Opportunity Information: Apply for EPA OAR OAQPS 20 01
The 2019 Targeted Airshed Grant Program is a discretionary funding opportunity from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) designed to help the parts of the country with the worst ambient air quality make measurable progress on reducing harmful pollution. The program focuses specifically on nonattainment areas, meaning locations that do not currently meet the federal National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). EPA targets funding toward the five most polluted areas in the nation when compared against key benchmarks for ozone (O3), annual average fine particulate matter (PM2.5), or 24-hour PM2.5 standards. In practical terms, the grant is aimed at places where air pollution levels are highest and where reductions can deliver major public health and compliance benefits.
Funding is offered through grants and cooperative agreements, which means projects may involve either standard grant implementation or closer collaboration and oversight with EPA under a cooperative agreement structure. The overall purpose is twofold: to support air agencies in developing robust plans and to fund on-the-ground projects that directly reduce ozone and PM2.5 pollution. These pollutants are strongly linked to respiratory and cardiovascular harm, and they also drive regulatory nonattainment status, so the emphasis is on interventions that can reduce ambient concentrations and help areas move toward meeting federal standards.
Eligible applicants are described broadly as "others" with more detail referenced in the full announcement, but the program is clearly intended for local, state, and tribal air pollution control agencies. That typically includes government entities and public agencies that have responsibility for air quality planning, monitoring, permitting, enforcement, and implementation of emission reduction strategies. The program is not framed as a general-purpose environmental grant for any applicant; it is structured around the operational needs of air agencies working in the most polluted nonattainment regions.
Administratively, the opportunity is issued by the EPA under Funding Opportunity Number EPA-OAR-OAQPS-20-01 and is associated with CFDA 66.956, which is the federal assistance listing tied to this program area. The notice was created on November 22, 2019, with an original application closing date of February 14, 2020, and applicants are directed to the announcement's Section IV for specific submission requirements and any additional instructions. EPA anticipated making around 15 awards, with an award ceiling of $10,000,000 per award, signaling that projects can be substantial in scope and budget, especially in large metropolitan airsheds or multi-jurisdictional regions where pollution sources and solutions cross boundaries.
At a high level, the program is best understood as EPA's targeted investment in the nation's highest-burden airsheds for ozone and PM2.5. By concentrating resources on a small set of top-ranked problem areas, the grant program is meant to accelerate emission reductions, improve public health outcomes, and move nonattainment areas closer to compliance with federal air quality standards through planning support and direct implementation projects.Apply for EPA OAR OAQPS 20 01
- The Environmental Protection Agency in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "2019 Targeted Airshed Grant Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 66.956.
- This funding opportunity was created on Nov 22, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Feb 14, 2020 Please see Section IV for additional submission information. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $10,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 15 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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