This $3,000,055 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act (CFDA 66.034) program will fund the Utah Department of Environmental Quality's (UDEQ) efforts to expand and enhance their air monitoring activities. Key deliverables include purchasing, installing, and operating five new multi-pollutant air monitoring stations, supporting...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 awarded a $354,063 Project Grant to the State of Utah Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) on July 15, 2023 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 support the ongoing needs of Utah's air monitoring program through the purchase of 10 new PM2.5 air monitors to replace old equipment...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the "Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act" program (CFDA 66.034) to the County of Salt Lake, UT Housing and Community Development Division. The grant funding will be used to expand an existing demonstration project to install 8 additional air quality monitors on electric buses operated by the Utah Transit Authority. This...
The Utah Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) was awarded $181,500 under the Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program (CFDA 66.608) to modernize its Tier 2 chemical facility reporting portal. Key products include developing an application programming interface and updated submission portal to allow for analysis and sharing of Tier 2 data, decrease submission errors, and integrate Tier 2 data into multiple applications and software endpoints....
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 awarded a $499,208 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 State of Utah Department of Environmental Quality. The grant funding will be used by the Utah Division of Air Quality to conduct enhanced volatile organic compound (VOC) monitoring in underserved communities along the Northern Wasatch...
This Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency Office of Administration and Resource Management - Funding Office provides $177,000 to the State of Utah Department of Environmental Quality to enhance IT and data management capabilities that facilitate electronic collection, reporting, exchange, sharing and integration of environmental protection data. Under the award, the State of Utah will develop electronic reports and surveys for Utah's solid waste facilities, and a...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 awarded $265,000 to the Utah Department of Environmental Quality under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act federal grant program (CFDA 66.034) for the period of August 1, 2022 through July 31, 2023. The purpose of this Project Grant funding is to advance enhanced monitoring of particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) and other national ambient air quality standards...
This $74,744,454 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CFDA 66.046) program provides funding to the Utah Department of Environmental Quality (UDEQ) to implement greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction programs and measures identified in a priority climate action plan. The key activities include: Incentive programs to replace approximately 1,370 light-duty vehicles, deploy 400 electric commercial/government fleet...
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's Wildfire Smoke Preparedness in Community Buildings Grant Program awarded $854,609 to the State of Utah Department of Environmental Quality (UDEQ) to enhance community resilience against wildfire smoke hazards. The key activities under this 3-year Project Grant include: Deploying low-cost PM2.5 and CO2 sensors at public schools to monitor indoor and outdoor air quality Developing air quality systems that integrate data with wildfire smoke forecasts...