[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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