[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 150 (Thursday, August 3, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47723-47724]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-19685]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6844-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Information Collection 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 the following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review: The SunWise School Program EPA ICR Number 
1904.01. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and 
its expected burden and cost; where appropriate, it includes the actual 
data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 5, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR contact Sandy 
Farmer at EPA by phone at (202) 260-2740, by email at 
[email protected], or download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 1904.01. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Kristin Kenausis at (202) 564-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Information Collection Request: The SunWise School Program 
EPA ICR No. 1904.01, This is a new collection.
    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 
surveying 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. 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. The Federal Register document required under 5 CFR 
1320.8 (d), soliciting comments on this collection of information was 
published on 12/21/99; Two positive comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average .33 
hours per response. 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

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information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Elementary and middle school 
students, parents, teachers, and school administrators.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 6,000.
    Frequency of Response: Students, 2 times per year; Parents, 
teachers, and school administrators, once a year.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 2,000 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital and Operating & Maintenance Cost 
Burden: $0.
    Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the 
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods 
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques to the following addresses. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No. 1904.01.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Environmental Information, Collection Strategies Division (2822), 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20460;

  and
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: July 20, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 00-19685 Filed 8-2-00; 8:45 am]
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