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PUBLIC LAW 91-516-OCT. 30, 1970

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and local educational agencies, regional educational research organizations, and other public and private agencies, organizations, and institutions (including libraries and museums) to support research, demonstration, and pilot projects designed to educate the public on the problems of environmental quality and ecological balance, except that no Prohibition. grant may be made other than to a nonprofit agency, organization or institution. Funds, (2) Funds appropriated for grants and contracts under this sec- ability. availtion shall be available for such activities as— (A) the development of curricula (including interdisciplinary curricula) in the preservation and enhancement of environmental quality and ecological balance; (B) dissemination of information relating to such curricula and to environmental education, generally; (C) in the case of grants to State and local educational agencies, for the support of environmental education programs at the elementary and secondary education levels; (D) preservice and inservice training programs and projects (including fellowship programs, institutes, workshops, symposiums, and seminars) for educational personnel to prepare them to teach in subject matter areas associated with environmental quality and ecology, and for public service personnel, government employees, and business, labor, and industrial leaders and employees; (E) planning of outdoor ecological study centers; (F) community education programs on environmental quality, including special programs for adults; and (G) preparation and distribution of materials suitable for use by the mass media in dealing with the environment and ecology. In addition to the activities specified in the first sentence of this paragraph, such funds may be used for projects designed to demonstrate, test, and evaluate the effectiveness of any such activities, whether or not assisted under this section. Financial as(3)(A) Financial assistance under this subsection may be made sistance, applicaavailable only upon application to the Commissioner. Applications ti under this subsection shall be submitted at such time, in such form, and containing such information as the Secretary shall prescribe by regulation and shall be approved only if it— (i) provides that the activities and services for which assistance is sought will be administered by, or under the supervision of, the applicant; (ii) describes a program for carrying out one or more of the purposes set forth in the first sentence of paragraph (2) which holds promise of making a substantial contribution toward attaining the purposes of this section; (iii) sets forth such policies and procedures as will insure adequate evaluation of the activities intended to be carried out under the application; (iv) sets forth policies and procedures wiich assure that Federal funds made available under this Act for any fiscal year will be so used as to supplement and, to the extent practical, increase the level of funds that would, in the absence of such Federal funds, be made available by the applicant for the purposes described in section 3, and in no case supplant such funds. (v) provides for such fiscal control and fund accounting pro-

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