EPA Has Awarded Nearly $1 Million to Nevada Municipalities for Air Quality Monitoring

Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) of the United States Senate recently released news that the EPA has granted roughly $1 million to set up air quality monitoring systems across Nevada.

The money for this comes from both the American Rescue Plan and the Inflation Reduction Act.

The air quality in Nevada is deteriorating due to rising wildfires and carbon emissions, Senator Rosen warned. I am pleased to announce that the federal government will provide nearly $1 million to the state of Nevada to improve air quality monitoring in the state’s communities and counteract the causes of deteriorating air quality.

This grant funding includes the following:

Over $213,000 for the Washoe County District Health Department to establish new state and local air monitoring systems in the western portion of Reno, which typically experiences the highest air pollution concentrations in Washoe County due to interstate transport and wildfire smoke.

Almost $100,000 for the Shoshone Paiute Tribes of Duck Valley to create its first-ever air quality monitoring system on the Reservation.

Almost $494,000 for the Fort McDermitt Paiute-Shoshone Tribe to establish air quality monitoring for the Reservation and invest in staff training and capacity building.

$150,000 for the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe to focus on monitoring for multiple air pollutants and track changes in the severity of unhealthy air quality caused by increasing wildfires.

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