THIS AGREEMENT WILL PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THE SOUTH SHORE CLEAN CITIES IN ITS EFFORTS TO REDUCE DIESEL EMISSIONS AND EXPOSURE THROUGHOUT REGION 5. THE MIDWEST CLIMATE EMISSION REDUCTION INITIATIVE (MCERI) PROJECT INCLUDES FOUR CLASS 8 CLEAN DIESEL REFUSE TRUCKS, TWO CLASS 8 PORT DRAYAGE TRUCKS, ONE CLASS 8 ELECTRIC SHORT HAUL COMBINATION TRUCK, ONE CLASS 7 ELECTRIC SHORT HAUL TRUCK, TWO CLASS 8 CNG REFUSE TRUCKS, AND TWO CLASS 8 RNG LONG HAUL COMBINATION TRUCKS. THE MCERI PROJECT AIMS TO REDUCE DIESEL EMISSIONS IN 2021 DIESEL EMISSIONS REDUCTION ACT (DERA) PRIORITY COUNTIES ACROSS SIX MIDWEST STATES AND WILL REDUCE EMISSIONS OF DIESEL PARTICULATE MATTER AND OTHER POLLUTANTS SUCH AS NITROGEN OXIDES, CARBON MONOXIDE AND HYDROCARBONS. THIS PROJECT WILL BENEFIT THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR, THOSE WHO LIVE, WORK OR PLAY NEAR WHERE THE AFFECTED FLEET OPERATES. THIS ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT SHOULD BENEFIT THE PUBLIC WITH CLEANER AIR AND LOWER TOXIC EMISSIONS OF DIESEL EXHAUST.