Federal grant programs / Environmental Protection Agency

Targeted Airshed Grant Program (66.956)

Also known as Targeted Airshed

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$174 million
• Grant awards30
• Typical award$4.7 million
• Awarded in FY 2025$0
• Size rank644 of 1,823
• Type of assistanceGrant

Key findings

• It is the 644th largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• The 11 largest recipients received 100% of the money.
• Awards went to recipients in 4 states and territories.

What the program funds

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: The Targeted Airshed Grant Program funds 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.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

Who can apply

Entities eligible to submit applications under this announcement are those air pollution control agencies, as defined by Section 302(b) of the Clean Air Act, that: (a) have submitted a SIP or TIP to EPA to attain and/or maintain the NAAQS for either ozone and/or PM2.5 within one or more of the top five most polluted areas relative to the O3, annual PM2.5, or 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS (see Summary section); and (b) have an active air program grant under Section 103 or 105 of the Clean Air Act 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.

What the money can and cannot pay for

Grants and cooperative agreements are available to support recipients' allowable direct costs incident to approved targeted airshed grants plus allowable indirect costs, in accordance with established EPA policies and regulations. Targeted airshed grants can complement but cannot replicate activities already being funded with an existing CAA Section 103 or 105 grant or Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) grant being carried out in the applicant’s nonattainment area. Funded activities must be for projects to carry out emission reductions; proposals only including planning exercises will not be considered. Funded activities must be designed to achieve quantifiable reductions in ozone precursor emissions and/or direct PM2.5 or PM2.5 precursor emissions in 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). Assistance agreement awards under this program may involve or relate to geospatial information. Further information regarding geospatial information may be obtained by viewing the following website: Geospatial Resources at EPA (https://www.epa.gov/geospatial).

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Deadlines

For competitive awards, deadlines will be specified in the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO).

Award range and average, in the agency's words

The anticipated funding amount range is $1,000,000 to $15,000,000 with an average award amount of $10,000,000.

Examples of funded projects

Fiscal Year2017: Woodstove and wood heater changeout projects; older school bus engine replacements; Tier 0, 1, or 2 agriculture engine replacements; and heavy-duty diesel engine replacementsFiscal Year2018: Woodstove and wood heater change out projects; older school bus engine replacements; Tier 0, 1, or 2 agriculture engine replacements; and heavy-duty diesel engine replacementsFiscal Year2021: Anticipated funded projects may include: bus and heavy duty truck replacements; woodstove changeouts; road paving; and/or agricultural tractor replacements.Fiscal Year2024: Examples of funded projects include woodstove and residential heating device changeouts, diesel engine changeouts with battery electric buses, EV charging stations, replacing agricultural equipment, lawn and garden equipment replacement with battery-electric equipment, the design, build, and replacement of a plug-in hybrid tugboat tier 2 engine.

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Who usually wins

State and local governments received 99% of the money, tribes 1.5%.

By state

Each state below has its own page for this program, with its recipients and yearly totals.

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.