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will then be submitted to OMB for 

review and approval. At that time, EPA 

will issue another Federal Register 

notice to announce the submission of 

the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to 

submit additional comments to OMB. 

Abstract: The EPA uses contractors to 

perform services throughout the nation 

with regard to environmental 

emergencies involving the release, or 

threatened release, of oil, radioactive 

materials, or hazardous chemicals that 

may potentially affect communities and 

the surrounding environment. The 

Agency may request contractors 

responding to any of these types of 

incidents to conduct background checks 

and apply Government-established 

suitability criteria in Title 5 CFR 

Administrative Personnel 731.104 

Appointments Subject to Investigation, 

732.201 Sensitivity Level Designations 

and Investigative Requirements, and 

736.102 Notice to Investigative Sources 

when determining whether employees 

are acceptable to perform on given sites 

or on specific projects. In addition to 

emergency response contractors, EPA 

may require background checks for 

contractor personnel working in 

sensitive sites or sensitive projects. The 

background checks and application of 

the Government’s suitability criteria 

must be completed prior to contract 

employee performance. The contractor 

shall maintain records associated with 

all background checks. Background 

checks cover citizenship or valid visa 

status, criminal convictions, weapons 

offenses, felony convictions, and parties 

prohibited from receiving federal 

contracts. 

Form numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: Private 

Contractors. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Required to obtain a benefit per Title 5 

CFR Administrative Personnel 731.104 

Appointments Subject to Investigation, 

732.201 Sensitivity Level Designations 

and Investigative Requirements, and 

736.102 Notice to Investigative Sources. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

1,000. 

Frequency of response: Annual. 

Total estimated burden: 1,000 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $186,730 (per 

year), includes $0 annualized capital or 

operation & maintenance (O&M) costs. 

Changes in Estimates: There is no 

change in the hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. 

Dated: January 28, 2015. 

John R. Bashista, 

Director, Office of Acquisition Management. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9922–84–OA] 

Announcement of the Board of 

Directors for the National 

Environmental Education Foundation 

AGENCY: Office of External Affairs and 

Environmental Education, 

Environmental Protection Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Environmental 

Education and Training Foundation 

(doing business as The National 

Environmental Education Foundation or 

NEEF) was created by Section 10 of 

Public Law 101–619, the National 

Environmental Education Act of 1990. It 

is a private 501(c)(3) non-profit 

organization established to promote and 

support education and training as 

necessary tools to further environmental 

protection and sustainable, 

environmentally sound development. It 

provides the common ground upon 

which leaders from business and 

industry, all levels of government, 

public interest groups, and others can 

work cooperatively to expand the reach 

of environmental education and training 

programs beyond the traditional 

classroom. The Foundation promotes 

innovative environmental education 

and training programs such as 

environmental education for medical 

healthcare providers and broadcast 

meteorologists; it also develops 

partnerships with government and other 

organizations to administer projects that 

promote the development of an 

environmentally literal public. The 

Administrator of the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, as 

required by the terms of the Act, 

announces the following appointment to 

the National Environmental Education 

Foundation Board of Directors. The 

appointee is Raul Perea-Henze, M.D., 

M.P.H., managing director of HORUS 

Advisors as a strategy advisor in 

healthcare, global affairs and 

government relations. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information regarding this Notice of 

Appointment, please contact Mr. Brian 

Bond, Senior Advisor to the 

Administrator for Public Engagement, 

U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. General 

information concerning NEEF can be 

found on their Web site at: http://

www.neefusa.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Additional Considerations 

Great care has been taken to assure 

that this new appointee not only has the 

highest degree of expertise and 

commitment, but also brings to the 

Board diverse points of view relating to 

environmental education. This 

appointment is a four-year term which 

may be renewed once for an additional 

four years pending successful reelection by the NEEF nominating 

committee. 

This appointee will join the current 

Board members which include: 

• Decker Anstrom (NEEF Chairman) 

Former U.S. Ambassador, Retired 

Chairman, The Weather Channel 

Companies 

• Trish Silber (NEEF Vice Chair) 

President, Aliniad Consulting Partners, 

Inc. 

• Diane Wood (NEEF Secretary) 

President, National Environmental 

Education Foundation 

• Carlos Alcazar, Founder and 

Chairman, Culture ONE World 

• Megan Reilly Cayten, Co-Founder 

and Chief Executive Officer, Catrinka, 

LLC 

• Philippe Cousteau, Co-Founder and 

CEO, EarthEcho International 

• David M. Kiser, Vice President, 

Environment, Health, Safety and 

Sustainability, International Paper 

• Wonya Lucas, President, Lucas 

Strategic Consulting 

• Shannon Schuyler, Principal, 

Corporate Responsibility Leader, 

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) 

• Jacqueline M. Thomas, Vice 

President of Corporate Responsibility, 

Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. 

Background 

Section 10(a) of the National 

Environmental Education Act of 1990 

mandates a National Environmental 

Education Foundation. The Foundation 

is established in order to extend the 

contribution of environmental 

education and training to meeting 

critical environmental protection needs, 

both in this country and internationally; 

to facilitate the cooperation, 

coordination, and contribution of public 

and private resources to create an 

environmentally advanced educational 

system; and to foster an open and 

effective partnership among Federal, 

State, and local government, business, 

industry, academic institutions, 

community based environmental 

groups, and international organizations. 

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The Foundation is a charitable and 

nonprofit corporation whose income is 

exempt from tax, and donations to 

which are tax deductible to the same 

extent as those organizations listed 

pursuant to section 501(c) of the 

Internal Revenue Code of 1986. The 

Foundation is not an agency or 

establishment of the United States. The 

purposes of the Foundation are— 

(A) Subject to the limitation contained 

in the final sentence of subsection (d) 

herein, to encourage, accept, leverage, 

and administer private gifts for the 

benefit of, or in connection with, the 

environmental education and training 

activities and services of the United 

States Environmental Protection 

Agency; 

(B) to conduct such other 

environmental education activities as 

will further the development of an 

environmentally conscious and 

responsible public, a well-trained and 

environmentally literate workforce, and 

an environmentally advanced 

educational system; 

(C) to participate with foreign entities 

and individuals in the conduct and 

coordination of activities that will 

further opportunities for environmental 

education and training to address 

environmental issues and problems 

involving the United States and Canada 

or Mexico. 

The Foundation develops, supports, 

and/or operates programs and projects 

to educate and train educational and 

environmental professionals, and to 

assist them in the development and 

delivery of environmental education 

and training programs and studies. 

The Foundation has a governing 

Board of Directors (hereafter referred to 

in this section as ‘the Board’), which 

consists of 13 directors, each of whom 

shall be knowledgeable or experienced 

in the environment, education and/or 

training. The Board oversees the 

activities of the Foundation and assures 

that the activities of the Foundation are 

consistent with the environmental and 

education goals and policies of the 

Environmental Protection Agency and 

with the intents and purposes of the 

Act. The membership of the Board, to 

the extent practicable, represents 

diverse points of view relating to 

environmental education and training. 

Members of the Board are appointed by 

the Administrator of the Environmental 

Protection Agency. 

Within 90 days of the date of the 

enactment of the National 

Environmental Education Act, and as 

appropriate thereafter, the 

Administrator will publish in the 

Federal Register an announcement of 

appointments of Directors of the Board. 

Such appointments become final and 

effective 90 days after publication in the 

Federal Register. The directors are 

appointed for terms of 4 years. The 

Administrator shall appoint an 

individual to serve as a director in the 

event of a vacancy on the Board within 

60 days of said vacancy in the manner 

in which the original appointment was 

made. No individual may serve more 

than 2 consecutive terms as a director. 

Dated: February 3, 2015. 

Gina McCarthy, 

Administrator. 

Raul Perea-Henze, M.D., M.P.H. 

Dr. Perea-Henze, M.D., M.P.H. is 

currently managing director of HORUS 

Advisors as a strategy advisor in 

healthcare, global affairs and 

government relations. 

He worked in the private sector, as 

senior executive at Merck & Co., Inc. 

and Pfizer Inc. Among his many 

responsibilities at these companies he 

assisted in shaping corporate 

responsibility, philanthropy and 

external affairs participating in 

committees at the Institute of Medicine, 

World Medical Association, The Clinton 

Global Initiative and the Gates 

Foundation. 

In the public sector, he served as 

assistant secretary for policy and 

planning at the U.S. Department of 

Veterans Affairs where he had direct 

oversight for a $9 billion portfolio of 

priority programs. Before joining the VA 

in 2010, he was an advisor to the Obama 

Presidential Transition Team. He was 

deputy assistant secretary for 

management and budget at the U.S. 

Department of Commerce from 1999 to 

2001. 

He has a medical degree from the 

University of Chihuahua in Mexico and 

a master’s degree in public health from 

Yale University. We believe he will be 

a great addition to the NEEF board and 

we respectfully submit his name for 

appointment to the NEEF Board of 

Directors. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9922–83–OA] 

Announcement of the Board of 

Directors for the National 

Environmental Education Foundation 

AGENCY: Office of External Affairs and 

Environmental Education, 

Environmental Protection Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Environmental 

Education and Training Foundation 

(doing business as The National 

Environmental Education Foundation or 

NEEF) was created by Section 10 of 

Public Law 101–619, the National 

Environmental Education Act of 1990. It 

is a private 501(c)(3) non-profit 

organization established to promote and 

support education and training as 

necessary tools to further environmental 

protection and sustainable, 

environmentally sound development. It 

provides the common ground upon 

which leaders from business and 

industry, all levels of government, 

public interest groups, and others can 

work cooperatively to expand the reach 

of environmental education and training 

programs beyond the traditional 

classroom. The Foundation promotes 

innovative environmental education 

and training programs such as 

environmental education for medical 

healthcare providers and broadcast 

meteorologists; it also develops 

partnerships with government and other 

organizations to administer projects that 

promote the development of an 

environmentally literal public. The 

Administrator of the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, as 

required by the terms of the Act, 

announces the following appointment to 

the National Environmental Education 

Foundation Board of Directors. The 

appointee is George Basile, Ph.D., a 

Professor in the School of Sustainability 

at Arizona State University (ASU), a 

Senior Sustainability Scientist in ASU’s 

Global Institute of Sustainability and 

Affiliate Professor in the School on 

Public Affairs. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information regarding this Notice of 

Appointment, please contact Mr. Brian 

Bond, Senior Advisor to the 

Administrator for Public Engagement, 

U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. General 

information concerning NEEF can be 

found on their Web site at: http://

www.neefusa.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Additional Considerations: Great care 

has been taken to assure that this new 

appointee not only has the highest 

degree of expertise and commitment, 

but also brings to the Board diverse 

points of view relating to environmental 

education. This appointment is a fouryear term which may be renewed once 

for an additional four years pending 

successful re-election by the NEEF 

nominating committee. 

This appointee will join the current 

Board members which include: 

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