The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) received a $479,958 project grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act program. The grant will fund the establishment and operation of a temporarily located community air monitoring site in St. James Parish, Louisiana from May 2023 through April 2026. LDEQ will deploy EPA-approved...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 awarded a $422,246 Project Grant to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act (CFDA 66.034) program. The funding will support the setup and operation of a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) air monitoring site between the McFarland Cascade/Stella-Jones facility in Pineville and the Stella Jones...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 awarded the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality a $199,000 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 aims to enhance monitoring of particulate matter 2.5 or other National Ambient Air Quality Standards pollutants in and near underserved communities facing disproportionate exposure and health risks...
This $559,950.00 federal Project Grant award, funded by 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, provides funding to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) to enhance their air monitoring capabilities. Specifically, the grant will support the purchase and installation of equipment to upgrade the state's ozone...
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...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded the Maine Department of Environmental Protection $293,000 under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act program (CFDA 66.034) on August 1, 2022 for a project ending July 31, 2024. The funding will be used to replace existing filter-based particulate matter 2.5 monitors with continuous PM2.5 monitors to provide real-time air quality data collection and...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 awarded $202,500 to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act federal grant program (CFDA 66.034). The purpose of this American Rescue Plan-funded project grant is to enhance monitoring of particulate matter 2.5 and other National Ambient Air Quality Standards pollutants in communities with environmental...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality a $179,530 formula grant under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act program (CFDA 66.034). The grant aims to advance enhanced monitoring of particulate matter 2.5 and other National Ambient Air Quality Standards pollutants in Mississippi communities facing disproportionate exposure and health risks...
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 Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded $208,359 under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act (CFDA 66.034) federal grant program to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality. The funding will support upgrading particulate matter 2.5 and other national ambient air quality standards pollutant monitoring sites and equipment in and near communities with environmental justice concerns...