The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a $115,000 Project Grant under the CFDA 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, doing business as the Leech Lake Tribal Council. The grant funding will support 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 Lake Reservation. Specifically, the tribe will purchase a National Trends Network precipitation collector to supplement its existing deposition monitoring equipment and utilize data analysis and modeling to identify sources of air pollutants. The anticipated outcomes include the establishment of a new National Trends Network monitoring site to sample for PFAS, increased tribal awareness of air quality issues, and information to guide the tribe's policy decisions and reduce human exposure to this family of hazardous pollutants across the reservation.
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