Notice2025-05348
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Bay Watershed Education and Training Program National Evaluation System
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Published
March 28, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 59 (Friday, March 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14124-14125]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-05348]
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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; Bay Watershed Education and Training Program National
Evaluation System
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 December 20, 2024 during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: Bay Watershed Education and Training Program National
Evaluation System.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0658.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission, extension of a current
information collection.
Number of Respondents: 2,583.
Average Hours per Response: Awardee-respondents will complete an
online survey in 60 minutes and teacher-respondents will complete two
online surveys in 30 minutes each.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,027.
Needs and Uses: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration's (NOAA) Office of Education is sponsoring data
collection efforts on its Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET)
program. The NOAA B-WET program is authorized under 33 U.S.C. 893a(a),
the America COMPETES Act, which states: ``The
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Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is
authorized to conduct, develop, support, promote, and coordinate formal
and informal educational activities at all levels to enhance public
awareness and understanding of ocean, coastal, Great Lakes, and
atmospheric science and stewardship by the general public and other
coastal stakeholders, including underrepresented groups in ocean and
atmospheric science and policy careers.'' B-WET advances NOAA's mission
by awarding education grants that foster an environmentally literate
citizenry who have the knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed to
protect watersheds and related ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes
ecosystems. B-WET currently funds projects in seven regions
(California, Chesapeake Bay, Great Lakes, Gulf of America, Hawaii, New
England, and the Pacific Northwest).
To ensure that educational activities funded by B-WET are of the
highest quality, and efficiently utilize federal resources, B-WET has
created an across-region, internal evaluation system to provide ongoing
monitoring of program implementation and to identify opportunities for
improved program outcomes. The evaluation system is maintained by B-WET
staff with assistance from an outside contractor. The evaluation system
collects information from B-WET program-funded grantees and project
participants.
B-WET awardees of grants or cooperative agreements, and the
awardees' teachers who attend professional development programs
provided by the awardees, are asked to voluntarily complete online
survey forms to provide data for the evaluation system. Information
collected from awardees includes program elements such as program
duration, format, audience, location, support and/or materials offered,
and topics covered. Information collected from teacher professional
development participants includes teaching methodologies, program
satisfaction, program coverage, suggestions for improvement, and
teaching confidence. Information collected from teachers at the end of
the school year following their participation in a professional
development program includes time spent teaching topics covered in the
professional development program, types of activities used with their
students, teachers' perceptions of student learning, and teaching
practices utilized. One individual from each awardee organization is
asked to complete a survey once per year of the award, and the teacher
participants are asked to complete one survey at the end of their
professional development program and another survey at the end of the
following school year. Responses to the survey questions are aggregated
and analyzed as part of ongoing evaluation efforts.
Based on a review of evaluation system results, B-WET has made
program improvements by adjusting its Federal Notice of Funding
Opportunities and program guidelines. On-going data collection enables
NOAA to monitor program implementation and outcomes on a regular basis
and supports adaptive management of the program.
Affected Public: Business and other for-profit organizations; not-
for-profit institutions; state, local or tribal government; or
individuals.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: 33 U.S.C. 893a(a), the America COMPETES Act.
This information collection request may be viewed at
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>. 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 <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>.
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 0648-0658.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2025-05348 Filed 3-27-25; 8:45 am]
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