[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 188 (Monday, September 29, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 55951]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-24411]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7563-5]


Availability of FY 02 Grant Performance Reports for States of 
Alabama, Florida, Mississippi and South Carolina; All Local Agencies 
Within the States of Alabama, Florida, and Tennessee; and the Local 
Agencies of Western North Carolina and Mecklenburg County in the State 
of North 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 performed end-of-year evaluations of four state air 
pollution control programs (Alabama Department of Environmental 
Management; Florida Department of Environmental Protection; Mississippi 
Department of Environmental Quality; and South Carolina Department of 
Health and Environmental Control); and 14 local programs (City of 
Huntsville Division of Natural Resources, AL; Jefferson County 
Department of Health, AL; Broward County Department of Planning and 
Environmental Protection, FL; Jacksonville Air and Water Quality 
Division, FL; Hillsborough County Environmental Protection Commission, 
FL; Dade County Air Quality Management Division, FL; Palm Beach County 
Health Department, FL; Pinellas County Department of Environmental 
Management, FL; Mecklenburg County Land Use and Environmental Services 
Agency, NC; Western North Carolina Regional Air Quality Agency, NC; 
Chattanooga-Hamilton County Air Pollution Control Bureau, TN; Memphis/
Shelby County Health Department, TN; Knox County Department of Air 
Quality Management, TN; and Nashville-Davidson County Metropolitan 
Public Health Department, TN). The 18 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 evaluations for the remainder 
of the State and local governments will be published 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: Marie Persinger (404) 562-9048 for 
information concerning the State of Alabama; Gloria Knight (404) 562-
9064 for the States of Florida and Mississippi; Mary Fox (404) 562-9053 
for the State of North Carolina; and Rayna Brown (404) 562-9093 for the 
States of South Carolina and Tennessee. They may be contacted at the 
above Region 4 address.

    Dated: September 10, 2003.
A. Stanley Meiburg,
Deputy Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 03-24411 Filed 9-26-03; 8:45 am]
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