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 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...
This $559,950 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 under the Federal Grant Program 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act will fund the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) to enhance their air monitoring capabilities. Specifically, the grant will enable LDEQ to upgrade their ozone monitoring station calibrators and analyzers, as well as replace...
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...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Justice Government-to-Government (EJG2G) Program (CFDA 66.312) provides $1,000,000 in funding to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) to acquire, fabricate, install, and certify a mobile air quality monitoring van. The van will be used to conduct air quality monitoring in underserved communities across Louisiana, as well as after hurricane and flooding events, to...
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 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 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 $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 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...