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To provide, Internships, Training, Workshops, and Technical Monitoring in support of the Clean Air Act. These activities aim to: (1) support the development of career-oriented personnel qualified to work in occupations involving environmental protection and air pollution abatement and control; (2) provide technical training for state, local, territorial, and Indian Tribal environmental control agencies; (3) enhance the capability of state, tribal, and local agencies responsible for environmental pollution control or other agencies with similar pollution control responsibilities; (4) provide educational renewal for career oriented personnel to achieve additional knowledge through academic professional training; (5) provide students in science, engineering, and other relevant fields with education and training opportunities to enhance their understanding of air quality-related topics; and 6) to increase the quality and number of people into the environmental control field. Projects should also focus on addressing environmental justice (EJ) concerns in communities. EJ is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies. Funding Priority - Fiscal Year 2025: (1) The Tribal Training Support for the Community and Tribal Air Quality Programs grant supports EPA’s efforts to encourage and facilitate involvement of tribal partner governments in implementing ambient air quality programs under the Clean Air Act in Indian country, through the provision of training and technical support. The training and technical support will promote the capacity of tribes to successfully implement efficient and effective air quality management programs. (2) The American Indian Air Quality Training Program provides workshop training, internships and technical support to tribal governments to investigate, develop and establish air quality management programs for lands under their jurisdiction. The Tribal Air Monitoring Support Center is a component of this program and provides a full spectrum of technical support to tribes undertaking air quality monitoring and related activities. (3) The Student Program for Environmental Excellence in Design (SPEED) program provides graduate-level students and senior-level undergraduate opportunities to collaborate with EPA and increase their awareness and understanding of the environmental benefits associated with increased fuel efficiency, reduced carbon intensity in transportation fuels, and reduced emissions in advanced vehicles.
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The American Indian Air Quality Training Program (AIAQTP) provides comprehensive air quality policy and regulatory analysis consisting of support and national coordination activities to assist tribes in understanding, participating in and responding to US EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) policy and regulatory activities; provides opportunity for American Indian students, educators, and communities to participate in, and pursue environmental careers in the field of air quality management. The AIAQTP program also conducts outreach to local communities on air quality and related environmental justice issues via a website to disseminate the environmental education curriculum. The Student Program for Environmental Excellence in Design (SPEED) program provides graduate-level students and senior-level undergraduate students in the science, technology, and engineering disciplines opportunities to collaborate with the EPA and obtain research training on-site at the EPA’s National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Lab (NVFEL). Students increase their awareness and understanding of the environmental benefits associated with increased fuel efficiency, reduced carbon intensity in transportation fuels, and reduced emissions in advanced vehicles. The American Indian Air Quality Training Program (AIAQTP) provides comprehensive air quality policy and regulatory analysis consisting of support and national coordination activities to assist tribes in understanding, participating in and responding to US EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) policy and regulatory activities; provides opportunity for American Indian students, educators, and communities to participate in, and pursue environmental careers in the field of air quality management. The AIAQTP program also conducts outreach to local communities on air quality and related environmental justice issues via a website to disseminate the environmental education curriculum. The Student Program for Environmental Excellence in Design (SPEED) program provides graduate-level students and senior-level undergraduate students in the science, technology, and engineering disciplines opportunities to collaborate with the EPA and obtain research training on-site at the EPA’s National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Lab (NVFEL). Students increase their awareness and understanding of the environmental benefits associated with increased fuel efficiency, reduced carbon intensity in transportation fuels, and reduced emissions in advanced vehicles. The Tribal Training Support for the Community and Tribal Programs project supported 17 tribes and approximately 100 tribal environmental staff and tribal community members in our very first set of tribal community trainings. The trainings brought together not only community members and EPA personnel but also tribal environmental professionals, industry, state and local organizations, colleges and other stakeholders surrounding the Navajo Nation. Understanding air quality issues within the community, learning about the regulatory development process, and being able to engage in the regulatory process in a meaningful way were just some of the accomplishments of these particular trainings.
Conducted 2 trainings for Tribal Environmental Professionals – 1. Reviewing New Source Review and Title V Permits training 2. National Tribal Forum (NTF) on Air Quality held– provided an all-day session on Smoke Ready Tribal Communities. Held several webinars and trainings for Tribal Environmental Professionals – 1. Air Quality Planning for Wildland Smoke – provided 5 pre-webinars and an in-person class 2. Treatment As a State training 3. National Tribal Forum on Air Quality held- provided a session on Treatment As a State (TAS) training. 4. Developed a Permit training – which will include 2 pre-webinars, Overview of the Clean Air Act and Overview of the Clean Air Act Permitting Program and an in-person class. 5. Ongoing technical support and training for the Tribal Environmental Exchange (TREX) Network – assists tribes in data retrieval, validation and submission to national networks like AIRNow and AQS.
The Student Program for Environmental Excellence in Design (SPEED) program provides graduate-level students and senior-level undergraduate students in the science, technology, and engineering disciplines opportunities to collaborate with the EPA and obtain research training on-site at the EPA’s National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Lab (NVFEL). Students increase their awareness and understanding of the environmental benefits associated with increased fuel efficiency, reduced carbon intensity in transportation fuels, and reduced emissions in advanced vehicles.
Accomplished three trainings for Tribal Environmental Professionals – 1. Air Quality Planning for Wildland Smoke – provided 6 pre-webinars and an in-person class. 2. Treatment As a State (TAS) training. 3. National Tribal Forum on Air Quality – provided a session on TAS. 4. Ongoing technical support and training for the Tribal Environmental Exchange Network – assists tribes in data retrieval validation and submission to national networks like AIRNow and AQS.
The Student Program for Environmental Excellence in Design (SPEED) program provided graduate-level students and senior-level undergraduate students in the science, technology, and engineering disciplines opportunities to collaborate with the EPA and obtain research training on-site at the EPA’s National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Lab (NVFEL). Students increased their awareness and understanding of the environmental benefits associated with increased fuel efficiency, reduced carbon intensity in transportation fuels, and reduced emissions in advanced vehicles. Accomplished several webinars and trainings for Tribal Environmental Professionals – 1. Air Quality Planning for Wildland Smoke – provided 5 pre-webinars and an in-person class 2. Treatment As a State training 3. National Tribal Forum on Air Quality held- provided a session on Treatment As a State (TAS) training. 4. Developed a Permit training – which will include 2 pre-webinars, Overview of the Clean Air Act and Overview of the Clean Air Act Permitting Program and an in-person class. 5. Ongoing technical support and training for the Tribal Environmental Exchange (TREX) Network – assists tribes in data retrieval, validation and submission to national networks like AIRNow and AQS.
Accomplished three trainings for Tribal Environmental Professionals – 1. Air Quality Planning for Wildland Smoke – provided 6 pre-webinars and an in-person class. 2. Treatment As a State (TAS) training. 3. National Tribal Forum on Air Quality – provided a session on TAS. 4. Ongoing technical support and training for the Tribal Environmental Exchange Network – assists tribes in data retrieval validation and submission to national networks like AIRNow and AQS.
Several Tribal Environmental Professionals completed the following courses:
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
