This agreement provides funding to tulalip tribe

EPA Region 10 awarded $215,408 to the Tulalip Tribes of Washington on January 1, 2027, under the Air Pollution Control Program Support formula grant (CFDA 66.001) to implement air quality monitoring and pollution control activities on the Tulalip Reservation through December 31, 2028.

The award funds implementation of the Section 105 program, including monitoring ambient air quality conditions, managing the PurpleAir sensor network, supporting EPA and tribal code enforcement officers in enforcing federal air rules for the reservation, and analysis and planning for attainment and maintenance of National Ambient Air Quality Standards. Activities also encompass control strategy development and implementation, hazardous air pollutant risk reduction, source and ambient air quality modeling, emissions inventory development, regulation development and enforcement, non-Title V permitting and enforcement, public outreach, staff training, and pollution prevention initiatives. The program prioritizes priority pollutants of concern including PM2.5 from woodstoves and fireplaces, PM2.5 from wildfire smoke events, diesel emissions, and microbial contamination.

Work is performed at the Tulalip Reservation in Tulalip, Washington. The recipient coordinates anticipated deliverables and outcomes through collaborations with Tulalip Community Health, Tulalip Housing, Tulalip Health Clinic, Tulalip Elders Program, Tulalip Pharmacy, Tulalip Early Childhood Education, and the Tulalip Climate Program. No sub-awards are included in this assistance agreement.

Specifically, the recipient will focus on priority pollutants of concern that include PM2.5 from woodstoves, fireplaces, PM2.5 from wild fire smoke events, diesel emissions, and microbial contamination.activities:the activities include implementing activities within the scope of the section 105 program including: 1) to implement national priorities as defined in EPA national guidance and consistent with EPA's strategic plan; 2) actions mandated by statute or regulation; 3) program activities delegated to the tulalip tribe for which EPA provides section 105 grant funding. A continuing program typically includes, but is not limited to, such activities as: monitor ambient air quality conditions; manage the purple air sensor network; support the EPA and tulalip code enforcement officer in enforcing the federal air rules for reservations: analysis and planning for attainment and maintenance of national ambient air quality standards naaqs; control strategy development and implementation; reduction of risks from hazardous air pollutants; air quality monitoring; ambient air quality and source modeling; inventory of emissions; regulation development and implementation; non-title v related permitting and enforcement; public outreach; staff training and development; air pollution data analysis and management; air cross-media analysis and control; air pollution prevention activities; and other innovative approaches to pollution reduction including economic incentive and market-based (allowance and trading) programs.subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the anticipated deliverables include a focus on priority pollutants of concern and will do so through collaborations with tulalip community health, tulalip housing, tulalip health clinic, tulalip elders program, tulalip pharmacy, tulalip early childhood education, and with the tulalip climate program. The expected outcomes include a broadened awareness of air quality programs that are established to address the attainment and maintenance of (naaqs) as well as immediate and emerging threats to public health and welfare from air pollution (CAA 105(a)). The intended beneficiaries include tulalip tribe and the public who will have decreased exposure to criteria and hazardous air pollutants.