52022 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 167 / Tuesday, August 28, 2012 / Notices 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9721–4] 

Availability of FY 11 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. 

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; MiamiDade 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: 

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: August 14, 2012. 

Stanley Meiburg, 

Deputy Regional Administrator, Region 4. 

[FR Doc. 2012–21202 Filed 8–27–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9721–2] 

Notification of a Joint Public 

Teleconference of the Chartered 

Science Advisory Board and Board of 

Scientific Counselors 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board 

(SAB) Staff Office announces a joint 

public teleconference of the Chartered 

SAB and Board of Scientific Counselors 

(BOSC) to discuss a draft report 

providing advice on implementation of 

Office of Research and Development’s 

(ORD’s) strategic directions for research. 

DATES: The public teleconference will 

be held on September 19, 2012 from 12 

p.m. to 3 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time). 

ADDRESSES: The public teleconference 

will be conducted by telephone only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing to obtain 

general information regarding the 

quality review teleconference should 

contact Dr. Angela Nugent, Designated 

Federal Officer (DFO), EPA Science 

Advisory Board (1400R), 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; via telephone/voice mail 

(202) 564–2218; fax (202) 565–2098 or 

via email at nugent.angela@epa.gov. 

General information concerning the EPA 

Science Advisory Board can be found 

on the SAB Web site at http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SAB 

was established pursuant to the 

Environmental Research, Development, 

and Demonstration Authorization Act 

(ERDAA), codified at 42 U.S.C. 4365, to 

provide independent scientific and 

technical advice to the Administrator on 

the technical basis for Agency positions 

and regulations. The BOSC was 

established by the EPA to provide 

advice, information, and 

recommendations regarding the ORD 

research program. The SAB and BOSC 

are Federal Advisory Committees 

chartered under the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 

2. Pursuant to FACA and EPA policy, 

notice is hereby given that the SAB and 

BOSC will hold a joint public 

teleconference to discuss a draft report 

providing advice on implementation of 

ORD’s new strategic directions for 

research. The SAB and BOSC will 

comply with the provisions of FACA 

and all appropriate SAB Staff Office 

procedural policies. 

Background: ORD has restructured its 

research programs to better understand 

environmental problems and inform 

sustainable solutions to meet EPA’s 

strategic goals. The restructured 

research programs comprise six program 

areas: Air, Climate, and Energy; Safe 

and Sustainable Water Resources; 

Sustainable and Healthy Communities; 

Chemical Safety for Sustainability; 

Human Health Risk Assessment; and 

Homeland Security. 

ORD requested that the SAB work 

jointly with the BOSC to provide advice 

on implementation of ORD’s strategic 

research action plans; efforts to 

strengthen program integration; and 

efforts to strengthen and measure 

innovation. The SAB and BOSC held a 

joint public meeting on July 10–11, 

2012, to discuss implementation of 

ORD’s six major research programs (77 

FR 36273–36274). The SAB and BOSC 

will hold a public teleconference on 

September19, 2012, to discuss their 

draft joint advisory report. Additional 

information about SAB and BOSC 

advice on implementing ORD strategic 

research directions can be found on the 

SAB Web site at http://


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