Air Pollution Control – Technical Training

The Environmental Protection Agency Office for Air and Radiation funded air pollution control technical training through CFDA 66.006, with the most recent grant award disbursed on October 1, 2002. Do not pursue this program — it has been inactive for over two decades.

The program operated from 1998 through 2002 across 14 Project Grants totaling $2.3 million in federal dollars obligated. Award activity peaked in 2001 with seven grants, declining to three awards in 2002 before ceasing entirely. No grant opportunities have been posted recently.

Awarded grants funded air quality monitoring, pollution prevention, and occupational exposure evaluation. Representative projects include PM 2.5 ambient air monitoring networks under Clean Air Act Section 103 (awards of $348,287 and $158,950), a National Air Toxics Monitoring Pilot Program ($200,000), occupational exposure assessment for nonroad equipment emissions ($256,828), and air quality initiatives targeting asthmatic children in school and childcare settings ($21,550). Three related projects funded under Section 103 air pollution prevention and control reached $426,075, $312,369, and $75,000 respectively. The portfolio included smaller awards for education-focused initiatives including a Tools for Schools program ($20,000) and Healthy Schools Network ($11,000).

Individual awards ranged from $11,000 to $426,075, with a median around $150,000. All 14 awards were Project Grants; no other assistance types appeared. The Environmental Protection Agency Office for Air and Radiation was the sole funding source across all awards.