Greenhouse Gas and Zero Emission On-road Mobile Source Standards

EPA is providing grants to support state governments that are interested in adopting and implementing California's motor vehicle greenhouse gas and zero emission standards in accordance with Clean Air Act Section 177. The grants are provided under th

The IRA Section 60105(g) grant program will fund state activities to adopt or implement California's motor vehicle greenhouse gas and zero emission standards in accordance with section 177 of the Clean Air Act. State adoption and implementation of California greenhouse gas and zero emission mobile source standards will result in the reduction of emissions of greenhouse gas and criteria air pollutants.

Assistance under this program is available to states that meet the requirements of Clean Air Act section 177. Section 302 of the Clean Air Act defines "states" as including the 50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. States will also be eligible to apply as a group of states. To be able to use the funds for the eligible activities, states must also have a plan approved under Part D of the Clean Air Act. For certain competitive funding opportunities under this assistance listing, the Agency may limit eligibility to compete to a number or subset of eligible applicants consistent with the Agency's Assistance Agreement Competition Policy.

For multi-state applications: partnership letters from states participating in the multi-state coalition are required.

Grants can be made available to eligible recipients to adopt and implement California's motor vehicle greenhouse gas and zero-emission standards for mobile sources in accordance with section 177 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) (42 U.S.C. 7507). Assistance agreement awards under this program may involve or relate to geospatial information. Further information regarding geospatial information may be obtained by viewing the following website: Geospatial Resources at EPA (https://www.epa.gov/geospatial).

For FY 2024, EPA is developing this program and will determine the length and phasing of awards. EPA anticipates one round of funding for this assistance.

Regarding pre-application assistance with respect to competitive funding opportunities under this assistance listing, EPA will generally specify the nature of the pre-application assistance, if any, that will be available to applicants in the competitive announcement. For additional information, contact the individual(s) listed in the competitive announcement.

Applicants, except in limited circumstances approved by the Agency, must submit all initial applications for funding through Grants.gov.

The evaluation and selection criteria for competitive awards under this assistance listing will be described in the competitive announcement.

For competitive awards, EPA will review and evaluate applications in accordance with the terms, conditions, and criteria stated in the competitive announcement. Competitions will be conducted in accordance with EPA policies/regulations for competing assistance agreements: https://www.epa.gov/grants/epa-order-57005a1-epas-policy-competition-assistance-agreements.

For competitive awards, deadlines will be specified in the competitive announcement.

Extensions are subject to EPA approval.

Assistance agreement competition-related disputes will be resolved in accordance with the dispute resolution procedures published in 70 FR (Federal Register) 3629, 3630 (January 26, 2005) (available at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2005/01/26/05-1371/notice-of-availability-of-class-deviation-assistance-agreement-competition-related-disputes). Copies of these procedures may also be found at: https://www.epa.gov/grants/grant-competition-dispute-resolution-procedures.