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 PUBLIC LAW 101-619—NOV. 16, 1990 104 STAT. 3327 United States to Indians because of their status as Indians and which is not administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs; (9) "Federal natural resource management agencies" means the United States Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Msinagement, the National Park Service, and the Fish and Wildlife Service; (10) "environmental engineering" means the discipline within engineering and science concerned with the development and application of scientific and technical solutions to protecting the aquatic and atmospheric environment, including, but not limited to, all phases of water resources plsmning, water supply, water treatment, air pollution characterization and control, remediation of hazardous substances, environmental transport of contaminants in surface and ground water and atmosphere, and methods for assessment and control of pollution; (11) "environmental education" and "environmental education and training" mean educational activities and training activities involving elementary, secondary, and postsecondary students, as such terms are defined in the State in which they reside, and environmental education personnel, but does not include technical training activities directed toward environmental management professionals or activities primarily directed toward the support of noneducational research and development; (12) "Foundation" means the National Environmental Education and Training Foundation established pursuant to section 10 of this Act; and (13) "Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of the National Environmental Education and Training Foundation. SEC. 4. OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION. Establishment. (a) The Administrator shall establish an Office of Environmental Education within the Environmental Protection Agency. (b) The Office of Environmental Education shall— (1) develop and support programs and related efforts, in consultation and coordination with other Federal agencies, to improve understanding of the natural and built environment, and the relationships between humans and their environment, including the global aspects of environmental problems; (2) support development and the widest possible dissemination of model curricula, educational materials, and training programs for elementary and secondary students and other interested groups, including senior Americans; (3) develop and disseminate, in cooperation with other Federal agencies, not-for-profit educational and environmental organizations. State agencies, and noncommercial educational broadcasting entities, environmental education publications and audio/ visual and other media materials; (4) develop and support environmental education seminars, training programs, teleconferences, and workshops for environmental education professionals, as provided for in section 5 of this Act; (5) manage Federal grant assistance provided to local education agencies, institutions of higher education, other not-forprofit organizations, and noncommercial education broadcasting entities, under section 6 of this Act;

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