This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9, under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039), provides $1,542,404 to the San Diego Air Pollution Control District to reduce diesel emissions in the San Diego area. The key activities include replacing 10 medium-duty diesel trucks with 10 medium-duty electric trucks. The nonprofit sub-awardee, Goodwill Industries, will implement the project and procure the replacement...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $5,142,950 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) State Grant to the Utah Department of Environmental Quality (UDEQ), Division of Air Quality (DAQ). The funding will be used to replace Class 6-8 diesel vehicles in the state of Utah, with a focus on the Northern and Southern Wasatch Front ozone non-attainment areas. This project aims to reduce emissions of diesel particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, and exposure to diesel air toxics. The...
This federal Formula Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) State Grants program (CFDA 66.040), will fund the replacement of outdated diesel equipment in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). Specifically, the $152,696 award will provide subawards to replace a Tier 2 diesel utility tractor with a newer Tier 4 model, and to replace an 80 kW diesel generator with a Tier 4 or newer unit. The...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $10,443,000 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grant to the Utah Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), Division of Air Quality. The funding will support the Utah Clean Fleet Program, which provides incentives for the replacement of 25 Class 5-8 heavy-duty diesel vehicles, including refuse trucks and school buses, in the Northern and Southern Wasatch Front ozone nonattainment areas. The goal is to reduce emissions of...
This $401,450 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039) will fund the replacement of a diesel utility aerial lift truck with a hybrid electric aerial lift truck for the Guam Power Authority (GPA). The grant will cover the interconnection design and installation of a Level II or Level III electric vehicle (EV) charger, and the purchase of a new 35-foot range hybrid bucket...
This $7,505,840 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875) will fund two key projects for the American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA): Phase 1 of replacing ASPA's existing electric metering system with a new smart metering system (advanced metering infrastructure or AMI). The AMI system will enable ASPA to offer a new lower-cost time-of-use...
This $2,402,255 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039) will fund the purchase of zero-emission and clean diesel vehicles to replace comparable diesel equipment. The American Lung Association, the grant recipient, will work with several fleet operators - Crowley Logistics, Sysco Corporation, Coastal Logistics, and Ruan - to acquire 5 zero-emission terminal tractors, 14 clean...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 awarded the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality a $353,794 Formula Grant under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) State Grants program (CFDA #66.040). The grant will fund the continuation of Virginia DEQ's successful dray truck replacement program. Virginia DEQ will work with subrecipient Mid-Atlantic Air Management Association to provide financial incentives to drayage truck owners to replace older trucks serving multiple Virginia...
This $6.39 million Formula Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) State Grants program (CFDA 66.040) will fund the County of Maricopa Air Quality Department's efforts to reduce diesel emissions in Arizona through September 2024. The County will replace approximately 16 legacy diesel vehicles, including seven school buses, one Class 6 truck, one Class 7 truck, and seven Class 8 short-haul trucks. Replacement vehicles will include six...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded $563,562 under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA #66.039) to Drive Clean Indiana, Inc. to replace a model year 1997 nonroad ship loading bulk material handler with a Tier 4 Final, hybrid diesel-electric-powered bulk goods material handler in New Haven, Connecticut. This project will reduce diesel particulate matter, carbon monoxide, and hydrocarbons emissions in a nonattainment county with...