This $357,852 Project Grant awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 3 under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act (CFDA 66.034) program will fund the establishment of a Community Air Monitoring Network (CAMN) of 20 PM monitors in New Castle County, Delaware. The grant aims to engage local residents in developing the monitoring network to provide accurate, real-time data on air quality...
This $500,000 federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (EJCPS) Cooperative Agreement Program (CFDA 66.306), supports a three-year initiative by Climate Resilient Communities (CRC) to address air pollution issues in the San Francisco Bay Midpeninsula region. The key activities include community-led air quality monitoring, establishing a community task force, public education and...
The Environmental Protection Agency 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 District of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment's Air Quality Division. This funding will support the establishment of a shared governance structure to empower communities with overburdened air quality issues to monitor and make decisions about...
The City of Philadelphia received a $149,000 project grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 to advance enhanced monitoring of particulate matter 2.5 or other national ambient air quality standards pollutants in communities with environmental justice concerns. The purpose of the funding is to replace or upgrade existing filter-based monitors to provide 24/7 real-time reporting of air quality concentrations. Funds may also be used to upgrade other air quality monitoring...
The City of Philadelphia's Air Management Services Division received a $389,206 Project Grant 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 conduct ambient air monitoring of pollutants of greatest concern in three overburdened communities in Philadelphia near major emission sources like the former...
This $499,634 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (EJCPS) Cooperative Agreement Program (CFDA 66.306) will support a community-based project in the Metro East area of Southern Illinois. The project aims to collect localized air quality data to understand variations in hazardous air pollutant concentrations across the East St. Louis community, which has historically experienced environmental...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $478,958 Project Grant under CFDA 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act to the City of Jersey City, New Jersey to conduct ambient air monitoring and engage the community on air quality issues. The key activities include: Monitoring pollutants of concern, such as ozone (O3) and particulate matter (PM2.5), over a 3-year period in two environmental...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $674,852 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 State of Delaware, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC). The grant funding will support DNREC's efforts to expand and enhance their air monitoring activities, including replacing criteria pollutant instruments and monitors...
This EPA Region 3 Project Grant award for $539,500 under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act program (CFDA 66.034) will fund the City of Philadelphia's Air Management Services (AMS) division to expand and enhance air monitoring activities in the Nicetown-Tioga neighborhood. The key products and services to be delivered include: Establishing a new multipollutant air monitoring station to measure PM2.5, NO2,...
The City of Philadelphia Air Management Services Division, part of the city's Public Health Department, received a $193,504 federal Project Grant award from the 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 the 2-year grant, awarded on January 1, 2024, is to establish a new air monitoring station in the Nicetown neighborhood in North...