The US Environmental Protection Agency has selected The Keya Foundation to receive funding to conduct community air quality monitoring on the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota.
The grant is one of 132 air monitoring projects in 37 states focused on communities that are underserved, historically marginalized and overburdened by pollution.
The over $405,000 ($406,482) will be used to conduct air monitoring for fine particulate matter, including trace metals, and mercury vapor in and around the communities of Eagle Butte, Timber Lake and Cherry Creek. Tribal members will provide direct input to monitoring location selection, and field sampling will be conducted by local Native American student interns. Data from the project will be presented to stakeholders and interested parties through community-led workshops.
EPA will start the process to award the funding by the end of 2022, once the grant applicants have met all legal and administrative requirements. Grantees will have three years to spend the funds from the time EPA awards the grants.
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