This agreement provides funding to texas commission on environmental quality (tceq) to assist with necessary development, establishment, and maintenance of adequate monitoring programs for the…

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 awarded the Texas Commission On Environmental Quality $945,342 on April 1, 2026, under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act program (CFDA 66.034) to develop, establish, and maintain ambient air quality monitoring programs for fine particulate matter (PM2.5).

TCEQ will collect quality-assured data on ambient air concentrations of PM2.5, including chemical composition and precursors, and submit results to the EPA's National Air Quality Database. The data will support PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standards comparisons, development and tracking of implementation plans, regional haze assessments, and health studies and ambient aerosol research activities. The recipient will also disseminate air pollution data to the general public in a timely manner.

Deliverables include operation and maintenance of the Texas Particulate Matter 2.5 Air and National Core Multipollutant Network Programs, procurement of equipment, supplies, and services for network operation and maintenance, preparation of required quality assurance project plans, and submission of collected data to EPA. The period of performance runs from April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2028, with work performed in Texas. No sub-recipients are included in this award. Texas residents are the intended beneficiaries.

This agreement provides funding to texas commission on environmental quality (tceq) to assist with necessary development, establishment, and maintenance of adequate monitoring programs for the prevention and control of air pollution or implementation of national primary and secondary air quality standards. This grant is provided to conduct ambient air quality monitoring of fine particulate matter (PM2.5). Specifically, the recipient will collect quality assured data on ambient air concentrations of PM2.5 as well as chemical composition and precursors. Data will be used for: (1) providing air pollution data to the general public in a timely manner, (2) PM2.5 national ambient air quality standards (naaqs) comparisons, (3) development and tracking of implementation plans, (4) assessments of regional haze, and (5) assistance for health studies and other ambient aerosol research activities. The PM2.5 monitoring network design addresses these four program objectives through a combination of siting and instrumentation strategies. Activities:the activities include collecting quality assured PM2.5 concentrations and submit results to EPA's national air quality database.subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the anticipated deliverables include operation and maintenance of texas particulate MATTER2.5 air and national core multipollutant network programs. The expected outcomes include procurement of equipment, supplies, and services for operation and maintenance of an air monitoring network, prepare required quality assurance project plans, and submit the data collected from the texas particulate MATTER2.5 and national core multipollutant network programs to EPA. The intended beneficiaries include the resident of texas.