This agreement will provide assistance to environmental initiative, INC. (EI), in its efforts to reduce diesel emission and exposure in the city of new orleans, orleans parish, in the state of…

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 proximity to dense populations in Orleans Parish, the third most populated parish in Louisiana, the project supports the EPA's goals of achieving cleaner air and better health outcomes for residents under the DERA program.

This agreement will provide assistance to environmental initiative, INC. (EI), in its efforts to reduce diesel emission and exposure in the city of new orleans, orleans parish, in the state of louisiana. EI, intends to replace two (2) auxiliary engines each on the tugboats the g. Shelby friedrichs, the new orleans, the miriam w. Cooper, the angus r. Cooper, the ervin s. Cooper, the louisiana, the margaret f. Cooper, the mississippi, the texas, and the alabama. The beneficiaries of this award will be the residents that live in the city of new orleans, louisiana. New orleans, LA, which is listed as an air toxic assessment area. These machines work in close proximity to dense populations. Orleans parish is the third most populated parish in louisiana and new orleans is the most populated city. Louisiana has the highest toxic air emissions per square mile of any state. The emissions reduction benefits included in this application occur near populations of historically disproportionate poor