This agreement provides funding to illinois environmental protection agency to assist with necessary development, establishment, and maintenance of adequate monitoring programs for the prevention…

EPA Region 5 awarded the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency $700,007 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 conduct ambient air quality monitoring of fine particulate matter. The recipient will collect quality-assured PM2.5 concentrations and submit results to EPA's National Air Quality Database, collect and provide air pollution data to the general public in a timely manner, perform PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standards comparisons, develop and track implementation plans, assess regional haze, and offer assistance for health studies and other ambient aerosol research activities. The recipient will upgrade three shelters for its pre-existing monitor network and add seven monitors to the network. Performance occurs in Illinois with an ultimate completion date of March 31, 2028. No subawards are included. The award's anticipated short-term outcome is increased knowledge regarding the character and extent of PM2.5 in ambient air; the long-term outcome, through development and execution of the state's implementation plan, is reduced PM2.5 concentrations and compliance with PM2.5 NAAQS as set forth in the Clean Air Act, with direct beneficiaries being Illinois state residents who experience decreased risk of adverse health effects from PM2.5.

This agreement provides funding to illinois environmental protection agency 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. Specifically, the recipient will collect and provide air pollution data to the general public in a timely manner, perform PM2.5 national ambient air quality standards (naaqs) comparisons, develop and track of implementation plans, assess regional haze, and offer assistance for health studies and other ambient aerosol research activities. Activities:the recipient will collect quality assured PM2.5 concentrations and submit results to EPA's national air quality database. The recipient will also upgrade three shelters for its pre-existing network on monitors and add seven monitors to the network. Subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the anticipated short-term outcome for this project is an increase in the knowledge regarding the character and extent of PM2.5 in the ambient air. The long-term outcome, through the development and execution of the state's implementation plan, is reduced PM2.5 concentrations and compliance with the PM2.5 naaqs as set forth in the clean air act. Direct beneficiaries of these activities are illinois state residents who will have decreased risk of adverse health effects from PM2.5.