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B-166506 1 (1972-10-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabkjs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 'Ir-D Not to be released out, ;L 3ee~ Acontn Office excePt on the basis of spe9 bic thaQppr ' by the Office of COngressional Relations, rd of Is kept by the D 1 r -WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 / B-166506 OCT 13 1979 'Dear Senator Percy: In response to your request of September 1, 1972, this is our report on the status of the efforts made to correct the problems discussed in our prior report to you entitled Federally Assisted Air Pollution Control Programs in the Chicago Metropolitan Region (B-166506, Apr. 20, 1971). As requested, we examined into (1) the progress of the air pollution control agencies in the Metropolitan Chicago ifftersiate air quaitf-con-ol region in qualifying for maintenance grant support from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), (2) the status of efforts of Chicago, Illinois, to compile an inventory of air pollution control program equipment, and (3) the status of Chicago's efforts to insure that staff members of its Department of Environmental Con- trol (DEC) met the qualifications set forth in the appropri- iate position descriptions and that they were provided with adequate training. In July 1972 EPA revised its regulations to provide that program grants be awarded to air pollution control agencies in two stages--premaintenance and maintenance. Premainte- nance grants may not be awarded to an agency for more than 6 years from the date the agency first accepts premaintenance grant support; under certain circumstances, the premaintenance period may not exceed 4 years. If an agency has not pro- gressed to the point of qualifying for a maintenance grant at the end of the premaintenance period, it will not be eligible to receive program grants until EPA determines that the agency's air pollution control program qualifies for mainte- nance grant support. Of the six local air pollution control agencies in the Chicago control region that had received EPA program grants, only DEC had qualified for a maintenance grant as of Septem- ber 1972. When the present grant periods end (by Jan. 1, 1973), four of the five other agencies may apply for premain- tenance grants. Of these four agencies, three must achieve maintenance status within 4 years of the dates they first re- ceived premaintenance grants and one within 6 years. The

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