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March 30, 2009
$300 million of Recovery Act funding for clean diesel activities now available, including SmartWay Clean Diesel Finance Program funding

The Environmental Protection Agency released its Request for Applications (RFA) for the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act funding in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) passed by Congress earlier this year. Information and the RFAs are available at Recovery Act Funding for clean diesel activities.

The $300 million funding package includes the following four programs:

• The Recovery Act Funding for the National Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Program will receive approximately $156 million. This funding will be awarded on a competitive basis to support diesel emission reduction programs.
• The Recovery Act Funding for the National Clean Diesel Emerging Technology Program will receive approximately $20 million. This funding will support the use, development and commercialization of emerging technologies that reduce emissions from diesel engines.
• The Recovery Act Funding for the SmartWay Clean Diesel Finance Program will receive approximately $30 million. This funding will support the creation of national, state or local innovative clean diesel financing programs.
• The Recovery Act Funding for the State Clean Diesel Grant Program will receive approximately $88 million. This funding will be available to support clean diesel grant and loan programs administered by states and the District of Columbia.
  

February 19, 2009
Conference Call on SmartWay Clean Diesel Finance Program Request for Applications, February 26, 2009

As part of the stimulus bill, the U.S. EPA's Office of Transportation and Air Quality is issuing a Request for Applications (RFA) for the development of a low-cost loan or lease program to finance the purchase of clean diesel trucks and diesel equipment.  Funding for the program would be approximately $10 to $40 million, but may change. Our goal is to create national, state, or local level low-cost loan or lease programs that would encourage the purchase of vehicles and equipment retrofitted with verified emission control retrofit devices and idle reduction devices for highway, nonroad, marine and locomotive fleets.  

In a previous RFA issued September 2008, EPA awarded $3.4 million in grants to three recipients to provide low cost loans and leases for diesel trucks, which have been retrofitted to reduce diesel emissions. These innovative loans will help small trucking firms lower their fuel costs and their emissions footprint by purchasing newer used trucks and idling and emissions reduction technologies. Click to see additional information about the requirements of the existing loan program. Eligible entities can partner with financial companies that have experience managing loans and leases for diesel trucks and equipment.

February 9, 2009
SmartWay featured in NBC Philadelphia news story

EPA's SmartWay Certified Vehicle label was highlighted in a story featured on a local news affiliate of NBC in Philadelphia. The story explains how consumers can use the SmartWay Certified label as a way of identifying the most fuel efficient cars and light trucks on the martket. Click here to view the story.

December 2 through 4, 2008
SmartWay hosted representatives from 12 countries at the 2008 SmartWay International Summit
On December 2 through December 4, 2008, EPA hosted representatives from 12 countries in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The SmartWay International Summit - Transforming the Global Supply Chain, convened leaders from government, NGOs, and multinational companies to discuss more collaborative ways to reduce greenhouse gases from goods movement.

More information about the summit

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