Project Grant 95345001

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $1,080,000 Project Grant under the "Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act" federal grant program (CFDA 66.034) to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Bureau of Fiscal Management Division. The funding will support DEP's efforts to expand and enhance their air monitoring activities, including installing new electrical supply units at existing air monitoring stations and collecting additional data on ozone, fine particulate matter (PM2.5), and particulate matter 10 microns or less (PM10) in environmental justice areas without current DEP monitoring capabilities. Key deliverables include submitting an annual monitoring network plan, reporting ozone and PM2.5 data to the Air Quality System within 90 days of each calendar quarter, and meeting data completeness requirements for the ozone, PM2.5, and PM10 monitoring networks. The project aims to increase disadvantaged community air quality monitoring, public awareness of ambient air quality, and knowledge of pollutant concentrations in previously unmonitored areas to ultimately help Pennsylvania comply with National Ambient Air Quality Standards.