Assistance program
Temporally Integrated Monitoring of Ecosystems (TIME) and Long-Term Monitoring (LTM) Program
$950,000 committed in FY2018–FY2024
- Agency
- Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Protection Agency
- Assistance
- Project Grants
- CFDA number
- 66.042
- What it does
- EPA will award interagency and cooperative agreements to study the chemical and ecological response to pollution reduction and emissions control programs. The programs will assist in understanding biogeochemical changes in sulfur, nitrogen, aluminum, and carbon in streams and lakes in relation to changing pollutant emissions and deposition, as well as other factors, such as potential environmental changes (e.g., temperature, precipitation, and storm frequency and intensity). Clean Air Act section 103(b)(3) authorizes EPA to conduct and promote the coordination and acceleration of research, investigations, experiments, demonstrations, surveys, and studies relating to the causes, effects (including health and welfare effects), extent, prevention and control of air pollution. Clean Water Act section 104(b)(2) authorizes EPA to cooperate with other Federal Departments and Agencies to conduct and promote the coordination and acceleration of research investigations, experiments, trainings, demonstrations, surveys and studies relating to the causes, effects, extent, prevention, reduction and elimination of pollution. Funding Priorities - Fiscal Year 2024: The LTM program will support initiatives that demonstrate the potential for tracking and understanding the chemical and ecological response to air pollution reduction programs in acid-sensitive regions of the eastern United States. Funding will be available for applicants that demonstrate the ability to provide consistent, reliable, quality-assured data from lakes and streams for a variety of surface water chemistry parameters (e.g., pH, sulfate and nitrate concentrations, acid neutralizing capacity, aluminum concentrations, base cations, etc.).
- Who benefits
- State and local governments in acid-sensitive regions of the U.S., institutions of higher education, scientific research community, general public.
- Who applies
- Assistance under this program is generally available to States, local governments, territories, Indian Tribes, and possessions of the U.S. (including the District of Columbia); public and private universities and colleges; hospitals; laboratories; public or private nonprofit institutions; intertribal consortia; and individuals. An intertribal consortium must meet the definition of eligibility in the Environmental Program Grants for Tribes Final Rule, at 40 CFR 35.504 (66 FR 3782. January 16, 2001) (FRL-6929-5) and be a non-profit organization as defined in 2 CFR 200.70.
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