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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0069; FRL-9196-4]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; 

Comment Request; The SunWise Program; EPA ICR No. 1904.06, OMB Control No. 2060-

0439

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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. 

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before [insert date 30 days after 

publication in the Federal Register]. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA HQ-OAR-2007-0069,

to:

(1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by email to a-and-rdocket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Docket 

EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0069, Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, Mail code: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, 

Washington, DC 20460, or by hand delivery: Docket EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0069, Air and 

Radiation Docket at EPA West, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room 3334, Mail Code 2822T, 

Washington, DC 20460. (Such deliveries are only accepted during the Docket’s normal hours of 

operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information).

and (2) OMB by mail to: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management 
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and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 

20503.

Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0069. EPA's policy

is that all comments received will be included in the public docket without change and may be 

made available online at www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, 

unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The 

www.regulations.gov website is an “anonymous access” system, which means EPA will not 

know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If 

you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without going through www.regulations.gov your 

e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed 

in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, 

EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact information in the body of your 

comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider 

your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. For additional information about EPA’s public 

docket visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Luke Hall-Jordan, Stratospheric Protection 

Division, Office of Air and Radiation, (6205J), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 343-9591; fax 

number: (202) 343-2338; email address: hall-jordan.luke@epa.gov.
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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 September 3, 

2010 (75 FR 54143), EPA sought comments on this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA 

received one comment. Since EPA coordinates with other federal and non-federal entities 

working to prevent skin cancer and other health effects from overexposure to the sun, and both 

Congress and EPA allocate funding for the program, no further justification for the comment is 

needed. 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-OAR2007-0069, which is available for online viewing at www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing 

at the Air 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 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. 
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Title: The SunWise Program

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1904.06, OMB Control No. 2060-0439. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on 02/28/2011. 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 consultation with experts, is necessary to monitor 

progress and refine the program. Surveys to be developed and administered include: (1) Teacher 

questionnaire for measuring their and their students’ receptivity to the educational component of 

the Program; (2) Teacher individual interview component soliciting more information about the 

program and the development of a recognition and incentives program; (3) Don’t Fry Day pledge 

asking educators to pledge to incorporate sun safety into their spring and summer activities; (4)

Online interactive SunWise Sun Safety Certification Program enabling students, adults, 
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organizations, and employers to develop credentials on sun safety awareness and behaviors; and 

(5) Partner pilot questionnaire for measuring their and their audience’s 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, and will help guide the 

program’s further improvement. 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 confidential, and where 

appropriate anonymous.

Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of 

information is estimated to average 4,548 hours per year. 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. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are elementary 

and middle school students, parents, and educators (informal and external educators).

Estimated Number of Respondents: 8,960

Frequency of Response: Annual

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 4,548 hours
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Estimated Total Annual Cost: $248,899.93, includes $0 annualized capital or O&M 

costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 2,738 hours annually in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. Fewer 

hours for EPA are anticipated for the survey work due to a decreased level of sophistication in 

the analysis and decreased effort being needed to solicit survey responses. More hours were 

added for teachers participating in an individual interview. Hours were subtracted for teachers 

administering the student survey. Hours were added for teachers participating in the Don’t Fry 

Day pledge. Finally, registering such a large number of teachers has resulted in more hours 

needed at EPA. Hours and burden for educators is about the same; hours for students has also 

decreased significantly. The bottom line burden hours increased along with the total cost.

Dated: __________________

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Kristinn Vazquez, Deputy Director, Stratospheric Protection Division.

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