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 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 $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 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 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...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $480,003 Project Grant under CFDA 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act to the Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) to expand and enhance the state's air monitoring network. The grant funding will be used to replace aging air quality monitoring equipment, invest in new data management software, and provide staff training to automate...
This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by 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 equipment for a mobile air quality monitoring van. The van will conduct air quality monitoring in underserved communities and after hurricanes and flooding events in Louisiana. The goal is to...
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 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $742,233 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 New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES). The grant will fund the expansion and enhancement of NHDES's air monitoring activities, including installing a new $PM2.5 and $PM10 air monitoring station in an underserved community in Coos County,...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $1,501,220 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 Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ). The grant funding will support the expansion and enhancement of ODEQ's air monitoring activities in Oregon. Key products and services to be delivered include upgrading or replacing air monitoring...