Institutional Dual Use 
Research of Concern (iDURC) Policy Compliance (EPA ICR Number 2530.04, 
OMB Control Number 2080-0082) to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is 
currently approved through February 28, 2023. Public comments were 
previously requested via the Federal Register on May 31, 2022, during a 
60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for 
public comments.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before March 1, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to EPA referencing Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-ORD-2016-0010, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), by email to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket 
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. 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.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Viktoriya Plotkin, Center for 
Environmental Solutions & Emergency Response, Office of Research and 
Development, 26 W Martin Luther King Dr., Cincinnati, Ohio 45268; 
telephone number: 202-510-3602; email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through February 28, 2023. 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.
    Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal 
Register, on May 31, 2022 during a 60-day comment period (87 FR 32409). 
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 
Supporting documents which explain in detail the information that 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 
(DURC Policy), EPA must ensure that the institutions subject to DURC 
Policy appropriately train their laboratory personnel and maintain 
records of their training. This training is specific to ``dual use 
research of concern,'' and should include information on how to 
properly identify DURC, appropriate methods for ensuring research that 
is determined to be DURC, and that it is conducted and communicated 
responsibly.
    Form numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Private sector and 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: 40 (total).
    Frequency of response: Only once and/or as necessary.
    Total estimated burden: 20 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 
CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $1,240 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in estimates: There is no change in the total estimated 
respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by OMB.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-01783 Filed 1-27-23; 8:45 am]
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