[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 98 (Wednesday, May 21, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27796-27797]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-12763]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OAR-2003-0070, FRL-7501-7]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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 continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB): The SunWise School Program, Global 
Programs Division, EPA ICR No. 1904.01, expiration date: 11/30/03. 
Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval, EPA is 
soliciting comments on specific aspects of the continuing information 
collection as described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 21, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions in SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristin Kenausis, Office of 
Atmospheric Programs, Global Programs Division, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW. (6205J), Washington, DC 
20460, (202) 564-2289, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has established a public docket for this 
ICR under Docket ID number OAR-2003-0070, which is available for public 
viewing at the Air and Radiation Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/
DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. 
The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The 
telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the 
telephone number for Air and Radiation Docket is (202) 566-1744. An 
electronic version of the public docket is available through EPA 
Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to obtain 
a copy of the draft collection of information, submit or view public 
comments, access the index listing of the contents of the public 
docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that are 
available electronically. Once in the system, select ``search,'' then 
key in the docket ID number identified above.
    Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA within 
60 days of this notice, and according to the following detailed 
instructions: Submit your comments to EPA online using EDOCKET (our 
preferred method), by email to [email protected], or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation 
Docket, Mailcode 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 
20460.
    EPA's policy is that public comments, whether submitted 
electronically or in paper, will be made available for public viewing 
in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment 
contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public 
disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA identifies a comment 
containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference to that 
material in the version of the comment that is placed in EDOCKET. The 
entire printed comment, including the copyrighted material, will be 
available in the public docket. Although identified as an item in the 
official docket, information claimed as CBI, or whose disclosure is 
otherwise restricted by statute, is not included in the official public 
docket, and will not be available for public viewing in EDOCKET. For 
further information about the electronic docket, see EPA's Federal 
Register notice describing the electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 
31, 2002), or go to www.epa.gov./edocket.
    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
elementary and middle school students, parents, and teachers (SIC Div. 
I: Group 8211).
    Title: SunWise School Program; (OMB Control Number 2060-0439; EPA 
ICR No. 1904.01, expiring on 11/30/03).
    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; and (3) Teacher 
questionnaire for measuring their receptivity to the educational 
component of 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.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average .5 
hours per response.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                    Total Hours    Rate per hour    Total Cost
                 Number to be surveyed annually                       Burden            ($)           (D=B*C)
(A)                                                                          (B)             (C)             (D)
-----------------------------------------------------------------
3,000 Students..................................................           3,000  ..............  ..............
1,000 Teachers..................................................             500          $36.88      $18,440.00

[[Page 27797]]

 
1,000 Parents...................................................             250          $20.29       $5,072.50
                                                                 -----------------
    Total (Annual)..............................................           3,750  ..............      $23,512.50
                                                                 =================
    ICR Total (3 years).........................................          11,250  ..............      $70,537.50
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The contractor (Boston University Medical Center) will assist EPA 
in data collection and analysis. EPA has contracted for a total of 400 
professional hours. At an average rate of $100 per hour, the total cost 
for the contractor is $40,000 annually. Agency burden to manage this 
contract is estimated at 4 hours/month or 48 hours annually. The cost 
of this labor will be calculated based on a GS 12 Step 5 pay level 
($44.75/hour using the salary associated with this grade and step, 
multiplied by a benefits factor of 1.6\16\). Total hours (48) 
multiplied by $44.75 per hour amounts to a total agency labor cost of 
$2,196/per annum.
    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 
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.

    Dated: May 6, 2003.
Drusilla Hufford,
Director, Global Programs Division.
[FR Doc. 03-12763 Filed 5-20-03; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P