This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Ports Program (CFDA 66.051), will fund $3,000,000 in planning activities to improve air quality and reduce pollution in New Jersey and New York. The grantee, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, will analyze drayage truck movements, conduct a community air monitoring project, engage with truck operators and community members, and develop strategies for emissions reductions. Two...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Ports Program (CFDA 66.051) provides $1,325,000.00 to the South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) to conduct a range of planning activities to reduce emissions at the port. The key planned activities include: Updating the port's 2021 emissions inventory Conducting a study of emission reduction strategies for port operations Developing a resiliency plan Establishing a community port advisory committee...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $2,398,790 Project Grant under the Clean Ports Program (CFDA 66.051) to the Utah Inland Port Authority. The purpose of this 3-year award is to fund emissions inventory and accounting exercises, analyze emissions-reduction strategies, engage with port stakeholders, and conduct a zero-emissions feasibility assessment for the Salt Lake City Intermodal Terminal. Key deliverables include a baseline emissions inventory, a diesel emissions...
This $499,715 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act (CFDA 66.034) program will support the Charleston Community Research to Action Board (CCRAB) in South Carolina to conduct ambient air monitoring of pollutants of greatest concern in communities with environmental and health disparities. The funding will enable CCRAB to establish a...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $2,772,684 Project Grant under the Clean Ports Program (CFDA 66.051) to the Port of Portland in Oregon. The purpose of this award is to fund emissions inventory and accounting exercises; analyze emissions-reduction strategies; plan for future port emissions; conduct resilience planning; engage with port stakeholders; and administer a workforce planning analysis. Key activities include setting emissions reduction targets, conducting...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Ports Program (CFDA 66.051) provides $322,167,584 to the Port Department of the City of Oakland to improve air quality and reduce pollution at the Port of Oakland. The key activities funded include the purchase and deployment of 475 zero-emission drayage trucks, 188 pieces of zero-emission cargo handling equipment, associated charging infrastructure, battery energy storage systems, and solar power...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the Oxnard Harbor District (dba Port of Hueneme) a $500,000 Project Grant under the "Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act" (CFDA 66.034) program. The purpose of this grant is to conduct ambient air quality monitoring of pollutants in communities with environmental and health disparities stemming from pollution and the COVID-19 pandemic. The grant will...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $478,958 Project Grant under CFDA 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act to the City of Jersey City, New Jersey to conduct ambient air monitoring and engage the community on air quality issues. The key activities include: Monitoring pollutants of concern, such as ozone (O3) and particulate matter (PM2.5), over a 3-year period in two environmental...
This Project Grant award, totaling $500,000 and made by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Research Program (CFDA 66.509), aims to elucidate the policy-making process to mitigate environmental exposures and elevate resident voices in Colorado's Commerce City-North Denver neighborhoods. The key objectives are to: (1) develop models of the cumulative health burden experienced by these marginalized communities, and (2) facilitate resident roundtables to...
This $460,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the "Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act" (CFDA 66.034) program provides funding to the Wildlife Habitat Council, Inc. to conduct ambient air quality monitoring and community engagement activities in environmental justice communities in Detroit, Michigan and the Calumet watershed region of Chicago, Illinois. The...