Tribal Funding Examples

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AB 617 Community Air Grants Examples

Tribes are eligible to apply for funding in two categories, educational and technical. The following tribes received funding for programs as described below:

 

Technical:

Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley

  • Expansion of existing monitoring plan to fill in gaps in the local air monitoring networks, both tribal and that of the Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District.

$102,933 

Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians

  • Placement of new air quality PM10/PM2.5 monitoring station at the Cabazon Tribal Government complex, where it will have surveillance coverage and accessibility for routine maintenance.
  • The data collected from the station will be shared online, and the tribe will conduct community outreach on a quarterly basis to share air quality data collected and teach residents how to access the data and sign-up for alerts.

$345,315

Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians

  • Collect regulatory air quality monitoring data, capacity building through additional training. 
  • Determine whether air quality mitigation projects implemented at the Salton Sea are effective in protecting public health. 
  • Provide to the community on an ongoing real-time, easily accessible format that can be directly utilized to make personal health decisions.

$216,105

 

Educational:

Blue Lake Rancheria

  • Brings hands-on air quality monitoring and curriculum to tribal elementary with focused AB 617 information.
  • Serves priority populations

$98,334

Morongo Band of Mission Indians

  • Enhance the community air monitoring currently being conducted by the tribe by extending monitoring efforts and supplementing community outreach and education efforts 
  • Includes additional Quality Assurance Project Planning, community engagement, and data analysis activities
  • Supports air quality awareness and educational presentations and materials

$100,000