[Federal Register: May 21, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 98)]
[Notices]
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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.
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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 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, kenausis.kristin@epa.gov.
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 a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov, 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.
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Total Hours Rate per hour Total Cost
Number to be surveyed annually Burden ($) (D=B*C)
(A) (B) (C) (D)
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3,000 Students.................................................. 3,000 .............. ..............
1,000 Teachers.................................................. 500 $36.88 $18,440.00
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1,000 Parents................................................... 250 $20.29 $5,072.50
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Total (Annual).............................................. 3,750 .............. $23,512.50
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ICR Total (3 years)......................................... 11,250 .............. $70,537.50
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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]
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