This agreement provides $500,000 in federal funding to DC department of energy and the environment (DCDOEE) to operate their air pollution control program

Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 awarded the District of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment $4.07 million on October 1, 2025, to operate its air pollution control program under the Air Pollution Control Program Support formula grant (CFDA 66.001).

DCDOEE will identify air toxins, assess effects of atmospheric toxic pollutants, and improve and maintain air quality for the District of Columbia through Section 105 program activities. The recipient will implement national priorities as defined in EPA guidance and strategic plans; execute actions mandated by statute or regulation; and carry out delegated program activities including analysis and planning for attainment and maintenance of National Ambient Air Quality Standards, control strategy development and implementation, reduction of hazardous air pollutant risks, air quality monitoring, ambient air quality and source modeling, emissions inventory, regulation development and implementation, non-Title V permitting and enforcement, public outreach, staff training, air pollution data analysis and management, air cross-media analysis and control, pollution prevention, and market-based programs. Anticipated deliverables include annual reports, work plans, mid-year reviews, quality assurance documentation, and updated State Implementation Plan documentation.

The award obligates $4.07 million against total federal funding of $500,000 in certain funds and $3.143 million in contingent funds, for the period October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. Performance and administrative oversight occur in Washington, DC. No sub-awards are included.

Federal funds of $3,143,605 are contingent upon availability. The purpose of this project is to improve and maintain the air quality for the district of columbia. Through this project, DCDOEE will identify air toxins and assess the effects of atmospheric toxic pollutants.activities:the recipient will implement activities within the scope of the section 105 program, including 1) implementing national priorities as defined in EPA national guidance and consistent with EPA's strategic plan, 2) actions mandated by statute or regulation, and 3) program activities delegated to the recipient (state, local or tribe) for which EPA provides section 105 grant funding. A continuing program typically includes, but is not limited to, such activities as 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:anticipated deliverables include annual reports, work plans, mid years, quality assurance documentation, and updated SIP documentation. 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)). Direct beneficiaries of this program include the district of columbia's residents who will have decreased exposure to criteria and hazardous air pollutants.