[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 244 (Tuesday, December 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71451-71452]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33032]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6512-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; the SunWise School Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit the 
following proposed Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB): The SunWise School Program, 
Stratospheric Protection Division, EPA ICR No. 1904.01. Before 
submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval, EPA is soliciting 
comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as 
described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 22, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Office of Atmospheric Programs, Stratospheric Protection 
Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW 
(6205J), Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristin Kenausis, (202) 564-2289, 
(202) 565-2095 (fax), [email protected] or visit the SunWise 
website at www.epa.gov/sunwise.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
elementary and middle school students, parents, teachers (SIC Div. I: 
Group 8211), and school administrators (SIC Div. I: Group 8211).
    Title: SunWise School Program; EPA ICR No. 1904.01.
    Abstract: The goal of the SunWise School Program is to teach 
children and their care givers how to protect themselves from 
overexposure to the sun. The SunWise School Program recognizes the 
challenge of measuring the progress and evaluating the effectiveness of 
an environmental and public health education program where the ultimate 
goal is to reduce risk and improve public health. Therefore, the 
continual and careful evaluation of program effectiveness through a 
variety of means, including data from pre- and post-intervention 
surveys, tracking and monitoring of classroom activities and school 
policies, and advisory board meetings, is necessary to monitor progress 
and refine the program. Surveys to be developed and administered 
include: (1) Student survey to identify current sun safety knowledge 
and behaviors among students; (2) Parent survey to compare findings 
with those of their children as well as to draw comparisons with the 
benchmarks established in other national surveys; (3) Teacher 
questionnaire for measuring their receptivity to the educational 
component of the Program; and (4) School administrator questionnaire to 
show receptivity to the SunWise School Program and its standards, such 
as the educational component, proposed policy changes, and school 
practices with the Program. The data will be analyzed and results will 
indicate the Program's effect on participants' sun-protection attitudes 
and behaviors. Responses to the collection of information are 
voluntary. All responses to the collection of information remain 
anonymous and confidential. 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. The OMB 
control numbers for EPA's regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 
48 CFR Chapter 15.
    EPA would like to solicit comments to:
    (i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used;
    (iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and
    (iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.
    Burden Statement: Burden means the total time, effort, or financial 
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or 
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This 
includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, 
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of 
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and 
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; 
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable 
instructions and requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to 
a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review 
the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the 
information. The SunWise School Program will conduct four different 
surveys, targeting four distinct audiences.

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                                                                    (B)  Total     (C)  Rate per    (D)  Total
               (A)  Number to be surveyed annually                 hours burden      hour ($)      cost (D=B*C)
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3,000 Students..................................................           3,000               0               0
1,000 Teachers..................................................             500          $36.88      $18,440.00
1,000 Parents...................................................             250           20.29        5,072.50
1,000 School Administrators.....................................             250           35.18        8,795.00
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      Total (Annual)............................................           4,000  ..............       32,307.50
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      ICR Total (3 years).......................................          12,000  ..............       96,922.50
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    Dated: December 14, 1999.
Drusilla Hufford,
Director, Stratospheric Protection Division.
[FR Doc. 99-33032 Filed 12-20-99; 8:45 am]
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