June 2009
Front Matter
Training
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Local Scale Monitoring Projects
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•EPA began programs to fund local-scale monitoring projects starting in the 2004 fiscal year.
•The goal of local monitoring is to provide more flexibility to address middle- and neighborhood-scale (0.5 km to 4 km) issues that are not handled well by national networks, given the diversity of toxics issues across the nation.
•Specific objectives include identifying and profiling air toxics sources, developing and assessing emerging measurement methods, characterizing the degree and extent of local air toxics problems, and tracking progress of air toxics reduction activities.
•Projects are selected through an open competition process.  Grant topics, funding levels, and number of awards are set for each grant cycle.
•Local scale monitoring is typically only conducted from 1-2 years.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2006c).