[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 16, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 14851]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05509]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OA-2015-0553; FRL-9663-01-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; CEQ-EPA Presidential Innovation Award for
Environmental Educators and the President's Environmental Youth Awards
Application
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 and the President's Environmental
Youth Awards Application (EPA ICR Number 2524.03, 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
April 30, 2022. Public comments were previously requested via the
Federal Register on October 18, 2021 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 15,
2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OA-2015-0553, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method)
or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail
Code 2821T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. 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.
Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Javier Araujo, Office of the
Administrator, Office of Environmental Education, MC-1704A,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-2642; fax number: 202-564-2753;
email address: [email protected].
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 (PIAEE)
program and the President's Environmental Youth Awards (PEYA) program.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency), in
conjunction with the White House Council on Environmental Quality
(CEQ), established the PIAEE program to meet the requirements of
Section 8(e) of the National Environmental Education Act (20 U.S.C.
5507(e)). The Agency established the PEYA program to meet the
requirements of Section 8(d) of the National Environmental Education
Act (20 U.S.C. 5507(d)).
Form Numbers: 5900-578, 6500-04.
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(26)).
Respondent's obligation to respond: Required to obtain information
from the applicants for PIAEE and PEYA program and assess certain
aspects of programs as established under Section 8(e) of the National
Environmental Education Act (20 U.S.C. 5507(e)) and Section 8(d) of the
National Environmental Education Act (20 U.S.C. 5507(d)) respectively.
Estimated number of respondents: 75 (total per year) for the PIAEE
program and 250 (total per year) for the PEYA program.
Frequency of response: Annually.
Total estimated burden: 3,225 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $116,888 per year, includes $0 capital or
operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 2,475 hours in
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB. This increase is due to the addition of the PEYA
application. The individual cost per respondent for internal processing
has also risen, due to increases in labor rate estimates.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-05509 Filed 3-15-22; 8:45 am]
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