Delivering Cleaner Air
Through the Inflation Reduction Act, EPA will improve the lives of millions of Americans by reducing pollution in neighborhoods where people live, work, play, and go to school; accelerating environmental justice efforts in communities overburdened by pollution for far too long; and tackling our biggest climate challenges while creating jobs and delivering energy security.
Here’s how the Inflation Reduction Act will deliver cleaner air for all people.
Air Pollution Monitoring - $117.5 Million1
This funding will support competitive grants for community monitoring and expanding Tribal monitoring capacity. It also will support improvements and modernization to monitoring programs for common air pollutants such as ozone and particulate matter and expand air toxics monitoring sites. In addition, the funding will help EPA evaluate new methods for monitoring air toxics, including at industry fencelines.
These funds provide critical resources to ensure the sustainability of national air quality monitoring networks as a public asset. The networks provide data to inform decision making that protects human health and the environment.
- Awarded: Learn more about enhanced air quality monitoring for communities and view a list of selected projects for this combined American Rescue Plan and Inflation Reduction Act funding.
- Open: Learn more about non-competitive, direct award funding for eligible state, local, Tribal and territorial air agencies to establish new ambient air monitoring sites, as well as maintain, operate, or upgrade existing ambient air monitoring networks. Deadline for air agencies to apply is April 8, 2024.
Multipollutant Monitoring - $50 Million1
This funding will support grants to state, local and Tribal air agencies to expand the national ambient air quality monitoring network with new multipollutant monitoring stations, including capital investments to upgrade the existing network and add new sites. Funds will also enhance the Clean Air Status and Trends Network (CASTNET) to support the measurement of toxic and emerging pollutants.
Diesel Emissions Reductions - $60 Million
This funding supplements EPA’s DERA program efforts to reduce harmful emissions and address health impacts from diesel vehicles and equipment in communities that receive a disproportionate amount of diesel pollution. It provides funding specifically for goods movement projects in low-income and disadvantaged communities.
Clean Air Act Grants - $25 Million
Funds will support efforts by air pollution control agencies and other organizations to partner with EPA to deliver cleaner air through programs that address air quality, transportation, indoor air, and climate change.
- Learn more about the Clean Air Act Grants under the Inflation Reduction Act.
- Docket closed January 18, 2023. If you have further questions, please reach out to IRAStakeholders@epa.gov.
Wood Heaters - $15 Million
This funding will support grants, research, and other activities to reduce emissions from wood heaters, including efforts to evaluate and improve emissions test methods.
- Docket closed January 18, 2023. If you have further questions, please reach out to IRAStakeholders@epa.gov.
Air Quality Sensors1 - $3 Million
This funding will support the purchase of air quality sensors for use in low-income and disadvantaged communities, including through grants and regional sensor loan programs.
- Open: Learn more about non-competitive, direct award funding for eligible state, local, Tribal and territorial air agencies to establish new ambient air monitoring sites, as well as maintain, operate, or upgrade existing ambient air monitoring networks. Deadline for air agencies to apply is April 8, 2024.
1 Funding for air pollution monitoring, multipollutant monitoring, and sensors are from IRA Sections 60105(a), (b), and (c). EPA has posted two grant guidance documents for the noncompetitive funding opportunities. The Inflation Reduction Act sections 60105 (a) and (b) exhibit overlapping eligible activities, where section 60105(c) has a different set of eligible activities.