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Grants & Funding
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There are multiple ways to fund clean diesel projects at ports. EPA's National Clean Diesel Campaign offers assistance to port authorities and public entities to help them overcome barriers that impede the adoption of cleaner diesel technologies and strategies. Below find links to resources that will help identify potential funding.
Current Grant and Funding Opportunities
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Past Grant Information
October 2007 - Mid-Atlantic Diesel Collaborative
EPA Region 3 announces the availability of approximately $750,000 in federal funds for port sector demonstration projects that reduce diesel emissions. Deadline for submittal: December 7, 2007.
- Information on the Region 3 Request for Proposals.
- Contact: Bill Jones (jones.bill@epa.gov).
- For more information visit the Mid-Atlantic Diesel Collaborative.
June 2007 - Northeast Diesel Collaborative Grant Competition
EPA Regions 1 and 2 announce the availability of approximately $1.7 million for clean diesel projects. Deadline for proposal submittal: July 31, 2007.- Contact: Faye Blondin (blondin.faye@epa.gov).
- For more information visit the Northeast Diesel Collaborative web site.
September 2006 - Rocky Mountain Clean Diesel Collaborative Announces Grant Competition
EPA Region 8, as part of the Rocky Mountain Diesel Collaborative, announces the availability of approximately $515,000 dollars in federal funds for projects that reduce diesel emissions. Deadline for submittal: November 30, 2006.- Contact: Jeffrey Kimes (kimes.jeffrey@epa.gov).
- For more information, visit the Rocky Mountain Clean Diesel Collaborative.
May 2006 - Region 4 Southeast Diesel Collaborative Grant Competition
EPA Region 4 — as part of the Southeast Diesel Collaborative — announced the availability of approximately $100,000 in federal funds for projects within the Southeast to demonstrate effective emission control technologies and strategies, methods or approaches to reducing diesel emissions. Up to three grants, between $25,000 and $75,000, were awarded to projects that demonstrate new, innovative or experimental approaches to reducing diesel emissions in agriculture, construction, truck-based freight, and public fleet applications. Submittal date: July 7, 2006.
- EPA's Press Release on the Southeast Collaborative Clean Diesel Grant Competition
- Contact: Alan Powell (powell.alan@epa.gov).
- For information on the Southeast Diesel Collaborative, visit Press Release.
May 2006 - Northeast Diesel Collaborative Grant Competition
EPA Regions 1 and 2, as part of the Northeast Diesel Collaborative, announced the availability of approximately $1.5 million dollars in federal funds for projects that reduce diesel emissions. Submittal Date: July 6, 2006.
- EPA's Press Release on the Northeast Clean Diesel Grant Competition
- Contact: Halida Hatic (hatic.halida@epa.gov)
- For information on the Northeast Diesel Collaborative, visit www.northeastdiesel.org/
April 2006 - Midwest Clean Diesel Initiative Grant Competitions
The Midwest Clean Diesel Initiative announced the availability of almost $1 million in funds for two (2) separate grant programs for 2006. The Request for Proposal Announcements were for projects that focus on reducing diesel emissions from the existing fleet of engines. Submittal Date: June 16, 2006.
- EPA's Press Release on the Midwest Clean Diesel Initiative Grants
- Contact: Sharleen Getschman (getschman.sharleen@epa.gov)
- For information on the Midwest Clean Diesel Initiative, visit www.epa.gov/midwestcleandiesel/index.html.
March 30, 2006 - New Grant Announced to Conserve Fuel and Reduce Emissions from Trucks
The SmartWay Transport Partnership awarded up to $300,000 to an eligible entity (nonprofit, state, or academic institution) to evaluate energy saving and emission reduction technologies with the trucking industry. Technologies for evaluation include wide based tires, advanced trailer aerodynamics, idle reduction devices, and emission control devices like diesel oxidation catalysts. Applications must be received at EPA by the May 15, 2006 deadline.
- About this grant and how to apply
- Contact: Annie Kee (kee.annie@epa.gov), telephone 202-343-9218
2006 Carl Moyer Program Multidistrict Solicitation
Applications were due to the California Air Resources Board on April 14, 2006.
www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/moyer/moyer.htm
The 2006 Multidistrict Project Solicitation is directed at providing monetary grants to offset the incremental cost of reduced emission technologies in project categories such as:
- marine vessels and locomotives
- off-road equipment permanently located at a maritime port or rail yard
- on-road heavy-duty vehicles that transport cargo to and from a maritime port or rail yard (at least 400 annual trips to a port or railyard)
- off-road construction equipment
For more information, contact Stacey Dorais (sdorais@arb.ca.gov), telephone 916-322-2383.
2006 Collaborative Diesel Emissions Reduction Request for Proposals (RFP)
Deadline: March 23, 2006
EPA Regions 9 and 10 solicited proposals to fund approximately $3 million in projects that will demonstrate new, innovative, or experimental applications, technologies, methods, or approaches to reducing diesel emissions as part of the West Coast Collaborative. Projects must fall under one of six categories, including: trucking, marine vessels and ports, construction and distributed generation, locomotives and rail, agriculture, and cleaner fuels. EPA Regions 9 and 10 anticipate awarding approximately 6 to 12 grants or cooperative agreements ranging in size from $50,000 up to $500,000.
- The Request for Proposals announcement solicitation as well as Frequently Asked Questions are on the Region 10 web site.
- Contact: Peter Murchie (murchie.peter@epa.gov) for more information
- For information on the West Coast Collaborative Grants, visit www.westcoastcollaborative.org/grants.htm
2005 National Clean Diesel Campaign Program Funding
Complete applications that demonstrate
the applicability and feasibility of implementing EPA and/or California
Air Resources Board verified (or certified) pollution reduction
retrofit technologies in nonroad vehicles and equipment, such as
those used in construction or port-related activities, were due
July 1, 2005.
Proposals were accepted from state, local, multi-state, and tribal
agencies, and other non-profit organizations. The total estimated
funding for this project is approximately $800,000. EPA anticipates
to award of eight to twelve cooperative agreements, each ranging
from $50,000 to $150,000, resulting from this announcement.
Eligible activities include the use of verified pollution control
technologies or innovative uses of verified pollution control technologies
in nonroad diesel vehicles and equipment in public, tribal or privately
owned fleets. Diesel engine/vehicle/equipment replacements or the
application of cleaner fuels are also eligible.
- The announcement solicitation is at http://www.epa.gov/air/grants_funding.html#trans
- Notice of Solicitation and Details (PDF) (21 pp, 78K, OAR-CCD-05-14).
- Information on the National Clean Diesel Campaign: http://www.epa.gov/cleandiesel/.
- E-mail contact: CleanDiesel@epa.gov.
- Questions and Answers can be found at http://www.epa.gov/air/grants_funding.html#trans.
EPA SmartWay Transport Program Announces $5 Million in Grants to Reduce Truck Engine Idling
Five million dollars in EPA grants will be available to states,
nonprofits and academic institutions to demonstrate innovative idle
reduction technologies for the trucking industry. Idle reduction
conserves fuel and prevents air pollution.
EPA requested proposals to demonstrate commercially available technologies
that small trucking fleets can use to equip trucks they already
own; that truck engine manufacturers can package into a simple installation
kit for aftermarket use; or that trucks can use while parked at
truck stops, terminals, ports and borders.
- For examples of commercially available technologies, visit: http://epa.gov/otaq/smartway/transport/what-smartway/idling-reduction-tech.htm.
- For more information about the grants, visit: http://www.epa.gov/smartway/.
- The deadline for receipt of proposals was June 6, 2005. EPA expects to announce the awards in fall 2005.
- The SmartWay Transport announcement soliciting proposals is at: http://epa.gov/otaq/smartway/newsroom/index.htm.
2004 Diesel Retrofit Demonstration Grant Projects at Ports
In December 2004, EPA awarded approximately $1.6 million to the
recipients of the 2004 Diesel Retrofit Grant Competition. Among
the recipients are the Port of Tacoma, Massachusetts Port Authority,
and the Port of Houston Authority. Each port will contribute additional
money of their own in matching their award and use the resources
to install emission reductions technologies on equipment in their
ports.
The three ports offer excellent examples of the innovative ways
in which ports are reducing pollution in their communities.
To read descriptions of all grant recipients, go to 2004
Diesel Retrofit Demonstration Grant Projects.
List of Funded Projects
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Port of Tacoma, Washington (EPA Region 10)
The Port of Tacoma is the leading seaport in the Pacific Northwest and the fifth-largest container port in North America. As trade continues to grow at a projected rate of 6% per year over the next 20 years, and as it expands, the Port wants to do all that it can to reduce the impact of diesel exhaust on the region's air quality which affects nearly 200,000 citizens.
EPA funds will cover the retrofit of 25 diesel engine straddle carriers which often operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week to lift and move containers and cargo within the port. Straddle carriers are operated adjacent to a residential population of 6670 where children and the elderly make up over a third of the population. Diesel oxidation catalysts will be installed to reduce the fleet's particulate emissions.
Contact: Bryon Boerner (bboerner@portoftacoma.com), telephone 253-383-5841
Grant: $ 75,000 EPA -
Port of Houston Authority (EPA Region 6)
The Port of Houston is ranked first in the United States for waterborne commerce and second in total tonnage. The 25-mile long complex of public and private facilities handles the 6,600 vessels that call on the port each year. Two major railroads and approximately 150 trucking lines connect the port to the continental United States, Canada, and Mexico.
EPA’s grant will be used to retrofit rubber tired gantry cranes and terminal tractors with diesel oxidation catalysts and diesel emulsion.
Currently, the region has non-compliance issues for NOx. The Port of Houston Authority aims to improve the air quality in Texas and positively affect the communities surrounding the Port of Houston.
Contact: Dana Blume (dblume@poha.com), telephone 713-670-2805
Grant: $ 150,000 EPA
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Massachusetts Port Authority (EPA Region 1)
Originating as a trading area for Native Americans, the Port of Boston is the oldest continually active major port in the Western Hemisphere. The port handles more than 1.3 million tons of general cargo, 1.5 million tons of non-fuels bulk cargo, and 12.8 million tons of bulk fuel cargo each year. The port is massive; it contains two shipyards, numerous public and private institutions, marinas, a Coast Guard facility, and is one of the country's highest-value fishing ports.
The Massachusetts Port Authority (MPA) retrofit plan has two parts. First, MPA will partner with a trucking company to retrofit twenty delivery trucks that use Conley Container Terminal with diesel oxidation catalysts. The second part involves retrofitting fourteen tractors and two reach stackers with diesel oxidation catalysts. The Terminal already uses ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel in all of its yard equipment.
The City of Boston currently is in non-attainment for the 8-hour ozone standard and the lifetime adult asthma rate is 13.1 percent. The Massachusetts Port Authority hopes to make a significant reduction in the air emissions that can cause asthma in their community.
Contact: Jenna Newcombe (jnewcombe@massport.com), telephone 617-568-3544
Grant: $82,800 EPA 2001 – 2003 Diesel Retrofit Demonstration Grant Projects at Ports
2001 – 2003 Diesel Retrofit Demonstration Grant Projects at Ports
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Port of Seattle, Washington (EPA Region 10)
In 2001, Puget Sound Clean Air Agency of Washington State received $40,900 in
EPA grant funds to implement a one year supply of Ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel to a Washington State Ferry. In 2003, Puget Sound received $10, 000 from EPA for another project to test lower sulfur diesel fuels with marine engines from the Washington State ferries. ULSD, B20, and 500 ppm diesel were tested.
Contact: Wayne Elson (elson.wayne@epa.gov), telephone 206-553-1463. -
Port of Long Beach, California (EPA Region 9)
In 2002, EPA awarded California’s South Coast Air Quality Management District $75,000 to retrofit 25 yard hustlers at the Port of Long Beach with DOCs.
Contact: Thomas Jelenic (jelenic@polb.com), telephone 562-590-4160.
Related Funding Links
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Carl Moyer Program
The Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards Attainment Program is a state and local partnership that provides incentive grant funding to promote diesel emission reductions. Administered by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and local and regional air pollution control districts, the program has provided over $154 million in grant awards to California-based private companies and public agencies since it began in 1998. -
Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP)
The Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP) is a comprehensive set of incentive programs aimed at improving air quality in Texas. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) administers TERP grants and other financial TERP incentives. -
West Coast Collaborative Grant Funding
The West Coast Collaborative is a public-private partnership working to reduce diesel emissions along the West Coast by leveraging federal funds. -
Gateway Cities Clean Air Program
The Gateway Cities Clean Air Program was created to provide financial incentives to help reduce air pollution in Southern California. -
Oregon Clean Diesel Initiative
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is working to promote an incentive based retrofit of diesel engines, in both on and off highway situations. Users of heavy-duty diesel engines who retrofit with emission controls can qualify for a credit against Oregon income taxes of up to 35% of the retrofit costs. More information is provided in the following tax credit fact sheet:
Oregon Truck Engine Tax Credit (PDF) (2 pp, 52K) -
Voluntary Airport Low Emissions (VALE) Program
The new Voluntary Airport Low Emissions (VALE) program will allow airport sponsors to use the Airport Improvement Program and Passenger Facility Charges to finance low- emission vehicles, refueling and recharging stations, gate electrification, and other airport air quality improvements. This pilot program allows sponsors to test and evaluate retrofits using cleaner conventional fuels and emission control technologies that are certified by EPA. The pilot program will provide 10 airports with grants of up to $500,000 per airport.