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PROPOSED GRANT AWARD
Department: Environment and Sustainability
Grantee: County of Cook
Grantor: U.S EPA, Region 5
Request: Authorization to accept grant
Purpose: For the expansion and enhancement of the Department’s air monitoring activities. CCDES will upgrade equipment to enhance the monitoring of multiple pollutants, including nitrogen oxides, ozone, and sulfur dioxide
Grant Amount: $305,000.00
Grant Period: 6/1/2024 - 5/31/2026
Fiscal Impact: (FY2024 $183,800), (FY2025 $121,200)
Accounts: Will be issued by the Budget Office upon Board approval.
Concurrences:
The Budget Department has received all requisite documents and determined the fiscal impact on Cook County, if any
Summary: The Department operates air quality monitors as part of the U.S Environmental Protection Agency’s national air quality network. These funds will be used to replace existing filter-based monitors or otherwise enhance existing monitors to provide 24/7, real-time reporting of air quality concentrations. Specifically, CCDES will acquire one NO2 monitor (T500U), five ozone monitors (T400), two SO2 Monitors (T100), one dilution calibrator (T700U), one Zero Air generator, one inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP), three flow calibrators, and laboratory supplies.
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