X.  **How to Request EPA Funding and Other Support**

Air quality monitoring activities may qualify for a variety of EPA or
other agency grant support depending upon its context, purpose and other
factors. Within EPA grant funds may be available for monitoring air
pollution levels through appropriations made for the Indian General
Assistance Program (IGAP) from the American Indian Environmental Office,
for tribal projects and program implementation under the Office of Air
and Radiation, through the Direct Implementation Tribal Cooperative
Agreement mechanism to assist EPA with implementation of the CAA within
Indian country, or a variety of other miscellaneous grant opportunities
available to a variety of organizations, including tribes, such as for
air toxics projects, environmental education, and community projects
that can vary from year to year. Other agencies that may fund monitoring
include the Bureau of Indian Affairs, nonprofit groups, and
foundations..

EPA provides a variety of tools, guidance and references that tribes may
access through the web to develop proposals and workplans to submit for
grant funding. Many of these sites can be found through the links
available at: [http://www.epa.gov/ogd/]{.underline}.While there is some
consistency across the agency on what the criteria will be for funding,
each Region also may have its own specific criteria and procedures, as
well as deadlines that must be complied with in order to increase an
applicant's chances of receiving financial support.

On the OAR Tribal Air Website additional information and assistance can
be found, including the Tribal Air Grants Framework: A Menu of Options,
which was designed especially for tribal air grantees and EPA Project
Officers to assist them to be able to effectively develop and manage
these grants for environmental results. This can be accessed at:
<http://www.epa.gov/air/tribal/pdfs/menuofoptions.pdf>**.** Within this
Framework are at least two Menu items that may assist tribes who are
seeking grant funding in order assess or monitor their air quality,
along with a variety of others for other types of air-related work
activities.

The two most relevant Menu items are: ***The Menu Item for Conducting a
Basic Air Quality Assessment***, and ***The*** ***Menu Item for
Conducting Air Quality Monitoring.*** The former will assist an
applicant in identifying the activities that will assist in documenting
whether there is a need for monitoring or whether some other activity
may be more appropriate to address an air quality concern. The latter
provides some of the activities that can be considered for inclusion in
a workplan for conducting air quality monitoring. Both have examples of
applicable Objectives, Outputs, and Outcomes, as well as examples of how
EPA may measure national accomplishments in this area.

Assessment and baseline air quality monitoring is typically eligible for
funding through the IGAP program. The Regional Tribal Office can provide
more specific information on the requirements for this funding.
Assessment and baseline, as well as regulatory, monitoring can be funded
under Clean Air Act authority or OAR grant resources. For details on the
CAA 103 or CAA 105 authorities and the Direct Implementation Cooperative
Agreement funding mechanisms and how a tribe may qualify for this
funding, the EPA Regional Office of Air's Tribal Coordinator can provide
specific information.