This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5, provided under CFDA 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act, will fund the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (MDEGLE) to research and model various air pollutants in the state, with a focus on industrial facilities and environmental justice communities. The key activities include: 1) Developing a...
This $460,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the "Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act" (CFDA 66.034) program provides funding to the Wildlife Habitat Council, Inc. to conduct ambient air quality monitoring and community engagement activities in environmental justice communities in Detroit, Michigan and the Calumet watershed region of Chicago, Illinois. The...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy a $369,344 Project Grant under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act program (CFDA 66.034). The grant funds will support enhanced monitoring of particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) and other National Ambient Air Quality Standards pollutants in communities facing disproportionate exposure and health...
This Project Grant award of $2,706,777 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) supports efforts by Indiana University (IU) to further the goals of the Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Network (IADN). Key activities include: Operating and maintaining air and precipitation sampling sites in the Great Lakes region, collecting and analyzing samples for persistent toxic chemicals and emerging...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 2 awarded a $590,000 Project Grant to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act program (CFDA 66.034). The grant funds will be used to enhance particulate matter 2.5 and other National Ambient Air Quality Standards pollutant monitoring in communities facing disproportionate exposure and health risks....
The Little River Band of Ottawa Indians (LRBOI) will collect and analyze particulate matter and ozone data to assess pollution control programs and transport across Lake Michigan under a $221,000 Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 Project Grant running from April 2021 through March 2023. Other activities funded under the award include managing the tribal air quality program, Title V permit review, training, education and outreach, participation in regional and national workgroups, indoor...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5, under the "Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act" (CFDA 66.034) program, provides $456,170 to Warehouse Workers Justice Center, a non-profit organization, to conduct ambient air monitoring of pollutants in communities with environmental and health disparities stemming from pollution and the COVID-19 pandemic. The key...
This Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the CFDA Program 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act provides $105,000.00 in funding to the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe to expand and enhance their air monitoring activities. The key products and services to be delivered under this grant include: 1) Upgrading aging ozone sampling equipment at the tribe's existing...
This Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act (CFDA 66.034) program provides $859,213 in funding to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA). The purpose of this 3-year grant, which began on Aug 1, 2023, is for IEPA to develop a database of existing air toxics standards and a screening tool that can be utilized in...
This $440,485 Project Grant awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act (CFDA 66.034) program provides funding to the Ecology Action Center (EAC) to conduct ambient air quality monitoring in communities in the Bloomington-Normal, Illinois area with environmental and health disparities stemming from pollution and the COVID-19 pandemic. EAC will...