[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 219 (Wednesday, November 13, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 68060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-27151]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9902-81--Region 4]


Availability of FY 12 Grantee Performance Evaluation Reports for 
the Eight States of EPA Region 4 and 17 Local Agencies

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability; Clean Air Act Section 105 grantee 
performance evaluation reports.

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SUMMARY: EPA's grant regulations require the Agency to evaluate the 
performance of agencies which receive grants. EPA's regulations for 
regional consistency require that the Agency notify the public of the 
availability of the reports of such evaluations. EPA performed end-of-
year evaluations of eight state air pollution control programs (Alabama 
Department of Environmental Management; Florida Department of 
Environmental Protection; Georgia Department of Natural Resources; 
Commonwealth of Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet; Mississippi 
Department of Environmental Quality; North Carolina Department of 
Environment and Natural Resources; South Carolina Department of Health 
and Environmental Control; and Tennessee Department of Environment and 
Conservation) and 17 local programs (City of Huntsville Division of 
Natural Resources, AL; Jefferson County Department of Health, AL; 
Broward County Environmental Protection and Growth Management 
Department, FL; City of Jacksonville Environmental Quality Division, 
FL; Hillsborough County Environmental Protection Commission, FL; Miami-
Dade County Air Quality Management Division, FL; Orange County 
Environmental Protection Division, FL; Palm Beach County Health 
Department, FL; Pinellas County Parks and Conservation Resources, FL; 
Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control District, KY; Forsyth County 
Environmental Affairs Department, NC; 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; Shelby County Health Department, TN; Knox County Department 
of Air Quality Management, TN; and Metropolitan Government of Nashville 
and Davidson County Public Health Department, TN). The 25 evaluations 
were conducted to assess the agencies' Fiscal Year 2012 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.

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. The Regional Office's official hours of 
business are Monday through Friday, 8:30 to 4:30, excluding federal 
holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marie Persinger (404) 562-9048 for 
information concerning the state and local agencies of Alabama and 
Kentucky; Artra Cooper (404) 562-9047 for the state and local agencies 
of Florida; Mary Echols (404) 562-9053 for the state agency of Georgia; 
Shantel Shelmon (404) 562-9817 for the state and local agencies of 
North Carolina; Angela Isom (404) 562-9092 for the state agencies of 
Mississippi and South Carolina; and Gwendolyn Graf (404) 562-9289 for 
the state and local agencies of Tennessee. They may be contacted at the 
Region 4 address mentioned in the previous section of this notice.

    Dated: October 29, 2013.
Beverly H. Banister,
Acting Deputy Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 2013-27151 Filed 11-12-13; 8:45 am]
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