Prevent nonattainment grants

We monitor air quality, especially for criteria air pollutants in areas at risk of nonattainment. Nonattainment is a technical term that means an area has too much of a specific air pollutant and does not meet national air quality standards. A nonattainment area must develop an air quality state implementation plan outlining how they will attain and maintain the air quality standards by reducing emissions from criteria air pollutants. Currently, almost all of Washington is in attainment, yet there are areas of concern.

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Funding cycle

Amount of funding available: $2 million
Grant award limit: None
Amount of matching funds required: None

Applications are not being accepted at this time.

Grant guidelines for 2023-2025

Funding is available for the following entities:

City/town
Clean air agency
Conservation district
County
Local health department
Not-for-profit organization
Port
Public utility district
State agency
Transit agency

Projects that will reduce criteria air pollutants. The list of eligible projects may change in future grant cycles.

Eligible projects:

Direct pollution prevention projects that provide measurable emissions reductions of criteria air pollutants.
Community outreach and education may be tasks to support the project, but should not be the primary scope of work.
Read the grant guidelines for examples.

Ineligible projects:

Wildfire smoke topics (Wildfire is managed by Department of Natural Resources. It is also excluded from nonattainment determination as an exceptional event.)
Wood stove replacement (funded by wood smoke reduction grants)
Air monitoring
Large diesel/fleet conversions (funded by clean diesel grants)
Electric vehicle charging stations (funded by Volkswagen enforcement action grants)

More information about this funding program

Contact information

Kari Johnson
Prevent Nonattainment Coordinator
kari.johnson@ecy.wa.gov
509-481-1516