This $3,000,055 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act (CFDA 66.034) program will fund the Utah Department of Environmental Quality's (UDEQ) efforts to expand and enhance their air monitoring activities. Key deliverables include purchasing, installing, and operating five new multi-pollutant air monitoring stations, supporting...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 awarded $265,000 to the Utah Department of Environmental Quality under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act federal grant program (CFDA 66.034) for the period of August 1, 2022 through July 31, 2023. The purpose of this Project Grant funding is to advance enhanced monitoring of particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) and other national ambient air quality standards...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 awarded a $354,063 Project Grant to the State of Utah Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) on July 15, 2023 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 support the ongoing needs of Utah's air monitoring program through the purchase of 10 new PM2.5 air monitors to replace old equipment...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 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 County of Salt Lake, UT Housing and Community Development Division. The grant funding will be used to expand an existing demonstration project to install 8 additional air quality monitors on electric buses operated by the Utah Transit Authority. This...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $299,979 project grant to the Utah Department of Environmental Quality (UDEQ) under the Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program (CFDA 66.608). The funding will enable UDEQ to enhance its IT and data management capabilities to facilitate electronic collection, reporting, exchange, sharing, and integration of environmental data in the Uinta Basin region. Key deliverables include: 1) Developing an offline mobile inspection...
This $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Justice Government-to-Government (EJG2G) Program (CFDA 66.312) aims to address air pollution inequities in underserved urban, rural, and tribal communities in Utah. The key activities include: Conducting radon testing, remediation, and mitigation in 300-500 homes and schools to reduce lung cancer risk, especially for vulnerable populations like schoolchildren. This work will be...
This federal Project Grant award, valued at $6,530,531.00, was provided 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. The grant funding will enable the University of Utah to execute capacity building, tribal capacity building, training, education, and research and demonstration activities focused on addressing indoor air quality (IAQ) issues and...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Wildfire Smoke Preparedness in Community Buildings Grant Program awarded $854,609 to the State of Utah Department of Environmental Quality (UDEQ) to enhance community resilience against wildfire smoke hazards. The key activities under this 3-year Project Grant include: Deploying low-cost PM2.5 and CO2 sensors at public schools to monitor indoor and outdoor air quality Developing air quality systems that integrate data with wildfire smoke forecasts...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 awarded a $298,114 Project Grant to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) to conduct ambient air monitoring and promote air quality monitoring partnerships in communities with environmental and health disparities stemming from pollution and the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding supports a multifaceted approach to characterize local-scale air quality impacts in East Oakland, California, under the EPA's Surveys, Studies,...
This $670,472 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the CFDA 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act provides funding to the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (VT DEC) to enhance its air quality monitoring network. The key products and services funded under this grant include: replacing aging air quality monitoring equipment, obtaining backup equipment,...