This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5, under the "Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act" (CFDA 66.034) program, provides $456,170 to Warehouse Workers Justice Center, a non-profit organization, to conduct ambient air monitoring of pollutants in communities with environmental and health disparities stemming from pollution and the COVID-19 pandemic. The key...
This $460,000 Project Grant awarded by 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 funding to the Wildlife Habitat Council, Inc. to conduct ambient air quality monitoring and community engagement activities in environmental justice communities in Detroit, Michigan and the Calumet watershed region of Chicago, Illinois. The...
This $498,008 Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (EJCPS) Cooperative Agreement Program (CFDA 66.306), will support the Ecology Action Center (EAC) and its project partners in implementing the Bloomington-Normal Climate Resiliency Community (BNCRC) project. The key activities include: Conducting a community-wide assessment to identify and develop mitigation strategies for disproportionate...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 awarded a $331,500 Project Grant to the Cook County Department of Environment and Sustainability (CCDES) 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 advance CCDES's monitoring of particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) and other National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) pollutants in...
The Environmental Protection Agency awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the "Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act" program (CFDA 66.034) to the District of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment's Air Quality Division. This funding will support the establishment of a shared governance structure to empower communities with overburdened air quality issues to monitor and make decisions about...
This $499,634 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (EJCPS) Cooperative Agreement Program (CFDA 66.306) will support a community-based project in the Metro East area of Southern Illinois. The project aims to collect localized air quality data to understand variations in hazardous air pollutant concentrations across the East St. Louis community, which has historically experienced environmental...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 awarded a $1,110,081 Project Grant to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act (CFDA 66.034) program. The funding will be used to replace aging air monitoring and quality assurance audit equipment in order to maintain and enhance IEPA's existing multipollutant air monitoring operations. Many of the...
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 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $305,000 Project Grant to the Cook County Department of Environment and Sustainability under the Federal Grant Program 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act. The funding will be used to upgrade and expand the county's air monitoring equipment and activities, with a focus on enhancing the monitoring of nitrogen oxides, ozone, and sulfur dioxide...
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,...