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 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 awarded a $499,208 Project Grant under the "Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act" (CFDA 66.034) program to the State of Utah Department of Environmental Quality. The grant funding will be used by the Utah Division of Air Quality to conduct enhanced volatile organic compound (VOC) monitoring in underserved communities along the Northern Wasatch...
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,...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $499,988 Project Grant to Miami-Dade County, Florida under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act program (CFDA 66.034). The grant funds will support the expansion and strengthening of the "What's Your 305 Air Quality?" community partnership program. Key activities include: Establishing the "What's Your 305 Air Quality?" Miami-Dade...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $398,500 grant under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act (CFDA 66.034) program to the City of Albuquerque Environmental Health Department. The funding will be used to enhance air quality monitoring activities, with a focus on improving the monitoring of particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) and other National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) pollutants in...
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,...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $742,233 Project Grant under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act (CFDA 66.034) program to the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES). The grant will fund the expansion and enhancement of NHDES's air monitoring activities, including installing a new $PM2.5 and $PM10 air monitoring station in an underserved community in Coos County,...
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...