The Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 awarded Washoe County, Nevada a $127,014 Project Grant under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act program. Washoe County will collect and analyze ambient air quality data on particulate matter of 2.5 microns or less to support several Clean Air Act objectives through March 2024. Specifically, the county will maintain fine particulate matter monitoring networks...
This Project Grant award, provided by 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, provides $662,488 in funding to the Washoe County Air Quality Management Division. The award will support the maintenance, operation, and upgrade of existing ambient air monitoring stations, primarily through new equipment purchases. The key activities...
The Washoe County Health District was awarded a $2,237,459 Formula Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency under the Air Pollution Control Program Support program (CFDA 66.001) to implement air pollution control programs throughout Washoe County, Nevada from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The grant funding will support activities to attain and maintain National Ambient Air Quality Standards, develop and implement control strategies, reduce risks from hazardous air pollutants,...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 awarded a $123,159 Project Grant to the Clark County Department of Environment and Sustainability (CCDES) under the "Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act" program (CFDA 66.034). The purpose of this grant is to conduct and promote research, investigations, and studies related to air pollution control. Specifically, CCDES will use the funding to...
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 $351,889 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the CFDA 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act provides funding to the Clark County Department of Environment and Sustainability to enhance their air monitoring activities. The key deliverables include replacing four existing air monitoring equipment shelters and meteorology towers to enable...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe in Nevada under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act (CFDA 66.034) program. The grant will fund ambient air monitoring of particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5) pollutants in communities with environmental and health disparities stemming from pollution and COVID-19. The data collected will...
This $120,653 Project Grant awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act (CFDA 66.034) program funds the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) to conduct activities related to air pollution control and forecasting in Nevada. The key deliverables include: 1) Training for NDEP staff on air quality forecasting, 2) Purchase of equipment for NDEP...
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...
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,...