The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 has awarded a $233,000 Project Grant under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act (CFDA 66.034) program to the Asheville-Buncombe Air Quality Agency. This grant funding will be used to expand and enhance the agency's air monitoring activities. Specifically, the agency will purchase a T640X particulate matter monitor, a calibrator kit, and air conditioning units...
This Project Grant award from 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 $2,615,000 to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) to expand and enhance air quality monitoring activities. The key activities include operating and maintaining existing air quality monitors, updating quality assurance and control...
This $313,664 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act (CFDA 66.034) program will provide financial assistance to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) to implement its program to address air quality concerns in North Carolina. The key activities to be funded include upgrading old equipment in NCDEQ's...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded $319,000 to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act federal grant program (CFDA 66.034). The funding will support the purchase of air quality monitoring equipment to enhance particulate matter 2.5 and other National Ambient Air Quality Standards pollutant monitoring in Alabama communities facing...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 awarded the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment a $445,000 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 will fund upgrading 12 air quality monitors, 6 monitor shelters, and associated data logging and meteorological equipment to enhance particulate matter 2.5 monitoring in communities near Denver,...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded a $149,000 Project Grant to the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services Wetlands Bureau under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act program (CFDA 66.034). The purpose of this funding is to advance enhanced monitoring of particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) or other National Ambient Air Quality Standards pollutants in and near communities with...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 awarded $202,500 to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act federal grant program (CFDA 66.034). The purpose of this American Rescue Plan-funded project grant is to enhance monitoring of particulate matter 2.5 and other National Ambient Air Quality Standards pollutants in communities with environmental...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded the Maine Department of Environmental Protection $293,000 under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act program (CFDA 66.034) on August 1, 2022 for a project ending July 31, 2024. The funding will be used to replace existing filter-based particulate matter 2.5 monitors with continuous PM2.5 monitors to provide real-time air quality data collection and...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded $386,550 under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act federal grant program (CFDA 66.034) to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources on August 1, 2022 for completion by July 31, 2024. The funding will support upgrading particulate matter and other National Ambient Air Quality Standards pollutant monitoring equipment in communities facing...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 awarded the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality a $199,000 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 aims to enhance monitoring of particulate matter 2.5 or other National Ambient Air Quality Standards pollutants in and near underserved communities facing disproportionate exposure and health risks...