The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $175,000 Project Grant to the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska under the 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act program. The grant funding will be used by the Ponca Tribe to expand and enhance their air monitoring activities. Specifically, the tribe will purchase and deploy six multipollutant air sensors to monitor particulate matter, ozone, nitrogen dioxide,...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $493,802 Project Grant to the Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act (CFDA 66.034) program. The purpose of this grant is to conduct ambient air monitoring of pollutants in the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation communities, which face environmental and health disparities due to pollution and the COVID-19...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $290,000 CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program Grant (CFDA 66.817) to the Penobscot Indian Nation. The purpose of this one-year grant, with an award date of October 1, 2024 and a completion date of September 30, 2025, is to enhance the tribe's brownfields response program. Key activities include conducting site inventories, providing public involvement, overseeing cleanup plans, and assessing and remediating two...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the CFDA 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act to the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community. The funding will support the expansion and enhancement of the tribe's air monitoring activities, including: Purchasing and installing a pre-made temporary shelter and a new nitrogen oxides (NOx) monitor at the Swinomish Village...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $115,000 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 Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe. The grant will fund the expansion and enhancement of the tribe's air monitoring activities, with a focus on collecting quality-assured data to assess polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) within and transported onto the Leech...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $285,275 Project Grant under the CFDA Program 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act to the La Posta Band of Mission Indians. The funding will be used to expand and enhance the tribe's air monitoring activities, including upgrading existing monitoring sites to measure nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide, purchasing auxiliary equipment to support...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $299,346 Project Grant to the Yurok Tribe under the Federal Grant Program 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act. The grant funding, which is effective from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, will support the tribe's efforts to expand and enhance their air monitoring activities. Key activities include replacing air monitors to improve particulate...
This $124,959 federal Project Grant awarded by the 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 will support the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head Aquinnah in Massachusetts to expand and enhance their air monitoring activities. Specifically, the funding will be used to repair and upgrade existing structures housing the tribe's air monitoring equipment,...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 awarded a $406,482 Project Grant to The Keya Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization, under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act program (CFDA 66.034). The funding will be used to conduct ambient air monitoring of pollutants, including particulate matter (PM2.5) and mercury vapor, in the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal communities in South Dakota over a...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $300,000 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 Hoopa Valley Tribe. The funding will be used to upgrade air monitors at existing monitoring sites, purchase equipment to support the tribe's air monitoring program, and establish a new air multipollutant monitoring station on the Hoopa Valley...