# 2025-09276: EPA Renews Contractor Conflict-of-Interest Paperwork Without Major Changes

2025-09276, Proposed Information Collection Request; Contractor Conflicts of Interest (Renewal), is a Federal Register notice from Environmental Protection Agency published 2025-05-23, effective This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through June 30, 2025.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-22).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-09276
- Title: Proposed Information Collection Request; Contractor Conflicts of Interest (Renewal)
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Environmental Protection Agency
- Citation: 90 FR 22087
- Published: 2025-05-23
- Effective: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through June 30, 2025.
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-10-22

## In one line

EPA Renews Contractor Conflict-of-Interest Paperwork Without Major Changes

## Summary

The EPA wants to keep collecting info from contractors to spot conflicts of interest and is asking for public feedback before renewing this process. This affects contractors working with the EPA and helps keep things fair and transparent. Comments are due by July 22, 2025, and there’s no new cost or big changes—just a smooth renewal of the current rules.

## Abstract

The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), "Contractor Conflicts of Interest" (EPA ICR No. 1550-12, OMB Control No. 2023-0023) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as described below. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through June 30, 2025. 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.

## Effects PRIA read

- Mandatory COI disclosures for contractors: cost, high. If you are an EPA contractor identified with a potential conflict, you must disclose any actual or potential conflicts of interest involving your employees, corporate affiliations, and business relationships. This disclosure obligation is mandatory under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart…
- Required business-relationship database and reporting: cost, medium. Contractors must maintain a database of their business relationships and report information to EPA either annually or when work is ordered under an Agency contract. The reporting frequency varies by contract, but the requirement to keep and submit this information is part of the renewed information…
- Prior approval for certain future-contract restrictions: cost, low. Under some EPA contracts, contractors must request written approval from the contracting officer before entering a proposed contract that is subject to EPA's Limitation of Future Contracting Clause (see CFR 48 1552.209-74). This is an additional approval step for affected contracts.
- Renewal continues existing burden and costs: cost, high. EPA proposes to renew the existing Contractor Conflicts of Interest information collection with no change in overall estimated respondent burden. The ICR lists 61 respondents, a total estimated burden of 68,933 hours per year, and a total estimated cost of $5,029,174.34 per year; the number of requ…

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## Sources
- [2025-09276 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/23/2025-09276/proposed-information-collection-request-contractor-conflicts-of-interest-renewal)
- [2025-09276 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-05-23/pdf/2025-09276.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-09276 (as of 2026-10-22).