Cooperative Agreement DEEE0007385

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the CFDA Program 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act provides $1,199,750.00 in funding to the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for enhancing their air monitoring capabilities. Key activities include: Purchasing ambient monitoring equipment and conducting related training, performing critical upgrades...

This Project Grant award of $371,516, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Reduce, Reuse, Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) Grant Program (CFDA 66.921), supports the Clean Air Council's efforts to enhance residential composting and recycling in the disadvantaged communities of Braddock, Clairton, and Swissvale, Pennsylvania. The project aims to build and support backyard and community composting systems, including conducting outreach campaigns, developing...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, under its Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program (CFDA 66.046), awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Salt Lake City Corporation to develop a comprehensive, economy-wide climate mitigation plan for the Salt Lake City-Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The grant activities will be led by a collaborative multi-jurisdiction effort called the Greater Salt Lake Area Clean Energy and Air Roadmap (CLEAR), which will engage with air pollution...

This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Program (CFDA 66.049), will fund the replacement of approximately 60 Class 6 and 7 internal combustion engine delivery trucks operated by United Parcel Service (UPS) with new zero-emission battery electric delivery trucks. The $10,499,274 award will also support the installation of charging infrastructure at three UPS logistics centers in the San Francisco Bay Area. Additionally,...

This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Program (CFDA 66.049), will fund the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) to replace 60 in-use, non-zero-emission heavy-duty school buses with new zero-emission electric buses. The $15,178,465 award will cover the cost of vehicle procurement, charging infrastructure, workforce development and training, and community engagement activities. The project aims to reduce air...

This $954,687 Project Grant awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Reduce, Reuse, Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) Grants program (CFDA 66.921) will fund the Salt Lake City Corporation's efforts to enhance residential and community recycling programs in Salt Lake City, Utah. The grant will enable the Salt Lake City Corporation to engage low-income and disadvantaged community members through a communication campaign, recycling ambassador program, and collection...

The City of Tacoma, Washington has been awarded a $1,999,806 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Reduce, Reuse, Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) Grant Program (CFDA 66.921). The purpose of this award is to enhance Tacoma's efforts to increase waste prevention, boost recycling participation rates, and decrease contamination in the recycling stream. Key activities funded through this grant include expanding Tacoma's Community Ambassador Program,...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9, under the Brownfields Job Training Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.815), provides $494,000 in funding to the City of Pittsburg, California to recruit, train, and place unemployed and underemployed residents of Northeastern Contra Costa County in environmental careers. The program will operate over 5 years, conducting 8 training cycles with 20-22 participants each, focusing on skills and...

This $74,960 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 supports a resident-led community air monitoring initiative through the Environmental Justice Small Grant Program (CFDA 66.604). Oneoc, doing business as Volunteer Center Orange County, will leverage the funding to implement a multi-faceted air quality monitoring and education project in Southeast Santa Ana, California from June 2022 through November 2023. Key deliverables include six community-wide "Toxic...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), under the agency's Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Program (CFDA 66.049), provides $4,615,000.00 in funding to the City of Pasadena, CA to replace 17 existing non-zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles with new zero-emission vehicles. The award will cover the procurement of the electric vehicles, associated charging infrastructure, workforce development and training activities, and community engagement efforts to promote the...