[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 203 (Tuesday, October 21, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60099-60100]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-26543]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OAR-2003-0070; FRL-7574-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; the SunWise School Program, EPA 
ICR Number 1904.02, OMB Control Number 2060-0439

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 an Information Collection 
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing 
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on November 30, 
2003. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or 
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending 
at OMB. This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and 
its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before November 20, 
2003.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OAR-2003-
0070, to (1) 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 and 
Information Center, Mailcode 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: 
Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristin Kenausis, Office of 
Atmospheric Programs, Global Programs Division, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Mail Code 6205J, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-2289; fax number: 
(202) 565-2095; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. On May 21, 2003 (68 FR 27796), EPA sought comments on this ICR 
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.

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    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. OAR-2003-0070, which is available for public viewing at the Air and 
Radiation Docket and Information Center 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 the Air and Radiation Docket and Information 
Center is (202) 566-1742. An electronic version of the public docket is 
available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. 
Use EDOCKET to 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 and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice. 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 http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
    Title: The SunWise School Program.
    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; and (2) 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. In addition, educators are asked to fill out a registration 
form to receive a tool kit. 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 in 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are identified on 
the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 10 
minutes per response for the registration and 20 minutes per response 
for the two surveys. 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.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by 
this action are elementary and middle school students and teachers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 5,500.
    Frequency of Response: Annually for teachers; semi-annually for 
students.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,833.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $59,583, which includes $0 capital/
startup and O&M costs and $59,583 labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase in the number of 
teachers who we predict will register for the program annually (from 
1,000 to 3,000).

    Dated: September 30, 2003.
Doreen Sterling,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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