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Improving Pollution Monitoring and Tracking

Monitoring for pollution is critical for protecting communities from dangerous health impacts. It
supports enforcement of environmental laws and helps communities to understand how they are
affected by pollution, pinpoint a localized pollution source, and document the severity of a
problem. The Inflation Reduction Act includes several programs to help communities and state,
local, and Tribal air agencies add new pollution monitors, including at the fenceline of industrial
facilities. In addition, the law gives the White House Council on Environmental Quality new
resources to enhance the availability of national level data sets that can help characterize the
disproportionate impacts of pollution, climate change, and other socioeconomic burdens on
communities; provide a pathway to quantify and address the cumulative burdens on
communities; and identify ways to improve outcomes for communities with environmental
justice concerns. Funding for air pollution monitoring will advance the President’s Justice40
Initiative.

Programs Covered in This Chapter

Agency IRA Program Name Amount
Section
Funding to Address Air Pollution: Fenceline
Environmental Protection Agency 60105(a) $117,500,000
Air Monitoring
Funding to Address Air Pollution:
Environmental Protection Agency 60105(b) Multipollutant Monitoring $50,000,000
Funding to Address Air Pollution: Air Quality
Environmental Protection Agency 60105(c) Sensors in Low-Income and Disadvantaged $3,000,000
Communities
Funding to Address Air Pollution: Methane
Environmental Protection Agency 60105(e) $20,000,000
Monitoring
Council on Environmental Quality 60401 Environmental and Climate Data Improvement $32,500,000
Funding for Enforcement Technology and
Environmental Protection Agency 60110 $25,000,000
Public Information
Environmental Protection Agency 60111 Greenhouse Gas Corporate Reporting $5,000,000

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