Project Grant 00I33800

This $320,000 Project Grant award from 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 program will support the Southern Ute Indian Tribe's Air Quality Division in expanding and enhancing their air monitoring activities. The award will fund the purchase, installation, and operation of new equipment to measure fine particulate matter, ozone, nitric oxides, and meteorology at 3 new National Air Toxics Trends Station (NATTS) monitoring sites and 3 new multipollutant air monitoring sites on the Southern Ute Reservation. Additionally, the funding will support the purchase and operation of new transfer standard equipment for accuracy audits of the analyzers, as well as contractor services for station operation, oversight, troubleshooting, and data submission to the EPA's Air Quality System. The expected outcomes include increased sustainability and accuracy of the ambient air monitoring network, publicly available air quality data and forecasts, enhanced public awareness of air quality, and improved monitoring capabilities in low-income and disadvantaged communities on the reservation.