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Eligibility Information
Eligible entities are U.S. regional, State, local, tribal or port agencies with jurisdiction over transportation or air quality; and nonprofit organizations or institutions that represent or provide pollution reduction or educational services to persons or organizations that operate diesel fleets; or has as its principle purpose the promotion of transportation or air quality. School districts, federally recognized Indian tribes, municipalities, metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), cities and counties are all eligible entities under this program.
Clean Diesel Programs
- What Fleets Qualify
- What is an Eligible Use of Funding
- What Projects Will Receive Funding Assistance
What Fleets Qualify?
The following types of fleets qualify for funding:
- Buses
- Medium or heavy-duty trucks
- Marine engines
- Locomotives
- Nonroad engines, stationary engines, or vehicles used in construction, handling of cargo (including at a port or airport), agriculture, mining, or energy production.
At least half the funds will be for the benefit of public fleets. This includes private fleets contracted or leased for public purpose, such as private school buses, refuse haulers, or equipment at public ports. However, only eligible entities can apply directly to EPA for this funding (e.g., a school district would apply and administer a project on behalf of a private school bus contractor).
What is an Eligible Use of Funding?
For the national component, funds will be used for verified retrofit technologies, incremental costs of early replacement and repower with certified engine configurations, and reduction of long-duration idling with approved technologies. For the State component, States will develop statewide diesel emission reduction programs that utilize the technological options described above.
What Projects Will Receive Priority in the Funding Assistance Competition?
Under the law, priority projects are those that accomplish the following:
- Maximize public health benefits
- Are the most cost-effective
- Serve areas with highest population density, that are in poor air quality areas, including:
- non-attainment, maintenance, and Federal Class 1 areas
- areas with toxic pollutant concerns
- areas that receive a disproportionate quantity of air pollution from diesel fleets, including truck stops, ports, rail yards, terminals and distribution centers
- areas that use a community-based, multi-stakeholder collaborative process to reduce toxic emissions
- Maximize the useful life of any certified engine configuration, verified technology, or emerging technology
- Conserve diesel fuel
- Use diesel fuel with a sulfur content of less than or equal to 15 ppm (for nonroad engines)