recipients, funding limits, and matching requirements. Projects funded under this regulation are also subject to the Code of Federal Regulations (40 CFR) part 31 for State and local recipients, and part 30 for other than State and local recipients. Those regulations contain Federal audit and other general administrative requirements. This regulation does not apply to the programs implemented under sections 5 and 7 of the NEEA. $47.105 Definitions. (a) Environmental education and environmental education and training mean educational activities and training activities involving elementary, secondary, and postsecondary students, as such terms are defined in the State in which they reside, and environmental education personnel, but does not include technical training activities directed toward environmental management professionals or activities primarily directed toward the support of noneducational research and develop ment; (b) Federal agency or agency of the United States means any department, agency or other instrumentality of the Federal Government, any independent agency or establishment of the Federal Government including any Government corporation; (c) Local education agency means any education agency as defined in section 198 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 3381) and shall include any tribal education agency, as defined in § 47.105(f); (d) Not-for-profit organization means an organization, association, or institution described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, which is exempt from taxation pursuant to the provisions of section 501(a) of such Code; (e) Noncommercial education broadcasting entities means any noncommercial educational broadcasting station (and/ or its legal nonprofit affiliates) as defined and licensed by the Federal Communications Commission; (f) Tribal education agency means a school or community college which is controlled by an Indian tribe, band, or nation, including any Alaska Native village, which is recognized as eligible for special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians and which is not administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs; (g) Refer to 40 CFR parts 30 and 31 for definitions for budget period, project period, continuation award, cooperative agreement, grant agreement, and other Federal assistance terms. 847.110 Eligible applicants. Any local education agency (including any tribal education agency), college or university, State education agency or environmental agency, notfor-profit organization, or noncommercial educational broadcasting entity may submit an application to the Administrator in response to the solicitations described in § 47.120. $47.115 Award amount and matching requirements. (a) Individual awards shall not exceed $250,000, and 25 percent of all funds obligated under this section in a fiscal year shall be for individual awards of not more than $5,000. (b) The Federal share shall not exceed 75 percent of the total project costs. The non-Federal share of project costs may be provided by in-kind contributions and other noncash support. In cases where the EPA determines that a proposed project merits support and cannot be undertaken without a higher rate of Federal support, the EPA may approve awards with a matching requirement other than that specified in this paragraph, including full Federal funding. 847.120 Solicitation notice and proposal procedures. Each fiscal year the Administrator shall publish a solicitation for environmental education grant proposals. The solicitation notice shall prescribe the information to be included in the proposal and other information sufficient to permit EPA to assess the project. 847.125 Eligible and priority projects and activities. (a) Activities eligible for funding shall include, but not be limited to, environmental education and training programs for: (1) Design, demonstration, or dissemination of environmental curricula, including development of educational tools and materials; (2) Design and demonstration of field methods, practices, and techniques, including assessment of environmental and ecological conditions and analysis of environmental pollution problems; (3) Projects to understand and assess a specific environmental issue or a specific environmental problem; (4) Provision of training or related education for teachers, faculty, or related personnel in a specific geographic area or region; and (5) Design and demonstration of projects to foster international cooperation in addressing environmental issues and problems involving the United States and Canada or Mexico. (b) EPA shall give priority to those proposals which will develop: (1) A new or significantly improved environmental education practice, method, or technique; (2) An environmental education practice, method, or technique which may have wide application; (3) An environmental education practice, method, or technique which addresses a skill or scientific field identified as a priority in the report which will be developed within two years of enactment pursuant to section 9(d) of the Act; and (4) An environmental education practice, method, or technique which addresses an environmental issue which, in the judgment of EPA, is of a high priority. 847.130 Performance of grant. (a) Each project shall be performed by the recipient, or by a person satisfactory to the recipient and to the EPA. Workplans shall accompany all applications, shall identify who will be performing activities, and shall be approved by EPA prior to funding. (b) Budget periods normally will not exceed one year. Project periods may be longer, and additional funding may be awarded for continuations. (c) Procurement procedures, which are found in 40 CFR part 33 for all recipients other than State and local governments. Procurement procedures for State and local governments are described in 40 CFR part 31. These procedures include provisions for small purchase procedures. $47.135 Disputes. Disputes arising under these grants shall be governed by 40 CFR 30.1200 for recipients other than State and local governments and 40 CFR 31.70 for State and local governments. 50.4 National primary ambient air quality standards for sulfur oxides (sulfur dioxide). 50.5 National secondary ambient air quality standards for sulfur oxides (sulfur dioxide). 50.6 National primary and secondary ambient air quality standards for particulate matter. 50.7 [Reserved] 50.8 National primary ambient air quality standards for carbon monoxide. 50.9 National primary and secondary ambient air quality standards for ozone. 50.10 [Reserved] 50.11 National primary and secondary ambient air quality standard for nitrogen dioxide. 50.12 National primary and secondary ambient air quality standards for lead. APPENDICES TO PART 50 APPENDIX A-REFERENCE METHOD FOR THE APPENDIX C-MEASUREMENT PRINCIPLE AND APPENDIX D-MEASUREMENT PRINCIPLE AND (GAS CHEMILUMINESCENCE) APPENDIX G-REFERENCE METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF LEAD IN SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER COLLECTED FROM AMBIENT AIR APPENDIX H-INTERPRETATION OF THE NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS FOR OZONE APPENDIX I-[RESERVED] APPENDIX J-REFERENCE METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF PARTICULATE MATTER AS PM10 in the Atmosphere APPENDIX K-INTERPRETATION OF THE NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS FOR PARTICULATE MATTER AUTHORITY: Secs. 109 and 301(a), Clean Air Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 7409, 7601(a)). SOURCE: 36 FR 22384, Nov. 25, 1971, unless otherwise noted. § 50.1 Definitions. (a) As used in this part, all terms not defined herein shall have the meaning given them by the Act. (b) Act means the Clean Air Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1857-18571, as amended by Pub. L. 91-604). (c) Agency means the Environmental Protection Agency. (d) Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. (e) Ambient air means that portion of the atmosphere, external to buildings, to which the general public has access. (f) Reference method means a method of sampling and analyzing the ambient air for an air pollutant that is specified as a reference method in an appendix to this part, or a method that has been designated as a reference method in accordance with part 53 of this chapter; it does not include a method for which a reference method designation has been cancelled in accordance with §53.11 or § 53.16 of this chapter. (g) Equivalent method means a method of sampling and analyzing the ambient air for an air pollutant that has been designated as an equivalent method in accordance with part 53 of this chapter; it does not include a method for which an equivalent method designation has been cancelled in accordance with §53.11 or §53.16 of this chapter. (h) Traceable means that a local standard has been compared and certified either directly or via not more than one intermediate standard, to a primary standard such as a National Bureau of Standards Standard Reference Material (NBS SRM), or a USEPA/NBS-approved Certified Reference Material (CRM). [36 FR 22384, Nov. 25, 1971, as amended at 41 FR 11253, Mar. 17, 1976; 48 FR 2529, Jan. 20, 1983] § 50.2 Scope. (a) National primary and secondary ambient air quality standards under section 109 of the Act are set forth in this part. (b) National primary ambient air quality standards define levels of air quality which the Administrator judges are necessary, with an adequate margin of safety, to protect the public health. National secondary ambient air quality standards define levels of air quality which the Administrator judges necessary to protect the public welfare from any known or anticipated adverse effects of a pollutant. Such standards are subject to revision, and additional primary and secondary standards may be promulgated as the Administrator deems necessary to protect the public health and welfare. (c) The promulgation of national primary and secondary ambient air quality standards shall not be considered in any manner to allow significant deterioration of existing air quality in any portion of any State. (d) The proposal, promulgation, or revision of national primary and secondary ambient air quality standards shall not prohibit any State from establishing ambient air quality standards for that State or any portion thereof which are more stringent than the national standards. § 50.3 Reference conditions. All measurements of air quality are corrected to a reference temperature of 25° C. and to a reference pressure of 760 millimeters of mercury (1,013.2 millibars). § 50.4 National primary ambient air quality standards for sulfur oxides (sulfur dioxide). The national primary ambient air quality standards for sulfur oxides measured as sulfur dioxide by the reference method described in appendix A to this part, or by an equivalent method, are: (a) 80 micrograms per cubic meter (0.03 p.p.m.)-annual arithmetic mean. (b) 365 micrograms per cubic meter (0.14 p.p.m.)-Maximum 24-hour concentration not to be exceeded more than once per year. $ 50.5 National secondary ambient air quality standards for sulfur oxides (sulfur dioxide). The national secondary ambient air quality standard for sulfur oxide measured as sulfur dioxide by the reference method described in appendix A to this part, or by any equivalent method is 1,300 micrograms per cubic meter (0.5 p.p.m.) maximum 3-hour concentration not to be exceeded more than once per year. [38 FR 25681, Sept. 14, 1973] $50.6 National primary and secondary ambient air quality standards for particulate matter. (a) The level of the national primary and secondary 24-hour ambient air quality standards for particulate matter is 150 micrograms per cubic meter (μg/m3), 24-hour average concentration. The standards are attained when the expected number of days per calendar year with a 24-hour average concentration above 150 μg/m3, as determined in accordance with appendix K to this part, is equal to or less than one. (b) The level of the national primary and secondary annual standards for particulate matter is 50 micrograms per cubic meter (μg/m3), annual arithmetic mean. The standards are attained when the expected annual arithmetic mean concentration, as determined in accordance with appendix K to this part, is less than or equal to 50 μg/m3. (c) For the purpose of determining attainment of the primary and secondary standards, particulate matter shall be measured in the ambient air as PM10 (particles with an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to a nominal 10 micrometers) by: (1) A reference method based on appendix J and designated in accordance with part 53 of this chapter, or (2) An equivalent method designated in accordance with part 53 of this chapter. [52 FR 24663, July 1, 1987] § 50.7 [Reserved] § 50.8 National primary ambient air quality standards for carbon monoxide. (a) The national primary ambient air quality standards for carbon monoxide are: (1) 9 parts per million (10 milligrams per cubic meter) for an 8-hour average concentration not to be exceeded more than once per year and (2) 35 parts per million (40 milligrams per cubic meter) for a 1-hour average concentration not to be exceeded more than once per year. (b) The levels of carbon monoxide in the ambient air shall be measured by: (1) A reference method based on appendix C and designated in accordance with part 53 of this chapter, or (2) An equivalent method designated in accordance with part 53 of this chapter. (c) An 8-hour average shall be considered valid if at least 75 percent of the hourly average for the 8-hour period are available. In the event that only six (or seven) hourly averages are available, the 8-hour average shall be computed on the basis of the hours available using six (or seven) as the divisor. (d) When summarizing data for comparision with the standards, averages shall be stated to one decimal place. Comparison of the data with the levels of the standards in parts per million shall be made in terms of integers with fractional parts of 0.5 or greater rounding up. [50 FR 37501, Sept. 13, 1985] $50.9 National primary and secondary ambient air` quality standards for ozone. (a) The level of the national primary and secondary ambient air quality standards for ozone measured by a reference method based on appendix D to this part and designated in accordance with part 53 of this chapter, is 0.12 part per million (235 μg/m3). The standard is attained when the expected number of days per calendar year with maximum hourly average concentrations above 0.12 part per million (235 μg/m3) is equal to or less than 1, as determined by appendix H. (Secs. 109 and 301 of the Clean Air Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 7409, 7601)) [44 FR 8220, Feb. 8, 1979] $50.10 [Reserved] § 50.11 National primary and secondary ambient air quality standards for nitrogen dioxide. (a) The level of the national primary ambient air quality standard for nitrogen dioxide is 0.053 parts per million (100 micrograms per cubic meter), annual arithmetic mean concentration. (b) The level of national secondary ambient air quality standard for nitrogen dioxide is 0.053 parts per million (100 micrograms per cubic meter), annual arithmetic mean concentration. (c) The levels of the standards shall be measured by: (1) A reference method based on appendix F and designated in accordance with part 53 of this chapter, or (2) An equivalent method designated in accordance with part 53 of this chapter. (d) The standards are attained when the annual arithmetic mean concentration in a calendar year is less than or equal to 0.053 ppm, rounded to three decimal places (fractional parts equal to or greater than 0.0005 ppm must be rounded up). To demonstrate attainment, an annual mean must be based upon hourly data that are at least 75 percent complete or upon data derived from manual methods that are at least 75 percent complete for the scheduled sampling days in each calendar quarter. [50 FR 25544, June 19, 1985] § 50.12 National primary and secondary ambient air quality standards for lead. National primary and secondary ambient air quality standards for lead and its compounds, measured as elemental lead by a reference method based on appendix G to this part, or by an equivalent method, are: 1.5 micrograms per |