[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

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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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