The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 awarded a $923,447 Project Grant to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) 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 for CARB to purchase new air sampling and analysis technologies and train staff to operate and maintain the equipment on a pilot basis. CARB will collect and analyze data using the new...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act (CFDA 66.034) program, will provide $1,035,400 in funding to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to enhance their air monitoring capabilities. The key activities supported by this award include purchasing air monitoring equipment, training staff, integrating...
This $3,786,025 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the CFDA Program 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act provides funding to the California Air Pollution Control Officers Association (CAPCOA) to pass through funding to California air districts. The funds will be used to establish new air monitoring sites, maintain and upgrade existing monitoring...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 awarded a $298,114 Project Grant to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) to conduct ambient air monitoring and promote air quality monitoring partnerships in communities with environmental and health disparities stemming from pollution and the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding supports a multifaceted approach to characterize local-scale air quality impacts in East Oakland, California, under the EPA's Surveys, Studies,...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the Oxnard Harbor District (dba Port of Hueneme) a $500,000 Project Grant 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 quality monitoring of pollutants in communities with environmental and health disparities stemming from pollution and the COVID-19 pandemic. The grant will...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $2,997,550 Cooperative Agreement to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program (CFDA 66.046). The funding supports CARB's development of a comprehensive, economy-wide climate mitigation plan or update to an existing plan, in collaboration with local air pollution control districts, municipalities, and tribal governments statewide. Key activities include greenhouse gas inventory...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $662,446 Project Grant under the CFDA Program 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act to the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District (SBCAPCD). The grant funding, provided through the Inflation Reduction Act, will support SBCAPCD in collecting and analyzing particulate matter (PM) samples at several locations in the Santa Maria Valley....
This $499,828 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the CFDA 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act, provides funding to conduct ambient air monitoring of pollutants in the Marin City, California community. The grant will support the deployment of a network of air quality monitors to collect data on PM2.5, NO2, and black carbon. This will enable the grantee, Marin...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 awarded $183,500 to the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District under 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) in communities with environmental justice concerns in the San Joaquin Valley area of California. Through this project grant, the District...
This $1,210,708 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act program provides funding to the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) to expand and enhance their air monitoring activities. Specifically, the grant will enable SCAQMD to purchase two 30-foot air monitoring shelters, three gas diluters, and two FLIR...