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certification programs to market and
adopt the Water Efficiency Program, and
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product or service meets EPA
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In the third year of the program, EPA
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Partnership Agreement, 13 hours per
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hours per response for the Annual
Update, and 21 hours for the Awards
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estimated annual partner respondent
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an award. In addition, manufacturers
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estimated 21 hours per labeled product
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search data sources; complete and
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The ICR provides a detailed
explanation of the Agency’s estimate,
which is only briefly summarized here:
Estimated total number of potential
respondents: EPA anticipates that 100
partners will participate in the program
in the first year, 75 in the second year,
and 125 in the third year for a total of
300 potential respondents.
Frequency of response: Partnership
Agreements are a one-time submission;
Promotional Plans, Annual Updates,
and Award Application forms are
annual submissions, and Labeled
Product or Service Application forms
are submitted occasionally.
Estimated total average number of
responses for each respondent: The
estimated number of respondents
averages 100 per year for the
Partnership Agreements; and 192
respondents for Promotional Plans and
Annual Updates. EPA estimates
receiving approximately 126 Labeled
Product or Service Applications each
year and 100 Award Application forms
the third year.
Estimated total annual burden hours:
10,081.
Estimated total annual costs:
$655,037. This includes an estimate of
non-labor costs of $22/partner in fax,
photocopies, and telephone costs (plus
an additional $35 in copy and mailing
costs for award applicants).
Manufacturer partners will also incur
one-time testing costs for each product
tested as follows: ET controllers: $2,500
each; moisture sensors: $8,500 each;
toilets: $2,000 each; faucets: $200 each;
plus an additional $65/test in associated
photocopying and faxing costs.
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Announcement of the Board of
Trustees for the National
Environmental Education and Training
Foundation, Inc.
SUMMARY: The National Environmental
Education and Training Foundation was
created by Section 10 of Public Law
101–619, the National Environmental
Education Act of 1990. It is a private
501(c)(3) non-profit organization
established to promote and support
education and training as necessary
tools to further environmental
protection and sustainable,
environmentally sound development. It
provides the common ground upon
which leaders from business and
industry, all levels of government,
public interest groups, and others can
work cooperatively to expand the reach
of environmental education and training
programs beyond the traditional
classroom. The Foundation supports a
grant program that promotes innovative
environmental education and training
programs; it also develops partnerships
with government and other
organizations to administer projects that
promote the development of an
environmentally literal public.
The Administrator of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, as
required by the terms of the Act,
announces the following appointment to
the National Environmental Education
and Training Foundation, Inc. Board of
Trustees. The appointees are Kenneth
Strassner, Vice President—Global
Environment, Safety, Regulatory and
Scientific Affairs, Kimberly-Clark
Corporation and Dr. Bradley F. Smith,
Dean of Huxley College of the
Environment at Western Washington
University. The appointees will join the
current Board members which include:
• J.L. Armstrong, National Manager,
Diversity Development, Toyota Motor
Sales, USA
• Braden Allenby, Vice President,
Environment, Health and Safety, AT&T
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• Raymond Ban, Executive Vice
President, Meteorology Science and
Strategy, The Weather Channel, Inc.
• Richard Bartlett, (NEETF Chairman)
Vice Chairman, Mary Kay Holding
Corporation
• Holly Cannon, Principal of the Law
Firm Beveridge&Diamond
• Arthur Gibson, Vice President,
Environment, Health&Safety, The Home
Depot, Inc.
• Dorothy Jacobson, Consultant
• Karen Bates Kress, President, KBK
Consulting, Inc.
• Dorothy McSweeny, (NEETF Vice
Chair), Chair, DC Commission on the
Arts and Humanities
• Honorable William Sessions, former
Director of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation.
Additional Considerations: Great care
has been taken to assure that these new
appointees not only have the highest
degree of expertise and commitment,
but also brings to the Board diverse
points of view relating to environmental
education and training. These
appointments shall be for four year
terms.
C.
Michael Baker, Acting Director,
Environmental Education Division,
Office of Children’s Health Protection
and Environmental Education (1704A)
U.S. EPA 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Dated: July 27, 2006, BIOS of New
Member.
Stephen L. Johnson,
Administrator.
Kenneth A. Strassner, Vice President,
Global Environment, Safety, Regulatory
and Scientific Affairs, Kimberly-Clark
Corporation.
Mr. Strassner is an honors graduate
(magna cum laude) of Yale College
(1968 and of Yale Law School (1974).
Prior to joining Kimberly-Clark in 1976,
Mr. Strassner served as an officer in the
U.S. Navy, practiced with a Washington,
DC law firm and served as Executive
Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of
Labor for Occupational Safety and
Health. Mr. Strassner’s legal specialties
include U.S. and international
environmental and energy law, product
safety matters and occupational safety
and health requirements. In 1988, Mr.
Stassner was appointed Vice PresidentEnvironment and Energy, KimberlyClark Corporation, responsible for
formulation of corporate policies and
management of the Corporation’s
technical support staffs in both areas.
His areas of responsibility were
expanded in November 2004, and he
now serves as Vice President-Global
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Environment, Safety, Regulatory and
Scientific Affairs for Kimberly-Clark. In
addition, Mr. Strassner is a member of
various professional associations and is
the current Chairman of the Corporate
Environmental, Health and Safety
Management Roundtable.
Bradley F. Smith, Vice President Dean
of Huxley College of The Environment,
Western Washington University.
Bradley F. Smith was named Dean of
Huxley College of the Environment at
Western Washington University in
September of 1994. Prior to his
appointment, Dr. Smith had served for
three years as the first Director of the
Office of Environmental Education for
the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency. He also served as a Special
Assistant to the administrator of the
EPA and as Acting Associate
Administrator for the EPA. Dr. Smith
was appointed to the U.S. Senior
Executive Service in 1992. Dr. Smith
received his Ph.D. from the University
of Michigan School of Natural
Resources and the Environment. His BA
and MA are in economics and political
science.
From 1975 to 1990, Dr. Smith was a
professor of political science and
biology, and concurrently was executive
director of Michigan’s Tobico Marsh
National Refuge from 1982 to 1990.
During this time, he also served as
adjunct faculty at the Air Force Institute
of Technology and the University of
Michigan’s School of Natural Resources
and the Environment. Dr. Smith has
been a Fulbright Scholar to England and
a NATO Fellow. He holds adjunct
faculty positions, in Russia, China,
Holland and Japan. Concurrently, he
serves as a senior advisor to General
Motors Corporation VP Environment,
Energy and Public Policy and the GM
Foundation. He also is an external
evaluator for the U.S. Department of
Energy and is the President of the U.S.
Council of Environmental Deans and
Directors and President of the World
Conservation Learning Network (an
organization of some 400 universities
based in Geneva, Switzerland).
Formerly Dr. Smith served as an
appointed member of President
Clinton’s Council for Sustainable
Development (Education Task Force).
His most recent publications include coauthor of Environmental Science: A
Study of Interrelationships, 10th edition
2004, and Environmental Science Field
Guide and Laboratory Manual, 10th
edition 2004, McGraw-Hill.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8205-7]
Announcement of the Board of Trustees for the National
Environmental Education and Training Foundation, Inc.
SUMMARY: The National Environmental Education and Training Foundation
was created by Section 10 of Public Law 101-619, the National
Environmental Education Act of 1990. It is a private 501(c)(3) non-
profit organization established to promote and support education and
training as necessary tools to further environmental protection and
sustainable, environmentally sound development. It provides the common
ground upon which leaders from business and industry, all levels of
government, public interest groups, and others can work cooperatively
to expand the reach of environmental education and training programs
beyond the traditional classroom. The Foundation supports a grant
program that promotes innovative environmental education and training
programs; it also develops partnerships with government and other
organizations to administer projects that promote the development of an
environmentally literal public.
The Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, as
required by the terms of the Act, announces the following appointment
to the National Environmental Education and Training Foundation, Inc.
Board of Trustees. The appointees are Kenneth Strassner, Vice
President--Global Environment, Safety, Regulatory and Scientific
Affairs, Kimberly-Clark Corporation and Dr. Bradley F. Smith, Dean of
Huxley College of the Environment at Western Washington University. The
appointees will join the current Board members which include:
J.L. Armstrong, National Manager, Diversity Development,
Toyota Motor Sales, USA
Braden Allenby, Vice President, Environment, Health and
Safety, AT&T
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Raymond Ban, Executive Vice President, Meteorology Science
and Strategy, The Weather Channel, Inc.
Richard Bartlett, (NEETF Chairman) Vice Chairman, Mary Kay
Holding Corporation
Holly Cannon, Principal of the Law Firm Beveridge&Diamond
Arthur Gibson, Vice President, Environment, Health&Safety,
The Home Depot, Inc.
Dorothy Jacobson, Consultant
Karen Bates Kress, President, KBK Consulting, Inc.
Dorothy McSweeny, (NEETF Vice Chair), Chair, DC Commission
on the Arts and Humanities
Honorable William Sessions, former Director of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation.
Additional Considerations: Great care has been taken to assure that
these new appointees not only have the highest degree of expertise and
commitment, but also brings to the Board diverse points of view
relating to environmental education and training. These appointments
shall be for four year terms.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: C. Michael Baker, Acting Director,
Environmental Education Division, Office of Children's Health
Protection and Environmental Education (1704A) U.S. EPA 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
Dated: July 27, 2006, BIOS of New Member.
Stephen L. Johnson,
Administrator.
Kenneth A. Strassner, Vice President, Global Environment, Safety,
Regulatory and Scientific Affairs, Kimberly-Clark Corporation.
Mr. Strassner is an honors graduate (magna cum laude) of Yale
College (1968 and of Yale Law School (1974). Prior to joining Kimberly-
Clark in 1976, Mr. Strassner served as an officer in the U.S. Navy,
practiced with a Washington, DC law firm and served as Executive
Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety
and Health. Mr. Strassner's legal specialties include U.S. and
international environmental and energy law, product safety matters and
occupational safety and health requirements. In 1988, Mr. Stassner was
appointed Vice President-Environment and Energy, Kimberly-Clark
Corporation, responsible for formulation of corporate policies and
management of the Corporation's technical support staffs in both areas.
His areas of responsibility were expanded in November 2004, and he now
serves as Vice President-Global Environment, Safety, Regulatory and
Scientific Affairs for Kimberly-Clark. In addition, Mr. Strassner is a
member of various professional associations and is the current Chairman
of the Corporate Environmental, Health and Safety Management
Roundtable.
Bradley F. Smith, Vice President Dean of Huxley College of The
Environment, Western Washington University.
Bradley F. Smith was named Dean of Huxley College of the
Environment at Western Washington University in September of 1994.
Prior to his appointment, Dr. Smith had served for three years as the
first Director of the Office of Environmental Education for the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency. He also served as a Special Assistant
to the administrator of the EPA and as Acting Associate Administrator
for the EPA. Dr. Smith was appointed to the U.S. Senior Executive
Service in 1992. Dr. Smith received his Ph.D. from the University of
Michigan School of Natural Resources and the Environment. His BA and MA
are in economics and political science.
From 1975 to 1990, Dr. Smith was a professor of political science
and biology, and concurrently was executive director of Michigan's
Tobico Marsh National Refuge from 1982 to 1990. During this time, he
also served as adjunct faculty at the Air Force Institute of Technology
and the University of Michigan's School of Natural Resources and the
Environment. Dr. Smith has been a Fulbright Scholar to England and a
NATO Fellow. He holds adjunct faculty positions, in Russia, China,
Holland and Japan. Concurrently, he serves as a senior advisor to
General Motors Corporation VP Environment, Energy and Public Policy and
the GM Foundation. He also is an external evaluator for the U.S.
Department of Energy and is the President of the U.S. Council of
Environmental Deans and Directors and President of the World
Conservation Learning Network (an organization of some 400 universities
based in Geneva, Switzerland). Formerly Dr. Smith served as an
appointed member of President Clinton's Council for Sustainable
Development (Education Task Force). His most recent publications
include co-author of Environmental Science: A Study of
Interrelationships, 10th edition 2004, and Environmental Science Field
Guide and Laboratory Manual, 10th edition 2004, McGraw-Hill.
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