The Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 awarded the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality a $574,573 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 enhance particulate matter 2.5 and other national ambient air quality standard pollutant monitoring in environmental justice communities facing disproportionate exposure and health risks associated...
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 Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) received a $463,563 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. The purpose of this grant is to equip LDEQ's mobile air monitoring labs with specialized analyzers and sampling equipment to detect and monitor ethylene oxide (ETO) and other volatile organic...
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) received a $112,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Toxic Substances Compliance Monitoring Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.701). This funding supports LDEQ in developing and maintaining compliance monitoring programs to prevent or eliminate unreasonable risks to human health or the environment associated with asbestos in schools. Specifically, LDEQ will conduct asbestos inspections at...
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) was awarded a $124,000 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Administration and Resource Management under the Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program and Related Assistance (CFDA 66.608). The grant will fund the development of electronic permitting portals to streamline Title V air quality reporting and the permitting processes for Class II hydrocarbon storage and Class III brine mining...
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) will receive $164,620 from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support (CFDA 66.419) Formula Grant to conduct special water quality monitoring through September 2027. As part of its routine ambient monitoring program, LDEQ will monitor for acrolein, acrylonitrile, bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate, silvex, and thallium, parameters not typically included in its...
This $846,678 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 will support the Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government in Kentucky to enhance their air quality monitoring capabilities. Specifically, the funding will be used to purchase equipment for deployment at 5 air monitoring sites, hire a full-time air...
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) has been awarded a $168,775 Formula Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 under the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support (CFDA 66.419) program. This 5-year grant will fund LDEQ's efforts to maintain, protect, and improve the water quality of Louisiana's rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater, and other waterbodies. Key activities include: Collecting water quality data on E. coli...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $452,698 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 Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ). The purpose of this grant is to fund the expansion and enhancement of MDEQ's air monitoring activities. Key activities include reviewing EPA equipment proposals, consulting with the EPA on changes 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...