[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14351-14352]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04771]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Chesapeake Bay Watershed Environmental Literacy Indicator Tool

    The Department of Commerce will submit the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the 
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and 
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of 
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on November 4, 2022 (87 FR 66657) during a 60-day 
comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public 
comments.
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Commerce.
    Title: Chesapeake Bay Watershed Environmental Literacy Indicator 
Tool.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0753.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission; Extension of a current 
information collection.
    Number of Respondents: 685.
    Average Hours per Response: 1 hour.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 229.
    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 
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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. Additionally, NOAA will use this information to 
inform priorities within their B-WET funding opportunities and 
technical assistance. 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 not undergone any changes since its last PRA approval process.
    Affected Public: State, Local and Tribal Governments.
    Frequency: Biennially.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: US 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 entering either the title of the collection or the OMB 
Control Number 0648-0753.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-04771 Filed 3-7-23; 8:45 am]
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