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 104 STAT. 3330 PUBLIC LAW 101-619—NOV. 16, 1990 (2) Individuals shall be selected for participation in the program based on applications which shall be in such form as the Administrator determines to be appropriate. (3) In selecting individuals to participate in the program, the Administrator shall provide for a wide geographic representation and a mix of individuals, including minorities, working at primary, secondary, postsecondary levels, and with appropriate other agencies and departments. (4) Individuals selected for participation in the program may be provided with a stipend to cover travel and accommodations from grant funds awarded pursuant to this section in such amounts as the Administrator determines to be appropriate. 20 USC 5505. SEC. 6. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION GRANTS. (a) The Administrator may enter into a cooperative agreement or contract, or provide financial assistance in the form of a grant, to support projects to design, demonstrate, or disseminate practices, methods, or techniques related to environmental education and training. (b) Activities eligible for grant support pursuant to this section shall include, but not be limited to, environmental education and training programs for— (1) design, demonstration, or dissemination of environmental curricula, including development of educational tools and materials; (2) design and demonstration of field methods, practices, and techniques, including assessment of environmental and ecological conditions and analysis of environmental pollution problems; (3) projects to understand and assess a specific environmental issue or a specific environmental problem; (4) provision of training or related education for teachers, faculty, or related personnel in a specific geographic area or region; and (5) design and demonstration of projects to foster international cooperation in addressing environmental issues and problems involving the United States and Canada or Mexico. (c) In making grants pursuant to this section, the Administrator shall give priority to those proposed projects which will develop— (1) a new or significantly improved environmental education practice, method, or technique; (2) an environmental education practice, method, or technique which may have wide application; (3) an environmental education practice, method, or technique which addresses a skill or scientific field identified as a priority in the report developed pursuant to section 9(d) of this Act- and (4) an environmental education practice, method, or technique which addresses an environmental issue which, in the judgment of the Administrator, is of a high priority. (d) The program established by this section shall include solicitations for projects, selection of suitable projects from among those proposed, supervision of such projects, evaluation of the results of projects, and dissemination of information on the effectiveness and feasibility of the practices, methods, techniques and processes. Regulations. Within one year of the date of enactment of this Act, the Adminis-

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