Project Grant 98T08201

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $10,000,000 Targeted Airshed Grant (CFDA 66.956) to the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) to design, build, and demonstrate a plug-in-hybrid tugboat in the South Coast Air Basin. The project aims to replace a high-horsepower harbor class tugboat with a 90-ton bollard pull plug-in hybrid tugboat capable of zero-emission operation. The anticipated outcomes include annual emission reductions of 61.87 tons of NOx, 1.1 tons...

This $4,784,040 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (CFDA 66.039) National Grants program, provides funding to the Connecticut Maritime Foundation to replace the propulsion engines and auxiliary generators on a single tugboat. Specifically, the foundation will replace the existing unregulated Tier 0 engines with two Tier 4 certified propulsion engines and two Tier 3 certified auxiliary generator sets. The tugboat...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $58,600,279 Clean Ports Program grant to the San Diego Unified Port District under CFDA 66.051. The purpose of this project grant is to electrify operations at the Port's two maritime cargo terminals and support zero-emission freight movement through the development of a zero-emission truck stop. Key activities include upgrading electrical infrastructure, installing shore power systems, constructing an electric truck stop, and purchasing...

This $1,542,404 Project Grant awarded by 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 10 medium-duty diesel trucks with 10 medium-duty electric trucks by the San Diego Air Pollution Control District and its subrecipient, Goodwill Industries. The goal is to reduce emissions of diesel particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, and diesel air toxics in and around San Diego. The anticipated...

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...

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), provides $4,500,000 in funding to the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) to replace up to 22 heavy-duty class 8 diesel trucks with new zero-emission drayage trucks. The goal is to reduce emissions of diesel particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, and exposure to diesel air toxics in the South Coast Air...

This $110,469,349 project grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Ports Program (CFDA 66.051) will fund the Stockton Port District's efforts to reduce air pollution at the Port of Stockton. The project will transform cargo-handling equipment to zero-emission operations, including the procurement and deployment of 54 electric forklifts, 2 electric mobile harbor cranes, and 6 electric terminal tractors. It will also install a 3.8 MW shore power system, 6.5...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (CFDA 66.039) provides $1,800,000.00 in funding to the Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) to reduce diesel emissions in the Port of Tacoma area. Specifically, the grant will support scrapping 30 pre-2007 drayage trucks serving the NWSA's domestic container terminals and replacing them with newer, cleaner diesel trucks with 2017 or newer engines. This is expected to...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Ports Program (CFDA 66.051) provides $41,076,293 to the Oxnard Harbor District Port of Hueneme to improve air quality and reduce pollution at the port. The key products and services to be delivered include: The purchase and deployment of 35 battery electric yard tractors, 4 battery electric heavy lifts, and 1 battery electric reachstacker, along with 44 electric charging units and battery energy...

This $161,644 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039) provides funding to the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) to reduce emissions of diesel particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, and diesel air toxics in and around the UC San Diego campus. The key activities funded under this award include scrapping one heavy-duty diesel truck and replacing it with one zero-emission, battery...