The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ) received a two-year, $698,000 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 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 the continued operation of ODEQ's National Air Toxics Trends Sites (NATTS) in La Grande and Portland, Oregon from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2023. Specifically, ODEQ...
This federal Project Grant award of $200,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the CFDA Program 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act. The award will fund the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ) to implement a permanent Tier 2, near-road nitrogen dioxide (NO2) monitoring station that meets federal design specifications. The activities include...
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...
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ) was awarded a $275,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program (CFDA 66.608). The 3-year grant, commencing on October 1, 2023, will enable ODEQ to enhance its IT and data management capabilities to facilitate the electronic collection, reporting, exchange, sharing, and integration of environmental data, particularly air quality data. Key activities...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $1,113,095 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 Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ). The funding will support the expansion and enhancement of ADEQ's air monitoring activities, including establishing a new special purpose monitoring site, maintaining and upgrading existing...
This $545,411 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the CFDA program 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act will fund the Maine Department of Environmental Protection's Bureau of Air Quality to modernize and expand their air quality monitoring capabilities. The key activities include procuring and installing new air monitoring equipment, such as replacing older...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 awarded $157,700 under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act program (CFDA 66.034) to the Washington Department of Ecology on July 1, 2022 for completion by February 28, 2025. The purpose of this American Rescue Plan-funded cooperative agreement is to enhance particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) and other National Ambient Air Quality Standards pollutant monitoring in...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $632,500 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 Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). The funding will be used to expand and enhance DEQ's air monitoring activities across the state. Key deliverables include: Establishing a new regulatory multipollutant monitoring station in a disadvantaged...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $559,950 Project Grant to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) under the Federal Grant Program 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act. The grant funding will enable LDEQ to enhance their current air monitoring capabilities by upgrading ozone monitoring station equipment, replacing analyzers for criteria pollutants like hydrogen...
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...