[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 24 (Friday, February 5, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6258-6259]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-02313]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9941-99-Region 4]


Availability of FY 14 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 (40 CFR 35.115) require the Agency to

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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 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 2011 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: Gwendolyn Graf (404) 562- 9289 for 
information concerning the states and local agencies of Alabama; 
Tennessee and the state agency of South Carolina; Angela Isom (404) 
562-9092 for the state and local agencies of Florida; Mary Echols (404) 
562-9053 for the state agency of Georgia; and Shantel Shelmon (404) 
562-9817 for the state and local agencies of North Carolina and 
Kentucky and the state agency of Mississippi. They may be contacted at 
the Region 4 address mentioned in the previous section of this notice.

    Dated: November 2, 2015.
Heather McTeer Toney,
Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 2016-02313 Filed 2-4-16; 8:45 am]
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