Amendment-1 Summary of Changes - 2014 DERA Ports RFP 11 04 14.pdf

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

TITLE: Projects to Improve Air Quality at Ports – 2014 DERA Funding Opportunity

Request for Proposals (RFP)

ACTION: Request for Proposal (RFP) Amendment No. 1

RFP NO: EPA-OAR-OTAQ-14-07

CFDA: 66.039

DATE: November 4, 2014

SUMMARY: This notice makes eight corrections, as follows:

Correction #1 – This amendment adds a reference to the types of entities eligible to receive funding under Threshold Eligibility Criterion #3. Accordingly, page 20 now reads as follows

(additions bolded):

Proposals that do not meet the eligibility requirements set forth in Section I.B.1-2 of this RFP are not eligible and will not be reviewed. This includes the eligible entity and project location requirements in Section III.A-B.

Correction #2 – This amendment corrects and clarifies nonroad repower and replacement eligibility information under Funding Restriction #10. The amendment also corrects the numbering for the corresponding table to now read “Table 2: Nonroad Engine Funding

Restrictions”; the table was previously incorrectly numbered “Table 3.” Accordingly, Funding

Restriction #10 on page 22 now reads as follows (additions bolded):

No funds awarded under this RFP shall be used to repower or replace nonroad Tier 0, 1, 2, or 3 engines to a Tier 3 or lower nonroad engine standard. Refer to Table 2 for further explanation.

Correction #3 – This amendment corrects the numbering for the table under Funding Restriction

#12 on pages 22-23 to now read “Table 3: Marine Engines Funding Restrictions”; the table was previously incorrectly numbered “Table 4.”

Correction #4 – This amendment corrects the numbering for the table under Funding Restriction

#14 on page 23 to now read “Table 4: Locomotive Engines Funding Restrictions”; the table was previously incorrectly numbered “Table 5.”

Correction #5 – This amendment corrects the reference to Section V, Criterion #6 “Diesel

Emissions Reduction Effectiveness” on page 26. The reference previously incorrectly referenced

Criterion 7.

Correction #6 – This amendment corrects the reference to the EPA contact for hardcopy submission to Section IV.B.2 on page 27. The reference previously incorrectly referenced

Section IV.B.1.

Correction #7 – This amendment corrects references to the following four criterion under

Appendix B - Project Narrative Instructions on page 39 and 40:

Benefits to Communities and Public Health – Section I.C.1 (previously I.C.3)

Partnerships – Section I.C.2 (previously I.C.4)

Promote and Sustain Efforts to Reduce Emissions from Port Areas – Section I.C.3

(previously I.C.5)

Diesel Emissions Reduction Effectiveness – Section I.C.4 (previously I.C.6)

Correction #8 – This amendment removes points assigned to projects involving current Tier 0/1 nonroad engines repowered/replaced with Tier 2/3 new nonroad engines. These projects are not eligible for funding under this RFP. The table on page 50 now reads as follows:

Current Engine

Tier

Annual Usage

(hrs/yr)

Repowered or Replaced New Certified

Engine4

Tier 0 Tier 1 Tier 2/3 Tier 4 All-

Electric

Tier 0 / 1 500 to 1,000 15 15

>1,000 20 20

Tier 2 / 3 500 to 1,000 5 15

>1,000 10 20