Project Grant SB832881010

This $460,000 Project Grant awarded 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 funding to the Wildlife Habitat Council, Inc. to conduct ambient air quality monitoring and community engagement activities in environmental justice communities in Detroit, Michigan and the Calumet watershed region of Chicago, Illinois. The...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 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, an environmental justice community. The key activities...

This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Federal Grant Program 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act, will fund the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District (VCAPCD) to deploy, integrate, support, and maintain fence line air monitoring and screening equipment, as well as replace aged air monitoring instrumentation. The $662,488 award will...

The EPA Region 8 has awarded a $623,977 Inflation Reduction Act Project Grant (CFDA 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act) to the City of Fort Collins, Colorado to conduct ambient air monitoring of pollutants of concern in communities with environmental and health outcome disparities. The project aims to: Leverage local air monitoring expertise to collect, interpret, and share air toxics data that...

The Canton City Public Health Department (CCPH) received a $302,775 project grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act program. The two-year award will support CCPH's ambient air monitoring of pollutants near a steel manufacturer in Canton, Ohio from June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2026. CCPH will deploy Federal Equivalent Method air monitoring...

This Project Grant award, valued at $2,999,649.00, was provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Ports Program (CFDA 66.051). The purpose is to reduce mobile source air pollution in near-port communities in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) region. The City of Wilmer, as the primary awardee, will conduct a precise measurement-based inventory of vehicular emissions at DFW dry ports, assess the geospatial and daily impacts on surrounding cities, and engage with...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded a $275,000 Project Grant to Greenroots Inc. under the Environmental Justice Small Grant Program (CFDA 66.604) to support implementation of a comprehensive air quality improvement campaign in Chelsea and East Boston, Massachusetts from February 1, 2022 through January 31, 2023. Greenroots will analyze local air quality data, share results accessibly including for limited English proficient residents, and implement strategies to reduce air...

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...

This $1,883,040 federal Project Grant awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Wildfire Smoke Preparedness in Community Buildings Grant Program (CFDA 66.044) will support Esperanza Community Housing Corporation in South Central Los Angeles to enhance community resilience against wildfire smoke hazards. Key activities include smoke readiness planning, outreach and training, indoor/outdoor air quality monitoring, deploying portable air cleaners, and upgrading HVAC systems in the...

This Project Grant award of $1,450,547 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 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 Washington Department of Ecology (WDOE) to expand and enhance their air monitoring activities. Key deliverables include upgrading or replacing air monitoring equipment at 26 existing sites, adding 5 new multipollutant...