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El Dorado County Air Quality Management District (AQMD) recommending the Board of Supervisors, acting as the Board of Directors of the AQMD, approve AQMD's acceptance of up to $2,314,560 of Targeted Airshed Grant funding from the United States Environmental Protection Agency and authorize AQMD's Air Pollution Control Officer to execute memorandums of understanding with the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District and the Placer County Air Pollution Control District with County Counsel and Risk Management approval.
FUNDING: Federal Targeted Airshed Grant funding.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provides financial assistance to local air districts under the Targeted Airshed Grant (TAG) Program. The overall goal of the TAG Program is to fund emission reduction activities to reduce air pollution in nonattainment areas with the highest levels of ozone and PM 2.5 ambient air concentrations in the United States. The EPA identified Sacramento, California as one of the nonattainment areas eligible for this funding. The Sacramento Federal Ozone Nonattainment Area (SFNA) is comprised of all of Sacramento and Yolo counties, and parts of Solano, Sutter, El Dorado and Placer counties.
On June 23, 2021, the EPA awarded $2,742,540 of TAG funds to the Sac Metro Air District as the recipient of the five-year grant for the SFNA.
The El Dorado County Air Quality Management District (El Dorado AQMD) is not eligible to receive the TAG funding directly from the EPA and requires an approved agency to receive the monies from the EPA and administer the disbursement of the funds as a pass-through. The Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District (Sac Metro Air District) will serve as the TAG recipient and El Dorado AQMD will be a subrecipient of the grant. El Dorado AQMD will administer the project on behalf of the Placer County Air Pollution Control District (Placer County APCD) and will request reim...
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