Project Grant 98T16001

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 awarded a $3.64 million Project Grant under the Targeted Airshed Grant Program (CFDA #66.956) to the Imperial County Air Pollution Control District on January 1, 2022. The grant will fund paving unpaved alleys in Imperial County, California through December 31, 2026 to reduce particulate matter air pollution. Specifically, the Imperial County APCD will implement alley paving and oversee a subaward with the City of El Centro, who will hire a contractor...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 awarded a $7.07 million Project Grant under the Targeted Airshed Grant Program (CFDA #66.956) to the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District to reduce fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) emissions in nonattainment areas of El Dorado, Placer, and Yolo-Solano counties in California. Funding began on May 1, 2022 for activities to be completed by April 30, 2027. Key deliverables include replacing older school buses and agricultural...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 awarded $332,500 to the San Diego County Air Pollution Control District through the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act federal grant program (CFDA 66.034) to advance enhanced monitoring of particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) or other National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) pollutants in communities with environmental justice concerns facing disproportionate...

This $662,446 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the CFDA Program 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act will fund the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District (SBCAPCD) to collect and analyze particulate matter (PM) samples at several locations in the Santa Maria Valley. The goal is to gain a better understanding of PM concentrations throughout the...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) provides $1,284,696.00 in funding to the Tulare County Resource Management Agency (TCRMA) to implement its Sewer Relief Project. The project will construct 3,480 linear feet of 24-inch diameter sewer interceptor pipeline to replace an existing 15-inch diameter sewer pipeline in Earlimart, California. Key project activities include engineering...

This federal Project Grant award of $539,500 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 will fund the expansion and enhancement of air monitoring activities in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The key products and services to be delivered include procuring and installing new air measurement instrumentation, calibrators, and zero air sources...

This Project Grant award of $18,590,988 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) will fund the construction of a Climate-Smart, Climate-Resilient Center for Community Development and Resilience (CCDR) by Pueblo Unido CDC in California. The project activities include building the CCDR facility with green building elements and infrastructure, constructing a climate-smart agri-housing...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the Federal Grant Program 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act provides $662,446 in funding to the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District (SMAQMD) to establish a new multipollutant air monitoring station in the North Highlands area of Sacramento, California. The key activities under this award...

The County of Clark Department of Environment and Sustainability Division received a $189,304 project grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act program (CFDA 66.034). The grant funds the collection of quality-assured particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) concentration data and submission of results to EPA's National Air Quality Database from April 1,...

This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under CFDA Program 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act, will fund the Maricopa County Air Quality Department's expansion and enhancement of their air monitoring activities. Specifically, the $662,488 award will support the establishment of a particulate matter (PM2.5) speciation study at two air monitoring sites in...