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 $12,992,442 in funding to the American Lung Association to implement initiatives that will reduce emissions of diesel particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, and exposure to diesel air toxics in Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, and Ohio. The key activities include the American Lung Association creating agreements with 8 project...
This $6,627,866 project grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (CFDA 66.039) will enable the American Lung Association (ALA), a non-profit organization, to reduce diesel emissions from 20 engines across 4 fleets primarily operating in Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, and Arkansas. The key products/services to be delivered include: Replacement of 1 diesel terminal tractor with 1 zero-emission electric terminal tractor for Evonik...
This $1,974,097 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (CFDA 66.039) will enable the American Lung Association to facilitate the replacement of 6 unregulated marine engines on 3 vessels with Tier 3 marine engines in the Puget Sound region of Washington, as well as the installation of 21 diesel auxiliary power units (APUs) on locomotives primarily operating in Idaho. The grant activities will result in significant emissions...
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 The key activities include the replacement of 20 pieces of outdated diesel-powered trucks and off-road equipment, such as garbage trucks, drayage trucks, tractors, dredges,...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 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 $6,890,545 in funding to the Metropolitan Energy Center, Inc. to reduce diesel emissions in Kansas and Missouri. The key activities include replacing 3 diesel school buses with propane buses, 4 terminal trucks and 8 delivery vans with electric vehicles, and providing a rebate program to replace 10-18 additional diesel vehicles...
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 $449,707 project grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7, under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039), will fund Leonardo Academy Inc. to replace 10 older diesel-powered school buses with new propane-powered buses. The recipient will provide quarterly progress reports and a final report on meeting the grant's terms and conditions. This replacement is expected to reduce hazardous diesel emissions and result in lifetime...
This $12,133,299 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (CFDA 66.039) provides funding to Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision, a minority-owned, woman-owned non-profit organization, to replace 57 on-road diesel vehicles and 1 diesel marine tugboat with newer, cleaner diesel and propane-powered models. The project aims to reduce diesel emissions and associated health and environmental impacts in the Detroit,...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded a $615,553 project grant to Leonardo Academy Inc. under the Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039). The grant will fund the early replacement of four diesel terminal tractors with fully electric terminal tractors in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. This replacement is expected to reduce emissions of diesel particulate matter and other pollutants such as nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, and hydrocarbons from the...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $5,608,503 Project Grant under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039) to Louisiana Clean Fuels, Inc. The funding will be used to repower 16 main engines and 7 auxiliary engines (generators) from Tier 0-2 to Tier 3 in 8 towboats operating on the Lower Mississippi River system between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Louisiana. This project aims to significantly reduce nitrogen oxide, diesel particulate...
This $6,655,124 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) funds the American Lung Association to reduce diesel emissions in transportation fleets operating in several Midwestern states.
The primary activities include replacing 1 diesel terminal tractor, 3 diesel regional-haul delivery trucks, and 11 diesel refuse haulers with zero-emission or low-NOx alternatives, as well as installing auxiliary power units on 8 line-haul locomotives. In total, this project is expected to reduce lifetime diesel emissions by over 12,000 tons and save 1.08 million gallons of diesel fuel. The emissions reductions and associated health benefits are projected to impact over 3.7 million people in the targeted counties, with an estimated $1.5 million in annual healthcare cost savings.