[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 23, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 48544]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-22906]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8949-6]
Availability of FY 08 Grantee Performance Evaluation Reports for
the Eight States of EPA Region 4 and 16 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
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 Department
for Environmental Protection; 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
16 local programs (City of Huntsville Division of Natural Resources,
AL; Jefferson County Department of Health, AL; Broward County
Environmental Protection Department, FL; City of Jacksonville
Environmental Quality Division, FL; Hillsborough County Environmental
Protection Commission, FL; Miami-Dade County Air Quality Management
Division, FL; Palm Beach County Health Department, FL; Pinellas County
Department of Environmental Management, FL; Louisville/Jefferson County
Metro Government, 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; Memphis-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 24 evaluations were conducted
to assess the agencies' Fiscal Year 2008 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,
Kentucky and state agency of Mississippi; Miya Smith (404) 562-9091 for
the state and local agencies of Florida; Mary Echols (404) 562-9053 for
the state agency of Georgia; Seema Rao (404) 562-8429 for the state and
local agencies of North Carolina; and Marilyn Sabadaszka (404) 562-9001
for the state agency of South Carolina and for the state and local
agencies of Tennessee. They may be contacted at the above Region 4
address.
Dated: August 5, 2009.
Beverly H. Banister,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. E9-22906 Filed 9-22-09; 8:45 am]
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