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...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039) to the Bellevue Community School District in Iowa. The purpose of the grant is to replace two older diesel school buses with two new 2024 diesel school buses. This equipment replacement project will reduce emissions of diesel particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, and air toxics, improving air quality and student transportation safety...
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 The key activities include the replacement of 20 pieces of outdated diesel-powered trucks and off-road equipment, such as garbage trucks, drayage trucks, tractors, dredges,...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), through its Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Program (CFDA 66.049), awarded a $4,129,400 project grant to North Chicago Community Unit School District 187 to replace 10 existing diesel school buses with new zero-emission electric school buses. The grant will also fund the installation of 10 DC fast chargers and provide workforce development and training to support the maintenance, charging, and operation of the new zero-emission vehicles. The project aims...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $389,264 Project Grant under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039) to the Southeast Missouri Regional Planning & Economic Development Commission. The grant funds will be used to replace two diesel-powered municipal vehicles in Fredericktown, MO - a refuse hauler and a utility bucket truck - with new equivalent vehicles meeting the latest EPA Tier 4 emission standards. This project is expected...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $30,361,175 Project Grant under the Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Program (CFDA 66.049) to the New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS). The funding will support the replacement of existing non-zero-emission Class 6 and 7 heavy-duty vehicles in use by DCAS and several partner city agencies, including the Departments of Correction, Sanitation, Transportation, and Environmental Protection, with new zero-emission...
The Wheatland R-Ii School District received a $117,432 project grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 under the Diesel Emission Reduction Act National Grants program (CFDA 66.039). The grant funding will support replacing one 2006 diesel-powered school bus with a 2022 model equipped with an emissions-compliant engine. The recipient is required to submit quarterly progress reports and a final report demonstrating completion of the project per the grant terms. Replacing...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 awarded the Winona School District R3 a $116,732 Project Grant under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039). The grant will fund the replacement of one 2005 diesel-powered school bus with a 2021 model. Quarterly progress reports and a final report are required to demonstrate meeting grant terms. This replacement is expected to reduce the lifetime diesel emissions of nitrogen oxides and particulate matter by...
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...
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,...