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 $2,305,555.00 in funding to the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency. The award will support the replacement of 7 diesel-powered yard trucks with all-electric yard trucks in disadvantaged communities in King and Pierce Counties, Washington, including the Duwamish Valley, Allentown, and Fife areas. The anticipated outcomes include...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039), provides $4,500,000 in funding to the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) to replace up to 22 heavy-duty class 8 diesel trucks with new zero-emission drayage trucks. The goal is to reduce emissions of diesel particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, and exposure to diesel air toxics in the South Coast Air...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (CFDA 66.039) program, will fund the Port of Bellingham to replace up to 5 older diesel-powered marine engines with newer engines that meet 2020 EPA emissions standards. The $1,264,955 award, effective August 1, 2024 through July 31, 2026, will reduce emissions of diesel particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, and diesel air toxics in Whatcom County, Washington....
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 Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Program (CFDA 66.049), will fund the City of Boston, Boston Public Schools to replace 125 in-use, non-zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles with new zero-emission vehicles. The $48,471,034 award will cover the cost of the vehicle replacements, associated charging infrastructure, workforce development training, and community engagement activities. The goal is to reduce air...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $8,957,858 Project Grant under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039) to Leonardo Academy Inc., a non-profit organization based in Madison, Wisconsin. The grant will fund the replacement of older, diesel-powered yard trucks with new electric yard trucks at the Port of Elizabeth in Union County, New Jersey. The grant activities involve scrapping the existing diesel yard trucks and purchasing...
This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (CFDA 66.039) provides $1,800,000.00 in funding to the Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) to reduce diesel emissions in the Port of Tacoma area. Specifically, the grant will support scrapping 30 pre-2007 drayage trucks serving the NWSA's domestic container terminals and replacing them with newer, cleaner diesel trucks with 2017 or newer engines. This is expected to...
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 $9,291,270 to Drive Clean Colorado, a woman-owned non-profit organization. The funding will be used to replace six diesel Class 6 box trucks with new battery electric vehicles and fifteen on-road heavy-duty diesel tractors with zero-emission heavy-duty battery electric tractors. The project also includes the installation of...
This $1,358,968 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 support the City of Portland, Oregon in acquiring and deploying two battery-electric vehicle (BEV) aerial lift utility trucks to replace existing diesel trucks. The grant will also provide BEV-specific training for two in-house vehicle technicians. This pilot project aims to gain hands-on experience operating...
This 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 $7,510,650 in funding to the Coalition for Sustainable Initiatives to administer a rebate program that will replace 35 eligible diesel-powered terminal tractors and delivery trucks operated by United Parcel Service (UPS) in Colorado and Utah with new battery electric vehicles. This project is expected to save over 200,445...