40 CFR § 56.7 - State agency performance audits.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s56.7"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 56.7 - State agency performance audits."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "56.7"
section_name: "State agency performance audits."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "AIR PROGRAMS"
part_number: "56"
part_name: "REGIONAL CONSISTENCY"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 301(a)(2) of the Clean Air Act as amended (42 U.S.C. 7601)."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 85405, Dec. 24, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "56"
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# 56.7 State agency performance audits.
(a) EPA will utilize the provisions of subpart B, Program Grants, of part 35 of this chapter, which require yearly evaluations of the manner in which grantees use Federal monies, to assure that an adequate evaluation of each State's performance in implementing and enforcing the act is performed.
(b) Within 60 days after comment is due from each State grantee on the evaluation report required by § 35.538 of this chapter, the Regional Administrator shall incorporate or include any comments, as appropriate, and publish notice of availability of the evaluation report in the *Federal Register.*