Document ID: EPA-HQ-OA-2015-0553-0010
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: CEQ-EPA Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators Application (Renewal)
Posted Date: 2019-03-21T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 55 (Thursday, March 21, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10510-10511]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05314]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OA-2018-0553; FRL-9990-64-OEI]

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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), CEQ-EPA Presidential Innovation 
Award for Environmental Educators Application (EPA ICR Number 2524.02, 
OMB Control Number 2090-0031), to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is 
currently approved through March 31, 2019. Public comments were 
previously requested via the Federal Register on December 21, 2018 
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 April 22, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA- HQ-
OA-2018-0553, 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: Javier Araujo, Office of the 
Administrator, Office of Environmental Education, MC-1704-A, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-
2642; fax number: 202-564-2753; email address: araujo.javier@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 to select recipients for the 
Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators program. The 
Environmental Protection Agency (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 
participate by completing and submitting the application form. 
Information collected includes background about the teacher and his/her 
experience, completed essay

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responses, sample teaching materials, and recommendations from a 
student, principal, and fellow teacher. The information collected under 
this ICR will continuously help EPA and CEQ to select the top awardees 
for the Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators 
(PIAEE). The selected winners will benefit from small cash prizes, 
which will help them to continue their mission of advancing innovative 
approaches to environmental education to grades K-12.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: K-12 teachers who teach on a full-
time basis in a public school that is operated by a local education 
agency, including schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. For 
this program, a local education agency is one as defined by section 198 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (now codified at 
20 U.S.C. 7801(260).
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Required to obtain information 
from the applicants for Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental 
Educators and assess certain aspects of the PIAEE program 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: 10 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 
CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $32,250 (per year), includes $14,191 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: We expect that after adjusting the burden 
numbers that the burden numbers will substantially stay the same. 
Program requirements are expected to stay the same and the estimates 
currently consider the use of technology to complete the application.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
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