Document ID: EPA-HQ-OA-2015-0553-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: White House Council on Environmental Quality/Environmental Protection Agency Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators Application
Posted Date: 2016-01-19T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 19, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2859-2860]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-00803]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OA-2015-0553; FRL-9941-39-OEI]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; CEQ-EPA Presidential Innovation Award for 
Environmental Educators Application (New)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``CEQ-EPA Presidential Innovation 
Award for Environmental Educators Application (New)'' (EPA ICR No. 
2524.01, OMB Control No. 2090-NEW) to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This is a request for approval 
of a new collection. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register (80 FR 48101) on August 11, 2015 during a 60-day 
comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public 
comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its 
estimated burden and cost to the public. 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.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before February 18, 
2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OA-2015-0553, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by email to oei.docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via email to 
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for 
EPA.
    EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
public docket without change including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information 
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carly Carroll, Office of the 
Administrator, Office of Environmental Education, MC-1704A, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-2769; fax number: 202-
564-2754; email address: carroll.carly@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents which explain in detail 
the information that the EPA will be collecting are available in the 
public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at 
www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, 
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The telephone 
number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional 
information about EPA's public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The purpose of this information collection request is to 
collect information from applicants in order to select recipients for 
the Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators program. 
The EPA, in conjunction with the White House Council on Environmental 
Quality (CEQ), established the award program to meet the requirements 
of Section 8(e) of the National Environmental Education Act (20 U.S.C. 
5507(e)). Teachers can complete their applications online at 
www.epa.gov/education/piaee-application.
    Form Numbers: 6500-04.

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    Respondents/affected entities: K-12 public school teachers.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Required to obtain a benefit. 
Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators as 
established under Section 8(e) of the National Environmental Education 
Act (20 U.S.C. 5507(e)).
    Estimated number of respondents: 75 (total).
    Frequency of response: Annually.
    Total estimated burden: 750 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.03(b)
    Total estimated cost: $28,500 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: This is a new collection.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-00803 Filed 1-15-16; 8:45 am]
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