66.956: Targeted Airshed Grant Program

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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Sept. 21, 2022

Sept. 21, 2022

The overall goal of the Targeted Airshed Grant program is to reduce air pollution in the nation’s nonattainment areas with the highest levels of ozone and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) ambient air concentrations. Funding Priorities - Fiscal Year 2021: The goal of the Targeted Airshed Grant Program is to fund activities in applicable nonattainment areas that will achieve documentable reductions of emissions that contribute to ozone and/or direct PM2.5 concentrations in the applicable nonattainment areas. Pollutants contributing to ozone concentrations are nitrous oxides (NOx) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Pollutants contributing to PM2.5 concentrations are direct PM2.5 and PM2.5 precursors NOx, VOCs, sulfur dioxide (SO2), and ammonia.

B - Project Grants (Discretionary)

Entities eligible to receive targeted airshed grants are those air pollution control agencies, as defined by Section 302(b) of the Clean Air Act (CAA), that: (a) have responsibilities for development and/or implementation of a State Implementation Plan or Tribal Implementation Plan to attain and maintain national ambient air quality standards for either ozone or PM2.5 within one or more of the top five most polluted areas relative to ozone (O3), annual average fine particulate matter (PM2.5), or 24-hour PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS); and (b) have an active air program grant under Section 103 or 105 of the CAA to carry out those responsibilities. For certain competitive funding opportunities under this assistance listing, the Agency may limit eligibility to compete to a number or subset of eligible applicants consistent with the Agency’s Assistance Agreement Competition Policy.

State, local, federally recognized Indian tribal government, U.S. territories

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