[Federal Register: September 25, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 185)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0069; FRL-8472-6]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; The SunWise Program; EPA ICR No.
1904.03, OMB Control No. 2060-0439
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (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. The ICR, which is abstracted below,
describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated
burden and cost.
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DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before October 25,
2007.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2007-0069, to EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), by e-mail to a-and-r-docket@epamail.epa.gov, or by mail to:
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, The SunWise
Program, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code: 6102T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail to:
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: Kristinn Vazquez, Office of Air and
Radiation, Stratospheric Protection Division, Mail Code: 6205J,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-343-9246; fax number: 202-
343-2338; e-mail address: vazquez.kristinn@epa.gov.
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 February 12, 2007 (72 FR 6564), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received 1 comment during the
comment period, which is addressed in the ICR. Any additional comments
on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days of this
notice.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0069, which is available for online viewing at
www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Office of Air and
Radiation Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room
3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public
Reading Room is open from 8 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
is 202-566-1742.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at
www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made
available for public viewing at www.regulations.gov as EPA receives
them and without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted
material, Confidential Business Information (CBI), or other information
whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For further
information about the electronic docket, go to www.regulations.gov.
Title: The SunWise Program.
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1904.03, OMB Control No. 2060-0439.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on 9/30/2007. Under OMB
regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 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 title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed either by
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: The goal of the SunWise School Program is to teach
children and their caregivers how to protect themselves from
overexposure to the sun. The SunWise 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. Additionally, information is collected when educators sign
up to receive a Tool Kit either on the Web or in person, and when
individuals participate in an on-line sun safety tutorial/certification
program. Responses to the collection of information are voluntary. All
responses to the collection of information remain anonymous and
confidential.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average .33
hours per response for the survey, .17 hours per response for the
registration, and .04 hours per response for the tutorial/
certification. 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 which have subsequently changed; 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 ICR provides a detailed explanation of the Agency's estimate,
which is only briefly summarized here:
Respondents/Affected Entities: Individuals.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 8,600.
Frequency of Response: Occasionally.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1965.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $74,898 in labor costs, and no
annualized capital and O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an annual increase of 132 hours
in the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory
of Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is due to additional questions
that were added to the tutorial/certification program, and revised
estimates based on inflation, contractor costs, and increased numbers
of registrations.
Dated: September 14, 2007.
Robert Gunter,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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