Project Grant 00T97301

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 $500,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act (CFDA 66.034) program will fund community-driven air quality monitoring and mitigation efforts in disadvantaged areas of Los Angeles, CA. The grant recipient, the Coalition For Clean Air, will provide education, real-time indoor and outdoor air quality data, and access to...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 awarded $183,500 to the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act federal grant program (CFDA 66.034) to advance enhanced monitoring of particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) in communities with environmental justice concerns in the San Joaquin Valley area of California. Through this project grant, the District...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under CFDA 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act provides $910,488.00 in funding to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) to enhance their ambient air monitoring network. The key products and services to be delivered include: purchasing and deploying data telemetry, laboratory, and field equipment such as...

This $74,960 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 supports a resident-led community air monitoring initiative through the Environmental Justice Small Grant Program (CFDA 66.604). Oneoc, doing business as Volunteer Center Orange County, will leverage the funding to implement a multi-faceted air quality monitoring and education project in Southeast Santa Ana, California from June 2022 through November 2023. Key deliverables include six community-wide "Toxic...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Federal Grant Program 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act provides $662,446 in funding to the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District (SMAQMD) to establish a new multipollutant air monitoring station in the North Highlands area of Sacramento, an environmental justice community. The key activities...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Breathe California of the Bay Area, Golden Gate, and Central Coast received a $215,000 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086) for the period of April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2027. Under this award, the awardee will serve as a Clean Cities and Communities Coalition, delivering stakeholder engagement, technical...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program (CFDA 66.046). The funds will support the development or update of regional climate mitigation plans to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and reduction measures throughout the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley metropolitan area. Key activities include developing a GHG inventory, quantifying...

This $416,395 Project Grant awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act (CFDA 66.034) program will support community and local efforts to monitor air quality in Sacramento, California. The funds will be used by the United Latinos Promoviendo Accion Civica, a minority-owned non-profit organization, to develop and provide curriculum to train students and...

This $499,828 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 conduct ambient air monitoring of pollutants in the Marin City, California community. The grant will support the deployment of a network of air quality monitors to collect data on PM2.5, NO2, and black carbon. This will enable the grantee, Marin...