This agreement provides funding under the inflation reduction act (IRA) to blackfeet environmental air quality

Specifically, the recipient will identify 10 sites, in five disadvantaged communities, to install small air quality sensors to increase access to real-time PM2.5 data for the next 5 years (or until the equipment fails). They will purchase, install, and operate these new small sensors to make the data available to the public in real-time. The purpose of this award is to increase the number of sensors deployed in low-income and disadvantaged communities to better monitor their air quality, identify communities experiencing air quality issues where data was previously unavailable by increasing information about air quality in these previously unmonitored areas, and increasing the number of citizens with access to local scale air quality data by providing this publicly available air quality monitoring data. Activities:the activities include: 1. The purchase, installation, and operation of 10 small sensors. 2. Developing a qapp for the small sensors. 3. The purchase and installation of 10 small air quality sensors in five disadvantaged communities to increase access to real-time PM2.5 data for the next 5 years (or until the equipment fails). The data is then to be made available to the public in real-time.subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the anticipated deliverables include: #9679; deployment of air quality sensors in/near low-income or disadvantaged communities; #9679; near real-time air quality data availability for low-income or disadvantaged communities; #9679; development of quality assurance/quality control documentation to guide air quality sensor usage. The expected outcomes include: #9679; increased community awareness and education; #9679; increased access to information so that community members can understand air quality in their community; #9679; increased number of citizens with access to local scale air quality data; #9679; increased number of sensors deployed in low-income and disadvantaged communities; #9679; identification of communities experiencing air quality issues where data was previously unavailable. The intended beneficiaries include residents of the blackfeet reservation and the general public.