Notice2023-01783
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)
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Published
January 30, 2023
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 19 (Monday, January 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 5874]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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 <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred
method), by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#56392432783239353d33221633263778313920"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f09f8294de949f939b9584b0958091de979f86">[email protected]</span></a>, 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
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1d6d717269767473336b747669726f74647c5d786d7c337a726b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6515090a110e0c0b4b130c0e110a170c1c04250015044b020a13">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> 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
<a href="http://www.epa.gov/dockets">http://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
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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