This action approves an award in the amount of $46,214 to provide funding under the clean air act (CAA) grants under the inflation reduction act (IRA) to asheville-buncombe air quality agency

The purpose of this is to issue these grants to air pollution control agencies under CAA section 103, and they may be used for any activity authorized under CAA section 103. CAA section 103 authorizes 'the coordination and acceleration of, research, investigations, experiments, demonstrations, surveys, and studies relating to the causes, effects (including health and welfare effects), extent, prevention, and control of air pollution. Activities:the activities include providing accurate monitoring data in addition to expand monitoring that would address particulate matter and ozone issues. Specifically, the recipient will purchase one 49IQ-acan ozone UF photometric analyzer and one 49IQPS-acnn ozone UCV photometric primary standard analyzer, one FP-25 portable flow calibrator for particulate air samplers (ALICAT) and a field olfactometer that would help address odor complaints.subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the anticipated deliverables include purchasing one ozone analyzer and one ozone primary standard, a portable flow calibrator for particulate air samplers, and a field olfactometer with additional masks that would help address odors that will help staff when responding to odor complaints . This will provide the agency with a backup ozone monitor and primary standard for the agency in order to assure that there will be continuous data should there be an issue with the ozone equipment. The flow calibrator purchases will be used to audit and calibrate the our PM equipment so monitoring data meet regulatory quality assurance requirements could be accurate. From this, staff would better respond to odor complaints made. The intended beneficiaries include the citizens of asheville-buncombe county.