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###### Environmental Protection Agency

          - [FRL-6908-2] 

# AGENCY:

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 

# ACTION:

Notice of programs and activities receiving financial assistance from the Environmental Protection Agency that are covered by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended. 

# SUMMARY:

                        In accordance with subpart F of the final common rule for the enforcement of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended, 20 U.S.C. 1681,                         *et seq.*                         (“Title IX”) this notice lists those programs and activities that receive financial assistance from the U.S. EPA and are covered by Title IX. Title IX prohibits recipients of Federal financial assistance from discriminating on the basis of sex in education programs or activities. Subpart F requires each Federal agency that awards Federal financial assistance to publish in the                         **Federal Register**                         a notice of the programs covered by the Title IX regulations within sixty (60) days after the effective date (September 29, 2000) of the final common rule. The final common rule for the enforcement of Title IX was published in the                         **Federal Register**                         by twenty (20) Federal agencies, including the EPA, on August 30, 2000, (65 FR 52857-52895).                     

# EFFECTIVE DATE:

November 27, 2000. 

# ADDRESSES:

Address all comments concerning this notice to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Civil Rights, Mail Code 1201A, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460. 

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ann E. Goode, Director, Office of Civil Rights, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 1201A, 1200 Pennsylvania, Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. 20460. Telephone: (202) 564-7272 (voice), (202) 501-1822 (TDD). Facsimile: (202) 501-1836. 

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

                    Title IX prohibits recipients of Federal financial assistance from discriminating on the basis of sex in educational programs or activities. Specifically, the statute states that “[n]o person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance,” with specific exceptions for various entities, programs, and activities. 20 U.S.C. 1681(a). This statute was modeled after Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000d*et seq.*, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national origin in all programs or activities that receive Federal financial assistance. The goal of Title IX is to ensure that Federal funds are not utilized for and do not support sex-based discrimination, and that individuals have equal opportunities, without regard to sex, to pursue, engage or participate in, and benefit from academic, extracurricular, research, occupational training, employment, or other educational programs or activities. For example (and without limitation), subject to exceptions described in these Title IX regulations, Title IX prohibits a recipient from discriminating on the basis of sex in: student admissions, scholarship awards and tuition assistance, recruitment of students and employees, the provision of courses and other academic offerings, the provision of and participation in athletics and extracurricular activities, and all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, selection, hiring, compensation, benefits, job assignments and classification, promotions, demotions, tenure, training, transfers, leave, layoffs, and termination. Of course, Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in the operation of, and the provision or denial of benefits by, education programs conducted by noneducational institutions, including, but not limited to, prisons, museums, job training institutes, and for profit and nonprofit organizations.                           ( print page 70714)    

## List of Programs and Activities Receiving Financial Assistance From EPA and Covered by Title IX 

The following is a list of programs and activities receiving financial assistance from the EPA as of September 2000 that are covered by Title IX. The list is comprised of Active Environmental Education Grants and Active Grants to Public and Private Colleges and Universities. 

### Active Environmental Education Grants 

Alabama Mayors Corporation for Economic Cultural 

Alameda County Office of Education 

Alaska Discovery Foundation, Inc. 

Alliance for New Jersey Environmental Education 

American Institute for Learning 

American Lung Association of Arizona 

American Lung Association of Illinois 

Arab Community Center for Economic 

Arkansas 4-H Foundation 

Association of Vermont Recyclers 

Benedictine University 

Better Housing League/Greater Cincinnati 

Bi-State Regional Commission 

Bitterroot Ecological Awareness Resources 

Bluemont Elementary 

Boston Public School District 

Boys & Girls Clubs of East Jackson County 

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City 

Cacapon Institute 

Calypso Farm and Ecology Center 

Campbell County School District 

Carson City School District 

Castro Valley Unified School District 

CBIA Education Foundation 

Cenla Pride 

Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies, Inc. 

Central Arkansas Planning & Development District 

Central Community College 

Chance, Inc. 

Chattahoochee High School 

Chattahoochee-Flint Regional Development Center 

Chesapeake Audubon Society 

City of Austin 

City of Gary 

City of Naples Utilities Department 

City of New York Parks and Recreation 

City of Tumwater 

City of Westland 

City Seeds 

Coastal Carolina University 

Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education 

Colorado River Union High School District 

Columbia Basin College 

Communities Creating Connections, Inc. 

Contra Costa County Health Services Department 

Cooperating School Districts 

Cornell Coop Extension-St. Lawrence City 

Council for Environmental Education 

Council on the Environment, Inc. 

County of Somerset 

Creation Station 

Crook County Soil & Water Conservation 

Center for Instructional Staff Development & Evaluation 

Cumberland River Compact, Inc. 

Delaware Academy of Science 

Delaware Department of Natural Resources 

Delaware Ecumenical Council on Children 

Douglas Unified School District #27 

Downingtown Area School District 

Drexel University 

Eastern Oregon University 

Educational Broadcasting Corporation 

Emporia State University 

Environmental Educ. Council of Ohio 

Environmental Learning for Kids 

Fairview Area Schools 

Florida Atlantic University 

Florida Institute of Technology 

Four Corners School of Outdoor Education 

Frenchman Bay Conservancy 

Friends of Bluff Lake 

Friends of the Rio Grande Nature Center 

Friends of the Salt Springs Park, Inc. 

Friends of the Urban Forest 

Front Range Earth Force 

Georgia Department of Natural Resources 

Grand Traverse Tribal Council 

Great Bay Stewards, Inc. 

Greater Newark Conservancy 

Green City Data Project of Colorado 

Guilderland Central School District 

H.M. McKemy Middle School 

Hackensack Meadowlands Development Co. 

Hawaii Nature Center 

Haywood County 4-H Club 

Heart of Oklahoma Council of Camp Fire 

Hudson River Sloop Clearwater 

Indiana Dunes Environmental Learning 

Inner-City Coalition on the Environment 

Integrated Day Charter School 

Inter-American U. of Puerto Rico, Inc. 

Iowa State University 

Jackson Public Schools 

Jefferson County Public Schools 

Kansas Association for Conservation & Environmental Education 

Kansas City Kansas Community College 

Keep Providence Beautiful 

Kids Consortium, Inc. 

Kirkwood Community College 

Lake Champlain Basin Science Center 

Lake County Forest Preserve 

Lake Superior State University 

Lake Washington School District 

Land Partners Through Stewardship 

Lewis & Clark School 

Louisiana Environmental Education Association 

Lower Cape Communications, Inc. 

Mahoning Valley/Northeast Ohio Camp 

Mahopac Central Middle School 

Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District 

Metropolitan Dade County Dept of Environment 

Michigan Recycling Coalition 

Michigan Technological University 

Miller Springs Alliance, Inc. 

Milton Public Schools 

Milwaukee Community Service Corps, Inc. 

Missouri Botanical Garden 

Montana Audubon, Inc. 

Montana Science Institute, Inc. 

Montana State University-Bozeman 

Murray State University 

National Black Men's Health Network, Inc. 

Navajo Resource Conservation Development Council 

North Carolina Association of Soil and Water Conservation 

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission 

Nebraska Groundwater Foundation 

Nebraska State 4-H Camp 

New England Aquarium Corporation 

Norman Public Schools-Washington Elementary 

North American Association for Environmental Education 

North County Workforce Partnership 

Northeast Sustainable Energy Association 

Old Dominion University Research Foundation 

Oldham County Board of Education 

Oregon Graduate Institute of Science 

Oregon State University 

Patriots' Trail Girl Scout Council 

Pennsylvania Environmental Council 

People's C.O.R.E. 

Phipps Community Development Corporation 

Piedmont Park Conservancy 

Pocono Environmental Education Center 

Portsmouth Public School 

Prairiewoods:Franciscan Spirituality 

Radford University 

Regional Council of Rural Counties 

Rogue Valley Council of Governments 

Saint Francis College 

Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe 

Salish Sea Expeditions 

San Francisco Unified School District 

San Juan Resource Conservation 

San Marcos Consolidated ISD 

School Board of Broward County 

School District of Philadelphia 

Seguin Outdoor Learning Center 

Seneca Park Zoo Society 

Sequoia Foundation 

Shade-Central City School District 

Shelburne Farms 

Shenendehowa Central School District 

Society of American Foresters 

Soundwaters, Inc. 

Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision 

Southwest Environmental Center 

Southwest Youth Corporations 

Springfield Library and Museums Association 

Starkville School District 

State of Vermont 

Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association 

Southwest Center for Education & the National Swampscott Public Schools 

Teaching Responsible Earth Education 

The Catskill Center for Conservation 

The Childrens Treehouse 

The College of Santa Fe 

The Surplus Exchange, Inc. 

The Tides Center/Caya 

Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary 

Thorne Ecological Institute 

Trinidad Rancheria 

Twin Cities Tree Trust 

University of Alaska Fairbanks 

University of Alaska Southeast 

University of California 

University of Delaware 

University of Findlay 

University of Minnesota Dakota County 

University of Mississippi 

University of North Dakota 

University of Rhode Island 

University of South Carolina 

University of Texas Health Science 

University of the Virgin Islands 

University of Utah 

                        University of Wisconsin-Green Bay                               ( print page 70715)    

Urban Tree Connection 

Utah Society for Environmental Education 

Vermont Center for the Book 

Vermont D.O.H. 

Victor Central School 

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife 

Washington State University 

Watterson Accelerated Elementary PTA 

Weehawken Board of Education 

West Chester University of Pennsylvania 

West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc. 

Wilson County Schools 

Winooski Valley Park District 

Woonsocket Education Department 

YMCA of Middle Tennessee 

### Active Grants to Public and Private Colleges and Universities 

Alabama A&M University 

American University 

Antioch New England Graduate School 

Arizona State University 

Arkansas University for Medical Sciences 

Auburn University 

Baylor College of Medicine 

Bill Priest Institute 

Bishop State Community College 

Board of Regents, UCCSN 

Boise State University 

Boston University 

Boston University Medical Campus 

Bowie State University 

Bowling Green State University 

Brigham Young University 

Brown University 

Bucks County Community College 

California Inst of Technology 

California Polytechnic State University 

California State University 

California State University Hayward 

Carnegie Mellon University 

Case Western Reserve University 

Casper College 

Catonsville Community College 

Central Carolina Technical College 

Central Michigan University 

Central Washington University 

Charles County Community College 

Clark University 

Clarkson University 

Clemson University 

Cleveland State University 

College of Southern Maryland 

College of the Holy Cross 

College/University of Charleston 

Colorado School of Mines 

Colorado State University 

Columbia University 

Community College of Baltimore County 

Connecticut University Health Center 

Cornell University 

Crowder College 

Dallas County Community College Dist 

Dartmouth College 

Delaware Technical & Community College 

Delaware Valley College 

Duke University 

Duke University Medical Center 

Duquesne University 

East Central University 

Eastern IA Community College District 

Eastern Michigan University 

El Centro College 

Emory University 

Evergreen State College 

Ferris State University 

Florida International University 

Florida State University 

Front Range Community College 

Gannon University 

George Mason University 

George Washington University 

Georgia State University Research Foundation 

Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp. 

Georgia Tech Research Corporation 

Georgia Univ. Research Foundation 

Grand Valley State University 

Gulf Coast Research Laboratory 

Hampshire College 

Harvard College 

Heidelberg College 

Hendrix College 

Houston Community College Southeast 

Humboldt State University Foundation 

Illinois Institute of Technology 

Imperial Valley College 

Indiana University 

Iowa State University 

Jacksonville State University 

Jefferson Medical College 

Jobs for Youth-Boston, Inc. 

Johns Hopkins University 

Jr. College District of Mineral Area 

Kansas State Forester 

Kansas State University 

Kansas University Medical Center 

Kent State University 

Kirkwood Community College 

Lamar University 

Langston University 

Lehigh University 

Linn-Benton Community College 

Loma Linda University 

Louisiana State University and A & M College 

Louisiana State University 

Louisiana Universities Marine 

Louisville University RES Foundation, Inc. 

Loyola University of Chicago 

Manhattan College 

Marquette University 

Marshall University Research Corp 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

McNeese State University 

Medical College of Ohio 

Medical College of Wisconsin 

Medical University of South Carolina 

Merrimack College 

Metropolitan Community Colleges 

Miami University 

Miami-Dade Community College 

Michigan State University 

Michigan Technological University 

Mississippi State University 

Montana State University 

Montana Tech of the University of Montana 

Montclair State University 

Morgan State University 

Mount Sinai School of Medicine 

MS-AL Sea Grant Consortium 

New Jersey Institute of Technology 

New Jersey University of Medicine and Dentistry 

New Mexico State University 

New York University School of Medicine 

New York University 

New York University Medical Center 

North Carolina Central University 

North Carolina State University 

North Dakota State University 

Northern Arizona University 

Northern Kentucky University 

Northland College 

Northwest Indian College 

Northwestern University 

Occidental College 

Ohio State University Research Foundation 

Ohio University 

Oklahoma State University 

Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology 

Oregon Health Sciences University 

Oregon State University 

Pennsylvania State University 

Pima County Community College 

Portland State University 

Pratt University 

Princeton University 

Purdue University 

Red Rocks Community College 

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 

Research Foundation of CUNY 

Roger Williams University 

Rutgers the State University of NJ-Piscataway 

Rutgers University 

Rutgers University-Cook College 

Saint Louis Community College 

Saint Mary's College of Maryland 

Saint Vincent College 

Salem State College 

Salisbury State University 

San Diego State University 

San Francisco State University 

Shaw University 

Sistema Universitario Ana G. Mendez 

South Dakota State University 

Southern Arkansas University Tech 

Southern University A&M Collage at Baton Rouge 

Southwest Texas State University 

Southwestern Community College District 

Spelman College 

Stanford University 

Suny Research Foundation. 

Syracuse University-Maxwell School 

Tarleton State University 

Temple University School of Medicine 

Tennessee Technological University 

Texas A&M Research Foundation 

Texas Engineering Experiment Station 

Texas Tech University 

Texas University Medical Branch 

Tufts College 

Tufts University 

Tufts University School of Medicine 

Tulane University 

Tulane University Medical Center 

UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School 

UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School 

UMDNJ-School of Public Health 

University and Community College System of Nevada 

University of Alabama 

University of Alabama at Birmingham 

University of Alabama in Huntsville 

University of Alaska 

University of Alaska-Anchorage 

University of Alaska-Fairbanks 

University of Alaska Southeast-SITKA 

University of Arizona 

University of Arkansas 

University of Arkansas for Medical Science 

University of California 

University of California Berkeley 

                        University of California Davis                               ( print page 70716)    

University of California Irvine 

University of California Los Angeles 

University of California Riverside 

University of California San Diego 

University of California Santa Barbara 

University of California Santa Cruz 

University of Cincinnati 

University of Colorado 

University of Colorado at Boulder 

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs 

University of Colorado at Denver 

University of Colorado Health Science Center 

University of Connecticut 

University of Dayton 

University of Delaware 

University of Findlay 

University of Florida 

University of Georgia 

University of Guam 

University of Hawaii 

University of Idaho 

University of Illinois 

University of Illinois at Chicago 

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 

University of Iowa 

University of Kansas Medical Center 

University of Kentucky 

University of Kentucky Research Foundation 

University of Louisiana at Lafayette 

University of Louisville 

University of Louisville Res. Foundation, Inc 

University of Maine 

University of Maryland 

University of Maryland-Baltimore 

University of Maryland-Cambridge 

University of Maryland-College Park 

University of Maryland Baltimore County 

University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute 

University of Maryland Eastern Shore 

University of Massachusetts 

University of Massachusetts Boston 

University of Massachusetts Lowell 

University of Massachusetts, Amherst 

University of Maryland Center for Environmental Studies 

University of Memphis 

University of Miami 

University of Michigan 

University of Minnesota 

University of Mississippi 

University of Missouri 

University of Missouri-Columbia 

University of Montana 

University of Nebraska 

University of Nebraska at Omaha 

University of Nebraska-Lincoln 

University of Nebraska-Omaha 

University of Nevada 

University of Nevada-Las Vegas 

University of New Hampshire 

University of New Mexico 

University of New Mexico ATR Institute 

University of New Mexico Board of Regents 

University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center 

University of New Orleans 

University of North Carolina 

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

University of North Dakota 

University of North Texas 

University of Northern Iowa 

University of Notre Dame 

University of Oklahoma 

University of Oklahoma Health Science Center 

University of Oregon 

University of Pennsylvania 

University of Pittsburgh 

University of Redlands 

University of Rhode Island 

University of Rochester 

University of South Alabama 

University of South Carolina 

University of South Dakota 

University of South Florida 

University of Southern California 

University of Southern Maine 

University of Southern Mississippi 

University of Southwestern Louisiana 

University of Tennessee 

University of Texas 

University of Texas at Arlington 

University of Texas at Austin 

University of Texas at Brownsville 

University of Texas at El Paso 

University of Texas Health Science Center 

University of the South 

University of Toledo 

University of Tulsa 

University of Utah 

University of Vermont 

University of Virginia 

University of Washington 

University of West Florida 

University of Wisconsin 

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay 

University of Wyoming 

Utah State University 

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine 

Vermont Technical College 

Virginia Commonwealth University 

Virginia Institute of Marine Science 

Virginia Polytechnic Inst & State University 

Washington State University 

Washington University 

Wayne State University 

Wesleyan University 

Western Kentucky University 

Western Michigan University 

Western Nevada Community College 

Wiley College 

Wilkes University 

William Marsh Rice University 

Wright State University 

Wytheville Community College 

Xavier University of Louisiana 

Yale University 

Other grant programs and activities and grantees or recipients may also be covered by Title IX if they involve education programs. A complete list of all financial assistance provided by EPA is available on the Internet from the EPA's Grants Information and Control System (GICS) through the EPA's Envirofacts Warehouse at http://www.epa.gov/​enviro/​html/​gics/​. This information is also published in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, which is published each year by the General Services Administration (GSA). The Catalog's website address is http://www.cfda.gov. Catalog information is available by calling, toll free, 1-800-669-8331 or by writing to: Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog Staff (MVS), General Services Administration, Reporters Building, Room 101, 300 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20407. 

                    The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801*et seq.,*                     as added by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, does not apply because this action is not a rule, for purposes of 5 U.S.C. 804(3).                 

Dated: November 20, 2000. 

Mary M. O'Lone, 

Acting Director, Office of Civil Rights. 

[FR Doc. 00-30114 Filed 11-24-00; 8:45 am] 

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