EPA Announces an Additional $50 Million Under the American Rescue Plan to Enhance Air Pollution Monitoring
WASHINGTON (July 7, 2021) — Today, EPA announced that it will make $50 million in American Rescue Plan (ARP) funding available to improve air quality monitoring in communities across the United States. The latest set of funding builds on the agency’s recent announcement of $50 million for environmental justice projects under the ARP, bringing the total to $100 million in EPA funding designated by Congress to address health outcome disparities from pollution and the COVID–19 pandemic.
The major components of the plan to enhance air community monitoring include:
- a grants competition that will seek proposals from community groups and state, Tribal and local government air agencies;
- direct awards to air agencies for continuous monitoring of small particles (known as PM2.5 or soot) and other Clean Air Act pollutants;
- enhanced capacity for short-term community monitoring; and
- support to administer the funding.
For more information, please visit https://www.epa.gov/amtic/american-rescue-plan.
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