Document ID: EPA-HQ-ORD-2016-0010-0008
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Institutional Dual Use Research of Concern (iDURC) Policy Compliance (Renewal)
Posted Date: 2020-01-29T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 19 (Wednesday, January 29, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 5206]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-01539]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-ORD-2016-0010; FRL 10001-90-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submittal to OMB 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 2530.03, 
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 January 31, 2020. Public comments were 
previously requested via the Federal Register on May 9, 2019, 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 in this 
notice, including the ICR's 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 February 28, 
2020.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-
2016-0010, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (EPA's preferred 
method), by email to ow-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: Viktoriya Plotkin, National Homeland 
Security Research Center, Office of Research and Development, (8101R), 
27 Tarzwell Drive, Narragansett, Rhode Island, 02882; telephone number: 
401-782-3178; fax number: 401-782-3030; email address: 
plotkin.viktoriya@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 federally-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.
    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: $1,590 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in Estimates: There is decrease of 52 burden hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This decrease is a result of adjustments in estimates 
of time required for recordkeeping duties.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2020-01539 Filed 1-28-20; 8:45 am]
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