[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 64 (Thursday, April 2, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18561-18562]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06873]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of 
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Chesapeake Bay Watershed Environmental Literacy Indicator 
Tool.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0753.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (revision of an existing collection).
    Number of Respondents: 685.
    Average Hours per Response: 1 hour.
    Burden Hours: 229 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement of 2014 
required monitoring of progress toward the environmental literacy goal: 
``Enable students in the region to graduate with the knowledge and 
skills needed to act responsibly to protect and restore their local 
watersheds.'' NOAA, on behalf of the Chesapeake Bay Program, will ask 
the state education agencies for Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, 
Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to survey their 
local education agencies (LEAs) to determine: (1) LEA capacity to 
implement a comprehensive and systemic approach to environmental 
literacy education, (2) student participation in Meaningful Watershed 
Educational Experience during the school year, (3) sustainability 
practices at schools, and (4) LEA needs for improving environmental 
literacy education programming. LEAs (generally school districts, in 
some cases charter school administration) are asked to complete the 
survey on the status of their LEA on a set of key indicators for the 
four areas listed above. One individual from each LEA is asked to 
complete their survey once every two years. The results of the biennial 
ELIT survey will be analyzed and reported to the internal stakeholders 
of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement. Participating states will 
receive a summarized report of findings for the full watershed, a 
summary of findings for their state, and comparisons of results between 
states. These aggregated results will be used by the state agencies to 
understand progress of their school districts over time, and to inform 
decision-making about strategies and priorities for future work with 
school districts. The biennial reporting will also be used by the 
Chesapeake Bay Program to understand progress of school districts in 
the watershed, understand differences between jurisdictions, and guide 
strategy for providing targeted support in each state. The instrument 
has undergone minor changes since its last PRA approval process which 
include the removal of a number of questions. These changes result in a 
reduction in the time burden from 90 minutes to 60 minutes per 
response.
    Affected Public: One representative from 685 local education 
agencies.
    Frequency: Biennially.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: U.S. Code: 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. Name of Law: 
National Environmental Policy Act.
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of 
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website 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 and

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entering either the title of the collection or the OMB Control Number 
0648-0573.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2020-06873 Filed 4-1-20; 8:45 am]
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