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 $33,898,522 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Program (CFDA 66.049), established under the Inflation Reduction Act, will enable the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) to replace approximately 126 eligible non-zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles with new zero-emission vehicles in EPA Region 9. The funding will cover the purchase, installation, operation, and maintenance of charging and fueling equipment, as...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Program (CFDA 66.049), funds the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) to replace up to 74 existing non-zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles, including school buses, with new zero-emission vehicles in the South Coast Air Basin of Southern California. The $24,842,632 in funding will also support the purchase and installation of charging equipment for the new...
The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) was awarded a $2,167,936 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the Targeted Airshed Grant Program (TAGP, CFDA #66.956). The grant will fund implementation of a Commercial Lawn and Garden Equipment Incentive and Exchange Program to reduce emissions of ozone and fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) precursors in Coachella Valley and Riverside County, California through March 2027. The program allows...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 awarded South Coast Air Quality Management District $358,000 under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act program (CFDA 66.034) for the period of July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024. South Coast AQMD will operate ambient air toxics monitoring sites in Central Los Angeles and Rubidoux to collect a year's worth of quality-assured measurements of hazardous air pollutants,...
This $2.56 million Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9, under the Targeted Airshed Grant Program (CFDA 66.956), will support the California Air Resources Board's efforts to improve air quality and public health in the Western Mojave Desert Air Basin. The Board will replace three diesel school buses with zero-emission alternatives, reducing emissions of nitrogen oxide, fine particulate matter, and carbon dioxide. Intended beneficiaries include area residents...
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...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), through its Targeted Airshed Grant Program (CFDA #66.956), awarded a $5,000,000 project grant to the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) to demonstrate the deployment of six (6) Daimler (Freightliner) Class 8 hydrogen fuel cell (HFC) trucks. SCAQMD will implement this demonstration project through a subaward, leasing the zero-emission HFC trucks to various fleet operators in Southern California. The project aims to accelerate the...
This $1,210,708 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act program provides funding to the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) to expand and enhance their air monitoring activities. Specifically, the grant will enable SCAQMD to purchase two 30-foot air monitoring shelters, three gas diluters, and two FLIR...
This $499,997,415 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CFDA 66.046) program will fund the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) to implement greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction programs, policies, projects, and measures identified in three Priority Climate Action Plans (PCAPs) in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim and Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan areas of California. Key activities...