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), will provide $7,636,780.00 to the District of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) to assist in reducing diesel emissions and benefit the health and well-being of District residents. The grant will fund the replacement of six on-highway vehicles and five pieces of equipment with zero-emission solutions,...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $7,467,975 Project Grant under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039) to Environmental Initiative, a non-profit organization. The grant will fund the replacement of 16 on-highway Class 8 short-haul delivery trucks in the Chicago, Illinois area with 16 battery electric trucks. This project aims to reduce emissions of diesel particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, and air toxics in and around Chicago,...
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 The key activities include the replacement of 20 pieces of outdated diesel-powered trucks and off-road equipment, such as garbage trucks, drayage trucks, tractors, dredges,...
This federal Project Grant award, valued at $4,601,966.00, was provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) through the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039). The grant recipient, Columbia-Willamette Clean Cities Coalition, Inc., will use the funding to replace eight pieces of older, heavily polluting equipment, including two excavators, two rubber tire dozer/loaders, and four cranes, with newer, Tier 4 or all-electric equipment at facilities...
This $9,291,270 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 fund the replacement of six diesel Class 6 box trucks with new battery electric vehicles and 15 on-road heavy-duty diesel tractors with zero-emission heavy-duty battery electric tractors. The grant will also support the installation of charging stations for these new electric vehicles. The purpose of the project...
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 $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 $2,402,255 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 purchase of zero-emission and clean diesel vehicles to replace comparable diesel equipment. The American Lung Association, the grant recipient, will work with several fleet operators - Crowley Logistics, Sysco Corporation, Coastal Logistics, and Ruan - to acquire 5 zero-emission terminal tractors, 14 clean...
This $30,361,175 federal Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2, funded under the Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Program (CFDA 66.049), provides funding to the New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) to replace existing non-zero-emission Class 6 and Class 7 heavy-duty vehicles with new zero-emission vehicles. The activities include purchasing and installing charging equipment, as well as providing workforce development and training to...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9, under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039), provides $1,542,404 to the San Diego Air Pollution Control District to reduce diesel emissions in the San Diego area. The key activities include replacing 10 medium-duty diesel trucks with 10 medium-duty electric trucks. The nonprofit sub-awardee, Goodwill Industries, will implement the project and procure the replacement...