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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5099-7]

 

A Notice of Intent To Invite Proposals for the Environmental 
Education and Training Program

    The purpose of this notice is to provide you with advance notice 
that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intends to publish 
an ``Invitation for Proposals'' in the Federal Register in December 
1994 to solicit proposals to operate the Environmental Education and 
Training Program. This notice is also intended to help EPA develop a 
mailing list for the distribution of the ``Invitation for Proposals.''
    The purpose of the Environmental Education and Training Program is 
to train educational professionals to develop and deliver environmental 
education programs as authorized under section 5 of the National 
Environmental Education Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-619). Under this program, 
EPA awards a cooperative agreement with a three-year project period to 
an institution of higher education, a non-profit organization, or a 
consortia of such institutions.
    This program was initiated in 1992 with the award of a cooperative 
agreement to the University of Michigan which developed and now leads 
the National Consortium for Environmental Education and Training 
(NCEET). EPA awarded $1.6 million in FY 1992, $1.8 million in FY 1993, 
and $2.0 million in FY 1994 to NCEET to implement this program. EPA 
encourages applicants for the second three-year phase of this program 
(1995-1997) to collaborate with existing programs, including NCEET. EPA 
expects the annual funding for this program to remain relatively 
constant over the next three years, subject to Congressional 
appropriations. For additional information on NCEET, please contact 
NCEET, School of Natural Resources, University of Michigan, Dana 
Building, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109-1115, 313-998-6726.
    Specific guidelines and priorities on the functions and activities 
of the program as well as EPA's basis for evaluating proposals will be 
provided in the ``Invitation for Proposals.'' No additional information 
on the training program will be available to the public until the 
``Invitation for Proposals'' has been published in the Federal 
Register.
    EPA's tentative schedule for this program is an follows:
     Publish ``Invitation for Proposals'' in the Federal 
Register: December 1994.
     Deadline for mailing applications: March 1995 (exact date 
to be announced).
     Award cooperative agreement: by September 30, 1995.
    To be placed on the EPA mailing list to receive a copy of the 
``Invitation for Proposals,'' please call 202-260-3335 or write to: 
Kathleen MacKinnon, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental 
Education Division (1707), Environmental Education and Training 
Program, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460.

    Dated: October 14, 1994.
Loretta M. Ucelli,
Associate Administrator, Office of Communications, Education and Public 
Affairs.
[FR Doc. 94-26991 Filed 10-31-94; 8:45 am]
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