Utah Clean Truck Program to Provide APU Funding

State and federal grants totaling $585,000 will help 15 trucking companies in Utah install auxiliary power units, the Associated Press reported.

The units are meant to cut pollution by reducing idling, and they use about one-tenth of the fuel used during idling.

The project will be funded by the Utah Clean Trucking Initiative, which is getting more than $350,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and more than $235,000 from the Utah Department of Environmental Quality, AP said.

The devices will reduce emissions by 70% for trucks that have the, DEQ said.