The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $1,501,220 Project Grant under the Federal Grant Program 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ). The grant funding will support the expansion and enhancement of ODEQ's air monitoring activities in Oregon. Key products and services to be delivered include upgrading or replacing air monitoring...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 awarded $157,700 under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act program (CFDA 66.034) to the Washington Department of Ecology on July 1, 2022 for completion by February 28, 2025. The purpose of this American Rescue Plan-funded cooperative agreement is to enhance particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) and other National Ambient Air Quality Standards pollutant monitoring in...
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 $200,000 in funding to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ) to implement a permanent Tier 2, near-road nitrogen dioxide (NO2) monitoring station. The key products and services to be delivered include: Purchase and installation of an air...
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ) received a two-year, $698,000 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 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 the continued operation of ODEQ's National Air Toxics Trends Sites (NATTS) in La Grande and Portland, Oregon from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2023. Specifically, ODEQ...
The County of Clark Department of Environment and Sustainability Division received a $189,304 project grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act program (CFDA 66.034). The grant funds the collection of quality-assured particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) concentration data and submission of results to EPA's National Air Quality Database from April 1,...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 awarded a $2,739,425 Project Grant to the Lane Regional Air Protection Agency under the Targeted Airshed Grant Program (CFDA 66.956). The grant will fund activities to reduce emissions in the Oakridge, Oregon nonattainment area through January 1, 2022 to August 31, 2026. Key deliverables include installing at least 36 new certified heating devices and weatherization upgrades in homes. Additional services include implementing woodstove and pellet...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 awarded the Olympic Region Clean Air Agency (ORCAA) a $263,000 Project Grant under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act program (CFDA #66.034). The funding will enhance particulate matter 2.5 and other National Ambient Air Quality Standards pollutant monitoring in and near communities in Neah Bay and the Makah Tribe that face disproportionate exposure and health...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) $500,000 under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act federal grant program (CFDA 66.034) to conduct ambient air monitoring in underserved communities in Franklin County, Ohio from June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2026. MORPC will deploy low-cost particulate matter monitors in selected communities, analyze 18 months of...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 awarded the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy a $156,930 Project Grant under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act federal grant program. The purpose of this American Rescue Plan-funded cooperative agreement is to replace existing filter-based air quality monitors or otherwise enhance existing monitors in and near communities to provide 24/7, real-time...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 awarded the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District a $143,000 Project Grant under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act federal grant program (CFDA 66.034). The grant will fund the purchase and installation of continuous particulate matter 2.5 monitors to replace existing filter-based monitors in environmental justice and underserved communities...