Targeted Airshed Grants Program
The Targeted Airshed Grants program assists local, state, and tribal air pollution control agencies with developing plans and conducting projects to reduce air pollution in nonattainment areas that EPA determines are the top five most polluted areas relative to ozone, annual average fine particulate matter (PM2.5), or 24-hour PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). 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 PM2.5 ambient air concentrations. Congress authorized this program in 2010 and every year since 2015. This page includes information about the current request for applications. Information on grant recipients is also available.
Notice of Funding Opportunity
Eligible entities to submit applications under this competitive funding program are those air pollution control agencies, as defined by Section 302(b) of the Clean Air Act, that: (a) have submitted a state or tribal implementation plan to EPA to attain and/or maintain the NAAQS for either ozone and/or PM2.5 within one or more nonattainment areas listed in the open notice of funding opportunity (NOFO), and (b) have an active air program grant under Sections 103 or 105 of the Clean Air Act to carry out those responsibilities.
EPA's Fiscal Year 2022 Targeted Airshed Grant program funding opportunity is posted at 2022 Targeted Airshed Grant Program and closed on December 8, 2022.