Project Grant 00A00594

This $4,784,040 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (CFDA 66.039) National Grants program, provides funding to the Connecticut Maritime Foundation to replace the propulsion engines and auxiliary generators on a single tugboat. Specifically, the foundation will replace the existing unregulated Tier 0 engines with two Tier 4 certified propulsion engines and two Tier 3 certified auxiliary generator sets. The tugboat...

This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Ports Program (CFDA 66.051), will fund Enstructure New Haven Holdings, LLC, d/b/a Gateway Terminals, to improve air quality and reduce pollution at the Port of New Haven and in the surrounding area. The $37,811,666 award will support the purchase and deployment of zero-emission equipment and infrastructure, including 3 500-kW zero-emission bulk cargo handling gantry cranes, 1 390-kW bulk cargo...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $10,000,000 Targeted Airshed Grant (CFDA 66.956) to the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) to design, build, and demonstrate a plug-in-hybrid tugboat in the South Coast Air Basin. The project aims to replace a high-horsepower harbor class tugboat with a 90-ton bollard pull plug-in hybrid tugboat capable of zero-emission operation. The anticipated outcomes include annual emission reductions of 61.87 tons of NOx, 1.1 tons...

This Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6, totaling $1,523,748, will fund the replacement of auxiliary engines on nine tugboats operated by Environmental Initiative, Inc. in New Orleans, Louisiana. The award, provided under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act National Grants program, aims to reduce diesel emissions and exposure in communities disproportionately impacted by air pollution through November 2023. By upgrading tugboat engines that operate in close...

This $5,608,503 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039) will fund the replacement of 23 marine diesel engines on 8 towboats operating on the Lower Mississippi River system between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Louisiana. The grant recipient, Louisiana Clean Fuels, Inc., will upgrade the propulsion and auxiliary engines on these vessels from Tier 0-2 to the cleaner Tier 3 emission standard,...

This $1,974,097 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (CFDA 66.039) will enable the American Lung Association to facilitate the replacement of 6 unregulated marine engines on 3 vessels with Tier 3 marine engines in the Puget Sound region of Washington, as well as the installation of 21 diesel auxiliary power units (APUs) on locomotives primarily operating in Idaho. The grant activities will result in significant emissions...

This $756,565 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 Quinault Indian Nation's repower project to replace one Tier 0 diesel main (propulsion) engine and two Tier 0 diesel auxiliary engines on a vessel with EPA Tier 3 diesel engines. This engine replacement is expected to reduce annual emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOX) by 49.4%, particulate matter (PM2.5) by...

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...

This $528,740 project grant, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Ports Program (CFDA 66.051), will enable the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) to conduct a comprehensive assessment of emissions at the New Bedford Commerce Terminal. The key activities include preparing an emissions inventory, developing emissions reduction targets and strategies, analyzing the feasibility of zero-emission technologies, and performing a workforce impact analysis....

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039) provides $799,062 to the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community (SITC) to repower three tribal fishing vessels. The project will replace one Tier 0 and two Tier 2 propulsion engines with Tier 3 low-emission diesel engines, as well as one Tier 2 auxiliary engine with a Tier 3 low-emission diesel auxiliary engine. This is the 7th phase of...