The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it is making available almost $50 million in grants to establish clean diesel projects aimed at reducing emissions from the nation’s existing fleet of diesel engines.
The grants target school or transit buses, medium and heavy-duty trucks, marine engines, locomotives and non-road engines.
Grant recipients can use a variety of cost-effective emission reduction strategies, such as EPA-verified retrofit and idle-reduction technologies, EPA-certified engine upgrades, vehicle or equipment replacements, cleaner fuels and creation of innovative clean diesel financing programs.
State, local, regional and tribal governments can apply for the grants, as can non-profits and institutions with transportation, educational services and air quality responsibilities, EPA said.
The money was authorized by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and funded for the first time this fiscal year, EPA said.
It will be administered by the agency’s National Clean Diesel Campaign and a network of seven collaborators made up of EPA regional offices and public- and private-sector partners.
For more information, visit www.epa.gov/cleandiesel.
