[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 153 (Monday, August 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 42631]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21342]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6140-1]
Availability of FY 97 Grant Performance Reports for Alabama,
Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South
Carolina
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 seven
state air pollution control programs (Alabama Department of
Environmental Management, Florida Department of Environmental
Protection, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Kentucky
Department for Environmental Protection, Mississippi Bureau of
Pollution Control, North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural
Resources, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental
Control), 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). The 23 evaluations were conducted to
assess the agencies' performance under the grants awarded by EPA under
authority of section 105 of the Clean Air Act. EPA Region 4 has
prepared reports for each agency identified above and these reports are
now available for public inspection. The State of Tennessee's
evaluation will be made available for public review at a later date.
ADDRESSES: The reports may be examined at the EPA's Region 4 office, 61
Forsyth Street, SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, in the Air, Pesticides, and
Toxics Management Division.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Thomas, (404) 562-9064, at the
above Region 4 address, for information concerning the state agencies
in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Georgia, and the local agencies in
those states. Vera Bowers, (404) 562-9053, at the above Region 4
address, for information concerning the state agencies in Kentucky,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and the local agencies in
those states.
Dated: July 30, 1998.
Winston A. Smith,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 98-21342 Filed 8-7-98; 8:45 am]
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