This $12,055,840 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039) will fund Drive Clean Indiana, Inc., a nonprofit organization, to undertake extensive diesel emissions reduction efforts in the Midwest. The key activities include the replacement of 20 pieces of outdated diesel-powered trucks and off-road equipment, such as garbage trucks, drayage trucks, tractors, dredges,...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $1,790,000 Project Grant to Drive Clean Indiana, Inc. under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039). The grant funding supports the replacement of diesel-powered material handlers and terminal tractors with all-electric equipment at various facilities in Tennessee. The project aims to improve resilience and reduce the impact of sea-level rise or high precipitation events by installing all-electric...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded a $615,553 project grant to Leonardo Academy Inc. under the Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039). The grant will fund the early replacement of four diesel terminal tractors with fully electric terminal tractors in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. This replacement is expected to reduce emissions of diesel particulate matter and other pollutants such as nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, and hydrocarbons from the...
This $6,279,999 federal Project Grant award, issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039), will replace outdated diesel equipment at the Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. facility in Middlesex, Massachusetts. The project, administered by the Columbia-Willamette Clean Cities Coalition, will replace three excavators and five dumpers/tenders with new Tier 4, EPA-certified, ultra-low-sulfur diesel...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded a $149,646 Project Grant to Leonardo Academy Inc. under the Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039). The grant will fund the retrofit of a diesel terminal tractor engine with a 100% electric engine, reducing emissions of diesel particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, and hydrocarbons in Wayne County, Michigan. This project supports the DERA program's goals of achieving diesel emissions...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $4,601,966 Project Grant under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039) to the Columbia-Willamette Clean Cities Coalition, Inc. The funding will be used to replace 8 older, heavily polluting pieces of nonroad equipment, including 2 excavators, 2 rubber tire dozers/loaders, and 4 cranes, with new Tier 4 EPA-certified diesel equipment and 1 all-electric crane. The project aims to enhance operational...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $7,467,975 Project Grant to Environmental Initiative under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039). The grant funds will be used to replace 16 on-highway Class 8 short-haul delivery trucks with 16 new battery electric trucks that will operate out of Environmental Initiative's distribution center in McCook, Illinois. This project aims to reduce diesel particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, and...
This $15,644,277 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the CFDA 66.049 Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Program supports the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) in replacing 32 in-use, non-zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles, primarily school buses, with new zero-emission vehicles. This will help reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions in several Indiana school districts. The grant funds the purchase, installation,...
This $2,258,894 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (CFDA 66.039) provides funding to the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy (NDEE) to replace transportation equipment in order to reduce diesel emissions. Specifically, the grant will fund the replacement of one Class 7 municipal refuse hauler with a compressed natural gas (CNG) truck, as well as the replacement of eleven school buses with newer, more...
This $14,976,085 Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039), provides funding to the Connecticut Maritime Foundation to replace older diesel engines on marine vessels with new, cleaner engines. The project aims to reduce emissions of diesel particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, and other pollutants. The activities under this grant include procuring new marine engines and permanently...