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PM - 97T58401 - 0 Page 1 U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Grant Agreement GRANT NUMBER (FAIN): 97T58401 MODIFICATION NUMBER: 0 PROGRAM CODE: PM DATE OF AWARD 05/14/2026 TYPE OF ACTION: New MAILING DATE 05/19/2026 PAYMENT METHOD: ASAP ACH# 90179 RECIPIENT TYPE: County Send Payment Request to: Contact EPA RTPFC at: rtpfc-grants@epa.gov RECIPIENT: MARICOPA COUNTY AIR QUALITY DEPARTMENT 301 W JEFFERSON ST STE 410 PHOENIX, AZ 85003-2157 EIN: 86-6000472 PAYEE: MARICOPA COUNTY AIR QUALITY DEPARTMENT 301 W JEFFERSON ST STE 410 PHOENIX, AZ 85003-2157 PROJECT MANAGER Eric Poole 401 W. Jefferson St Phoenix, AZ 85003 Eric.Poole@maricopa.gov Email: 602-506-6737 Phone: EPA PROJECT OFFICER Jean Samolis 75 Hawthorne Street, AIR-4-2 San Francisco, CA 94105 samolis.jean@epa.gov Email: 415-972-3939 Phone: EPA GRANT SPECIALIST Karla CarrilloCastillo Grants Branch, MSD-6 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco, CA 94105 carrillocastillo.karla@epa.gov Email: 415-972-3372 Phone: PROJECT TITLE AND DESCRIPTION PM2.5 MONITORING NETWORK See Attachment 1 for project description. BUDGET PERIOD 04/01/2026 - 03/31/2027 PROJECT PERIOD 04/01/2026 - 03/31/2027 TOTAL BUDGET PERIOD COST $ 94,730.00 TOTAL PROJECT PERIOD COST $ 94,730.00 NOTICE OF AWARD Based on your Application dated 04/10/2026 including all modifications and amendments, the United States acting by and through the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hereby awards $ 94,730.00. EPA agrees to cost-share 100.00% of all approved budget period costs incurred, up to and not exceeding total federal funding of $ 94,730.00. Recipient's signature is not required on this agreement. The recipient demonstrates its commitment to carry out this award by either: 1) drawing down funds within 21 days after the EPA award or amendment mailing date; or 2) not filing a notice of disagreement with the award terms and conditions within 21 days after the EPA award or amendment mailing date. If the recipient disagrees with the terms and conditions specified in this award, the authorized representative of the recipient must furnish a notice of disagreement to the EPA Award Official within 21 days after the EPA award or amendment mailing date. In case of disagreement, and until the disagreement is resolved, the recipient should not draw down on the funds provided by this award/amendment, and any costs incurred by the recipient are at its own risk. This agreement is subject to applicable EPA regulatory and statutory provisions, all terms and conditions of this agreement and any attachments. ISSUING OFFICE (GRANTS MANAGEMENT OFFICE) ORGANIZATION / ADDRESS U.S. EPA, Region 9, U.S. EPA, Region 9 Grants Branch, MSD-6 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco, CA 94105 AWARD APPROVAL OFFICE ORGANIZATION / ADDRESS U.S. EPA, Region 9, Air and Radiation Division, AIR-1 R9 - Region 9 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco , CA 94150 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Digital signature applied by EPA Award Official Morgan Capilla - Acting Grants Management Officer DATE 05/14/2026 PM - 97T58401 - 0 Page 2 EPA Funding Information FUNDS FORMER AWARD THIS ACTION AMENDED TOTAL EPA Amount This Action $ 0 $ 94,730 $ 94,730 EPA In-Kind Amount $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 Unexpended Prior Year Balance $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 Other Federal Funds $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 Recipient Contribution $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 State Contribution $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 Local Contribution $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 Other Contribution $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 Allowable Project Cost $ 0 $ 94,730 $ 94,730 Assistance Program 66.034 - Surveys-Studies-Investigations- Demonstrations and Special Purpose Activities relating to the Clean Air Act Statutory Authority Clean Air Act: Sec. 103 Regulatory Authority 2 CFR 200, 2 CFR 1500 and 40 CFR 33 Fiscal Site Name Req No FY Approp. Code Budget Organization PRC Object Class Site/Project Cost Organization Obligation / Deobligation - 2609M6S007 26 E1 09M1 000A04XPM 4183 - - $ 94,730 $ 94,730 PM - 97T58401 - 0 Page 3 Budget Summary Page Table A - Object Class Category (Non-Construction) Total Approved Allowable Budget Period Cost 1. Personnel $ 44,073 2. Fringe Benefits $ 16,439 3. Travel $ 6,000 4. Equipment $ 0 5. Supplies $ 2,730 6. Contractual $ 0 7. Construction $ 0 8. Other $ 0 9. Total Direct Charges $ 69,242 10. Indirect Costs: 0.00 % Base : see General T/C $ 25,488 11. Total (Share: Recipient ______ % Federal ______ %) 0.00 100.00 $ 94,730 12. Total Approved Assistance Amount $ 94,730 13. Program Income $ 0 14. Total EPA Amount Awarded This Action $ 94,730 15. Total EPA Amount Awarded To Date $ 94,730 PM - 97T58401 - 0 Page 4 Attachment 1 - Project Description This agreement provides funding to the Maricopa County Air Quality Department to assist with the necessary development, establishment, and maintenance of adequate monitoring programs for the prevention and control of air pollution or implementation of national primary and secondary air quality standards. This grant is provided to conduct ambient air quality monitoring of fine particulate matter (PM2.5). Specifically, the recipient will continue operating a PM2.5 air monitoring network and collect quality assured data on ambient air concentrations of PM2.5. Data will be used for providing air pollution data to the general public in a timely manner, developing and tracking implementation plans, assessing regional haze, and assisting with health studies and other ambient aerosol research activities. The PM2. 5 monitoring network design addresses these objectives through a combination of siting and instrumentation strategies. This agreement provides full federal funding in the amount of $94,730. Preaward costs are approved back to 4/1/2026. See terms and conditions. The Maricopa County Air Quality Department will collect quality assured PM2.5 concentrations and submit results to the EPA's national air quality database.The anticipated deliverables include quality assured ambient air monitoring data, annual asset management reports, reporting on audits, and submitting annual air monitoring network plans. The anticipated short- term outcome for this project is an increase in the knowledge regarding the character and extent of PM2. 5 in the ambient air. The long-term outcome, through the eventual development and execution of the state’s implementation plan, is reduced PM2.5 concentrations and compliance with the PM2.5 NAAQS as set forth in the Clean Air Act. Intended Beneficiaries: Direct beneficiaries of these activities are Maricopa County residents who will have decreased risk of adverse health effects, including cancer and neurological effects. No subawards are included in this assistance agreement. PM - 97T58401 - 0 Page 5 Administrative Conditions General Terms and Conditions The recipient agrees to comply with the current EPA general terms and conditions available at: https: //www.epa.gov/grants/epa-general-terms-and-conditions-effective-october-1-2025-or-later These terms and conditions are in addition to the assurances and certifications made as a part of the award and the terms, conditions, or restrictions cited throughout the award. The EPA repository for the general terms and conditions by year can be found at: https://www.epa. gov/grants/grant-terms-and-conditions#general A. Federal Financial Reporting (FFR) For awards with cumulative project and budget periods greater than 12 months, the recipient will submit an annual FFR (SF 425) covering the period from "project/budget period start date" to September 30 of each calendar year to the EPA Finance Center in Research Triangle Park, NC. The annual FFR will be submitted electronically to rtpfc-grants@epa.gov no later than December 30 of the same calendar year. Find additional information at https://www.epa.gov/financial/grants. (Per 2 CFR § 200.344(b), the recipient must submit the Final FFR to rtpfc-grants@epa.gov within 120 days after the end of the project period.) B. Procurement The recipient will ensure all procurement transactions will be conducted in a manner providing full and open competition consistent with 2 CFR § 200.319. In accordance with 2 CFR § 200.324, the recipient and subawardee(s) must perform a cost or price analysis in connection with applicable procurement actions, including contract modifications. State and Tribal government entities must follow procurement standards as outlined in 2 CFR § 200.317. PM - 97T58401 - 0 Page 6 Programmatic Conditions a.] Performance Reporting and Final Performance Report Performance Reports - Content In accordance with 2 CFR 200.328, the recipient agrees to inform EPA as soon as problems, delays, or adverse conditions which will materially impair the ability to meet the outputs/outcomes specified in the assistance agreement work plan are known. Performance Reports - Frequency The recipient agrees to submit quarterly reports electronically in the form of quality assured and certified data entered timely into EPA's national Air Quality System (AQS) database. b.] Cybersecurity (a) The recipient agrees that when collecting and managing environmental data under this assistance agreement, it will protect the data by following all applicable State or Tribal law cybersecurity requirements. (b) (1) EPA must ensure that any connections between the recipient's network or information system and EPA networks used by the recipient to transfer data under this agreement, are secure. For purposes of this Section, a connection is defined as a dedicated persistent interface between an Agency IT system and an external IT system for the purpose of transferring information. Transitory, user-controlled connections such as website browsing are excluded from this definition. If the recipient's connections as defined above do not go through the Environmental Information Exchange Network or EPA's Central Data Exchange, the recipient agrees to contact the EPA Project Officer (PO) no later than 90 days after the date of this award and work with the designated Regional/Headquarters Information Security Officer to ensure that the connections meet EPA security requirements, including entering into Interconnection Service Agreements as appropriate. This condition does not apply to manual entry of data by the recipient into systems operated and used by EPA's regulatory programs for the submission of reporting and/or compliance data. (2) The recipient agrees that any subawards it makes under this agreement will require the subrecipient to comply with the requirements in (b)(1) if the subrecipient's network or information system is connected to EPA networks to transfer data to the Agency using systems other than the Environmental Information Exchange Network or EPA's Central Data Exchange. The recipient will be in compliance with this condition: by including this requirement in subaward agreements; and during subrecipient monitoring deemed necessary by the recipient or subrecipient under 2 CFR 200.332(e), by inquiring whether the subrecipient has contacted the EPA Project Officer. Nothing in this condition requires the recipient to contact the EPA Project Officer on behalf of a subrecipient or to be involved in the negotiation of an Interconnection Service Agreement between the subrecipient and EPA. c.] Competency of Organizations Generating Environmental Measurement Data In accordance with Agency Policy Directive Number FEM-2012-02, Policy to Assure the Competency of Organizations Generating Environmental Measurement Data under Agency-Funded Assistance PM - 97T58401 - 0 Page 7 Agreements, the Recipient agrees, by entering into this agreement, that it has demonstrated competency prior to award, or alternatively, where a pre-award demonstration of competency is not practicable, Recipient agrees to demonstrate competency prior to carrying out any activities under the award involving the generation or use of environmental data. Recipient shall maintain competency for the duration of the project period of this agreement and this will be documented during the annual reporting process. d.] Geospatial Data Standards All geospatial data created must be consistent with Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) endorsed standards. Information on these standards may be found at https://www.fgdc.gov/. e.] Quality Assurance Authority: Quality Assurance applies to all assistance agreements involving environmental information as defined in 2 C.F.R. § 1500.12 Quality Assurance. 1. Quality Management Plan (QMP) a. Prior to beginning environmental information operations, the recipient must: i. Submit a previously EPA-approved and current QMP, ii. The EPA Quality Assurance Manager or designee (hereafter referred to as QAM) will notify the recipient and EPA Project Officer (PO) in writing if the QMP is acceptable for this agreement. b. The recipient must submit the QMP within 60 days after grant award, and/or no more than 90 days after grant award. c. The recipient must review their approved QMP at least annually. These documented reviews shall be made available to the sponsoring EPA organization if requested. When necessary, the recipient shall revise its QMP to incorporate minor changes and notify the EPA PO and QAM of the changes. If significant changes have been made to the Quality Program that affect the performance of environmental information operations, it may be necessary to re-submit the entire QMP for re-approval. In general, a copy of any QMP revision(s) made during the year should be submitted to the EPA PO and QAM in writing when such changes occur. Conditions requiring the revision and resubmittal of an approved QMP can be found in section 6 of EPA's Quality Management Plan (QMP) Standard. 2. Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) Prior to beginning environmental information operations, the recipient must: i. Submit a previously EPA-approved QAPP proposed to ensure the collected, produced, evaluated, or used environmental information is of known and documented quality for the intended use(s). ii. The EPA Quality Assurance Manager or designee (hereafter referred to as QAM) will notify the recipient and EPA Project Officer (PO) in writing if the previously EPA-approved QAPP is acceptable for this agreement. PM - 97T58401 - 0 Page 8 For Reference: • Quality Management Plan (QMP) Standard and EPA's Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) Standard; contain quality specifications for EPA and non-EPA organizations and definitions applicable to these terms and conditions. • EPA QA/G-5: Guidance for Quality Assurance Project Plans. • EPA's Quality Program website has a list of QA managers, and Specifications for EPA and Non-EPA Organizations. • The Office of Grants and Debarment Implementation of Quality Assurance Requirements for Organizations Receiving EPA Financial Assistance. f.] Use of Logos If the EPA logo is appearing along with logos from other participating entities on websites, outreach materials, or reports, it must not be prominently displayed to imply that any of the recipient or subrecipient's activities are being conducted by the EPA. Instead, the EPA logo should be accompanied with a statement indicating that the Maricopa County Air Quality Department received financial support from the EPA under an Assistance Agreement. More information is available at: https://www.epa. gov/stylebook/using-epa-seal-and-logo#policy __END OF DOCUMENT__