The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $720,000 Project Grant to the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039). The funding will be used to replace Tier 1 and 2 diesel agricultural equipment with Tier 4 cleaner diesel equipment on the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation farm. This is expected to reduce emissions of diesel particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, and diesel air toxics, thereby improving air quality...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded a $641,764 Project Grant to the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039). The funding will be used to replace an existing truck on the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Reservation in Churchill County, Nevada with a new, cleaner diesel truck. This activity supports the EPA's strategic goal of reducing emissions that cause climate change by lowering the lifetime emissions from the...
This $4,500,000 federal Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (CFDA 66.039) will fund the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District (Valley Air District) to replace several on-road diesel trucks with zero-emission or lower-emitting heavy-duty trucks and tractors that meet Tier 4 emission standards. The goal is to reduce harmful ozone and particulate matter (PM 2.5) air pollution throughout the San Joaquin...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded $563,562 under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA #66.039) to Drive Clean Indiana, Inc. to replace a model year 1997 nonroad ship loading bulk material handler with a Tier 4 Final, hybrid diesel-electric-powered bulk goods material handler in New Haven, Connecticut. This project will reduce diesel particulate matter, carbon monoxide, and hydrocarbons emissions in a nonattainment county with...
This $1,237,502.00 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039) provides funding to the County of Napa, California to reduce emissions of diesel particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, and exposure to diesel air toxics in and around the county. The key activities include eliminating 7 unregulated and uncontrolled switch locomotives and repowering 3 switch locomotives to Tier 4 non-road...
The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation received a $547,461 project grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 under the Diesel Emission Reduction Act National Grants program (CFDA 66.039). The grant will fund the replacement of two heavy-duty municipal fleet vehicles, a hauler/moving truck and water tanker, with newer models equipped with diesel emission and pollutant reduction technologies. By replacing older vehicles with newer, lower-emission models, the project aims to...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $4,601,966 Project Grant under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039) to the Columbia-Willamette Clean Cities Coalition, Inc. The funding will be used to replace 8 older, heavily polluting pieces of nonroad equipment, including 2 excavators, 2 rubber tire dozers/loaders, and 4 cranes, with new Tier 4 EPA-certified diesel equipment and 1 all-electric crane. The project aims to enhance operational...
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 Quinault Indian Nation Repower Project, funded through a $257,918 Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 10, will replace the tier 0 diesel main and auxiliary engines on one vessel with EPA tier 3 compliant marine diesel engines. The grant was awarded on January 7, 2021 through the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act National Grants program administered by EPA under CFDA number 66.039. The DERA program aims to reduce diesel emissions through implementing certified...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $658,088 Project Grant to the Oneida Indian Nation under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039). The grant funds will be used to replace existing diesel transit buses operated by the Oneida Indian Nation with new electric (zero-emission) buses. This will reduce emissions of diesel particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide within the Oneida Indian Nation...