[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 97 (Friday, May 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 24934]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12344]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5505-9]
Availability of FY 95 Grant Performance Reports for Alabama,
Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South
Carolina, and Tennessee
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency [EPA].
ACTION: Notice of availability of grantee performance evaluation
reports.
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SUMMARY: EPA's grant regulations [40 CFR 35.150] require the Agency to
evaluate the performance of agencies which receive grants. EPA's
regulations for regional consistency [40 CFR 56.7] require that the
Agency notify the public of the availability of the reports of such
evaluations. EPA recently performed end-of-year evaluations of eight
state air pollution control programs [Alabama Department of
Environmental Management, Florida Department of Environmental
Regulation, Georgia Environmental Protection Division, Kentucky
Department for Environmental Protection, Mississippi Bureau of
Pollution Control, North Carolina Department of Environment, Health,
and Natural Resources, South Carolina Department of Health and
Environmental Control and Tennessee Department of Conservation and
Environment], and 16 local programs [Knox County Department of Air
Pollution Control, Tn--Chattanooga-Hamilton County Air Pollution
Control Bureau, Tn--Memphis-Shelby County Health Department, Tn--
Nashville-Davidson County Metropolitan Health Department, Tn--Jefferson
County Air Pollution Control District, Ky--Western North Carolina
Regional Air Pollution Control Agency, NC--Mecklenburg County
Department of Environmental Protection, NC--Forsyth County
Environmental Affairs Department, NC--Palm Beach County Public Health
Unit, Fl--Hillsborough County Environmental Protection Commission, Fl--
Dade County Environmental Resources Management, Fl--Jacksonville Air
Quality Division, Fl--Broward County Environmental Quality Control
Board, Fl--Pinellas County Department of Environmental Management, Fl--
City of Huntsville Department of Natural Resources, Al--Jefferson
County Department of Health, Al]. These audits were conducted to assess
the agencies' performance under the grants made to them by EPA pursuant
to Section 105 of the Clean Air Act. EPA Region 4, has prepared reports
for the twenty-four agencies identified above and these 105 reports are
now available for public inspection.
ADDRESSES: The reports may be examined at the EPA's Region 4 office,
345 Courtland Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30365, in the Air,
Pesticides, and Toxics Management Division.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Thomas, (404) 347-3555 vmx4180,
at the above Region 4 address, for information concerning States of
Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Georgia, and local agencies. Vera
Bowers, (404) 347-3555 vmx4178, at the above Region 4 address, for
information concerning the States of Kentucky, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee and local agencies.
Dated: May 9, 1996.
A. Stanley Meiburg,
Acting Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 96-12344 Filed 5-16-96; 8:45 am]
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