The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 has awarded a $398,500 Project Grant to the City of Albuquerque Environmental Health Department under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act (CFDA 66.034) program. The funding will be used to enhance the city's air monitoring activities, with a focus on expanding and upgrading particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) or other National Ambient Air Quality Standard...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded $319,000 to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act federal grant program (CFDA 66.034). The funding will support the purchase of air quality monitoring equipment to enhance particulate matter 2.5 and other National Ambient Air Quality Standards pollutant monitoring in Alabama communities facing...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $653,000 Project Grant under the CFDA Program 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act to the Jefferson County Board of Health (operating as the Jefferson County Department of Health) in Birmingham, Alabama. The grant will support the expansion and enhancement of the recipient's air monitoring activities, including the establishment of fence line and...
This $595,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. 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 supports the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) in expanding and enhancing its ambient air quality monitoring network. The key activities include: Establishing a new air monitoring station in Africatown, Alabama and relocating an...
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 Jefferson County Department of Health in Alabama received a $229,000 formula grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act program (CFDA 66.034). The funding will support enhanced monitoring of particulate matter 2.5 and other national ambient air quality standards pollutants in environmental justice communities disproportionately exposed to air...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 awarded a $103,000 Project Grant under the Federal Grant Program 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act to the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC), Division of Air Pollution Control. The funding will be used to purchase air quality sensors to measure ozone (O3) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentrations in ambient air within...
This $498,401 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act (CFDA 66.034) program will fund the Center for Sustainable Communities, Inc. to monitor their own air quality and promote air quality monitoring partnerships between communities and state/local governments. The key activities include leveraging existing air quality expertise,...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 awarded a $711,996 Project Grant to the City of Houston's Department of Health and Human Services to conduct ambient air quality monitoring and community engagement in several Houston neighborhoods with environmental justice and health disparities. The grant is funded under the EPA's "Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act" program (CFDA 66.034). The...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $233,000 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 Asheville-Buncombe Air Quality Agency in North Carolina. The grant funding will support the expansion and enhancement of the agency's air monitoring activities, including purchasing a T640X PM10 monitor, a calibrator kit, and pumps to support current monitoring...