[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 228 (Monday, November 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70713-70716]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-30114]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6908-2]


Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or 
Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of programs and activities receiving financial 
assistance from the Environmental Protection Agency that are covered by 
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with subpart F of the final common rule for the 
enforcement of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as 
amended, 20 U.S.C. 1681, et seq. (``Title IX'') this notice lists those 
programs and activities that receive financial assistance from the U.S. 
EPA and are covered by Title IX. Title IX prohibits recipients of 
Federal financial assistance from discriminating on the basis of sex in 
education programs or activities. Subpart F requires each Federal 
agency that awards Federal financial assistance to publish in the 
Federal Register a notice of the programs covered by the Title IX 
regulations within sixty (60) days after the effective date (September 
29, 2000) of the final common rule. The final common rule for the 
enforcement of Title IX was published in the Federal Register by twenty 
(20) Federal agencies, including the EPA, on August 30, 2000, (65 FR 
52857-52895).

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 27, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Address all comments concerning this notice to U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Civil Rights, Mail Code 
1201A, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann E. Goode, Director, Office of 
Civil Rights, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 1201A, 
1200 Pennsylvania, Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. 20460. Telephone: (202) 
564-7272 (voice), (202) 501-1822 (TDD). Facsimile: (202) 501-1836.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title IX prohibits recipients of Federal 
financial assistance from discriminating on the basis of sex in 
educational programs or activities. Specifically, the statute states 
that ``[n]o person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be 
excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be 
subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity 
receiving Federal financial assistance,'' with specific exceptions for 
various entities, programs, and activities. 20 U.S.C. 1681(a). This 
statute was modeled after Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 
U.S.C. 2000d et seq., which prohibits discrimination on the basis of 
race, color, and national origin in all programs or activities that 
receive Federal financial assistance. The goal of Title IX is to ensure 
that Federal funds are not utilized for and do not support sex-based 
discrimination, and that individuals have equal opportunities, without 
regard to sex, to pursue, engage or participate in, and benefit from 
academic, extracurricular, research, occupational training, employment, 
or other educational programs or activities. For example (and without 
limitation), subject to exceptions described in these Title IX 
regulations, Title IX prohibits a recipient from discriminating on the 
basis of sex in: student admissions, scholarship awards and tuition 
assistance, recruitment of students and employees, the provision of 
courses and other academic offerings, the provision of and 
participation in athletics and extracurricular activities, and all 
aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, selection, 
hiring, compensation, benefits, job assignments and classification, 
promotions, demotions, tenure, training, transfers, leave, layoffs, and 
termination. Of course, Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis 
of sex in the operation of, and the provision or denial of benefits by, 
education programs conducted by noneducational institutions, including, 
but not limited to, prisons, museums, job training institutes, and for 
profit and nonprofit organizations.

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List of Programs and Activities Receiving Financial Assistance From 
EPA and Covered by Title IX

    The following is a list of programs and activities receiving 
financial assistance from the EPA as of September 2000 that are covered 
by Title IX. The list is comprised of Active Environmental Education 
Grants and Active Grants to Public and Private Colleges and 
Universities.

Active Environmental Education Grants

Alabama Mayors Corporation for Economic Cultural
Alameda County Office of Education
Alaska Discovery Foundation, Inc.
Alliance for New Jersey Environmental Education
American Institute for Learning
American Lung Association of Arizona
American Lung Association of Illinois
Arab Community Center for Economic
Arkansas 4-H Foundation
Association of Vermont Recyclers
Benedictine University
Better Housing League/Greater Cincinnati
Bi-State Regional Commission
Bitterroot Ecological Awareness Resources
Bluemont Elementary
Boston Public School District
Boys & Girls Clubs of East Jackson County
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City
Cacapon Institute
Calypso Farm and Ecology Center
Campbell County School District
Carson City School District
Castro Valley Unified School District
CBIA Education Foundation
Cenla Pride
Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies, Inc.
Central Arkansas Planning & Development District
Central Community College
Chance, Inc.
Chattahoochee High School
Chattahoochee-Flint Regional Development Center
Chesapeake Audubon Society
City of Austin
City of Gary
City of Naples Utilities Department
City of New York Parks and Recreation
City of Tumwater
City of Westland
City Seeds
Coastal Carolina University
Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education
Colorado River Union High School District
Columbia Basin College
Communities Creating Connections, Inc.
Contra Costa County Health Services Department
Cooperating School Districts
Cornell Coop Extension-St. Lawrence City
Council for Environmental Education
Council on the Environment, Inc.
County of Somerset
Creation Station
Crook County Soil & Water Conservation
Center for Instructional Staff Development & Evaluation
Cumberland River Compact, Inc.
Delaware Academy of Science
Delaware Department of Natural Resources
Delaware Ecumenical Council on Children
Douglas Unified School District #27
Downingtown Area School District
Drexel University
Eastern Oregon University
Educational Broadcasting Corporation
Emporia State University
Environmental Educ. Council of Ohio
Environmental Learning for Kids
Fairview Area Schools
Florida Atlantic University
Florida Institute of Technology
Four Corners School of Outdoor Education
Frenchman Bay Conservancy
Friends of Bluff Lake
Friends of the Rio Grande Nature Center
Friends of the Salt Springs Park, Inc.
Friends of the Urban Forest
Front Range Earth Force
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Grand Traverse Tribal Council
Great Bay Stewards, Inc.
Greater Newark Conservancy
Green City Data Project of Colorado
Guilderland Central School District
H.M. McKemy Middle School
Hackensack Meadowlands Development Co.
Hawaii Nature Center
Haywood County 4-H Club
Heart of Oklahoma Council of Camp Fire
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater
Indiana Dunes Environmental Learning
Inner-City Coalition on the Environment
Integrated Day Charter School
Inter-American U. of Puerto Rico, Inc.
Iowa State University
Jackson Public Schools
Jefferson County Public Schools
Kansas Association for Conservation & Environmental Education
Kansas City Kansas Community College
Keep Providence Beautiful
Kids Consortium, Inc.
Kirkwood Community College
Lake Champlain Basin Science Center
Lake County Forest Preserve
Lake Superior State University
Lake Washington School District
Land Partners Through Stewardship
Lewis & Clark School
Louisiana Environmental Education Association
Lower Cape Communications, Inc.
Mahoning Valley/Northeast Ohio Camp
Mahopac Central Middle School
Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District
Metropolitan Dade County Dept of Environment
Michigan Recycling Coalition
Michigan Technological University
Miller Springs Alliance, Inc.
Milton Public Schools
Milwaukee Community Service Corps, Inc.
Missouri Botanical Garden
Montana Audubon, Inc.
Montana Science Institute, Inc.
Montana State University-Bozeman
Murray State University
National Black Men's Health Network, Inc.
Navajo Resource Conservation Development Council
North Carolina Association of Soil and Water Conservation
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
Nebraska Groundwater Foundation
Nebraska State 4-H Camp
New England Aquarium Corporation
Norman Public Schools-Washington Elementary
North American Association for Environmental Education
North County Workforce Partnership
Northeast Sustainable Energy Association
Old Dominion University Research Foundation
Oldham County Board of Education
Oregon Graduate Institute of Science
Oregon State University
Patriots' Trail Girl Scout Council
Pennsylvania Environmental Council
People's C.O.R.E.
Phipps Community Development Corporation
Piedmont Park Conservancy
Pocono Environmental Education Center
Portsmouth Public School
Prairiewoods:Franciscan Spirituality
Radford University
Regional Council of Rural Counties
Rogue Valley Council of Governments
Saint Francis College
Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe
Salish Sea Expeditions
San Francisco Unified School District
San Juan Resource Conservation
San Marcos Consolidated ISD
School Board of Broward County
School District of Philadelphia
Seguin Outdoor Learning Center
Seneca Park Zoo Society
Sequoia Foundation
Shade-Central City School District
Shelburne Farms
Shenendehowa Central School District
Society of American Foresters
Soundwaters, Inc.
Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision
Southwest Environmental Center
Southwest Youth Corporations
Springfield Library and Museums Association
Starkville School District
State of Vermont
Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association
Southwest Center for Education & the National Swampscott Public 
Schools
Teaching Responsible Earth Education
The Catskill Center for Conservation
The Childrens Treehouse
The College of Santa Fe
The Surplus Exchange, Inc.
The Tides Center/Caya
Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary
Thorne Ecological Institute
Trinidad Rancheria
Twin Cities Tree Trust
University of Alaska Fairbanks
University of Alaska Southeast
University of California
University of Delaware
University of Findlay
University of Minnesota Dakota County
University of Mississippi
University of North Dakota
University of Rhode Island
University of South Carolina
University of Texas Health Science
University of the Virgin Islands
University of Utah
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

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Urban Tree Connection
Utah Society for Environmental Education
Vermont Center for the Book
Vermont D.O.H.
Victor Central School
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Washington State University
Watterson Accelerated Elementary PTA
Weehawken Board of Education
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc.
Wilson County Schools
Winooski Valley Park District
Woonsocket Education Department
YMCA of Middle Tennessee

Active Grants to Public and Private Colleges and Universities

Alabama A&M University
American University
Antioch New England Graduate School
Arizona State University
Arkansas University for Medical Sciences
Auburn University
Baylor College of Medicine
Bill Priest Institute
Bishop State Community College
Board of Regents, UCCSN
Boise State University
Boston University
Boston University Medical Campus
Bowie State University
Bowling Green State University
Brigham Young University
Brown University
Bucks County Community College
California Inst of Technology
California Polytechnic State University
California State University
California State University Hayward
Carnegie Mellon University
Case Western Reserve University
Casper College
Catonsville Community College
Central Carolina Technical College
Central Michigan University
Central Washington University
Charles County Community College
Clark University
Clarkson University
Clemson University
Cleveland State University
College of Southern Maryland
College of the Holy Cross
College/University of Charleston
Colorado School of Mines
Colorado State University
Columbia University
Community College of Baltimore County
Connecticut University Health Center
Cornell University
Crowder College
Dallas County Community College Dist
Dartmouth College
Delaware Technical & Community College
Delaware Valley College
Duke University
Duke University Medical Center
Duquesne University
East Central University
Eastern IA Community College District
Eastern Michigan University
El Centro College
Emory University
Evergreen State College
Ferris State University
Florida International University
Florida State University
Front Range Community College
Gannon University
George Mason University
George Washington University
Georgia State University Research Foundation
Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp.
Georgia Tech Research Corporation
Georgia Univ. Research Foundation
Grand Valley State University
Gulf Coast Research Laboratory
Hampshire College
Harvard College
Heidelberg College
Hendrix College
Houston Community College Southeast
Humboldt State University Foundation
Illinois Institute of Technology
Imperial Valley College
Indiana University
Iowa State University
Jacksonville State University
Jefferson Medical College
Jobs for Youth-Boston, Inc.
Johns Hopkins University
Jr. College District of Mineral Area
Kansas State Forester
Kansas State University
Kansas University Medical Center
Kent State University
Kirkwood Community College
Lamar University
Langston University
Lehigh University
Linn-Benton Community College
Loma Linda University
Louisiana State University and A & M College
Louisiana State University
Louisiana Universities Marine
Louisville University RES Foundation, Inc.
Loyola University of Chicago
Manhattan College
Marquette University
Marshall University Research Corp
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
McNeese State University
Medical College of Ohio
Medical College of Wisconsin
Medical University of South Carolina
Merrimack College
Metropolitan Community Colleges
Miami University
Miami-Dade Community College
Michigan State University
Michigan Technological University
Mississippi State University
Montana State University
Montana Tech of the University of Montana
Montclair State University
Morgan State University
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
MS-AL Sea Grant Consortium
New Jersey Institute of Technology
New Jersey University of Medicine and Dentistry
New Mexico State University
New York University School of Medicine
New York University
New York University Medical Center
North Carolina Central University
North Carolina State University
North Dakota State University
Northern Arizona University
Northern Kentucky University
Northland College
Northwest Indian College
Northwestern University
Occidental College
Ohio State University Research Foundation
Ohio University
Oklahoma State University
Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology
Oregon Health Sciences University
Oregon State University
Pennsylvania State University
Pima County Community College
Portland State University
Pratt University
Princeton University
Purdue University
Red Rocks Community College
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Research Foundation of CUNY
Roger Williams University
Rutgers the State University of NJ-Piscataway
Rutgers University
Rutgers University-Cook College
Saint Louis Community College
Saint Mary's College of Maryland
Saint Vincent College
Salem State College
Salisbury State University
San Diego State University
San Francisco State University
Shaw University
Sistema Universitario Ana G. Mendez
South Dakota State University
Southern Arkansas University Tech
Southern University A&M Collage at Baton Rouge
Southwest Texas State University
Southwestern Community College District
Spelman College
Stanford University
Suny Research Foundation.
Syracuse University-Maxwell School
Tarleton State University
Temple University School of Medicine
Tennessee Technological University
Texas A&M Research Foundation
Texas Engineering Experiment Station
Texas Tech University
Texas University Medical Branch
Tufts College
Tufts University
Tufts University School of Medicine
Tulane University
Tulane University Medical Center
UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
UMDNJ-School of Public Health
University and Community College System of Nevada
University of Alabama
University of Alabama at Birmingham
University of Alabama in Huntsville
University of Alaska
University of Alaska-Anchorage
University of Alaska-Fairbanks
University of Alaska Southeast-SITKA
University of Arizona
University of Arkansas
University of Arkansas for Medical Science
University of California
University of California Berkeley
University of California Davis

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University of California Irvine
University of California Los Angeles
University of California Riverside
University of California San Diego
University of California Santa Barbara
University of California Santa Cruz
University of Cincinnati
University of Colorado
University of Colorado at Boulder
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
University of Colorado at Denver
University of Colorado Health Science Center
University of Connecticut
University of Dayton
University of Delaware
University of Findlay
University of Florida
University of Georgia
University of Guam
University of Hawaii
University of Idaho
University of Illinois
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Iowa
University of Kansas Medical Center
University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky Research Foundation
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
University of Louisville
University of Louisville Res. Foundation, Inc
University of Maine
University of Maryland
University of Maryland-Baltimore
University of Maryland-Cambridge
University of Maryland-College Park
University of Maryland Baltimore County
University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
University of Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts Boston
University of Massachusetts Lowell
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Studies
University of Memphis
University of Miami
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota
University of Mississippi
University of Missouri
University of Missouri-Columbia
University of Montana
University of Nebraska
University of Nebraska at Omaha
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
University of Nebraska-Omaha
University of Nevada
University of Nevada-Las Vegas
University of New Hampshire
University of New Mexico
University of New Mexico ATR Institute
University of New Mexico Board of Regents
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
University of New Orleans
University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Dakota
University of North Texas
University of Northern Iowa
University of Notre Dame
University of Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma Health Science Center
University of Oregon
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
University of Redlands
University of Rhode Island
University of Rochester
University of South Alabama
University of South Carolina
University of South Dakota
University of South Florida
University of Southern California
University of Southern Maine
University of Southern Mississippi
University of Southwestern Louisiana
University of Tennessee
University of Texas
University of Texas at Arlington
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Brownsville
University of Texas at El Paso
University of Texas Health Science Center
University of the South
University of Toledo
University of Tulsa
University of Utah
University of Vermont
University of Virginia
University of Washington
University of West Florida
University of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
University of Wyoming
Utah State University
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Vermont Technical College
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Virginia Polytechnic Inst & State University
Washington State University
Washington University
Wayne State University
Wesleyan University
Western Kentucky University
Western Michigan University
Western Nevada Community College
Wiley College
Wilkes University
William Marsh Rice University
Wright State University
Wytheville Community College
Xavier University of Louisiana
Yale University

    Other grant programs and activities and grantees or recipients may 
also be covered by Title IX if they involve education programs. A 
complete list of all financial assistance provided by EPA is available 
on the Internet from the EPA's Grants Information and Control System 
(GICS) through the EPA's Envirofacts Warehouse at http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/gics/. This information is also published in the Catalog of 
Federal Domestic Assistance, which is published each year by the 
General Services Administration (GSA). The Catalog's website address is 
http://www.cfda.gov. Catalog information is available by calling, toll 
free, 1-800-669-8331 or by writing to: Federal Domestic Assistance 
Catalog Staff (MVS), General Services Administration, Reporters 
Building, Room 101, 300 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20407.
    The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the 
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, does not 
apply because this action is not a rule, for purposes of 5 U.S.C. 
804(3).

    Dated: November 20, 2000.
Mary M. O'Lone,
Acting Director, Office of Civil Rights.
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